How to Recognize an Unscrupulous Dentist

When we go to the doctor, we completely trust him, hoping to get the best help. Unfortunately, unscrupulous doctors often try to cash in on the trust of naive patients and shamelessly deceive them. Most of all, private dentists are guilty of this, trying to get the maximum benefit from each patient.



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Editorial "Site" Today will tell you how to recognize fraud and what should be good dentist. We understand the most popular tricks.

There are a thousand and one ways to lure money from patients: inflated prices using cheap materials, imposing unnecessary services, the most expensive methods of treatment, and also promotions that no one can ever take advantage of. Sometimes, in an effort to earn, dentists reach completely unscrupulous methods, which we will talk about today.

Dentist tricks

1. Overdiagnosis
   This happens more often than I would like. The situation looks something like this: you come to treat caries, for example, but after a thorough examination, the doctor reports that, in addition to treating caries, you need to conduct a dozen more procedures. Often, a doctor will treat healthy teeth or advise them to be removed for the implant. It even goes so far as to remove perfectly healthy teeth. You need to be alert and know that, first of all, a good specialist will tell you in detail about the diagnosis and argues for the appointment of certain procedures. Secondly, a good doctor will offer several options and describe all the nuances. If you say you don't have expensive options, your doctor must offer you an alternative. It happens that after such words the doctor simply loses interest, then it is certainly clear what he needed.
   
   It is clear that sometimes the survey really reveals more complex problems. However, in this case, the doctor must explain everything and justify why such procedures are necessary.
   
   
   
   
   
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2. Non-existent services
   This is such a marketing ploy: it is assumed that once a person has come to an appointment, but there is no necessary procedure in the clinic, then he will agree to any alternative, not wanting to waste time looking for another doctor. And it often works. Patients do not fully understand what they need and agree to what they need. In such a wrapper, you can get poor-quality service and a heap of problems. In this case, before going to the clinic, it will not be superfluous to find out whether the clinic has the necessary licenses, what drugs doctors use and whether they provide the necessary services.
   
   
   
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3. Cheap implants
   Remember, an implant is a medical device that must have a certificate and a certificate of safety of the Ministry of Health. Dental implantation is the most modern method of restoring a smile, but you need to understand that for this, the doctor needs appropriate qualifications and experience. In addition, the procedure requires a number of other materials besides the implant itself. Many people do not know about this, so happily go to the clinic, where the lowest price is indicated. However, many clinics roll out one simple scheme: indicate the price of the implant as a separate product.
   
   The patient comes to the clinic and it turns out that you need to pay for the diagnosis, the work of the surgeon and additional materials. Here again, the expectation is that once a person has come, he will not go looking for another clinic.
   
   
   
   
   
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4. Brightening teeth by 30 tones
   Some doctors take advantage of the fact that patients are not aware of the details of the procedure. Most often this happens when the patient comes to whiten the teeth. The most common way to make money is to whiten your teeth by 20-30 tones. Of course, people who dream of a snow-white smile will gladly agree to this procedure. Except it's fantastic. There is a palette of shades of human teeth, compiled as a result of many years of research. This palette is used by doctors when bleaching or selecting a filling. All shades of teeth are divided into 4 groups, and in each group there are several more tones (from the lightest to the darkest).
   
   When bleaching, an aesthetic version of the palette is used, where the shades are not located in groups, but from light to dark. On this scale, teeth are whitened by a maximum of 10-12 tones, but not more than 20.
   
   
   
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5. Expendables
   At the disposal of dentists a wide range of materials: from expensive imported to cheap domestic. It is unrealistic to determine the manufacturer of materials by eye, so doctors often deceive and put, for example, a cheap filling, and take the money as expensive. Don't be afraid to ask what the doctor is doing, what materials are used, ask to show the boxes.
   
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6. Bullying
   Perhaps the favorite trick of most doctors. It's like a ruse with overdiagnosis, only more sophisticated. For example, you come to the appointment with one problem, but the doctor after the examination tells you that everything is bad and you need to solve a thousand and one procedures to fix everything. If you hesitate, the doctor begins psychological pressure. Intimidation, moralizing and persuasion begin. The doctor will tell a terrible story about what will happen if you do not treat some disease. Of course, anything is possible, but in this case you should not rush into the pool with your head, but you should consult another doctor.
   
   
   
   
   
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To avoid such tricks, follow a few simple rules. First, choose a proven clinic. The method is simple and always works: ask family, friends or colleagues. Which dentist is better?Then choose from the offered options. So the chances of encountering unscrupulous doctors are much less.





Secondly, find out the average price for the desired procedure. Look at the prices of other clinics, compare and never choose places where the price is much lower than the average on the market. There's a lot of deception out there.

And third, don’t be afraid to defend yourself. At a doctor's appointment, do not hesitate to ask questions, clarify details and ask for clarification. Remember, a really good doctor will explain everything, help and do the best job!



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In the article, we mentioned implants. To tell you more about the procedure, we made a whole material, where we told in detail what dental implantation is, whether it should be done and what materials are better to use.

Going to the dentist is not easy. So that the need for such a visit arose less often, you need to properly care for your teeth. We have already written about how to brush your teeth and when it is best to do it.

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