Clark’s Advice Before Your Next Dentist Visit
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My kid moved to a major city and went for a cleaning. The dentist said he had six cavities and needed this and that. He was justifiably shocked as our family has always emphasized and practiced good dental hygiene. He came back to our hometown and the dentist who has seen him since he was a little boy and found nothing wrong. Since then, he takes time off work to come back home (even though it's a long distance) for dental visits.
Same thing happened to me last week. They wanted to charge me 3000 dollars for a so called deep cleaning. I WILL be looking for a new dentist for sure. My previous dentist retired and referred me to a new dentist and this is what I ran into. Sticking people up with the cash register.
That's what one of the new dentist told my son. 6 must be the magic number. Now, 2 dentists later, he has none. I guess they miraculously disappeared. Go figure.
It is SAD what some of them are capable of trying to do!
This happened to us when we moved and seen a new dentist.
Dentists have just become used car salesmen!
I had one that said I had 6 cavities! That was 18 years ago. I’ve still to this day have never had a cavity!
Yes, it is sell, sell, sell!
Consumer's Reports did an investigation of the ethics of dentists. I'm guessing that this was maybe 20 or so years ago. They sent a person who needed about $400 of dental work done. The results were that 80% of dentists said that the person needed more work done than actually needed to be done. The worst was a dentist that claimed that more than $30,000 of work was needed.
Probably worse now. Also with the increase of corporate dentistry (dental practice part of a chain or franchised)
I loved the $8k estimate to improve my smile! (I'm grumpy and 66, I could care less about my smile)
Same here. Told my last dentist that when I land my first Hollywood movie I'd give them a call.
I am a former Registered Dental Hygienist. I move out of state with my current job and needed to find a new dentist. I did not tell them I used to be a RDH, I know how to read x-rays. The first 4 I saw presented treatment plans for thousands of dollars, none of which I needed. I am finally on my 5th dentist. She was the only honest one and very good at what she does. BTW Delta Dental insurance is very good.
By you being a former RDH u knew who was & was not telling u the truth. The average Joe/Jane wouldn't know and would have believed any 1 of the first 4 dentists u saw. Unfortunately it took 5 dentists to get to the truth, but most ppl wouldn't have the patience to keep getting that many "second, third, fourth, or fifth" opinions. 😢
@@juliemcdaniel499great point! We normally get just 2 😢
@@icedteamama176 Exactly & that "second" opinion may not be telling you the truth nether, then what do ppl do smh.
I am curious to know why you're no longer an RDH and what your current line of work is since being an RDH is touted here on YT as being a very "rewarding" career a.k.a "lucrative"and important part in achieving good oral health (not that I believe it) . Your post reinforces my distrust of the dental profession as a whole. What I don't understand is why did it take for you to experience first hand the dishonesty and price gauging that goes on in the dental field which we patients have known for a long time before you publicly admitted it?
@juliemcdaniel499 It's not just a matter of not having the patience to seek those additional opinions but the money to pay for those exams since each dentist you visit will still want to do their own "oral examination" and most dental insurances won't pay for more than 2 oral exams per year.
Going to a dentist is like taking your car to the dealership for an oil change. You know you're coming out with more than just an oil change.
Your oil will definitely get "changed"!
Yes! And the number of things you "need" done will be based on what your insurance coverage maximum amount is! You are always at a disadvantage because before you even show up for your first appt, they have already called your insurance and obtained that information.
We need fiduciary dentists and doctors.
I like that!
If they say you need a deep cleaning run! Those practices that offer cheap initial visits will try to screw you. It will also put you in a constant state of peridontal maintenance having to go 3 times a year. Those dental groups are the worst I would avoild them at all costs.
A couple years ago I went into a US dentist for some repairs and after my exam I was given an estimate for $12.000.00 for the repairs. However, if I gave them a check for $7000. they would the repairs right away. Since I didn't have that kind of money I had to pass. I kinda felt like I was in a back street used car dealership. I traveled to Mexico and had the necessary work done for just under $1000. The work was perfect and I enjoyed my vacation .
