Re: Differing dental reports

IF you get three more opinions, you might get three more differing opinions.
There is a lot of art to this, based on science. Deciding when to crown and
when not to will vary a lot from office to office.

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Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S.
Michigan, USA
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This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only.
Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on
the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you
in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect
your health.
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"figgy" <figaro911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1117745691.936055.252240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> This is a followup to a post I made some time back. My wife's old
> dentist diagnosed her with five (5) crowns. Her new dentist says she
> needs one (1) crown and two fillings. These reports we're based on the
> same set of full mouth Xrays. Now I would expect some variation, after
> all dentists are human, and some cases could be borderline. But this
> result astounds me. Maybe it shouldn't. In any case, I guess it's a
> good thing we went for that second opinion. Would reporting this to the
> state dental board accomplish anything?
>
> Jeff
>


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