Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Dentists, like all health care providers, are mechanics.
As with the guy who you might pay to work on your car, if you happen upon a good dentist or internist, then you stay with them.
You don't worry about them making a little gravy on any given job. They will have earned that over the years of comping you many little things.
We've used the same dentist for nearly three decades now. He knows our history and he knows our pain tolerance. My wife hates any sort of dental work, while our guy tells me that I have a very high pain tolerance.
Anyway, if you're happy with the dentist and have been seeing him for some years, I'd be inclined to listen to what he's telling you and what it'll cost, just as you would with any trusted mechanic.
As with your vehicles, there are cheap and dirty fixes that may not be cheaper in the longer term. You'll likely see another three decades. Don't cheap out on your teeth this early in the game.
Just my two pence.
I appreciate the point about loyalty fdcg. I'm much the same way.
This dentist just bought out the practice three months prior. Seems like a good guy, but he hasn't been there long enough to develop that with me.
I was not crazy about his predecessor at all. The selection of the practice was because Mrs. Tdbo disliked our prior dentist. I really liked the one we had. I may go back to the one we had previously, or go to OSU and have it done.
Dentists, like all health care providers, are mechanics.
As with the guy who you might pay to work on your car, if you happen upon a good dentist or internist, then you stay with them.
You don't worry about them making a little gravy on any given job. They will have earned that over the years of comping you many little things.
We've used the same dentist for nearly three decades now. He knows our history and he knows our pain tolerance. My wife hates any sort of dental work, while our guy tells me that I have a very high pain tolerance.
Anyway, if you're happy with the dentist and have been seeing him for some years, I'd be inclined to listen to what he's telling you and what it'll cost, just as you would with any trusted mechanic.
As with your vehicles, there are cheap and dirty fixes that may not be cheaper in the longer term. You'll likely see another three decades. Don't cheap out on your teeth this early in the game.
Just my two pence.
I appreciate the point about loyalty fdcg. I'm much the same way.
This dentist just bought out the practice three months prior. Seems like a good guy, but he hasn't been there long enough to develop that with me.
I was not crazy about his predecessor at all. The selection of the practice was because Mrs. Tdbo disliked our prior dentist. I really liked the one we had. I may go back to the one we had previously, or go to OSU and have it done.
