re: How to know if a Dentist is overcharging

quote:

---

i guarantee this happened to me. went to the dentist with my dad till i was about 14. no issues.

then my mom brought me to hers. First visit, 6 cavities to be filled all of a sudden, then came 4 wisdom tooth extractions. once i turned 18 i skipped the dentist for 15 years (yeah trashy). I went back to the dentist and now go every year and have never had another cavity.

So we got taken for 6 fillings.

---

Man something to a lesser degree happened to me recently.

Never had any cavities when I was on my parents insurance when I was younger. Just normal cleans. No cavities or anything just given the standard "be sure to floss, gums are a little red." Never any real issues.

It was that way for years even when I got my own dentist.

However, I had to get a new dentist earlier this year.

I've never had a dentist be rougher than that one when she was cleaning around the gums saying how red and sensitive they were.

Then she literally stabbed my gums when that fricking hook they use and then said "Oh yeah... you're bleeding here and I see you're winching. We're going to give you something to numb it." (I've never needed anything to numb at a cleaning before nor has it ever bled that much.)

Unsurprisingly she recommended that I come in again in 3 months instead of the regular 6 months for another cleaning even though they acknowledged insurance usually only pays for 2 a year.

FWIW I didn't have any cavities or any other issues.

Needles to say I haven't been back and will be looking for a new dentist.