Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I went to a new dentist in Florida for a cleaning. He started by doing an x-ray, but not a normal x-ray. It was a thorough one. A separate picture for just about every tooth. He then proceeded to tell me that I grind my teeth and he wanted to sell me a $500 mouth guard to wear in my sleep. He said it would save me thousands later in life. I said, "no thanks, are you going to clean my teeth?" He said the dental hygienist wasn't in. I would have to make a separate appointment. I left and never went back. Went to a dentist 6 months later that was recommended to me. The x-rays were taken in about 5 minutes, then they cleaned my teeth. I was in and out in about 40 minutes. I ended up getting about $90 worth of bills from that x-ray session. Still ****es me off.
Are you Atlanta based? I had the same problem when I lived there with a dentist telling me the hygenist was out when I got there! I was like are you serious?! I had never heard of having to make separate dentist and hygenist appointments anywhere else I lived. I was sooooo irritated I never went back.