Reply #9: I had a dentist try to pad his bill with me too. [View All]

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I went in to have a broken tooth repaired last summer. While there, I scheduled a cleaning and exam, and got lucky enough to get in the next day. They took x-rays and told me I had severe periodontal disease, several cavities, two teeth about to abcess, cracked fillings, and that I had at least two crowns that needed to be replaced (and I had no crowns older than five or six years!). Estimate for all the work needed? Seven grand.

I never went to them again. I have a new dental practice now. I did indeed have a molar with cracked, old fillings, and the entire tooth wound up cracked. But this practice told me that on first inspection, my crowns look fine and that I may have the beginning stages of gum disease (which can be stopped in its tracks), but nothing to the level the other practice told me. I'm aware that I have cavities between two teeth that are next to each other very tightly, and I need at least one root canal, possibly two. But the work I need is not nearly as extensive as the first practice claimed.

Anyway...if he's lying to you about cavities, he needs to be reported to the board.