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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 57,089
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beepbeep
My old dentist said "you need an implant, not worth fixing".
I went to another...he said "yeah, we can fix it. We'll make a crown". Which he did. It held couple of years. Then another. It held two more. Then tooth cracked. Then they took away the tooth. Then I got an implant.
In hindsight, I should have got an implant when first guy proposed it. Instead it cost me double the money and lot of pain and dentist visits.
So it is not always safe to assume they are out to gouge you.
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deja vu! 
Quote:
Originally Posted by beepbeep
My old dentist said "you need an implant, not worth fixing".
I went to another...he said "yeah, we can fix it. We'll make a crown". Which he did. It held couple of years. Then another. It held two more. Then tooth cracked. Then they took away the tooth. Then I got an implant.
In hindsight, I should have got an implant when first guy proposed it. Instead it cost me double the money and lot of pain and dentist visits.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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01-23-2023, 05:56 AM
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