I had a crown a year or so that my ‘tech’ could NOT seat. I caught it with my tongue three times right before it fell down my throat. And delivered it back to the tech each time to try seating again.
Dentists are rich... they are not subject to zerocare or any other .gov intervention and they get lazy. Considering the impact of dental health on the entire body, they *should* be part of the medical equation, but they have successfully insulated themselves from scrutiny. Not that I’m saying they should be socialized right along with healthcare, but they sure are unconcerned, as a lot, and I’ve never used one I’d recommend.
You reminded me of the barber who had customers place a rubber ball a little smaller than a ping pong ball in their mouths so they could stretch out their skin and get a really close straight razor shave.
“Hey,” said a new client, taking the ball out of his mouth.
“What if I swallow it?”
The barber replied, “Just bring it back in a day or two, like everyone else.”
My current dentist is great. When I had a filling come out he re-did it for free saying that any failure in the first year means that HE did something wrong.
There are plenty of dentists out there, there is no reason to stay with one that is incompetent.
I am terrified of dentists.
I had one lady drill into the nerve repeatedly on four different teeth in one sitting.
She told me, “you think that hurts? Imagine what it would be like without novacaine.”