Does your Dentist schedule appt. for JUST a cleaning?

[Mr. Laz]

I have a Dentist that i have been seeing for years ... 10-ish years.


They call every so often to remind of needed dental care etc.


This time when they called i said that "Yes" i wanted to schedule an appointment for a cleaning. She said we have you down for full x-rays blah,blah,blah.

I said that i didn't need that right now, just a cleaning.


She basically said 'no, unless you are coming in for a full appointment then don't come in'

*awkward silence*

So i told her "I guess i will just go elsewhere"

She said cheerily "ok , thank you very much"

So they have some kind of minimum for visits? Unless you are spending a certain amount, then don't bother?


I have spent thousands of dollars over the years(crowns,root canal,checkups etc). I have never had a single problem or even missed an appointment.

WTF?


Does your dentist schedule visits for 'just' dental cleaning or do they have some kind of minimum?

I wonder if my guy is having business trouble and just can do small visits.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

no jawbreakers, no ice

just broke so i had to pay another 1100 bucks for a new crown


why does a tiny,tiny,tiny little piece of molded plastic cost 1100 bucks again?


thieving bastards

Plastic? My crowns are porcelain. The older ones are stainless steel covered in porcelain. I've never heard of a plastic crown.

[seclark]

Originally Posted by splatbass

Plastic? My crowns are porcelain. The older ones are stainless steel covered in porcelain. I've never heard of a plastic crown.

they just super-glued a leggo onto the top of that rotted nubbin.
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[houstonwhodat]

Take care of your teeth dude.

Try imagining your life without them.

[BeeHo]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

no jawbreakers, no ice

just broke so i had to pay another 1100 bucks for a new crown


why does a tiny,tiny,tiny little piece of molded plastic cost 1100 bucks again?


thieving bastards

i'm unaware of plastic crowns. they do, however, have prefabricated plastic temporary crowns.

crowns are expensive because of the quality of the material, especially high noble metals, and the skill it takes to make one.

i made a few full metal crowns by myself and it was a pain in the ass.

if your dentist made their own using a cad/cam system (which costs 100 K+ to buy the equipment), then that can add to the cost but delivers crown more quickly.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Bump

this dude was telling me that he went to one dentist and that dentist told him that he had 8 cavities. He was surprised so he went to another dentist, they took x rays and he had zero cavities. A lot of those mother****ers are crooks.

This guy?

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Guru

thats not always true. I had a cavity that couldn't be seen by xrays and the dentist didn't really try to determin the problem until my last visit even though I complained about it at my visit 6 months ago. Turned out that cavity was huge and I had to get a major filling.

Then, the filling wasn't taking so I had to go back in this past week for a better filling and it hurt like hell. I'm fine now but really pissed I have to pay for the same procedure twice when they should have done the better filling the first time.

Actually considering changing dentists for the first time since 1995 because of it.

I had a filling done a year ago and because he didn't use a wedge between my molars, I had what seemed like a freakin' canyon between them. Consequently, it was constantly getting packed with food, had some irritation in the gums. Went in a year later and my dentist replaced the filling free of charge.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I had a filling done a year ago and because he didn't use a wedge between my molars, I had what seemed like a freakin' canyon between them. Consequently, it was constantly getting packed with food, had some irritation in the gums. Went in a year later and my dentist replaced the filling free of charge.

I had a problem with a filling shortly after I got it and my dentist fixed it for free too. The good ones do, because they care about their work.

The world is filled with lousy dentists. I had one in Virginia that was a hot woman with a dental assistant with enormous tits, so when she filled my teeth (poorly) I had a boob in each ear. Almost worth it....

My dentist for the last 21 years has been awesome. He isn't hot though.

The moral of the story is that if you want boobs pressed against your head get a hooker. If you want good dental work get a good dentist.