Question:
Dentist wants to pull 3 bottom molars?
So i go in for fillings, and the dentist comes in and looks at my teeth and says some are decayed and need to be pulled. Keep in mind now , that this has been known for months and I have an oral surgery consult in 2 weeks for my wisdom teeth . He progresses to say to me " We should pull both teeth that need to be root canaled also because its very expensive to get that treatment done ". ARE YOU KIDDING ME. He wants to pull my wisdom tooth thats already in on my bottom left side, along with 2 molors RIGHT NEXT TO IT. Leaving me with 1 mollar on my bottom left half. Im 25 years old and your telling me its better to pull 2 teeth that need to be root canaled then try and help me with a payment plan to SAVE MY TEETH. The whole point of a dentist is to SAVE MY TEETH. Keep in mind this is a public dentist , and my last dentist who was private told me " its not a good idea to pull those teeth since they are important ". So granted I made an appointment with him for thursday to talk this out. He knows i know to the public dentist since its free for deep cleanings , fillings and all extractions. I want him to do the root canals and the braces. Not to mention there were extremly nice and told me thats plenty of payment plans. THE PUBLIC DENTIST SAID NOPE NEEDS TO BE PAID IN FULL RIGHT AWAY
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Definitely get a second opinion.. Im 26 and have always wanted perfect teeth.. I've had many problems with my teeth and I think a lot of this could have been resolved than pulling them.. Now I have almost no back teeth.. I wish I would have never went to that curtain dentist in the first place. I think back to the point of getting my wisdom teeth pulled.. I wish I would have never let him do it.
I work in a dental clinic and you definitely need to see a dentist you trust. Do not have those teeth pulled. I don't know of any dentists that would recommend any teeth to be extracted that can be saved!