I'm Feeling Very Unhappy

lantern5
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:18:20 +0000

I agree with a previous poster who suggested that you may need another opinion from a third dentist. Over ten years ago Readers Digest sent a mystery patient into dozens of dentists offices around the USA and the variability in the proposed treatment plans was amazing. I am NOT saying that your new dentist is wrong. But please ask yourself…are you in pain from the filling that was placed previously? Are your wisdom teeth causing you discomfort? Did your new dentist show you the radiographs he took and explain where you had untreated decay, where the filling was deteriorating or how the wisdom teeth were growing? I urge caution…Placing a crown over the ‘damaged filling’, placing several new fillings and extracting your wisdom teeth could cost thousands of dollars…