Re: Dental dummy has questions & comments

From: Dr. Steve (drsteve_at_no-spam.com)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:10:40 GMT

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:11:43 -0500, StovesNewAddy@sympatico.DOTnet
(StovePipe) wrote:

><rev_otis_mcnatt@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> One reason I avoid the dental visits (other than the fact that
>> my teeth have never given me trouble) is that nowadays, they
>> want to do a whole series of x-rays and perhaps do more than
>> is actually needed, which is common in other fields as well.
>
>Why do they post 'NO DIVING' signs at the local swiming hole near you?
>So you don't can your head on a rock under the surface; a rock that YOU
>CAN'T SEE.
>
>Why do we take x-rays? To see decay, foreign bodies, abceses, etc...
>Things that, on the surface, YOU CAN'T SEE.
>
>However, is this really getting through to you? Will you believe what
>the dentist says to you, if it doesn't jive with your pre-conceived
>notions about what is going on in your mouth? What if s/he says that,
>even though your gums LOOK alright, there is gum disease hiding under
>them. Will you believe it?
>
>I get people in my practice like you all the time: too CHEAP to spend a
>dime on their teeth; not for LUXURY elective treatments, but for
>NECESSARY medically based treatments. They come in with more $$$ on
>their wrists and on their feet than they are prepared to put in their
>mouths. And, no x-rays, doc please... they're dangerous. Meanwhile,
>they've got skin that's almost BLACK from going to the tanning salon...
>
>It is just possible that in those thirty years, trouble has been
>brewing in your mouth and you will naturally expect the dentist to wave
>his magic wand and make everything right in one appointment lasting 40
>minutes, hey?
>
>Don't be surprised if the dentist asks you to sign an informed
>consentment form, especially if you refuse x-rays to see the whole
>picture.
>
>If you go to a dentist, and you don't like the verdict, GO TO ANOTHER
>ONE, and get another opinion, instead of doing the welfare line solution
>(just do nothing at all). This will cost you some $$$, so go to the
>automatic teller before hand.
>
>Would you be here if this NG cost you something to get advice? I think
>not.
>
>Just my opinion, but I am definitely sticking to it.
>SP

the OP is obviously not a happy person.
..
Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
Troy, Michigan, USA

I am writing on a Tablet-PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my handwriting.

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