antmumford said on 09 September 2011
@aninaj
As an NHS patient you now no longer actually "register" with a dentist, as such.
What you do is see a dentist for a course of treatment. Once you've been treated the dentist is then under no obligation whatsoever to continue to see you as a patient. It all depends on how busy they are at the time. What you'll find is that the dentist is actually being quite reasonable by seeing you/your partner again on occasions after the first treatment.
The dentist is obviously lacking in NHS spaces at the practice so needs to cut down and limit the numbers they see, hence using a missed appointment as an excuse to no longer see your partner.
Each practice have their own way of dealing with excessive numbers, some may say they won't see you anymore straight after the first treatment and some may strike you off after missing an appointment by 2 minutes but there's nothing that can be done as technically you are not registered with a dentist like you are with a GP.
