Going from insurance dentist to private dentist again:(
By Valentina
@valherma00 (3829)
Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
March 30, 2026 12:22pm CST
And this private dentist, although i've been a patient there for 3 years, he can't make an early appointment. I'll have a short check-up tomorrow but an actual work is Friday after Easter and i hope i won't have to change an appointment again due to work but if i have to, i will cause, i have to work too. He's whining to me that he's having a tough time, having so many patients. I mean, i'm in a tough position, waiting endlessly for someone to start some work on my teeth but i can't say it out loud.
Yes, the biggest disappointment was when my gums/teeth and their inflammation finally went down and i hoped for insurance dentist to start procedures but she said there is some pus pocket and she will send me to some experts but she feels that one or two teeth are going out and she is asking for a 2nd opinion.
my spirit left my body and i said to her nothing is going out. She replied but experts are always right. I repeated again that it's the easiest thing to extract a tooth. So, yes, not extracting anything if i don't have to and i remember the private dentist said he will make me a crown so, going to him again.
I'm sorry for spending money but i'm not going to butchers. And this insurance dentist is a woman of similar age to mine. I can't believe it that for a month she just stalled and did this to me.
For almost 2 months, i've battling this inflammation and all. Can i have a break.
I hope you're better, mylotters.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Apr
@LadyDuck i fear as well and i contacted insurance dentist, saying that i would appreciate her replying me after easter monday or seeing me in person before april 9, which i think, there are small chances. ah, i hope my paycheck from last month comes soon
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@LadyDuck (502485)
• Italy
5 Apr
@valherma00 I hope your paycheck comes soon, they should pay by the end of the month.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Apr
@LadyDuck 15th of the month or even 20th but, that's galaxies far away from me
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
31 Mar
I hope everything will turn out good.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr
@valherma00 I wonder that as well. Why can’t things be easy and without any issues?
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Apr
@lovebuglena a world would be a better place and we could mention those good changes in the news but, no, we only speak about bad things and people always having it hard and harder.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
thank you. ah, not sure anymore. this private dentist is pricey, won't mention me the prices and insurance dentist, when i sent her an email, asking some inquiry, she said i have make an appointment in person and i don't want to go in person. i would like an answer via email so i can decide to go to her or not. why everyone is so complicated.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
i feel older generations of dentists weren't this kind of complicated beings.
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@DaddyEvil (174465)
• United States
30 Mar
I hope everything works out well for you.
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@DaddyEvil (174465)
• United States
2 Apr
@valherma00 Unfortunately, the dentist can see better in your mouth than you can
You're welcome.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
thank you but it started complicated and it's still is and i would like to save some money. also, all of a sudden this private dentist mentioned another tooth and that this tooth can't be saved but he will inspect it. when i complained about this tooth, he didn't take me seriously and now he shocked me with this. there should be onyl one tooth in question and not 2 
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
@DaddyEvil that's not the obvious point;he could have delivered that better and from the start. Real people are in front of them
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
thank you. only thing is he mentioned me another tooth, next to this one and when i mentioned him this tooth, he didn't take me seriously and all of a sudden, this new tooth can't be saved but an old one can. also, he didn't mention me prices for my possible tooth crown, which i hate. i am hoping for some miracle and him replying to my inquiry of the price.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Apr
@valherma00 Sounds shady. I hope you get an answer.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Apr
@just4him this private dentist thinks that i have plent of cash, which i don't but, yes, his answers and recent discoveries are not consistent. i'll have another appointment on thursday and maybe i'll find out something more. thank you.
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr
@valherma00 A lot of doctors need to work on their communication.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Apr
@JudyEv they really do and they should, thank you. i remember insurance dentists directing me to school of dental medicine and so many college students only stared at them, having no clue what to do. it was free but still and noone asked me if i wanted them all around me. the nexttime i said no, they compromised from 5-6 of them to only 2 them. they can't take no for an answer.
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@valherma00 (3829)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
thank you. i got the newest information from a private dentist that another tooth is making me issues and that this tooth can't be saved but an old one can. he was blabbing a lot of things and when i mentioned this second tooth before, he didn't comment it all and not this revelation. i feel so many doctors are bad at communication and i don't like having one shock after another.
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