Or is it that new dentists with huge dental school debt and debt from starting or buying a practice are under such pressure, and these are the dentists who are more likely to agree to be in DHMO provider lists due to needing to increase their business?
Meaning Spirit and Frontier? Or the direction that American, Delta, and United are going for non-frequent-flier-elite passengers?
All of them to some degree, but certainly Spirit Frontier Ryanair etc.
As far as dentists go don’t know the reasons (or care) I just know DHMOs are heavily pressured to sell dental work.
DW and I are planning a winter vacation to Thailand and it turns out that Thailand is a medical tourism destination. The money we’ll save by replacing our aging fillings there will more than pay for the airfare.
@busdriver11 – I am going to PM you the name of a dentist in NYC. I don’t think he is cheap. OTOH he and his partner are excellent.
can you send me the same PM? Son is living and working in NYC…
From my limited understanding, tooth pain is not an early warning sign. Pain (not just sensitive to cold) can mean one may be looking at something more serious (root canal, tooth removal).
Also as has been explained to me, silver fillings have to be “locked” into tooth. A DDS has to drill a hole that ends up wider at the bottom of the hole than at the top of the hole so the filling can’t be pulled out. As a DDS drills bigger holes (bigger cavities), the sides of tooth around filling get thinner and thin sides could crack upon chewing. Sometimes a crack can only be fixed if tooth is removed. A DDS may suggest a crown on a tooth with a big filling as a form of prevention against cracking…
Thank you for the pm, @cnp55!
So an update…two dentists we trust looked at the x-rays, and he needs the crown. I don’t think he understood why, nor communicated that the me, but he needs it. Sadly. I feel more comfortable with his dentist now.
But we are staying away from the dental HMO, for sure!