University dental school within driving distance? Go there. The students are supervised and its cheap. As a kid, my brothers and i would have a cavity filled each and every time we went to the dentist - and it was very painful. That evil bastard died of a heart attack in a parking lot, getting into his customized Cadillac.
Exact same thing happened to me 15 years ago when I moved from Florida to Atlanta. Tried to tell me I had 3 cavities. Went back to Florida to my childhood dentist who told me I didn’t need ANYTHING. Drove me nuts.
Wallet Extraction 💰
I had a similar experience when I retired and had a Medicare supplemental and had to leave my dentist I had been with for 17 years because she didn’t take my supplemental insurance. I had to go to another dentist who did and he wanted to redo crowns and pull two teeth. I was not happy so I purchased a dental insurance plan on top of my supplemental that my old dentist was paneled with and I was able to go back after a years absence and she told me I didn’t need those procedures the “new dentist”wanted done.
Matthew Lesko says go to needy meds It's org or gov . Look it up. It might help.
No Medicare supplement covers dental. You must have Medicare advantage which is not real Medicare. It is private insurance and the dental part is pretty lame. That's why your dentist does not want to deal with it. Clark has a video about Medicare Advantage you may like to view.
I love my dentist. She has a very humble Office nothing fancy at all, but she has top-of-the-line equipment and she charges me no more than what my insurance will cover
The cost of dentistry has gone up so much!! I think the dentist should have a guarantee for their work and that guarantee should be in Writing. If I am going to pay $6000 for a bridge it should have a warranty.
Some Dentists are “used car salesman”.
Today my dentist texted me and I got this video in my feed.
A few days ago a buddy phoned me and mentioned that he got poison Ivy.
That day a poison ivy video appeared in my RUclips feed.
I never searched for anything related to dentistry or poison ivy
on RUclips or anywhere else.
This is creepy.
Assuming u have a "smart"phone, or "smart" tv..they do listen to you. Also, if u have Alexa in your home she's ALWAYS listening. If your tv remote has a mic it's listening for sure (like when u were on the phone w/ your friend). This is the part of technology I despise! It's not needed!!! Hopefully, u don't have a "smart" tv w/ a camera. If u do, I hope you've covered the lens w/ black tape.
I’m 70 years old unless I have pain I am not going to a dentist anymore😂
Consider getting your x-rays on thumb drive. It's interesting to see periodontist who still scrape teeth If you miss a cleaning to deep clean your mouth. $1,600 aside. Since laser cleaning has obsoleted the scraping just a little bit of knowledge could save you a lot of money and possible permanent gum damage.
Ask the dentist, how can they drill for dollars and sleep at night?😮
When I was in my late teens my mom took me to a new dentist that I wanted to try. I had braces on my teeth at the time. He told us I had many pinpoint cavities that needed to be fixed. We got a second opinion and were told there were no cavities. Never had a problem with them. I was so happy to get that second opinion.
Yeah, sad that there are people out there like that. If you really had cavities you definitely would have found out eventually as you would have had pain in that area.
The thing is--dentists do MORE THAN QUITE WELL by just taking care of your teeth and doing their job. It's just GREED. Fortunately, my dentist's son bought the practice when his father retired. Went to the father for over 50 years. Hopefully, I'll get another 50 with his son! 🤣
This is aggressive dental vs conservative dental practice.
Dentists and Veternairians seem to be qualified to work at car lots. They like Add-ons. A second opinion from the same profession may be moneytarilly the same. They know about Buck Teeth as in how to get their teeth in your bucks.
Same thing happened to me when I moved to another state and had to get a new dentist. The guy said I needed all this work done and I asked a coworker if she knew him and she said she did and that he'd ruined her whole mouth with unnecessary work. Luckily I found another dentist who was awesome before the other guy could do anything.
