Dentist Rant

Mr. Incognito · 01-08-2014 08:53AM #1

I live in Rathmines and booked a cleaning with the Dentist as I am going to a wedding next week.

I look after my teeth so they are in good nick- only ever had two filings and I am over 30.

I had a Canadian Dentist in the North Circular Road up to 2009 and he was a gent. he has since married and moved home so haven't had a regular dentist since.

Instead of giving me the cleaning I wanted she did an examination and provided me with a "dental treatment plan" which is three cleanings and three filings and over €600. I am so annoyed. What a waste of my time that I took time off work yesterday for this chancer. She was explaining the unnecessary procedures to me and when she said I needed more than one cleaning she had the balls to smile fleetingly.

I am now ringing around dentists to get a quote for a cleaning this morning.

UPDATE on quotes.
Ballsbridge €80,
Burlington St €95 Clean Plus €80 examination, €175!!!!
Baggot Street €10 Examination €80 Scale and polish or €140 intensive clean

Portabello €60. Booked.

I can't believe that one dentist in the area is triple to cost of the other one. What a scam

So AH- any more dentist rip-off stories?

Pherekydes · 01-08-2014 09:21AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

...three cleanings and three filings...

Why do you need filings? Are they using iron filings?

01-08-2014 09:24AM

Can someone tell me why fillings are necessary ?

I had a big one but it fell out years later and ive never bothered to get it redone

whiskeyman · 01-08-2014 09:25AM

Do you pay PRSI?
Are you not entitled to a free clean / checkup once a year anymore?

biko · 01-08-2014 09:27AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

booked a cleaning with the Dentist as I am going to a wedding next week.

I can honestly say to do that has never crossed my mind until today.

Birneybau · 01-08-2014 09:29AM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Can someone tell me why fillings are necessary ?

I had a big one but it fell out years later and ive never bothered to get it redone

I had one that fell out, didn't get it replaced, whole back of tooth eventually crumbled.

A filling keeps the integrity of the tooth walls sound.

PLL · 01-08-2014 09:33AM

I have an abscess and I couldn't get an emergency appointment in any dentist yesterday. I was going to wait until this morning but the pain got really bad. I went to the emergency doctor and paid €60 for her to just give me a random amoxicillian capsule from the cupboard and a prescription for the same.

fiona-f · 01-08-2014 09:33AM

2009 is a very long time ago. I get a free PRSI checkup each year (doesn't get much less rip-off than free) and I pay to go twice yearly to dental hygienist. They can clean in ways you simply cannot match at home. So if you only have three catch-up cleanings since 2009, then you are doing pretty well and have presumably saved much more on the missed appointment and cleaning costs over the last five years?

While I know you anticipated only one cleaning, I would be slow to ignore her warnings about fillings - I would much rather a small filling now than a big root canal down the line.

01-08-2014 09:42AM

Birneybau wrote: »

I had one that fell out, didn't get it replaced, whole back of tooth eventually crumbled.

A filling keeps the integrity of the tooth walls sound.

Oh right.

See its over the far left corner of my mouth and i only chew on the far right of my mouth. ..... probably why its lasted so long

Mr. Incognito · 01-08-2014 09:46AM

fiona-f wrote: »

2009 is a very long time ago. I get a free PRSI checkup each year (doesn't get much less rip-off than free) and I pay to go twice yearly to dental hygienist. They can clean in ways you simply cannot match at home. So if you only have three catch-up cleanings since 2009, then you are doing pretty well and have presumably saved much more on the missed appointment and cleaning costs over the last five years?

While I know you anticipated only one cleaning, I would be slow to ignore her warnings about fillings - I would much rather a small filling now than a big root canal down the line.

That's wise advice and I have no problem about that or going back for treatment. The problem is that I wanted a clean, booked for a clean and instead got a fifteen minute appointment where she put together a scam plan. There was another sucker lined up to go in fifteen minutes later. Even if my teeth were rotting out of my head I would have had to come back or that lad would have been told to come back thereby screwing one of us over.

If she had cleared the time to do the procedure I wanted, asked for, booked and turned up for instead of giving me a invoice for future works I wouldn't be so irate.

wretcheddomain · 01-08-2014 10:21AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

I can't believe that one dentist in the area is triple to cost of the other one. What a scam

If you've been to the dentist several times then you should know the drill by now. :rolleyes:

Tilly · 01-08-2014 10:26AM

I got xrays and a clean for €35 in my dentist on my prsi last week. Had you used your stamps already this year?

Duggy747 · 01-08-2014 10:28AM

I made eye contact with a dentist once, ended up having to pay him €700 for the privilege.

eviltimeban · 01-08-2014 10:31AM

Duggy747 wrote: »

I made eye contact with a dentist once, ended up having to pay him €700 for the privilege.

I like to stare directly at them when they are doing their work; it really unnerves them.

Beano · 01-08-2014 10:37AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

I live in Rathmines and booked a cleaning with the Dentist as I am going to a wedding next week.

I look after my teeth so they are in good nick- only ever had two filings and I am over 30.

I had a Canadian Dentist in the North Circular Road up to 2009 and he was a gent. he has since married and moved home so haven't had a regular dentist since.

