[metmom]

I am currently seeing a dentist who is crown happy.

And they are $2,000 a pop.

[pepsi_junkie]

A decade years back the dentist I'd had since I was a kid retired and I had to find a new one so some friends recommended a guy. Every time I went he'd find one or two cavities, fill them and those teeth would hurt quite a bit for several days. I've always had cavity-prone teeth so I wasn't suspicious about the cavities but the lingering pain was unacceptable. I've had lots of cavities filled and that was never a thing anywhere else.

So I found another dentist and in the 8 years or so since I've had maybe three cavities total. He seems to make his money on x-rays (man I'm always due for a whole set of x-rays) and pushing mouth guards and cosmetic stuff. And suddenly I'm left wondering how changing to a dentist with a different business model has suddenly made my teeth more stable and less prone to cavities.

[Bonemaker]

Oh yeah, and then the crowns eventually fail and have to be replaced. The next trick up their sleeves is there isn’t enough tooth left to recrown. That of course is because they ground it down too far in the first place. Final solution..extraction of what’s left and bridge. Thousands more dollars.

[Hot Tabasco]

I am currently seeing a dentist who is crown happy.

I have a number of crowns and the dentist I was seeing for a few years said they were being ground down and needed to be replaced.

She also wanted to a complete upper and lower realignment which would have started with a gel casting that itself was going to cost just over $500.

That was it, I stopped seeing her as did the rest of the family after she talked my brother-in-law into getting a dental implant that ultimately he didn't need.

My new dentist said there was nothing wrong with my crowns.......