Go to the Dental School ❤
I have been following this Dr Ellie procedure on RUclips and the thing works, check it out
Glad to see somebody else here doing this. I'm glad I found her and her recommendations. I even use the Walmart Equal line of generics for the Listerine and ACT rinses, and they work fine.
I'm going through something kind of similar. I've been going to the same dentist since 1996. He's very good. Well, over the years he has built up his practice and eventually hired other dentists and now he's probably close to retirement. Anyway at my last dentist visit I had a new dental hygienist and she sounded very concerned. She had my dentist come over to look and they wanted me to see their periodontist, so I did. They wanted to pull out one molar completely and in another area they wanted to open up my gum and maybe graft tissue and may several other procedures. I left that appointment in total shock. After I got home, and calmed down, I thought "No. These teeth are not hurting me at all. I'm 67 years old and everything is slowly falling apart (though I'm in good health, just getting older) and I'm not going to have anything done to my teeth unless I'm in pain or my teeth are falling out. I think they just want to rack up their billings of their patients. If they do this again, I will look for another dentist and get a second opinion. It's really hard because I like my dentist. I don't want to change dentists. But I'm not going to have unnecessary procedures at my age. I live alone and have no one to take care of me. And my teeth feel fine. I think it's total BS. I'll continue to get 2 cleanings a year and that's it.
Way to go. Stick to your instincts. I'm your approx. age & experiencing a similar situation. My dentist has sold his practice and is semi-retired, working only 2 days a week. The new young-gun dentist saw me last visit and had a list of all this new work I suddenly needed. Also, during this routine cleaning, an admin. person popped in with a price chart of non-insured procedures "much-needed" costing several hundred $. I opted for a few, later regretting, feeling like I got bullied by a street panhandler. Obvious signs that its time to shop for a new dentist.
I don't blame you! I actually found my dentist on Yelp back in 2010. I really like him, & haven't had any issues. He's really into preserving one's teeth which I appreciate.
I too dislike the dentist. My blood pressure always goes up. My last visit I was told I need a $700 night guard and two wisdom teeth pulled. (I’m 58) not looking forward to that. Needless to say to say I can’t stand the night guard. Always feels like a 💰 trap. Thank goodness we have dental insurance.
I bought an over the counter night guard from CVS. It was a 2 pack and was recommended by most dentists. Years ago I had a dentist made night guard that was so hard and uncomfortable that I quit wearing a while and my teeth moved to point couldn’t wear it after that when tried to. It was $400+ over 10 years ago. The 2 from CVS were maybe $70. The dentist wants me to bring it in to be ‘cleaned’ so that probably means he will find fault with it. Try that kind people, it’s comfortable and fits my pocketbook!
Since a child I’ve always had to go to bathroom multiple times while waiting. Started as a child!!!
I was told I needed a night guard and deep cleaning. Dental school that had 2 dentist and a professor said no I don't. Doesn't mean you don't but you never know.
couldnt you just go to the sports store and buy one for like 20 bucks?
I wish I had got a second opinion before I had a root canal done.... in hindsight there was nothing wrong with the tooth and I shouldn't have done it.
A 2nd opinion will not only let you know better IF you need something done, they will likely have a different idea of HOW it can be done. Much of dental care is an artform. And you want to find a good artist.
Good information. I had a guy try that with me. Never went back.
my second option for dental work was going to pull the wrong tooth. when he pulled the right one, he was talking to his assistant after he pulled and I was bleeding and throwing up blood. What a nightmare. When I went back to my original dentist, he put a crown on the tooth that the other dentist wanted to pull. Sticking to my first opinion dentist.
Had a great dentist for several years; then he retired. I went to the guy who replaced him. He wasn't able to identify TMJ on an X-ray. I thought "Hmmm, not the guy for me !"
