I moved to LA and so had to find a new dentist. I visited this one a little more than 6 months after I'd last seen a dentist and suddenly it was recommended that I get two crowns and several fillings replaced. A little suspicious when you have just been to another dentist and nothing was mentioned - especially when you consider how nice the facility is. Talk about 'like a health spa'. That is truly what it is. They told me that they will likely need to crown a third tooth the next time as well. The second tooth they gave a crown to they had hoped to just re-drill some more but "had to" drill out a whole side of the tooth so then said a crown was a must. Still had to make a few hundred worth of payments outside of what my PPO insurance covered - then just got another bill from the dentist a month ago saying I owed another $240. I asked why and they said because they just found out that my yearly maximum for my dental plan was $1000 and they had already exceeded it! And they had me booked for a cleaning which I would have had to pay out of my own pocket if I hadn't gotten this bill and inquired out it before. Even the cleaning can't happen unless I pay now that my insurance is maxed out. Shouldn't they be checking this?
out of 5 stars
