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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 626703" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I've had this issue with both myself and my granddaughter. It seems that the "new" dentistry is about movie star smiles not simply repairing what is broken. I shopped around for a long time and asked a lot of people before I found what is considered an "old fashioned dentist" who simply checks your teeth and reports what needs to be done without the redoing of your entire mouth. </p><p></p><p>My SO had one of those dentists and after the evaluation it was 3 plans all ranging in price from $10,000 to $20,000. He went to my old fashioned dentist who told him all of that work is elective not necessary and he gave him a different approach which is over time and will be maybe $3000. And, it is all up to my SO how he wants to do it.</p><p></p><p>I took my granddaughter to 2 orthodontists because she had ONE tooth that was a little crooked. The rest of her mouth is literally a million dollar smile. One was $1400 over a two year period with a retainer, the other was $10,000 for a full mouth of braces and then more on top of that after the initial phase, ending up to about $20,000. Even my granddaughter when we left that office said, "what a ripoff, I don't need full braces!"</p><p></p><p>So, I am a believer in shopping around. I found the perfect dentist, capable, well trained, a gentleman who still believes in health care as opposed to getting as much money as he possibly can from each patient.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 626703, member: 13542"] I've had this issue with both myself and my granddaughter. It seems that the "new" dentistry is about movie star smiles not simply repairing what is broken. I shopped around for a long time and asked a lot of people before I found what is considered an "old fashioned dentist" who simply checks your teeth and reports what needs to be done without the redoing of your entire mouth. My SO had one of those dentists and after the evaluation it was 3 plans all ranging in price from $10,000 to $20,000. He went to my old fashioned dentist who told him all of that work is elective not necessary and he gave him a different approach which is over time and will be maybe $3000. And, it is all up to my SO how he wants to do it. I took my granddaughter to 2 orthodontists because she had ONE tooth that was a little crooked. The rest of her mouth is literally a million dollar smile. One was $1400 over a two year period with a retainer, the other was $10,000 for a full mouth of braces and then more on top of that after the initial phase, ending up to about $20,000. Even my granddaughter when we left that office said, "what a ripoff, I don't need full braces!" So, I am a believer in shopping around. I found the perfect dentist, capable, well trained, a gentleman who still believes in health care as opposed to getting as much money as he possibly can from each patient. [/QUOTE]
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