I have pretty good teeth, I'm 50, I had braces as a teen, 2 small fillings, slight recession, but 3 month visits and bit more diligence has reduced that. My first dentist I had for 30 years and my mom was his assistant for 12 of those years. He was quite conservative and wouldn't even file the points off my incisors off like the orthodontist wanted. When he retired he referred me to one of his students (taught PT at UofT) who was also conservative. About 2 years ago this dentist and his partners sold the office/clients to a new dentist. Very quickly the practice began changing and pushing heavy on cosmetic dentistry.
Yesterday I went in and they did a full "5 year" x-ray. In the past this would be a half dozen shots, this time I got an x-ray for pretty well every tooth. Near the end I was getting agitated quipping that I was going to glow by the time they were done. I then had my cleaning and last I saw the dentist. I've always had naturial pits in the back of my eye teeth, now she wants to fill these (plus another one) as they could become cavities, said it shouldn't even need freezing. So I'm thinking to myself WTF are they cavities or not? She also wanted to fix a tiny chip in a tooth that day, it is minuscule, when I did it the last dentist only offered to file it slightly if it bothered me, it doesn't. I declined saying I didn't have time today.
In a the past she also tried to sell me a mouthguard as she said I grind my teeth in my sleep. News to me and my other dentists have never said this. She sold my wife one that sits in a drawer, I've never heard her grinding her teeth.
My kids have had their amalgam fillings replaced (even in baby teeth), offered as soon as our new insurance covered this procedure. For the last 2 years she's always pushing braces for my 10 year old boy, who didn't/doesn't even have all of his adult teeth yet.
It's also worth mentioning the fact she is having a large brand new building built with some fancy dental spa name and our long time receptionist (not retirement age) is gone.
What do you think???
