Re: "Why not put denture teeth on the ridge?"revisited (was Re: Running 2 displays from one computer in operatory)
- From: "David McCall" <david.mccall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:41:13 GMT
"David McCall" <david.mccall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bill" <dentaldoc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> David wrote:
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>> I hope this is more useful to you than the information I got
>> from this group when I had a dental question.
>>
>> David
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>> Generally, what I have seen on this newsgroup is that genuine dental
>> informational and clinical questions get serious answers.
>>
>> Oddball or inappropriate questions tend to get oddball answers.
>>
>> And what was your dental question?
>>
>> - dentaldoc
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> Perhaps I qualify for that. It was really more of a rant than a question.
> The subject line was "Why not put denture teeth on the ridge?"
>
> I've been wearing uppers since 1987 and lowers for several years,
> so I'm not new to dentures.
>
> All along I was telling the dentist that first and foremost I wanted
> "a good set of tools for eating". Then at the next to last try-in of
> the wax I find that the uppers are much further forward than I wanted,
> and the lowers were even worse, plus there is no way to get the
> front teeth together to bite anything off. He said it has to be that
> way because it is the rule, and that front teeth aren't intended for
> biting, they are just for looks (he's a teacher at a New England school).
> So I come back for the second wax try-in. and the lowers look even
> further forward than before. It's the best he could do with my jaw,
> but it looked like it wasn't even going to be as good as what I'm wearing.
>
> I eventually agreed to give them a try, but then called back the same
> day to tell him to hold off. while I reconsider (I got the answering
> machine)
> He called me several days later to tell me that they were already set to
> plastic, and we couldn't stop them now. So I said I would give them a try.
>
> When I get there to try them, he slips into the back and has his secretary
> demand that we pay the remaining $1400 before I can see the teeth.
> I figured that he knew that I wouldn't be happy once he saw what the
> tech had done, so he wanted his money up front.
>
> We left with nothing. He has $2800 of my money, I have nothing. He
> wanted another $1400 for something he knew would be useless to me.
> He still has my bar that was provided by the surgeon that put in the
> staple.
> It has been a huge headache. In fact I wound up in the emergency room
> because I still had the headache 3 days later. The doctor felt it was
> stress
> related. Coincidence? I think not.
>
> He doesn't answer our calls now.
>
> I'm not a happy camper. If you want more background, you can look
> up the original thread."Why not put denture teeth on the ridge?"
>
> David
Minor point left out.
After I had the surgeon
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