Instead of giving me the cleaning I wanted she did an examination and provided me with a "dental treatment plan" which is three cleanings and three filings and over €600. I am so annoyed. What a waste of my time that I took time off work yesterday for this chancer. She was explaining the unnecessary procedures to me and when she said I needed more than one cleaning she had the balls to smile fleetingly.

I am now ringing around dentists to get a quote for a cleaning this morning.

UPDATE on quotes.
Ballsbridge €80,
Burlington St €95 Clean Plus €80 examination, €175!!!!
Baggot Street €10 Examination €80 Scale and polish or €140 intensive clean

Portabello €60. Booked.

I can't believe that one dentist in the area is triple to cost of the other one. What a scam

So AH- any more dentist rip-off stories?

Well its not really three times the price though is it? €80 of it is for an initial examination. which i would expect any reputable dentist to do for a new patient. especially one that hasnt been to a dentist in 5 years. Finding a dentist that you trust and that does good work is more important than saving a few quid.

Uriel. · 01-08-2014 10:39AM

eviltimeban wrote: »

I like to stare directly at them when they are doing their work; it really unnerves them.

I dunno, I usually go to "Smiles" and most of the dentists and their assistants are female (and quite good looking) - I find starting at them for 45 mins might be a bit pervy...

also staring at them like you say is less likely to unnerve them and more likely to unnerve you...with the slip of a drill

Beano · 01-08-2014 10:41AM

Uriel. wrote: »

...
also staring at them like you say is less likely to unnerve them and more likely to unnerve you...with the slip of a drill

i see what you did there.

the_syco · 01-08-2014 10:43AM

eviltimeban wrote: »

I like to stare directly at them when they are doing their work; it really unnerves them.

WHy would you want someone that is using power tools in your mouth to be "unnerved"? :pac:

Uriel. · 01-08-2014 10:46AM

Beano wrote: »

i see what you did there.

I did nothing..... Nothing!

Nothing...

At ALL!!!

Bog Standard User · 01-08-2014 12:32PM

the dentist above tescos in phibsborough is pretty good and charges a reasonable rate. the missus was charged €60 for a wisdom tooth extraction

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 01-08-2014 12:41PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

UPDATE on quotes.

€34 ...

01-08-2014 12:41PM

My brother was told a dental implant would cost him 2000 euro. He was presented with a bill for 4300 euro.

Beano · 01-08-2014 12:52PM

Bog Standard User wrote: »

the dentist above tescos in phibsborough is pretty good and charges a reasonable rate. the missus was charged €60 for a wisdom tooth extraction

Is it the same guy that was there 20 years ago? He still gives me nightmares. Care and compassion were not amongst his qualities.

Hotfail.com · 01-08-2014 12:54PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Do you pay PRSI?
Are you not entitled to a free clean / checkup once a year anymore?

Looks like it..

Dental Benefit
Under this scheme, the Department pays the full cost of an oral examination once a calendar year. The examination is provided by private dentists who are on the Department of Social Protection's panel. Lists of dentists on the panel are available on welfare.ie. Most dentists are on the panel so you should not have any difficulty finding one. The dentist will have the application forms. These forms require details such as your Personal Public Service Number (PPSN). If you are a dependent spouse or civil partner, you should give the PPSN of the insured person.

ballsymchugh · 01-08-2014 12:55PM

the burlington clinic is a specialist clinic. comparing them to the others is like comparing a cardiologist at the mater with your GP.

01-08-2014 01:01PM

Got a filling, it went to ****, bits coming out all the time, they wanted me to pay again.
Had to get a baby-tooth pulled when the new tooth came down slightly out of line. Dunno what he did but he seemed to leave most of the pulp, was sore for a few years, apparently normal. Or at least normal enough for someone who couldn't pay. :P
Friend had to get something done after chipping a tooth, whatever they put in fell out, they charged him again to get it fixed but at least they gave him the third one free. :P

Bog Standard User · 01-08-2014 01:08PM

Beano wrote: »

Is it the same guy that was there 20 years ago? He still gives me nightmares. Care and compassion were not amongst his qualities.

no this guy is only in his 30's

the_monkey · 01-08-2014 01:17PM

Dentists are the biggest scam artists out there, always telling me bs that i need this and that - one guy told me I wouldn't get a job in America cos I had a small gap in my teeth - what total and utter tosh, Americans laughed when I told them that

01-08-2014 01:25PM

the_monkey wrote: »

Dentists are the biggest scam artists out there,

I dunno, vets can be pretty hilarious at it too.

hairybelly · 01-08-2014 01:45PM

I dont know why general anasthetic is so expensive and why they're so reluctant to give it.
I really dont like dentists, and if I can knocked out for the procedure then I'll take it! They seem really irritated when you ask about it for some reason.

Beano · 01-08-2014 02:02PM

hairybelly wrote: »

I dont know why general anasthetic is so expensive and why they're so reluctant to give it.
I really dont like dentists, and if I can knocked out for the procedure then I'll take it! They seem really irritated when you ask about it for some reason.

Cos if they do it wrong then you die. Anesthetists are one of the highest paid medical specialists.

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