Re: Dishonest Dentists
- From: "Amatus Cremona" <Nicola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:52:09 GMT
Beg to differ.
If the carrier will cover crowns, they will cover onlays. Inlays are
generally not covered.
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Amatus
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<ahuangdds2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mar 21, 10:47 pm, Peter <short...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've seen undercover research in Reader's Digest and from an
un-broadcasted Prime Time Live episode from 1997 that, statistically,
most dentists are greedy, if not greedy liars. This is my personal
experience as well.
My wife and I both were deceived by two different dentists recently,
both of which failed to show us that we could have paid $175 under our
insurance plans for metal-porcelain crowns. Instead they upsold us
with ranges from $495 to $1100 and never mentioned the lower prices.
Unfortunately we trusted them, and found out too late about our
insurance coverage (two days after they began her onlay), and my
wife's dentist now swears they showed her all the prices.
We cancelled the $795 onlay job after discovering this, paid a $200
lab cancellation fee, and today as my wife was getting her $175 crown
started, her dentist was completely rude and snappy at her the entire
time, even warning how worse her nickel crown would be because 20% of
people are allergic, etc.
I feel like we're going to bad mechanics who try to scare us into
timing belt changes every time we need an oil change. (My wife, they
said, needed the $220 "deep" cleaning rather than the normal cleaning
our insurance provides that costs us nothing).
This is my personal experience from the last three dentists I've been
to, all of them in nice areas with the latest equipment, etc. My wife
says only one out of the last four she has been was good overall, and
some were downright awful (like our current one). After these
experiences we both agreed we're going to go to one dentist she liked,
even though he isn't under our plan. We just don't feel like risking
it again.
So I know good dentists exist but why so few? I am just unlucky?
I think there is a different between getting an onlay and a
crown........If I can have a onlay.....I'll never get a full coverage
crown.
Onlay-
Pro---conservative...less tooth structure removed. Less chance for an
root canal. Margin are often above the gum so less gum problem in the
future
Con- Not a cover benefit for most insurance
Crown-
Pro- a cover benefit for almost all insurance company
Con- Agressive...More tooth destruction thus more chance for root
canal later....Margin often under gum....More chance of gum problem in
the future
You get what you pay for.......It is much easier for dentist to cut a
crown compared to an onlay. If you can have an onlay.....Why take a
chance with a crown. There are many dentist out there, and not all
dentist is dishonest. I have been a dentist for about 10 years, and
most dentist I know are not greedy. We are often just misunderstood.
Our skill level are different, and our products are different. Depend
on the quality of service patient want and desired....You seek out the
dentist that best fit you.
Best wishes...........Albert
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