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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / May 2005I don't understand my dentist!
I finally found a great,young Endodentist.. Last Oct. She did a Root Canal(part 1) in 2 days.. paid in cash..I praised her.. recommended her,, etcetc. Then,..a very Blizzardy winter closed our roads, and I had to cxl the next 2 visits.(giving plenty of notice... I n March I made another appt. but had emergency Angioplasty, and even called from the CCU 3 days before the appt. so they could schedule another patient. When I called to make an appt. for the Post and Crown.. I was told :" Bcs. of your history of cancellations, we won't see you.. we'll do 1 emergency appt. (bcs the temp.filling is leaking") I'm devastated bcs.. it's hard to find a capable Dentist I feel comfortable with.. (Had had 2 bad experiences with verbally abusive male Dentists..so now I'm mor apprehensive about the rejection and further search.. than I am about the tooth!! Is there anything one of you can suggestI say to her to convince her to keep me as a patient?? I even offerred to pay EXtra! and I'm a really nice, polite lady.. This is so strange to me... Thanks in advance.. R. > I finally found a great,young Endodentist.. Last Oct. She did a Root > Canal(part 1) in 2 days.. paid in cash..I praised her.. recommended [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks in advance.. > R. What ever you do, don't mention Joel Eichen I'm serious and sincere. I'm a lady. I do wish a bit of really helpful advice... what is wrong with this group? Hard to believe your are professional, mature or imtelligent folks.. Maybe I SHOULD stay away from Dentists... maybe we all should.. I'm serious and sincere. I'm a lady. I do wish a bit of really helpful advice... what is wrong with this group? Hard to believe your are professional, mature or imtelligent folks.. Maybe I SHOULD stay away from Dentists... maybe we all should.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Since you seem to think that we are all up at 2:00 am EST, instead of in bed getting enough rest for the next day, I doubt you are a serious poster. No Dr. Steve.. I'm a night worker. and was very desperate for an answer.. Excuse me if I stepped on a sore spot.. I was just disappointed at the amount of nasty barbs being slung back and forth amongst you all. No excuse for being angry with us for not getting up out of bed to respond to your posting. Sorry, but other people recognize that if they work night shift, other people do not. Were you sober when you typed your messages?  Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S. Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... No Dr. Steve.. I'm a night worker. and was very desperate for an answer.. Excuse me if I stepped on a sore spot.. I was just disappointed at the amount of nasty barbs being slung back and forth amongst you all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have been sober, polite, virtuous, charitable and beloved by many all my life.. and you? > Have been sober, polite, virtuous, charitable and beloved by many all my > life.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > /<html> > welcome to usenet. BTW it's really rude to post using html Hi, I heard it is common in some offices to cancel long appointments until the patient is extimated reliable again. Since you have canceld often in a row this makes you look bad as a patient. But normaly you would be treated fully again after some appointments. This is some way of managment. Since there are patients allways canceling their appointments. For the dentist strictly working with appointsments the time planned for you was wasted since no other patient was available for treatment. So by cancelling you caused some severe finacial damge. And as your dentist is youg she might not have much patients to cover the damage. In germany it would be legal to charge you anyways, no matter if where treated. But this depends on the time span before the appointment. In most cases when cancelling within 48hours before the appointment a fee i charged. So these are my guesses. JK SignatureDr. Jochen Kulow |email: jochen.kulowNOSPAM Zahnarzt/Dentist | (at)dentalmail.de |remove NOSPAM |PGP: http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net |HP: http://www.dr-kulow.de --------------------PGP-Fingerprint------------------- DAA3 468E 10FB 463D AE5C A135 6D6B 9250 7746 6FC7 ------------------------------------------------------ I just had a patient cancel today's 90 minute appointment for the third time in a row. At about $240/hour overhead, you can figure out how much this has cost me so far. Fortunately the RDH will be busy to offset about a third of that cost. Guess who is not going to get another appointment? Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S. Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... > > Hi, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > JK > I finally found a great,young Endodentist.. Last Oct. She did a Root > Canal(part 1) in 2 days.. paid in cash..I praised her.. recommended > Is there anything one of you can suggestI say to her to convince her to > keep me as a patient?? I even offerred to pay EXtra! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks in advance.. > R. Pay for the missed appointments. SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH The ist of 2 appts. I had to cxl was bcs of a blizzard and everyone in our County including her) was instructed to stay off the roads.....The 2nd I cxld 3 or 4 days before Heart surgery..which was 6 days beforethe appt. When I saw her, I did ask if I could pay for the missed appts.. pay in advance.. or do anything to remain her patient... She said "Nope". and that the x-ray showed there was no leakage or infection..But she prescribed 800mg Morin for pain, Clindamycin "in case".. and looked very depressed.. She'd recently had a baby.(who was being fed in the waiting room by the Receptionist..). maybe it's Post-Partum an she doesn't intend to practice very long.. I figure everything happens for the best... and I'll just find someone with more experience and "Chairside Manner" and, if the X-ray shows the filling's ok and there's no infection I can relax, right?. > The ist of 2 appts. I had to cxl was bcs of a blizzard and everyone in > our County including her) was instructed to stay off the roads.....The > 2nd I cxld 3 or 4 days before Heart surgery..which was 6 days beforethe > appt. That is entirely reasonable, yes. > When I saw her, I did ask if I could pay for the missed appts.. pay in > advance.. or do anything to remain her patient... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > being fed in the waiting room by the Receptionist..). maybe it's > Post-Partum an she doesn't intend to practice very long.. I think you may have something there: if she is not reasonable about re-inserting you into the practice after you demonstrate 'good faith', then SHE is the problem at this point. > I figure everything happens for the best... and I'll just find someone > with more experience and "Chairside Manner" At least, now you know what you're looking for. A bit of hunting by phone will give you an idea of what the team is like. You may even ask the secretary to describe the type of dentist her boss is, and perhaps ask to interview the dentist by phone. It only takes a few minutes. I have had this done to me many times: The patient will phone with some specific ailment or other, and she describes the thing, and then just sits back and lets me talk. What they really want is to evaluate the dentist, or they would already be at the front desk for a walk-in appointment. That's OK. It takes me all of four minutes to establish rapport with the lady or not. If it doesn't click, we both move on. I don't mind this a bit, but my secretary HATES it. I don't know why: the lady wants to establish a contact and see how it feels. You can do the same. Just be sure to suggest that the dentist call you back when the rush is off. Otherwise, the secretary will try to protect the schedule and not let the dentist know until s/he is ready to leave for the day. > and, if the X-ray shows the filling's ok and there's no infection I can > relax, right?. For now, yes. The tooth may act up farther down the road, but only the gods can know that. Cheers SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH |
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