Then I went to another dentist....on first visit she outlined $6,000 worth of work that needed done. I went to her for a few years but didn't do even close to all the work she said I needed.
We stopped going to her when my husband needed a root canal, she doesn't do them.....all she did was hand him a brochure when he stopped in her office to ask who she recommended. We got a bill for an office visit. I told them there's no way we were paying for an office visit & we didn't. They dropped the charge.
I recommend checking out Dr Ellie Phillips who is a dentist w/a YT channel. She's been a dentist for over 50 years & knows more about preventing plaque build-up & so on than any dentist I've ever been to or heard of in my 76 years of life.
Thanks 4 that info. I just added Dr. EP to my "to do/watch list". 😊
@@juliemcdaniel499 you're so welcome. I have used her method since mid-March & wow! I ordinarily get plaque build up very fast. I used to use an electric toothbrush & that helped. But following her advice, I use a manual brush & the products she says to use & have no build up!!
After some time I got ransacked by the dentist who removed all but 7 teeth that had bloomed from root canals. At the time I was young around 35 and I had been taking my kids there.. well, this guy showed up at my son’s friends house and from that point on I never wanted to take my kids back there. The last dentist wanted 2200 for immediate dentures so I’ve been without teeth since. They didn’t want to create them unless I allowed them to also do the extraction and filing down the bone, $325 each .. Mom always said “Ignore your teeth and they will go away”…
Had a dentist I liked, He sold the practice to a younger guy who said I suddenly had bed fillings and my teeth were rotting beneath them. Tried a new dentist who said none of it was necessary. 8 years later I still have the same fillings - did none of the work he tried to pressure me into, and no sign of issues.
I had an out of town dentist tell me two teeth needed to be filled. When I got home to my regular dentist, I had him take a close look at those teeth. He said he saw nothing wrong. Twenty years later, those teeth have never caused a problem for me.
How to keep your teeth: Floss within 20 minutes after EVERY meal, and EVERY snack, and rinse your mouth thoroughly after every time you don't brush. When you do brush, spit but don't rinse for about 10 minutes, so that the fluoride really has a chance to do its work. Keep your toothbrush stored outside the bathroom in a dry area. Drench it with HOT water immediately before you brush. Also, any packaged and processed food that has more than 5g added sugar per serving should be considered candy and not consumed on a regular basis. Foods that do have added sugar within those limits should have a similar amount of fiber and a significant amount of nutrients to be considered worth eating.
Honesty is very hard to find …. My Dentist is soooo greedy! He told me to get UNNECESSARY ROOT CANAL! I SAID NO! I hate these devils
I was overcharged several years ago by a dentist and received a small refund after complaining. Now I have dual-insurance, both with Delta Dental (Delta Dental FEDEP High and Delta Dental DDP). I’ve had to have several things done, including a few crowns but my out of pocket has been so minimal ($25 or &30). The extra insurance while working has been a huge benefit.
My husband used to own a dental lab..back before crowns were made in the dentist office…I did the bookkeeping. I always wondered why 3 or 4 of the dentist customers had huge bills for crowns and partials. It was so odd…but let me tell you, NONE were my dentist!
Pretty hard finding a dentist to do only a second opinion.....when most are not accepting new customers.
Or when they all stick together.
There must be an over abundance of dentists in my area then because every one of them is crying for new patients. It’s pretty sad these days because a lot of the single person run dental offices are being bought up by big companies and they are hiring part time dentists so they work at one shop a couple of days then for someone else the rest of the week. I don’t like how this is going.
My second opinion cost me $600 because of the around the head X-ray which they now have to tell me the same thing.
I had to do the same thing. Went through three dentists to find one that seemed upstanding. She has mentioned there are a few potential issues in the future, but she'll just keep a watch on them for now. They have three dentists working in the office but keep you with one, the others can substitute in if needed. I'm happy with them.
