Dentist....teeth cleaning
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My deep cleaning = brush longer = free
🖐. 46 and still have all my teeth with no major work done. Only time I had a cavity was when I switched to an electric toothbrush over 20 years ago, so I went back to a manual brush immediately after the cavity.
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Yep dentists aren't "real doctors" with an MD or DO. They do not take the MCAT, or go to medical school. It's a shame some people look at patients as gold mines:
Dentist broke his patients’ teeth to make millions installing crowns, jury finds
The dentist billed $4.2 million for crowns between 2016 and 2019.
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As a 2x looser in the world of marriage, I must bow to you! GF and a wife? It's difficult to keep one happy and you are dealing with 2! Or did you mean GF is also your wife?
I retired a littler over a year ago. I'm blessed with a Cadillac medical plan at no cost but am stuck with no dental or vision coverage post-retirement. I spoke to my long-time dentist and it was rather simple. He offers me the same cost as if I had the same insurance I did for the last 21 years. Cleaning and X-Rays is about $175 last time I had it done which was January IIRC.
From what you mentioned in the OP it sounds like the dentist your/she is using is more of a cosmetic dentist? We have a few of them around here, often eastern European dentists and they are constantly moving around and usually do not last more than a few years. Not exactly a scam but sure not the most reputable dentists.
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*raises hand*
Same here. Only thing I've had done was braces for about 3 1/2 years. Have to sleep with retainers for the rest of your life to avoid your teeth shifting back.
I brush, floss, Listerine, whitening/flouride mouthwash after every meal (three times a day).
A deep cleaning/srp "scaling and root planing" is where they clean the calculus and plaque off of your teeth that has developed under the gumline causing boneloss in either the mandibular or maxillary bone in addition to what has developed on the surface. They also probe the gums to measure the pocketing that forms aound each tooth that can hold plaque/calculus and work to reattach it to prevent further infiltration deep into the gums. If genuinely medically necessary its to prevent your teeth from slowly loosening and detaching or prevent infections under the gumline requiring periodontal incisions to drain. The office I work at charges 362 per quadrant so if all 4 were needed it would come out to 1448. Its considered on the high end but most offices in our area are around 1200ish for all 4. If you have an in network insurance plan like delta you'd only end up paying around $340.
They do take the DAT which is extremely similar to the mcat, go through 4 years of professional schooling similar to medical school with the addition of extreme amounts of labwork, take board exams and other things. They're doctors that specialize in the oral cavity.Yep dentists are "real doctors" with an MD or DO. They do not take the MCAT, or go to medical school. It's a shame some people look at patients as gold mines:
Dentist broke his patients’ teeth to make millions installing crowns, jury finds
The dentist billed $4.2 million for crowns between 2016 and 2019.
No my wife died years ago now....gf just started early 2020
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My mistake, I mean aren't. I'm sure it isn't easy getting in to dental school but you won't see them in a hospital setting and they usually have restricted prescription writing privileges.
No she has perfect teeth for 62......her MD said it was B.S. and being diabetic....is where this deep cleaning claim comes from......you really have to be very very carefull.....and has heard of people getting sepsis and dying from it....in rare cases
New dentists are terrible. Whatever you do don't go to dentistry schools for care. I went to Midwestern dentistry school in Illinois and regret it. All they want to do is pull teeth and replace with implants. I don't think they teach these students how to save teeth anymore. I'm 60 with all my teeth except for 2 crowns,one of which I had done at the school which ended up after 4 visits costing the same as if I had it done by a professional. They use cheap filling composite that fails and allows decay after only one year if you do get a cavity. I'd rather pay the little extra and have a professional job done by someone in private practice. Took me months to find a new dentist over 50 that was taught the right way
Looking forward to the UOA on the toothbrush oil. Or is it sealed with "lifetime" oil in it???
I recently had my teeth "Deep Cleaned". When my hygienist suggested and described it, I said it sounds like Scaling, as user HyundaiAbuser alluded to. I had this done in the 90's when I had better insurance. She said it would be $200 per side with my insurance (Medicare Advantage). I then asked what would it be without insurance and she said $700. So apparently $1400 is the going rate.
I will admit I'm not the best caretaker of my teeth, so I paid the $400 and had it done. It just took about a half hour per side, so the hourly rate does seem a bit steep.
I will admit I'm not the best caretaker of my teeth, so I paid the $400 and had it done. It just took about a half hour per side, so the hourly rate does seem a bit steep.
My dentist specializes in difficult children's tooth issues and does work at our local hospital a few days per month, but I am not sure what, if any, procedures she does there. We have a very large university in town with lots of international students and some of their children arrive with mouth/tooth challenges probably due to marginal dental care opportunities.
