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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 339486" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Morning folks. I hope yours is better than mine. I'm on here because I haven't been to sleep yet.</p><p></p><p>Timer--keep us posted as to how kt does staying at home. I hear your frustrations about services. I've been lucky to no have to deal with this; but it stinks to have restrictions put on what you do as a parent, but not get any assistance in putting those restrictions in place.</p><p></p><p>Marg. The dentristry thing you describe has been a huge scandal in the US. There are several clinic chains and dentists over here that accept Medicaid (our healthcare for the indigent and/or for children of medically indigent parents).</p><p></p><p>Basically, these dentists were doing all sorts of work on Medicaid children that wasn't needed and then billing it. Worse yet, these dentists were using restraints like a body board or "papoose" to basically tie the children down while working on them.</p><p></p><p>I had this done to me when I was a child and it was common practice in those days. Left me with a permanent phobia about dentists that led to my having badly neglected teeth as an adult.</p><p></p><p>Believe me, too. When I got the estimates on the work that needed doing; I got a second opinion that came up with exactly the same work and about a 75 dollar cost difference.</p><p></p><p>I actually chose the more expensive dentist because I liked his manners and his office staff a lot better.</p><p></p><p>I actually had braces, applied by an incompetent orthodontist who did more damage than he helped. I still wound up losing my upper teeth, and my bottom teeth are very crookend</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 339486, member: 1963"] Morning folks. I hope yours is better than mine. I'm on here because I haven't been to sleep yet. Timer--keep us posted as to how kt does staying at home. I hear your frustrations about services. I've been lucky to no have to deal with this; but it stinks to have restrictions put on what you do as a parent, but not get any assistance in putting those restrictions in place. Marg. The dentristry thing you describe has been a huge scandal in the US. There are several clinic chains and dentists over here that accept Medicaid (our healthcare for the indigent and/or for children of medically indigent parents). Basically, these dentists were doing all sorts of work on Medicaid children that wasn't needed and then billing it. Worse yet, these dentists were using restraints like a body board or "papoose" to basically tie the children down while working on them. I had this done to me when I was a child and it was common practice in those days. Left me with a permanent phobia about dentists that led to my having badly neglected teeth as an adult. Believe me, too. When I got the estimates on the work that needed doing; I got a second opinion that came up with exactly the same work and about a 75 dollar cost difference. I actually chose the more expensive dentist because I liked his manners and his office staff a lot better. I actually had braces, applied by an incompetent orthodontist who did more damage than he helped. I still wound up losing my upper teeth, and my bottom teeth are very crookend [/QUOTE]
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