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Archives for September 2016

Help! I Messed Up My Crown

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I was on vacation when my crown broke off. I didn’t want to cut my vacation short so I superglued my crown. I don’t think I glued it correctly. Will my dentist be able to fix it?

Shelby T. – Georgia

Shelby,

I’m sure that worried you to be away from familiar surroundings when your crown came off. SuperGlue may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but as you know now, it is easy to glue something, but not always easy to get it in the exact correct position.

First, don’t panic. Your dentist will be able to get the superglue off. That doesn’t mean your crown can be saved, but hopefully the dentist will be able to get it off in one piece.

If this ever happens again, you don’t have to glue it. There are emergency dentists in every city, who will see you even if you’re not an established patient.

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Who’s Getting Ripped Off, Me or Other Patients?

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I went to a dentist because he was touted as being affordable. I don’t really have anything to complain about. The care was good and I’ll be back. I just noticed that on top of having much more reasonable prices than many of his peers, he also had very expensive furnishings, a flat screen television, and other goodies in rooms for patients. It got me to thinking either my dentist is cutting corners on treatments or other dentists are seriously overcharging. Is it common for dentists to overcharge?

Brooks S. – New York

Brooks,

Well, that’s a difficult question to answer. Every dentist works on a different budget. Then even if two dentists had the same budget they all allocate it differently.

It could be that your affordable dentist allocates more of his funds to patient care and less to marketing, feeling his quality care will help him with patient retention.  Obviously, you were happy with the care you received there.

While it is possible that other dentists overcharge, it’s a big assumption to make. To be honest, if you’re happy with the care from your dentist who charges less, why worry about what the other dentists do?

Enjoy your affordable care and spend your time thinking about how you can use all that money you’re saving.

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