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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 7630639" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>Yes, I have been vindicated.</p><p></p><p>You're placing a LOT of trust in that first dentist's opinion, that just happened to mean they'd be able to bill me for a LOT more in dental work. </p><p></p><p>That first dentist also said I could *never* get regular cleanings again, that if they even tried to bill for it, the insurance wouldn't let them, that they had no choice but to bill for the more expensive "periodontal maintenance" visits. </p><p></p><p>When I was doing my intake with the new dentist, I told them all about my prior dentist, their claims I had gum disease, their claims I was ineligible for regular cleanings and insurance would never pay for it for me again. . .they told me that was baloney. They even had to call to verify my coverage, and while they had them on the line called to verify that (I asked them to verify, since they were very insistent about it). . .the insurance company said no, that's nonsense. A regular cleaning is a lower-cost dental code, they'd much rather pay for that than the higher-cost "periodontal maintenance" code.</p><p></p><p>So, that's one thing the old dental office told me that's been outright <strong>proven </strong>to be false. . .and it just happened to be something that also meant they could bill me for a LOT more money. </p><p></p><p>They don't have the actual records, they didn't request them, I did verbally tell both the front office and the dentist herself what they'd said to me. The front office said they were outright lying to me about the billing practices at the other place. . .and the dentist said she saw no sign I had gum disease or ever had gum disease, and even if I did, saying I'd have to come in every 3 months <em>for the rest of my life </em>was absurd. She said if I ever did have gum disease, it had completely healed (and as such was probably pretty minor to begin with) and there was no indication I'd ever had it. If I hadn't told her about it, she'd never have known otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Let's remove the medical aspect from this. So, if I have car trouble, I take the car to a mechanic, and they say I need $2500 in automotive work. . .and I take it to a different mechanic and they say it's a simple $150 fix. . .I should get a third opinion because I have two separate opinions? In the real world, that means that it's a $150 problem that a mechanic tried to soak you for a $2500 bill for. </p><p></p><p>Same thing, Dentists assume people trust them, so if they say you need a lot of dental work and expensive procedures, people trust them. . .taking it to a second opinion that sees absolutely no need for all that work and procedures means a lot. There's a reason the term "second opinion" is used to describe getting confirmation on a questionable or dubious diagnosis or suggested course of action, not "third opinion".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 7630639, member: 14159"] Yes, I have been vindicated. You're placing a LOT of trust in that first dentist's opinion, that just happened to mean they'd be able to bill me for a LOT more in dental work. That first dentist also said I could *never* get regular cleanings again, that if they even tried to bill for it, the insurance wouldn't let them, that they had no choice but to bill for the more expensive "periodontal maintenance" visits. When I was doing my intake with the new dentist, I told them all about my prior dentist, their claims I had gum disease, their claims I was ineligible for regular cleanings and insurance would never pay for it for me again. . .they told me that was baloney. They even had to call to verify my coverage, and while they had them on the line called to verify that (I asked them to verify, since they were very insistent about it). . .the insurance company said no, that's nonsense. A regular cleaning is a lower-cost dental code, they'd much rather pay for that than the higher-cost "periodontal maintenance" code. So, that's one thing the old dental office told me that's been outright [B]proven [/B]to be false. . .and it just happened to be something that also meant they could bill me for a LOT more money. They don't have the actual records, they didn't request them, I did verbally tell both the front office and the dentist herself what they'd said to me. The front office said they were outright lying to me about the billing practices at the other place. . .and the dentist said she saw no sign I had gum disease or ever had gum disease, and even if I did, saying I'd have to come in every 3 months [I]for the rest of my life [/I]was absurd. She said if I ever did have gum disease, it had completely healed (and as such was probably pretty minor to begin with) and there was no indication I'd ever had it. If I hadn't told her about it, she'd never have known otherwise. Let's remove the medical aspect from this. So, if I have car trouble, I take the car to a mechanic, and they say I need $2500 in automotive work. . .and I take it to a different mechanic and they say it's a simple $150 fix. . .I should get a third opinion because I have two separate opinions? In the real world, that means that it's a $150 problem that a mechanic tried to soak you for a $2500 bill for. Same thing, Dentists assume people trust them, so if they say you need a lot of dental work and expensive procedures, people trust them. . .taking it to a second opinion that sees absolutely no need for all that work and procedures means a lot. There's a reason the term "second opinion" is used to describe getting confirmation on a questionable or dubious diagnosis or suggested course of action, not "third opinion". [/QUOTE]
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