[Dental stuff] Good news!

If you weren't on my timeline back then, to bring you up to speed- last February I started having tooth pain so bad I couldn't eat and ended up having 2 teeth pulled.

I went to a chain dentist (I had no choice, they were the only ones in the area that could see me quickly) and they told me I had gum disease and needed these expensive cleanings, oh yes, and pre-charged me for them to the tune of $2,000-ish.

They also didn't have me in the computer for the extractions, when I had literally been in the office the day before, and while I did get them done on time something was off so I went to a different office (same chain) closer to my house.

They even said "oh, you went to Faketown?" in that tone that makes you think "ah yes, you've had to fix their screwups before haven't you"

ANYWAY the office close to me said the gum disease claims were bullshit, I didn't have any cavities like the first office told me, and actually got them to refund the money.

So I went in for new X-Rays and a cleaning today and got a clean bill of health! I just need to do better with flossing and otherwise my teeth are looking great

YEAH that first office definitely took advantage of me when I was in pain and scared

The gum treatments they were recommending... I looked them up and they sounded painful and expensive

Me too, it's such a relief

By all indications the two extractions WERE necessary, but anything else? Ennnh. I'm not sure how they planned on filling nonexistent cavities

yeah. when I was looking for a dentist I took a look at those walk in chains. very first thing I found was a ton of BBB complaints about them recommending unnecessary work.

ended up going with a local independently owned dentist, and I've been very happy with tgem

woof. I'm glad it's working out.