I got home and I remembered that our medical insurance has some type of dental discount with it. I looked it up and sure enough, if we go to certain dentists on their list we get a discount. I looked up the discounts for what my kids needed done and figured I would save about $200. So we cancelled the first appointment we made and scheduled new ones with a dentist on the list.
We went to their new appointment on Tuesday. He looked at the x-rays I brought in and the paper that showed what the other dentist said needed to be done. He looked at the kids teeth and said that he didn't see any cavities and that they each only needed 2 sealants. At first I was like "WOO HOO!!!" 'cause I was so excited about not having to spend a fortune. But then I got really mad at the first dentist we saw for being such and idiot and I asked this dentist why he thought the other one would have told us we needed to have so much work done. He gave me some mumbo jumbo answer and then he said "They are fine until their next check up in 6 months." And I suddenly went, "HUMMMPH?".
What did he mean, "They will be fine until their next check up in 6 months."???? Well our appointments were his last ones for the day and it was 5:30 by the time he finished (our appointment was at 3:00 and it too 2 1/2 hours to do 4 sealants which should take about 15 minutes each). As we were standing at the front desk to pay, he was leaving the office for the day.
So I am really mad right now, and I don't know who to be mad at. Should I be mad at the first dentist because he was trying to do unnecessary procedures on my young children to make an extra buck? Or should I be mad at the second dentist because maybe my kids cavities were really small and he was in a hurry to go home and figured they would be fine until their next visit?
There is a local TV news person who people call when they feel like they are getting cheated. He helps them get to the bottom of it. I am debating weather or not to call him. I don't know, what do you think?
Do you see why I have an EXTREME DISLIKE for dentists???
5 comments:
Go for it! Someone in this situation is being sneaky!
Oooh! Do a poll a see what people think. I think that you do need to get to the bottom of it.
get to the bottom of it. I really don't like shady people. I think the last dentist was being lazy. but ya never know.
After I had Porter, I had a dentist tell me that I had SEVEN cavaties. I don't think I'd had a cavity in a least 7 years! So, dumb me, I had them all filled. But changed dentists after that and the new said my teeth looked fine, etc. He was LDS (not that that matters all the time) and in our stake and I had heard great things about him. We really trusted him. I think some dentists are really looking for anything to bring in a little "extra" - and I really don't think the last dentist would have found 7 cavities had I gone to him. I had none after Katie by the way. I feel like it can be compared to a mechanic. Some find minor little things cuz they need the work, others will be honest and tell you what you really need.
Sorry - I guess I didn't really solve your problem though.
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