Crowns for Teeth

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

Yeah, but every single filled tooth in her mouth?!

This! I have a mouth full of silver fillings literally every tooth from when I was a kid. Over time, I've had the silver cleaned out and replaced with tooth colored, but I've only had to have one root canal and crown because of a filling that expanded and cracked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

[Anonymous]

I feel like crowns are a rite of passage, particularly for woman who seem to have weaker teeth, at least in my family. I have four sisters, and we all started needing crowns on many of our molars once we reached our late 30s. 5 of my 8 back molars are chunks of porcelain, and I’m only 44, and all of us have at least 2. It may have been growing up lower middle class in a Latino household and all of us getting huge fillings from when we were young girls. None of our husbands gave any. Not fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

Not sarcasm! I really love that you are here and setting everyone straight with good info.

And now I know your backstory, you are even more amazing. I can't imagine the mouths you look at. You are a good person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

NP
What do you think of Dr. Ellie Phillips Complete Mouth Care System ?

[Anonymous]

I know this is a first world problem but I feel like teeth really suck. I already have four molars that are just fake facsimiles of real body parts for the rest of my life and several more teeth that are heading in that direction. It’s certainly better than the Victorian era when young women routinely had all their teeth pulled for dentures when they were married. But every time I run my tongue over my overly smooth faux molars covering nubs of my former original teeth, I mourn a bit for my gradual decline. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

You had me until you referred to your patients as having trash mouths. Unless this is dentist parlance I'm unfamiliar with, you're an a hole to speak of people that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

You had me until you referred to your patients as having trash mouths. Unless this is dentist parlance I'm unfamiliar with, you're an a hole to speak of people that way.

Oh COME ON. trash mouths are out there and it's not just a socio thing. I think bulimics, wine drinkers, smokers have terrible teeth problems. My hygienist told me she hates cleaning smokers' teeth because all the problems are just worse. You know you vent about your work too. It's not like they're saying it directly to patients. They are just saying "you should floss more". Sound familiar?

[Anonymous]

I feel incredibly judged by hygienist. She always comments with a grin on the BMW in my mouth i have tons of fillings and crowns from poor hygiene when I was a girl. I do a better job now, but next week I am getting yet another tooth crowned to add to my collection for $1,800. I think this will make 7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

You had me until you referred to your patients as having trash mouths. Unless this is dentist parlance I'm unfamiliar with, you're an a hole to speak of people that way.

Oh COME ON. trash mouths are out there and it's not just a socio thing. I think bulimics, wine drinkers, smokers have terrible teeth problems. My hygienist told me she hates cleaning smokers' teeth because all the problems are just worse. You know you vent about your work too. It's not like they're saying it directly to patients. They are just saying "you should floss more". Sound familiar?

It is disgusting and contributes to patients' shame. We are talking about actual people. My point stands and, no, I do not disparage the people I serve in my work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

You had me until you referred to your patients as having trash mouths. Unless this is dentist parlance I'm unfamiliar with, you're an a hole to speak of people that way.

Oh COME ON. trash mouths are out there and it's not just a socio thing. I think bulimics, wine drinkers, smokers have terrible teeth problems. My hygienist told me she hates cleaning smokers' teeth because all the problems are just worse. You know you vent about your work too. It's not like they're saying it directly to patients. They are just saying "you should floss more". Sound familiar?

It is disgusting and contributes to patients' shame. We are talking about actual people. My point stands and, no, I do not disparage the people I serve in my work.

Then clearly you’re a much better person than I am. And I’m ok with that. The work I do is valuable, and your anonymous online thoughts of me will never change that.

We in public health call them trash mouths all the time. Because that’s what they are. However, we do not tell the patients they have trash mouths. We try to get them to a state where their trash mouth isn’t causing them constant pain/harm.

How is it contributing to my patients shame if I am not saying it directly to them, and I am doing everything I am to get their mouths healthy? Serious question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a dentist. This sounds reasonable. For people who are saying “I had silver fillings replaced with white fillings or an inlay” it completely depends on how big/deep your silver fillings are, small ones don’t typically need replacement, but large ones often cause significant cracking in the teeth. The thing with this is that they are fine until they aren’t. So everything is all good and hunky dory until you bite down on an almond and then your crack propagates all the way down the root and you need your tooth extracted. Then you are looking at a 5,000 dollar implant instead of a $1500 crown. There are many silver fillings that can be watched for years and years, but to say that you have them and they are fine doesn’t mean that someone else’s are!

This is what happened to me. A dentist told me I needed to have all of my silver fillings replaced. Two days after she did it, I bit into a bagel and terrible pain began. The tooth was broken. I had to have it removed and an implant put in.

I was told the old silver fillings were dangerous and had to be switched out.

Lol by who??? That natural dentist in north Bethesda?? What a hustle they got going, all silver needs to come out!!! Take it out now it’s game over!!!

If your silver fillings do not have decay around them, they do not need to be removed. Any dentist that tells you that they’re “dangerous” and need to be replaced is a straight up money grubbing a$$hole.
- a dentist

I love our resident dentist.

If this is not sarcasm, then thank you!

Modern dentistry is the reason I work in public health. I treat people to try to keep their mouths healthy and more importantly out of the emergency room (I see a lot of trash mouths!). I get paid no matter what I do - even if patients don’t show. I don’t ever have to suggest anything that isn’t necessary just for the income. It’s great.

I really hate being associated with a profession rife with “scammers.” I love to jump on these threads when it looks like someone is getting taken for a ride.

NP
What do you think of Dr. Ellie Phillips Complete Mouth Care System ?

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