Do you think your dentists do unnecessary work?

Yes, I've had too many dentists try to pull fast ones on my family. One dentist had demanded my children get the sealants to protect their molars and I agreed and was sold on the validity of the useage. Was told they'd be protected. We had to switch dentists and the new dentist demanded that my son had a cavity in the molar that the sealants were on. I had him show me and he pointed on any old point. No hole, indent, darkening, just the sealant was on there. I refused the work to be done. Again I switched dentist's to Dr. Katnik's office and had my son examined and all the teeth xrayed to discover there was no cavity at all. I was furious to findout the other dentist was willing to damage my son's perfectly good teeth just to make a buck. You have to do your homework and be logical about what they tell you. Another scam at the other dentist's office I remember was that everyone was being diagnosed with needing deep tissue cleaning that was costly before he could do any more work on people. I had come 2-hours earlier than my appointment and listened to what the receptionist was telling people. Over and over the same diagnosis. When I went in for my exam, he tried to tell me I needed the deep tissue cleaning before he could fix my cavity and I come unglued. I looked at him and said does my policy cover the deep cleaning? He responded "NO" it's an extra fee of $$$. I said, then I don't need it...just fix my cavity. He got hostile with me over it. I ended up refusing the deep cleaning and left his office to complain to my dental plan rep. and ended up switching dentists. One of the worst things I had to face with my children being treated was one dentist refused to allow me to be present while my 3-year old was being examined. That just wasn't acceptable to me. With so many molesters today...no way would I leave my child's side. I could see for xrays, but not just the normal exam. We were out of there in a heart beat. The hard thing is waiting to get another appointment. It can take months. I love the dentist I finally found. Dr. Katnik. Everytime I go there it goes so smoothly. Cleaning, xray, and then exam in the same day. Then you come back if you need other treatments done. They are the last good dental practice around anymore.

when i had my braces years back, my dentist does lot of things with my teeth that i don't think is necessary. there are times that he had to put filling in my teeth then after a week, he would remove it and put another set of fillings. there was even one time when he extracted my tooth to give way to the adjustment but when i went to another dentist, he told me that it is possible not to have it removed but just splice it... i didn't let him finish my braces, instead i went to another dentist who was far better than he is and would just do proper procedures on my teeth.

well, i have never had that problem, and i do not like dentists

I know exactly what you mean. I have been seeing my dentist for over 11 years and she is good with regular dental care. I knew I contacted peridontal disease after my son was born. This is a gum disease where you get pockets in your gums and the teeth can decay below the gum line, plus you lose bone support and your teeth can get loose. My dentist was not really treating this, because it is out of her field. She was aware of the problem, but didn't think it had really progressed much. I took it upon myself to see another dentist who would check this for me. WOW was I ever surprised at his suggestion. First he wanted me to see a specialist, who suggested I have more procedures than I have time here on earth for. The cost was more than I would pay for a new car. This was after my insurance would pay. Dental insurance only pays up to $1000.00 a year. He wanted around $10,000.00. He wanted to pull teeth, do implants, do scraping and boning etc. I could not get back to my dentist fast enough. I told her what I did and she said yes I could go that route or I could just have my teeth cleaned 4 times a year instead of twice a year, I could use Plax mouth wash and floss between meals while brushing at least twice a day. All this would do as much as the $10,000.00 procedure. I think the specialist need the big bucks to maintain their fancy offices. I will stick to my genral dentist and do the simple things in life to maintain my teeth for now.

Ya i feel they are here not to cure our tooth problems but for some slezy money, more work more pay a direct relation.

Go to the dentist is like we go to beauty salon the different is one is for your teeth and on is for your hair. If you are a new person in beauty salon, they will offer you so many kind of treatment that they have. But you can rejected. You can do that to your new dentist too. Last couple years i went to a new dentist like you do, they offer me a lot of treatment and said something happen with my teeth and i said just want to check my filling. They forced me but i still said no, so they just check my filling.When i went to my own dentist, she said nothing problem with my teeth at all. Just be careful with your new dentist

I do I quit a dentist because they seemed to be more about selling me work to improve my smile instead of my health. I also had two teeth destroyed when one wanted to do a procedure she shouldnt have been doing.

No, thankfully. I went to a dentist until he retired a few yrs ago & now am going to the one that shared the building with him. And to validate this one, my retired dentist goes to him too.