Anyone work in a dental office? Dental rant. SM

I have been going to the same dental office (father and daughter dentists),  for over ten years.   It is a private office, not a clinic.  I have Delta Dental PPO. 

There has never been a problem.  I get my teeth cleaned every three months.  I get x-rays taken twice a year and the dentist checks my teeth after each cleaning. Sounds good, right?

So at my last cleaning in January, I was told my teeth were in terrible shape and I needed five crowns placed.  I then was subjected to a very hard sales pitch for these crowns, accompanied by gory videos of rotten teeth, with statements like "these could be YOUR teeth".   They also went on to say that insurance will not cover this and I will have to pay out of pocket.  The conservative price was $5000.

Well, I decided to have three crowns done. I paid $1000, (my tax refund), insurance did pay $1000 and I just paid another $600 out of pocket.

I have lost complete faith in this office.  Why would I go there every three months, only to be told I need work that someone would need if they hadn't seen a dentist in 10 or more years?

Was I taken? I have no faith in them at all now.     

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My husband now carries our insurance since I came home to work.  I just found out that I don't have any type of dental plan, and I really need some dental work done.  I have 3 kids and only work part time, so I obviously can't afford to pay out of pocket.  Please help!!!

and we would advise patient's of the same thing. Use a topical anesthetic to give you some relief and numb the area. As for the heat or cold it all depends on what is causing the toothache to begin with. If you have an abscessed tooth patient's have said heat to the area usually works best but if it's because you have an infected tooth in need of a root canal your tooth may have increased sensitivity to the heat or cold. Have you tried calling your dentist to see if maybe he can prescribe you something for the pain until he can get you in?

What is the average cost these days for teeth cleaning (without insurance)?  I suppose they include x-rays as well.  I know the cost can vary but am trying to get an idea of the cost without insurance.  My son and I have dental insurance but my husband does not so he needs an estimate.  I think the dental office my son goes to is a bit pricey; however, with the dental insurance I have not bothered to comparison shop the prices.

Thanks.

pantyhose, blue eyeshadow, any kind of sweater or sweatshirt with a holiday theme.

Obvioulsy I don't have such great memories of those years, but I think a lot of it depended on where you lived.  Small town costal Oregon at that time was horrible.  They had shut down most of the logging, the mills, fishing, etc.  I believe that the west coast was harder hit than the rest of the country from what I've read. 

We survived and we will survive today as well - we'll never be able to retire, but we'll survive! 

Now the 60's I remember fondly, although I was a little young to be involved in all the strife going on at the time.  The 70's were decent.  For my family the 90s were the best.  Oh heck, I think I was really meant to have been born about 1400 or something.  LOL

unimportant detail noted on AOL, among all the other unimportant details.  I know this isn't important, people might mock me, call me names, say haven't I got more important things to worry about, what with our economy in trouble, violence in the Middle East, that crazy woman with the 14 babies, but....

THEY ARE REMAKING BONNIE AND CLYDE, ONLY ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE, AND THEY ARE MAKING IT WITH HILARY DUFF AS BONNIE!!!!!  HILARY DUFF!!!!!! 

I suppose Clyde will be played by Justin Timberlake, although from what I have seen from Justin, that might not be bad choice. 

My electric bill is sky high, so I called the electric company to obtain a free survey and to ask questions to help lower the bill.  A nice gentleman came to my home and offered good advice.

Today, I received a phone call asking about my experience with their service. I was happy with the service and told them that, however, it was a survey taker and every minute portion of my experience from requesting this service to practically what the guy was wearing was asked of me.  I was on the phone for ten minutes, asking when this survey would end, and she said a few more questions, until it was 15 minutes and I hung up on her.  I told her several times I was working and could not speak for long.  I just needed to rant.

My son was in a pinewood derby race at church.  There is so much for kids to learn about the car design, ect.

Here is my rant. Why don't they have rules about what the fathers can/can't help with! The cars that the father's obviously did won first place for every single grade. It was ridiculous I've never seen so many 8-year-old boys in tears. I think these men are sick that winning against a kid gets them off.

Except for sawing the car and nailing the axels it should be hands off for the dad! It was so obvious between a car that a man designed/traced and painted vs. a kid. They even had an adult category the men could have entered into.

Has anyone experienced this?

mine is currently in arrears in the amount of $23,775 --- he inherited MILLIONS when his father died -- he refuses to work, he's never paid me a dime.... my case worker is attempting to put a lien on his $1/2-million home in Vegas..  Blessed with this child, but sure would like some support, maybe not have to work two jobs...

I'm so glad you're all here for ranting.... thanks, friends.

you have to take a number or sign in, they will call you up, explain to them that your mom did not understand she had to take Part B or that your dad's insurance would drop her when she became eligible.  You will have to sit back down for a short time, then you will be called to speak one-on-one with a SS worker, explain the same thing.

I had to do this with my mother - she had some misunderstanding of Part B and declined it.  She didn't know what she was doing.  We are only talking a matter of months before I found out in this case, but they did back her effective date up to the date she became eligible and all Part B claims were then paid.

Try going to the office - it can't hurt.  It took about a morning of our time, but the people there were very kind about the situation and it was well worth the 3 hours we were there to get things resolved.

I have been in just about every room of my house at one time or another.  I started out working in the kitchen years ago because I had dialup and the apartment I lived in had only a phone jack there.  The kitchen was my favorite because it was away from all the noise--that was when the kids were smaller, though.

I have had a desk in the bedroom before.  It was handy when the kids were at school or hubby was home to take care of them, otherwise it was a pain because it was in the back of the house and if they needed something I had to get up from my desk.

The family room is okay, unless you have really loud family like mine.  My kids must be deaf sometimes, I swear.  Oh yeah and they argue in there over the TV the PlayStation, etc.  However, you can deal with some of that from the desk without having to get up.  It is a fair trade most of the time.

I had two different mobile setups over the years.  One was laptop which was okay, but before WiFi, so expensive.  The second, I had a desk on wheels that had everything I needed.  I could roll it out to the back porch and sit there to work while the youngest was out playing.  This was good for mild weather.  Be forewarned, if it is really hot outside where you are, you may have PC problems.  I used to have one that would overheat and shut itself off.  Ugh!!.  Oh, BTW, direct sunlight is bad if you have a laptop or plasma screen, so make sure you have shade!

I currently have my own "little room" for now which basically is the size of a really huge walk-in closet with a window and a door.  I shut the door when the kids are home because the words "please be quiet, I cannot hear when you are yelling at eachother" apparently are not in teenager-ese.

Hope this was helpful!

We have an HMO, and I really need to stop procrastinating and find a primary care doctor closer to where my husband and I live now.  (We've moved about 1-1/2 hours away from where we used to live.) 

We rarely have to go to the doctor, but I do take daily prescription medications.  We've had our current PCP for about the last 10 years, so it's been a long time since I had to pick a new doctor.

I've narrowed it down to about 5 doctors in the area here and plan to call and ask them some questions before contacting my insurance co. to make the change (which takes a long time to take effect, so it's not something you want to do a bunch of times if you can help it.)

The first thing I'll ask is if they are still taking new patients.  (Obviously need to ask them that question!) 

After that, I'll ask what their hours are and things like that, but does anyone have any suggestions for me as far as other questions to ask, or any other advice? 

TIA, guys.  I know you'll have some great ideas and things I might not think of.