This exact same thing happened to me. I went to my usual dental office, only to find a new dentist and team. The new dentist said I had two cavities and needed filling. As someone who has never had a cavity I found my old dentist for a second opinion, who confirmed my teeth were fine. Flipping scam artists. Healthcare is so unethical in the USA.
I think it is important to teach your kids how to floss properly (it is a lot easier when you don't have a bunch of fillings,crowns,and bridges as a result of not having flossed in early years) and to use a dentist who does preventive dentistry such as proactive fluoride treatments and perhaps "sealants" also might be desirable for kids to use fluoride rinse daily after the bedtime brushing and flossing as long as the kid is old enough not to swallow the rinse solution
I suspect that sometimes Dr. Poorwork might be as bad as no dentist at all
Great Expressions is good at doing this. You're out of pocket every visit. I miss my private dentist from yrs ago.
Money
From doing tech support at the hospital the doctors are told that they must find every single code they can bill against. . So that dentist is probably in a similar situation.
Thank you for the video. Blessings to you.
Good info..Thanks! Also...did your friend Sherry watch "Little Shop Of Horrors" dentist scenes?..ha
When I was a child I had a dentist who would fill kid’s teeth’s with no cavities. So, all my teeth got filled. Ruined my teeth.
Right? And family members usually siblings who want you to visit ‘the old dentist’ while you are in town. What is wrong with people. All that guy did was try to fill teeth. And sibling knows it. F him, AND that dentist.😅
A cleaning, xrays and exam just cost me $415. Is that normal? Also they used to tell me to floss and brush every day but as I retired I now do it every 4 days. I have not had any increase in problems in years since I switched.
Floss every 4 days? So do you also only bathe once every 4 days? My God. That's gross. You should be flossing everyday! Don't you realize bits & pieces of food are just stuck in your teeth fermenting & putrifying? What is wrong with some of you people? I floss twice a day. I don't want particles of food just sitting stagnant in my mouth. The bacteria from that gives you horrible breath but you are probably so use to it you don't realize it. Grody to the max man!
That’s outrageous. Where do you live?
@@sassysandie2865 Oregon
yes that is normal
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Especially with a new loaded with student and dental school debt younger DDS. Your mouth is a potential gold mine.
I suspect the dental profession is less scrutinized and regulated than the regular medical profession. Out and out this profession is probably no more trustworthy than the car repair profession. Finding a good/honest dentist is probably comparable to finding a good/honest mechanic. If you are lucky enough to find one it is worthwhile to follow them.
my ex was a hygenist and said you need to go to a well established dentist way out of school. I agree on that. I needed dental work done went to 3 and $800 later just for intial visit still looking 😂.
my ex was a hygenist and said you need to go to a well established dentist way out of school. I agree on that. I needed dental work done went to 3 and $800 later just for intial visit still looking 😂.
Common sense stuff. Thanks!
My policy with dentists is IF IT AIN'T BROKE, don't fix it. I learned because it wasn't broke and he tried to fix it, and he broke it.
3:05 true
I retired from Private practice back in 2014 and went to work for the Texas Prison System. I tell those that did ask for a recommendation for a dentist,,,, Look for an older doc, one that is established , good word of mouth, for the younger docs need to pay back huge school loans and buying or opening a new practice. Lots of expensive equipment that has monthly payment:) so Clark, now you know why your 2nd young doc saw a gold mine in your mouth!!!!
My last visit to a new dentist I left with a $2500 estimate of what they were wanting to do. I have not been back. Was 2 years ago. I'm 67 years old and my teeth ain't gonna last forever. I don't care what they do. Both my parents lost all there teeth at old age.
What do you do when the dentist is good......but you have issues with the supporting staff? Disagreements with the staff about what should be done - staff making decisions about procedures vs the dentist?
How do you recover from a unethical dentist. I got those Fast Braces and they didn't work. I was told they would do it again if needed but when my teeth started going crooked again, I just got brushed off. When the dentist announced he was retiring I mentioned it again and got ignored again. He moved off to CO and bought a house for over 1 Million. I wrote him for a refund and still got ignored. Wonder what else he did wrong. We are at their mercy. How do we get justice.
