Creepy zombie stepford dentist
I really don’t mind going to the dentist. I’ve a had a few fillings but they were so long ago that I think they were all done by our family dentist back home, in high school.In college I had my wisdom teeth out and it was totally horrific and traumatizing but for the last 6 years or so I have had a great dentist that was near my job.
But I’m not working anymore and don’t have my own insurance and I have baby attached to me so I figured I should get closer dentist. I went on yelp and looked at a few and then just picked one that had lots of good reviews.
I called to make an appointment and said ‘for a check up’ but what I meant was a cleaning not knowing that there was even such a thing as a check up. wtf is a dentist check up?! Stupidly I take Jack with me. The office was weird. They offered apples and coffee in the waiting room. The receptionist smiled too hugely and was WAY TOO PERKY. She offered to ‘take me on a tour’ (wha?). Each exam room had a TV. all their stuff is digital GUSH GUSH we’ve all worked here forever. we love kids, the dentist has kids, blah blah blah.
All this has made me super nervous. why is she smiling at me like that? The dentist comes in and has DEAD EYES and a huge smile and fake eyelashes. I’m even more creeped out and Jack starts screaming whenever the dentist touches my mouth.
they have some horrible device like a pen that is a camera connected to the TV. so I have to WATCH while they poke around in my gross GLISTENING mouth. EW.
Then they had these cheek spreaders (hahahah). I had to hold my lips and cheeks out of the way while they TOOK PHOTOS of my teeth. omg. if this is dentistry of hte future I want to go backward in time.
It was awful and they told me that I need to have EVERY SINGLE one of my fillings replaced and that I need a night guard.
ORLY
and they make me sign a piece of paper stating that all the work they ‘recommend’ will cost over 3,000$.
Blink Blink
And I had to pay them 150$ for this stupid ass check up. I’ve NEVER had so much as one penny trade hands at any other dentist. HELLO I have delta dental.
So, wtf? I feel pissed, all I wanted was my teeth cleaned and I was forced to go on some little space cadet odyssey with these assholes. Check up… ugh! So, Should I just go have them clean my teeth?OH!That’s the other thing… the dentist doesn’t even DO the teeth cleaning?! an assistant does. again, WTF?!
I think I will just go back to my old 40 miles a way dentist. and I’ll write a shitty review on Yelp for these weirdos.
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September 5, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Wow, creepy.
I had a friend who went to a new dentist once and he told her she had something like 7 cavities. She got a second opinion and the 2nd dentist told her that her teeth were fine.
Sometimes you just gotta remember that most people suck and dentists can fall into the category of most people.
As far as cleanings go, it does seem to be the NewThing for the assistants to do the cleanings and the dentist just coming in to do the official tooth checking. My old dentist used to do that — part of his successful business model, I guess. Let’s them work through more clients that way. He was even teaching a business class in town somewhere. ‘Course, I missed an appointment and then they stopped calling me back when I tried to reschedule. Maybe that was part of the business model as well.
September 6, 2008 at 1:45 am
That sounds like a complete scam and i would never go back there!!!!
September 6, 2008 at 11:57 am
I was getting VERY PUZZLED as I went to one dentist after another and all of them were recommending treatments that cost the same as a used car. My conclusion is that dentistry has changed, and that dentists must be desperate enough to make stuff up. I’ve found that any dentist I go to (I’ve switched three times now) will continue to work on my teeth until I run out of money. It makes me feel very, very nervous and upset.
My new policy is I take very, very good care of my own teeth, and I go to the dentist when something hurts. This sucks, because by nature I am a preventer, and would rather go twice a year for a cleaning and check-up. But every time I go for a cleaning and check-up, it’s multiple thousands of dollars, and SCREW THAT.
September 10, 2008 at 10:30 am
I loved my dentist! He’s over off 34th or something similar near where I lived. Dr. Nam and I had Delta Dental too, no problems. And since I was grinding my teeth he got me retainers to protect my teeth (and stop them from moving more) and got it covered by the insurance! Plus, he’s totally cute and his teeth aren’t perfect. I had such a crush on him. Go see him so I can live vicariously though you!
November 27, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Just so you know- They are not legally able to give you a teeth cleaning before you have a check up by the doctor. Its maninly for gum issues and quite a lot of dangerous things that can happen if you have any periodontal diseases.
most dental offices are like that and want to try and make people feel comfortable as possible- a good chunk of people are petrified to go.
As for the Delta Dental just poke them and remind them it needs to be sent off to the insurance.
November 27, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Bunny you sound like kind of an idiot.