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I had a dentist for several years and everything was normal just clean and go. A new hygenist shows up and suddently "You have severe plaque below the gum line

I had a dentist for several years and everything was normal just clean and go. A new hygenist shows up and suddently "You have severe plaque below the gum line we need to do a deep cleaning (root scaling/planing)" so they do that and it's almost $500, next time rolls around and she says it again and dentist concurs. I had been brushing and flossing diligently (probably too much) since the last time and just looking at my teeth saw nearly no plaque. I left and said I'd call them back to schedule. I go to a new dentist the following week and they say I have lovely teeth and it looks like I've been taking great care of them, then I tell the dentist what the previous one had said and he's like "listen, I'm not going to bad mouth anyone, but your teeth look great, they just need a typical cleaning that you came in for". That's when I knew something was really wrong with the other place, so it happens. I know my story is anecdotal. Personally I think my old dentist got rid of her previous hygenist that wouldn't agree to hornswoggle patients and they tried to get me to do expensive treatments.

Guest9081239812 4y ago
Both myself and my partner had similar experiences at the dentist. They found work that needed to be done, we got second opinions, and were told something completely different. I stopped trusting dentists since then. If I can feel or see a problem (in the mirror or in xrays), then sure, I'll get it fixed. But, if my teeth feel perfectly fine, I'm not going to rush into getting them drilled out.
- f6v 4y ago
  I had four different opinions in the last two years: - It gets inflamed because other teeth keep pushing on the gums. You need to get them pulled - I don’t know why, let’s just apply antibiotics for the 10th time - It’s a cavity, let’s wait till it grows - Use these tiny between-teeth brushes for your gums The last one actually helped.

Guest9081239812 4y ago

Both myself and my partner had similar experiences at the dentist. They found work that needed to be done, we got second opinions, and were told something completely different. I stopped trusting dentists since then. If I can feel or see a problem (in the mirror or in xrays), then sure, I'll get it fixed. But, if my teeth feel perfectly fine, I'm not going to rush into getting them drilled out.

f6v 4y ago
I had four different opinions in the last two years: - It gets inflamed because other teeth keep pushing on the gums. You need to get them pulled - I don’t know why, let’s just apply antibiotics for the 10th time - It’s a cavity, let’s wait till it grows - Use these tiny between-teeth brushes for your gums The last one actually helped.