Yeah, I made the mistake of letting a dentist talk me into filing down my front teeth on both top and bottom and cap them all. Since then, the venirs fall off sometimes, so gotta go back. Ugh. My expensive mistake. 🤦
My dentist is very much against veneers!!!
thats bad dentistry there.
Go to Mexico and pay much, much less.
Flossing is the biggest thing you can do, every single night. Obviously so is brushing but people skip the other. 😂
Nope - flossing can put tears in your gums - a water pic is better.
Flossing can also push the bacteria farther up into the gums. So i agree with water pick statement ✌
@@bls5160 what? Been flossing for years and have great results
@@ricknelson4793 we all have opinions and I’ll stick with what my dentist says. Flossing is great.
Pro tip for “blood pressure” checkers.. check your own 3x per week and log it on paper or in your apple health app or corresponding app for another phone, 3x/ week and take 3 measurements and log the lowest.. do that for a year and whatever “reading” they give you, your meticulously logged checked and averaged will never compete.. they stopped testing me , thought was.. why bother..
If you ever get a new dentist who graduated from USC dental school ... RUN! They are the absolute worst scammers.
I live south of Tucson and I use an English-speaking dentist on the Mexican side of the border. That said, people close to Mexico should remember there are charlatans there too who will recommend unnecessary treatments. My dentist is conservative with treatment suggestions and doesn't advocate over-treatment.
I wish I saw this vid or something similar a yr & a half ago bcuz I got an implant that I might not have needed. Although my bill was much cheaper bcuz I went to a "dental school" (I have insurance) and not a regular dentist office, I could've avoided the implant altogether if I found out I truly didn't need it. It's a sad world when we have to second guess the "dentist office".
Dental HMO insurance is notorious for low pay to dentists. Because of this most reputable dentists won't even accept it. Those that do will typically try to pad the bill with "deep cleanings" or attempts to sell a lot of cosmetic work. I've always told them that when I land my first Hollywood movie I'll give them a call.
I didn't go to the dentist for 15 years because of a bad experience. I took good care of my teeth during those 15 years but I then I got to the age of 54 years old and decided I should probably get exams since I was getting older. The first dentist I went to after 15 years told me I had a cavity without showing my x-rays to me that her dental tech had just taken. I didn't believe I had a cavity where she told me I had a cavity so I waited about 6 months for the next calendar year and went to a different dentist. He showed my x-rays to me. I didn't have a cavity where the previous dentist said I had a cavity. Dentists LIE.
I have spent over $20,000 on dental care over my lifetime (bridges, crowns, and such)
This is a very sugar coated version of how I would have presented this video. Than you though for bringing this topic up. I have at least 3 times been hit up for fillings and crowns that did not exist and found out by just saying no and going to another dentist
Once they know you have insurance, they want to stick it to you. They told me I should get two new crowns because the insurance will pay before the end of the year. Not that I really needed new crowns.
My 84 year old mother was told by a new dentist that he wanted to remove a bridge to inspect it to see if she needs it replaced. She isn’t experiencing any problems with that area of her mouth.
Good advice!
Go to the Smiles dental clinic in Bangkok. DO not ever go to a dentist in Phoenix!
A dentist in my area who actually used to own my home is now in prison for insurance fraud
Next week same situation dentist 30 years retired well seee what next!
Don't let a few bad eggs ruin it for all.
I had similar experience, paid for 2 cleanings, xrays, checkup ahead. Got check up and dentist said all had to go....never got my cleaning, chalked it up to Karma will return to her
Buy a set of dental picks online to scrape off tartar, and a water pic.
So is the second opinion covered by insurance?
Mine wasn’t, cost me $600 because they wanted to use their new fancy X-ray machine