I Went to 50 Different Dentists: Almost All Gave a Different Diagnosis

Re:I Went to 50 Different Dentists: Almost All Gave a Differ... by dublo7 on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:48PM (#37025855)

My kids had insurance through their mom, because she made shitty pay, but good benefits. She lost her job and put them on state medicaid plan. Suddenly my son who has never had a cavity in his life needed 6 fillings.

I took him to my dentist who found a single tooth that may have a cavity but it's too early to be sure. A year later he's had one filling. And that one was not any of the teeth the other dentist wanted to drill. He flosses in public bathrooms.

They obviously was a cash grab and were going to just drill the fuck out of his mouth to maximize medicaid payments.

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Re:I Went to 50 Different Dentists: Almost All Gave a Differ... by whynotminot on Sunday August 06, 2023 @06:05PM (#37027366)

Was military in the past, so on tricare. Base dentist was busy so they referred me off base to a local dental clinic for my regular cleaning.

That local dentist I guess saw a blank check when I walked in the door and tried to convince me I had 5 cavities that needed filling. I told him to finish just the cleaning and I’d check back in with my military dentist.

Military dentist later looked me over again and said I had one slowly developing potential cavity to keep an eye on. That’s it.

A lot of dentists are apparently unethical hack shops.

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