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« on: January 29, 2004, 06:32 PM »
Wassup y'all.
The ADA recommendation for a "checkup and a cleaning" is every 6 months and for 2-4 bitewing X-Rays, which help detect decay much better than a mirror and explorer alone, every YEAR.
Most dentists that I know would not ever jeapordize their license by telling you that you need something done, or NOT done deceptively, and risk having you run to a 2nd dentist for another opinion; because that dentist and the patient may be so uphauled by the failure to diagnose or the incorrect diagnosis that they may take action against the first dentist, and then he/she risks losing their license. So, in my opinion, most dentists are on the up and up. But if you suspect that he's not, you can do 2 things:
1. Ask for a copy of an X-Ray and send it to ME, and I will give you my opinion.
2. Go to another dentist and have them do a checkup and treatment plan, WITHOUT mentioning what a previous dentist said, this way they come to their conclusion independently. And see if the 2 treatment plans match.
Holler at y'all later.