🚀 go-pugleaf

Certainly there is more than one dentist in Greenbelt, Md. If you feel
the prices are out of line, go someplace else. You are the patient,
not the hostage.

Dave


robohen <Robohen@concentric.net> wrote:

>Hi, I have a dentist who is charging $33 per tooth sealant.  Back in
>Pittsburgh, it was $13 per tooth.  Also, he wanted me to use some sort
>of bleaching treatment where I would have to wear a plate for 10 nights,
>at $400 - back in Pittsburgh, the dentist used baking soda spray during
>each cleaning instead.  He claims he has to do an "onlay", where he would
>take out a filling and replace it for $700.  The filling he showed me on
>the video monitor looked quite intact.  So:

>1. are these prices normal??

>2. what benefit would there be to this $400 bleaching treatment vs.
>   baking soda spray at cleanings?

>3. Are there any cheaper/more conscientious dentists in the Washington DC
>area?  I live in Greenbelt, MD.

>E-mail replies appreciated.

>Henry