Can you reach your dentist or doctor only by phone or they use email too?
By Valentina
@valherma00 (6196)
Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
November 12, 2026 10:45am CST
I don't know how it's in your place but, here, if i see that someone uses text or email address as their contact, I'm thrilled and i gladly use it to contact them.
but the problem arises when the other side is thinking only by their point of view and doctors and dentists here or worlwide have a very high opinion of themselves; i wish we could change that one day but, yeah so, i sent an email to one dental clinic, where i was admitted before and yeah, my email was a little bit detailed but i wanted them to know i need someone with more experience, someone who will communicate with me and i asked cause they had my tooth scan what they think about some of my teeth and i asked about paying as well.
I sent this email on Monday and till today, no answer. The least i expected was that they can't tell me this via email, that i should come in person. In my heart, i gave them 3 days to answer, cause, they are not a small team and from 10 people, someone could have answered. I felt disappointed but decided to focus and find a smaller clinic, where is one doctor, maybe 2 so i saw the mobile phone number online and texted cause, i didn't see an email address as their contact.
i first sent a whatsapp, cause, you can see they read it but i thought what if they aren't online so, i sent an ordinary text and told i would appreciate a written asnwer about when can i come, that i have some problems.
I did that at 9 a.m. yesterday and got the answer at 8.30 p.m., the same day, that clinic works from then to then and that i should call and he put a homeland number.
it was 8.30 p.m., while i was chilling and wanted some peace before my sleep but what made me irritated more is if i wanted to call, i would have called, dude and if he, the dentist,, didn't want to be contacted by text or this mobile phone number, why did he put it online.
I answered him today and I wrote that i really can't talk/call due to a recent tooth extracting, which is true and that i would really appreciate an earliest appointment and i would like that he answers in a written form. I sent that text near 2 p.m. and it's 5.45 p.m. right now and i crossed over this one too.
Customer service here is really poor and, yes, this is a private clinic, like the one before, so i would pay him but if i have to push him like this, there is no use. Second disappointment in 1 week. I guess going to a social dentist is my only saver right now just, i don't like her. Actually, I have a tooth scan appointment first, next Friday, then i need to call her to set an appointment and if i can reach her and yes, she set right from the start that i should call too, although she has an email address.
Ah... people, what's wrong with them. I sometimes feel they don't want to work at all.

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5 responses
@AmbiePam (133312)
• United States
12 Nov
I communicate however my dentist prefers we communicate. While they have an email, it is easier on them if I call, and they have so many patients to tend to that I just deal with talking to them. I definitely don’t want to get on their bad side when they’re working on something like my teeth..
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@valherma00 (6196)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
12 Nov
since i extracted my right upper 6, my tongue is adjusting and i feel i struggle a bit while speaking and i felt that the other day when i felt i can't talk for too long and i was simply chatting with a store lady. so, i wanted to adjust this to me cause, patients can't call all the time and we live in a modern age after all. it's draining for me to press the number, spend my own money (i have a prepaid cell), wait to see if someone will pick up and in what mood are they in. many times, i experienced i should call later. that takes so much energy, money too, and we are not all the same. i don't want to get on the bad side of my social dentist too but for private dentists, which take my money, i want to set my rules, which is not that big of a deal. but, since most of them work both as private and social dentists, they act like this, which i hate but, then i won't leave any money with them.
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@AmbiePam (133312)
• United States
12 Nov
@valherma00 I hope it works out for like you want it too.
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@FourWalls (90510)
• United States
12 Nov
Most of the time I don’t have urgent needs so text/e-mail is fine with me.
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@JudyEv (391608)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Nov
Thankfully our dental clinic is very good. We can ring or email and they always send reminders when it's time for our appointment.
@JohnRoberts (109668)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Nov
I will only communicate via phone and none of this text email nonsense.
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@thelme55 (80577)
• Germany
12 Nov
We can contact our doctor or dentist through telephone. It’s faster than emails. If they can’t answer immediately, we call again or leave a message and if they want to tell us something about the result of any test we have, they call. Reading your posts about your dentists or doctor, I say the service is really bad in your place. That is so annoying.
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