Re:Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo
by worker767424 on Friday December 18, 2020 @07:07PM
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> If you're not sure about a recommended dental filling, just go to a different dentist for a second opinion.
This happened to me, probably twice. The first time I got rushed through the fillings and had them the same appointment as a cleaning because they were minor (they were). I still felt abused by it. A few years later, the same dentist found something else. I got a second opinion this time. It was basically that an aggressive dentist might reasonably want to fill it, but the second opinion was "don't bother." Five years and on a new dentist and it hasn't been so much as mentioned by the new dentist.
Unless something is obviously wrong or you have a known history of cavities, I'd always get a second opinion.
This happened to me, probably twice. The first time I got rushed through the fillings and had them the same appointment as a cleaning because they were minor (they were). I still felt abused by it. A few years later, the same dentist found something else. I got a second opinion this time. It was basically that an aggressive dentist might reasonably want to fill it, but the second opinion was "don't bother." Five years and on a new dentist and it hasn't been so much as mentioned by the new dentist.
Unless something is obviously wrong or you have a known history of cavities, I'd always get a second opinion.