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My dad has been a dentist for 30+ years and retired a few years ago. Recently he did some 3-month contract work for a very large dental chain, let’s call it Pe
by dartos 2y ago
My dad has been a dentist for 30+ years and retired a few years ago.
Recently he did some 3-month contract work for a very large dental chain, let’s call it Penass.
I’ve never seen him so depressed in my live. He said that Penass’s business model was all about running up insurance and selling loans for large operations.
He was directly encouraged to do extra, not necessary work to run up the bill.
He came out of retirement after that and started another practice out of, what I can only guess, was frustration and guilt.
A lot of these large dental chains absolutely tack on extra work and do a shitty job to keep people coming back.
In the US, I highly recommend looking for independent “boutique” dentists. Even if they are out of your insurance network, a lot of them will give better rates if you pay in cash.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoHard agree. I left a local office that was staffed by a variety of dentists, and opted for one that had one specialist per procedure - one regular dentist, one implant specialist, etc. Not only do you actually get to see the same person on every visit, they're not as likely to do this sort of thing.
- dartos 2y ago> Not only do you actually get to see the same person on every visit It was very surprising to find out, after growing up and my parents returning, that this was unusual.
- wincy 2y agoI had a dental chain say I needed periodontal scaling because I was having terrible pain in my upper gums. It took two years and another dentist to tell me I actually had a cyst and the cyst growing had almost dissolved my nose bone. Another few months and I’d likely have a weird sunken nose if a surgeon hadn’t properly removed it. So they charged me for an expensive procedure but it wasn’t even the correct expensive procedure!