By dukemisery - 05/11/2016 08:53 - Hong Kong - Central District

Today, while sitting down on the dentist's chair, the tooth to be removed came out on its own. I still had to pay $50 for the cotton and advice. FML
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xxDeeStar 27

Yeah that's super annoying. I had to get braces and needed to remove 4 teeth. The dentist made me pay $150 each for three of them. The fourth one? $250. Why? Because he had to "pull harder" to take it out. It was absolute nonsense.

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foxesntea 22

Ah the glory of being a dentist. Sorry op.

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el_Jeffe_D 11

They actually wrote a law for situations such as this, but I hear the enforcement was toothless.

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Tripartita 44

This move is known as the "reverse tooth-fairy" in the dental community. It's not nearly as sexual as it sounds.

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JaffaMC 13

That's really rotten -they'll charge you for anything.

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cats4lyfe 25

No, They'll charge you for dental services.

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SassySlytherin 16

And charge you for the appointment which someone else could have had. Time is money :P

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KingKralj 31

Pretty sure that's illegal, aren't dentists paid by labor plus a set wage?

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QueenSaru 28

It's probably not illegal. In the same way you can be charged for a no-call/no-show at an appointment because they've lost any revenue with not using that appointment slot.

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xxDeeStar 27

Yeah that's super annoying. I had to get braces and needed to remove 4 teeth. The dentist made me pay $150 each for three of them. The fourth one? $250. Why? Because he had to "pull harder" to take it out. It was absolute nonsense.

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J352SAURUS 30

Wow, that's the most ****** up thing I've heard all day.

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Mauskau 35

This makes me glad my braces and dental care was covered by the NHS at the time, I had two teeth removed for free. When I was a kid I needed 7 baby teeth removed and they took me to hospital for it. Now I'm paying normal prices, a visit to the hygienist seems extortionate. £200 for a filling, and it doesn't help that a new guy has taken over at my dentist and increased the prices massively.

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yankeedental 9

$150 for an extraction would be called a simple extraction. $250 for an extraction would be called a surgical extraction. We choose our professions, can't be angry we go by a standard guideline of costs for procedures. Overhead & employee pay alone to run an office takes like 350 of those surgical extractions. Plus it's part of your health!

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RichardPencil 30

The stress of going to the dentist probably drove your tooth to jump out of your head. The dentist earned his keep!

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Baron_Kaz 15

$50 Hong Kong'ese dorrars = $0.05 US. Quit whining now and get me my pok fly lice!

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Qandol 26

At least it's not $1500 plus insurance like I paid cuz my crown came off and broke one of my tooth that was attached too. So $50 your off easy.

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