Crowns for Teeth

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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

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.

Thank you! I really love what I do. And I love saving people from greedy dentists on DCUM

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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

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.

I guess I'm an anti dentite. I think you are an a hole and I'm pretty sure you know you are.

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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

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.

I guess I'm an anti dentite. I think you are an a hole and I'm pretty sure you know you are.

On the contrary! I’m not. Most of my patients would say the same. I treat a very underserved population (mentally unstable patients, some of them heading to jail) and they are grateful for the services I provide. We always have fun when they’re in my chair. Just the other day I was singing and dancing as I was prepping for an extraction. My patient was laughing so hard. The rest of the staff was too!

You also didn’t answer the question - how am I contributing to my patients shame?

I’m not sure what you’re looking for, calling random people on the internet a$$holes, but whatever it is, I hope you find it.

[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

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.

I guess I'm an anti dentite. I think you are an a hole and I'm pretty sure you know you are.

Last PP who is the anti-dentite -- just let it go! The dentist is doing incredible work. The fact that s/he uses a term you don't like to describe the terrible physical condition s/he works with everyday is minutia. Don't lose site of the mountain s/he is climbing everyday to serve a very difficult population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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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
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[Anonymous]

Ugh. I’m getting 3 put in on Monday. This will bring me up to 7. I will have more crowns than teeth soon.

[Anonymous]

I’m 34 and I already have 3. I agree with pp that there is something a bit pathetic and sad about having a chunk of porcelain where a body part used to be.

[Anonymous]

My experience with crowns has been terrible. Two hours in the dentist chair under a drill that is more like a jack hammer than the drill for a filling. Then you are left with a peg instead of a tooth with a temporary piece of plastic glued onto it. Two weeks later you get your “real crown, a piece of porcelain which hopefully stays in place for the next 20 years. You pay $2000 for this fun. The upside that they look much better than terth with huge pieces of silver in them from 25 years ago.