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re: Cost of dental deep cleaning
Posted on 8/15/20 at 9:20 am to lesgeaux
Posted on 8/15/20 at 9:20 am to lesgeaux
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It was invented by dentists who, rightfully, feel they should be reimbursed for TIME. It takes much longer to clean a sewer-mouth than it does the average joe, and often requires anesthesia.
Lol Come to my office some day. I’ll show you some radiographs of people who let perio disease go unchecked. And a regular prophy will not fix the issue. It’s way more than Just time.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 9:27 am to Vinny V
I agree with you and don’t deny that many of your patients probably do need the service and it is justified.
My point, however, is that SRP is oftentimes over-diagnosed and, as a patient, if you feel you go in for cleanings regularly and have pretty normal at-home oral hygiene, and you are still told you need SRP, it could be in your interest to get a second opinion. I see it happen routinely.
Now that’s not to say you can’t have the outlier case where genetics still overcome OH practices, or you have the antiquated dentist who is 80 and neglects perio because of how he was trained when he was in school. Obviously THAT also happens and a lot of those patients are denture cases waiting to happen.
My point, however, is that SRP is oftentimes over-diagnosed and, as a patient, if you feel you go in for cleanings regularly and have pretty normal at-home oral hygiene, and you are still told you need SRP, it could be in your interest to get a second opinion. I see it happen routinely.
Now that’s not to say you can’t have the outlier case where genetics still overcome OH practices, or you have the antiquated dentist who is 80 and neglects perio because of how he was trained when he was in school. Obviously THAT also happens and a lot of those patients are denture cases waiting to happen.
This post was edited on 8/15/20 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/15/20 at 10:17 am to Vinny V
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I’ll show you some radiographs of people who let perio disease go unchecked.
Don't do that, my fiancee is a Prosthodontist.
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