Originally Posted by
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My problem with the delta dental insurance is finding a decent dentist. The good ones including the one we went to for years does not take our insurance.
According to my old dentist malpractice for him was extremely low, seems like they must make a fortune compared to other doctors. I know they have the highest suicide rates and all but honestly, a lot of them drive me nuts.
One wanted me to have my wisdom teeth removed, so I went to the surgeon and he said don't do it. Not worth it, not hurting you and you'll be fine... and he'd made money off of it and he said no. 5 years later still no problems. That's when I became convinced if you tell me $4K for dental work, I'll go buy some oragel. Kind of like my grandmother, they wanted to do $3K of work (all out of pocket) on one tooth, she had them pull it for like $100.
I feel like dentistry is a bit of a racket. Sit here, oh wait, we need to do this absolutely today, $450, we must do it. No. No? What do you mean no? I'm going to shop around, don't believe you, do the free stuff and bye.
Yeah I was out of town once and went to a different dentist for a cleaning. When I woke up my pants were unbuttoned. Srsly though, he said I had a cavity and he could go ahead and take care of it. I declined, not sure why but he seemed a little too eager to do it so I balked. OK bad analogy cause that would mean I just gave him second base. You know what I mean. Anyway I go back to my regular dentist at the next scheduled time 6 months later...its X ray day too...and I don't say anything about the "cavity" and he doesn't say anything either. 8 or 9 years of regular exams and X rays and 2 dentists later no one's ever mentioned it. That dude just wanted to drill me. In the mouth I mean. In my tooth I mean. That lying liar.
I'd get a second opinion on a cavity. Anything greater maybe a third. Oh also same thing on a wisdom tooth like 15 years ago. Its gotta be pulled. Why? Because it exists, duh. Um, no thanks. 15 years later no issues at all.
Trust but verify.