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I went to a new dentist for a broken filling and they tried to tell me I had 14 cavities and set me down with a finance person to set up a payment plan for how I was going to pay for them over the next 5 years.

I went to a second dentist, they fixed the broken filling and said my teeth were otherwise fine. I have the paperwork to back this up.

I’d been seeing another dentist for a while and he suddenly wanted to crown 3 of my teeth. Again I got a second opinion, and again they were like “That’s probably not necessary”.

I think a lot of dentistry comes down to how much money they need that month. It certainly doesn’t feel very scientific.

parent donatj 4 years ago

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