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re: Is This A Dentist Scam?
Posted on 8/27/14 at 7:01 am to ruzil
Posted on 8/27/14 at 7:01 am to ruzil
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30% of the US population is completely edentulous by the age of 60.
Holy cow that's awful.
Even when I didn't have dental insurance in my twenties I still went and got my teeth cleaned every six months and paid $60 for it each. Didn't have the dentist examine my teeth to save a few bucks because I trusted the opinion of my hygienist that I'd had for years.
I want to be like my great aunt Polly who lived to be 98 and still had all of her teeth and was probably the only old person in her retirement home who could eat an apple with her own healthy teeth.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 7:32 am to just1dawg
I am a dentist in New Iberia. Truth is, many, if not most patients, have no idea what condition their teeth and gums are in before they walk in our door. A sizable percentage have gone 10 years or more with no professional dental care at all. So we have no idea what we are facing as the patient sits down for the examination until we actually DO the exam, and take the xrays. Truly, the overwhelming majority of dentists want to not only take care of their patients needs, but want to make them happy with their experience as well. That's how you get them to refer their friends and family to you. But if there is uncontrollable gingivitis, or worse, periodontal disease with bone loss, then there is no other option but to take the time to explain to the patient what their condition is...how it started...and what are their options to treat it. PLUS, there is the issue of giving them the financial information BEFORE treatment starts, so that they know what their insurance should pay, and what out of pocket is required of them.
Believe me, no dentist wants a patient leaving his/her practice with a sense that they are getting railroaded into treatment they do not need. It only makes for bad patient relations, and smearing of your name as a professional in your area.
Our mission statement says it all...Our mission is to educate our patients to the advantages of good oral health; then provide the treatment to the highest standards of safety, quality, and excellence, in a compassionate Christian atmosphere.
Believe me, no dentist wants a patient leaving his/her practice with a sense that they are getting railroaded into treatment they do not need. It only makes for bad patient relations, and smearing of your name as a professional in your area.
Our mission statement says it all...Our mission is to educate our patients to the advantages of good oral health; then provide the treatment to the highest standards of safety, quality, and excellence, in a compassionate Christian atmosphere.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 8:54 am to just1dawg
For people that lose all (or most) of their teeth, I think it is one of their biggest regets in life. I don't think I ever met a patient who really enjoyed wearing dentures, even if they fit perfectly. And a mouth full of implants is very, very expensive. I don't understand how people can be too lazy to brush their teeth twice a day.
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