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You should get your teeth, checked and overhauled if needed in PV. I hear their care is excellent and very affordable.
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You should get your teeth, checked and overhauled if needed in PV. I hear their care is excellent and very affordable.
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You aren’t paying for the hours they spend today, you’re paying for the hours it took to get there.
But dentists are one of the very few professions that can get away with charging $2000 for 2 or 3 hours of work.
You aren’t paying for the hours they spend today, you’re paying for the hours it took to get there.
You aren’t paying for the hours they spend today, you’re paying for the hours it took to get there.
IME, that kind of price is associated with dental surgery, implants, crowns, and other more extensive work.
The rest of their hours are spent on consultations and exams, or initial visits with problems to lay out a plan of things to correct. Those hours typically run $100-$200 per visit, for those with no discount/insurance.
The only time I've paid over $2k for the dentist is for an implant. That came as the result of initial review/xrays, then a follow up with a dental surgeon to confirm, then another appointment for the surgeon to perform the extraction and build up, anesthesia, with another follow up to make sure all was healing well....then another to install the actual implant. $2500 ish for 5 visits, multiple hours, most with tech assistants, (also well trained) and an actual implant/crown made - a lot more than 2-3 hours work.
IME, that kind of price is associated with dental surgery, implants, crowns, and other more extensive work.
The rest of their hours are spent on consultations and exams, or initial visits with problems to lay out a plan of things to correct. Those hours typically run $100-$200 per visit, for those with no discount/insurance.
The only time I've paid over $2k for the dentist is for an implant. That came as the result of initial review/xrays, then a follow up with a dental surgeon to confirm, then another appointment for the surgeon to perform the extraction and build up, anesthesia, with another follow up to make sure all was healing well....then another to install the actual implant. $2500 ish for 5 visits, multiple hours, most with tech assistants, (also well trained) and an actual implant/crown made - a lot more than 2-3 hours work.
My last dentist was a gem. She also ER'd because they were a double-dentist family.
Anyway, she didn't do root canals and sent me to an endodontist. The charge there was high. When I visited her again for the crown, I asked her why she didn't become an endo since it seems to be a cash machine? Her answer: she likes to get to know the people in her community, just doing one thing is boring, and it isn't all about the money.
The guy who bought her practice is also good, but he also does root canals and implants. He's never pressured me for any extra work, but should the day arrive, he'll want to be the one who does it. My old dentist kept to the simple stuff.
Ummm...even with only two root canals so far I am still glad my dentist sent me to the endodontist everyone seems to use here locally.
The last one (#18) required a lot of filing over roughly an hour in the chair.
I queried whether measuring bone loss would lead to a change in treatment, and he said no. I gave him the side eye, and his "prescription" was brush, floss and use a mouth wash. I think I can do that.
Two questions to ask for any test: "What are you looking for or trying to rule out?" And "What will you do with the results"? No use taking a test that won't result in any action either way.
MarieIG said:I queried whether measuring bone loss would lead to a change in treatment, and he said no. I gave him the side eye, and his "prescription" was brush, floss and use a mouth wash. I think I can do that.
Two questions to ask for any test: "What are you looking for or trying to rule out?" And "What will you do with the results"? No use taking a test that won't result in any action either way.
My last dentist was a gem. She also ER'd because they were a double-dentist family.
Anyway, she didn't do root canals and sent me to an endodontist. The charge there was high. When I visited her again for the crown, I asked her why she didn't become an endo since it seems to be a cash machine? Her answer: she likes to get to know the people in her community, just doing one thing is boring, and it isn't all about the money.
The guy who bought her practice is also good, but he also does root canals and implants. He's never pressured me for any extra work, but should the day arrive, he'll want to be the one who does it. My old dentist kept to the simple stuff.
Ummm...even with only two root canals so far I am still glad my dentist sent me to the endodontist everyone seems to use here locally.
The last one (#18) required a lot of filing over roughly an hour in the chair.
But get this - she then BLOCKED ME on her phone. SERIOUSLY?
Wow. That would be a flat-out statement to me that I need a new dentist. Yesterday.
Wow. That would be a flat-out statement to me that I need a new dentist. Yesterday.
Came time to get the "crown" and all went well - until I got the bill. Was expecting about $1,100 as that's what crowns have cost in the past. Nope - $1,970 including a $740 charge for an "abutment", even though NO-ONE mentioned the need for an "abutment" prior to me getting the bill.
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I was not happy at all at getting a $740 "surprise" bill from her, so texted her. She didn't respond for a day or two, so I called the office and spoke with her billing manager. Was basically told to suck it up, and the cost was the cost. Asked to speak to the Dentist. Billing Manager said "she WON'T discuss financials with you".