Today, I asked my dentist to have a look at the tiny crack his colleague repaired a few years ago, because it’s giving me trouble again. He looked in my mouth, took an X-ray, and could find neither the crack, nor the corresponding filling. FML
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Today, after having toothaches for about two years, which persisted even after I had the crack in my tooth repaired, I went to a different dentist and it turns out that the actual culprit is a hole in the neighboring tooth, which has had years to grow, unnoticed under the edge of my gums. FML
Today, I went to a new dentist because I've been experiencing occasional toothache. Upon seeing my x-rays, he noticed something odd. Apparently, during a root canal a while ago, a piece of an instrument broke off, and has been lodged within ever since. FML
Today, I went to the dentist. Normally I walk out with no work to be done as he says my teeth are always great. I thought it was weird this time that he was scraping and pushing at my tooth when he usually doesn't. I'd walked in with a full set of teeth, walked out with a dentist-caused chipped tooth and a filling booked in. FML
Today, I was flossing my teeth, which I do only to not get yelled at (chewed out?) by my dentist. Dentist I’ll now be seeing later today because the floss broke off a corner of one of my molars. FML
Today, my dentist dropped my bite plate for x-rays on the ground, picked it up, looked at it intently, took a couple of hairs off, and shoved it back into my mouth. FML
Today, my dentist told me I have a cavity and blamed it on the "subpar" toothpaste I've been using - the same toothpaste he recommended six months ago at my last appointment. FML
Today, I was told I need two root canals. This is because my previous dentist did such a bad job on one of my teeth that the decay went through and transferred to its neighbor. FML
Today, I had an appointment with my dentist to check for cavities. He told me that most of my teeth have cavities, and that I may need a root canal. In fact, I ended up actually getting a painful root canal. FML
Today, I went to my new dentist and before he started looking at my teeth, I told him my previous dentist had never found a single thing wrong with my teeth. After looking around, he chuckled humourlessly and called my last dentist idiotic. I now have a $580 bill and a root canal next week. FML
Today, I went to the dentist for a routine check-up, and halfway through the appointment, the dentist exclaimed, "Oops!" Turns out, he accidentally glued my lips together while fixing a tiny chip in my front tooth. I spent the next two hours communicating through exaggerated facial expressions and hand gestures. FML
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Anderling 33
See if you can get your current dentist to go on record with this and file a big ole complaint with whatever professional organization oversees this sort of thing in Germany. Who knows how many people he fleeced over the years?
Anderling 33
The trouble could just be nothing eventually. The *actual* trouble, however, is that the other dentist straight-up lied about a dental issue existing, magnanimously “fixed” it, and then stole OP’s money. X-rays don’t lie.
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RichardPencil 32
You can't expect an ordinary dental practice to find such a tiny problem. You need to go to a crack house.
sarsuela 29
If there never was a crack then what is causing the trouble?
Anderling 33
The trouble could just be nothing eventually. The *actual* trouble, however, is that the other dentist straight-up lied about a dental issue existing, magnanimously “fixed” it, and then stole OP’s money. X-rays don’t lie.
bazjack 26
I was having what I thought was tooth pain. It was terrible. Dentist found nothing; turns out it was a pinched nerve in my shoulder.
Anderling 33
See if you can get your current dentist to go on record with this and file a big ole complaint with whatever professional organization oversees this sort of thing in Germany. Who knows how many people he fleeced over the years?