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re: Dentist bill - missed appointment
Posted on 4/18/18 at 9:59 pm to themasterpater
Posted on 4/18/18 at 9:59 pm to themasterpater
Your doc doesn’t really expect you to pay. It’s just his way of telling you go somewhere else.
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Posted on 4/18/18 at 10:11 pm to themasterpater
That's the hygienist time, not the dentist.
No way I would pay it.
No way I would pay it.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 10:11 pm to Undertow
1) Your dentist isn’t an Oracle and can’t always predict everything that will happen to a patient in a chair. This can result in delays, which are not his/her fault. You no call no showing is very much your fault and would have taken a minute long phone call to avoid.
2) You are scheduling an appointment for the dentist’s time. He can’t call you up and schedule you anytime it’s convenient for him to maximize his earnings. If you have a dry socket and are in the worst pain of your life he isn’t going to make you wait 3 weeks to get seen because he has a lot of people wanting appointments. You hold the scheduling power AND you are not providing a service. Therefore you spending an hour waiting is not really the equivalent of you no call no showing for an hour appointment. Furthermore, you are perfectly capable of bringing materials such as a laptop to the waiting room and working. The dentist is not forcing you to be unproductive during the time you are in the waiting room. Nor is he taking away from your leisure time because you could also just as easily bring a book or post on TD or whatever while waiting. The opportunity cost simply isn’t the same.
3) If you believe the dentist is providing you inferior service by making you wait then go to another dentist. Capitalism.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 11:29 pm to themasterpater
Bruh, my dentist cancelled on me, after I pre-paid for the procedure. I tried to get a refund. They took $40 out of refund and took two months to process it. BS/
Posted on 4/19/18 at 2:42 am to Sidicous
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Yeah because it's dicks that get elected by their peers to the highest positions in their professional organizations.
Idiot, who has to remind you how to breathe?
Yeah, he's totally wrong. Apparently YOU'RE the dick.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:32 am to SECdragonmaster
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ure. As long as on the occasion that your filling takes twice as long - you are willing to pay double. You good with that?
You sound like a whiny bitch.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:37 am to starsandstripes
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You sound like a whiny bitch.
Not whiny at all. He is just saying his time is “so valuable”.
I am just suggesting he keeps it all Even on both sides.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:40 am to Broke
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You occupied 1 hour of their time by not showing up. You should have to pay. They scheduled YOU, and didn't schedule someone else.
So how much do I get off my bill when I'm not IN THE DENTISTS CHAIR at the appointment time?
The reason patients bail is because we all know they are extra stacking patients and making us all wait.
frick em
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:40 am to GEAUXT
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That is a block of time when they could have scheduled someone else.
no it isnt, all dentists overbook, thats why u always have to wait
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:42 am to CheeseTiger251
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1) Your dentist isn’t an Oracle and can’t always predict everything that will happen to a patient in a chair. This can result in delays, which are not his/her fault. You no call no showing is very much your fault and would have taken a minute long phone call to avoid.
Patient isn't an Oracle either. Doc can make phone calls too.
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2) You are scheduling an appointment for the dentist’s time. He can’t call you up and schedule you anytime it’s convenient for him to maximize his earnings.
bullshite. They set their own hours and see patients when they want. It's all for their convenience and their earnings. What planet are you living on?
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. If you have a dry socket and are in the worst pain of your life he isn’t going to make you wait 3 weeks to get seen because he has a lot of people wanting appointments.
bullshite as well. They will tell you to hit the ER if they are booked full.
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You hold the scheduling power AND you are not providing a service.
You seem retarded. Call your doctor and exert this "power" and let us know how it goes. Do us a favor and tell your doctor to be at the office at 3am then let us know what the result is.
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Furthermore, you are perfectly capable of bringing materials such as a laptop to the waiting room and working.
Jesus you are stupid.
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The opportunity cost simply isn’t the same.
It's exactly the same. There is no better way to illustrate this than with people that must take leave time, in the middle of a work day, to depart and go to a medical appointment. That's a direct cost to them.
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3) If you believe the dentist is providing you inferior service by making you wait then go to another dentist. Capitalism.
Only intelligent thing you said.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:46 am to themasterpater
Be more responsible. No one likes an unreliable and lazy shitwad.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:49 am to bengalbait
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I have only charged for a broken appointment when I wanted to get rid of a chronic offender.
This.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 6:51 am to SECdragonmaster
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Not whiny at all. He is just saying his time is “so valuable”.
I am just suggesting he keeps it all Even on both sides.
His time is valuable. To argue otherwise is an asshatted position.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:40 am to sgallo3
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no it isnt, all dentists overbook, thats why u always have to wait
Not true. I always scheduled one person at a time and worked one chair, with rare exceptions (I might use a second chair for a suture removal or denture adjustment that takes just a few minutes and I’d do that while my primary patient is getting numb). Not all dentists are greedy money-grabbers - just 95% of them. Despite this, I’d still occasionally get off schedule. Examples: you’re extracting a tooth and the root breaks, so suddenly it’s a surgical extraction. Or you’re seating a bridge and it doesn’t fit, so now you’re retaking impressions and maybe making a new temporary. Or decay runs deeper than it appears on the x-ray and a filling turns into a root canal.
If your dentist runs late, he should keep you informed of how late he is running and apologize. If he is consistently late, find a new dentist. Missed appointments are costly - my overhead was around $1,500/day and time is money. And calling ahead means someone with an emergency cam be worked into the schedule.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:52 am to sgallo3
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That is a block of time when they could have scheduled someone else.
no it isnt, all dentists overbook, thats why u always have to wait
You must only seek out low cost low quality providers. What you describe is a medicaid/HMO office.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:00 am to themasterpater
Ok, with all the technology available today you couldn't have put that appointment in your calendar? Set an alarm? Anything?
I'm horrible with that stuff, but I've even figured out Google calendar and it's synced to all devices.
I'm horrible with that stuff, but I've even figured out Google calendar and it's synced to all devices.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:14 am to themasterpater
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Exactly what happened
So you forgot about the appointment? Did they not call you prior to the appointment to remind you? I always get a call 24 hours beforehand.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:18 am to the LSUSaint
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So how much do I get off my bill when I'm not IN THE DENTISTS CHAIR at the appointment time?
The reason patients bail is because we all know they are extra stacking patients and making us all wait.
No, they really don't.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:44 am to Relham10
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It is pretty standard to charge for no show appointments if you do not call ahead of time to let the office know. That is a block of time when they could have scheduled someone else.
This. You took up a slot of their time that they could have a paying patient. How are you faulting them for charging you for wasting their time?
That would hold more water if most dentists actually took you on time. My time is just as valuable as theirs, actually more based on the charge.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:51 am to GEAUXT
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hat is a block of time when they could have scheduled someone else.
But they probably already did. So many doctors double book appointments.
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