That's probably what it is. They are all trying to outfit themselves with all this new digital equipment, peripheral x-ray cameras, lasers, the cerec machines.. and it's expensive.

No doubt the cerec is a good deal better than having crowns made in china but these things are causing prices to rise all across the board even for little things like simple fillings. And dentistry is no longer about healthy teeth, it's about pretty teeth that aren't necessarily so healthy and need a lot of expensive maintenance, like veneers..

All that plastic adhesive in someone's mouth is really unhealthy. Really unhealthy.

I thought it was hilarious when that dentist flashed those fake teeth like he did, honestly. I started laughing pretty good it was one of the most hilarious things I had seen in some time.. this little cardboard packet with these items that really did look just like a pack of fake fingernails you could get at a dollar store except for your teeth. I actually couldn't believe it at first it struck me as so ridiculous.

maybe that is why the dentist filed that one tooth like he did, the buck teeth comment I made to the other guy.

They are a real strange bunch, dentists. Dangerous with these types of attitudes since they are suppose to health professionals not salespeople. Salespeople are known for their unethical behavior and I have been seeing a lot of it among dentists. Most people go to the dentist because they simply want healthy teeth and they have to put up with this type of behavior. It really out of place if you want my opinion. Very unprofessional. This dentist I was seeing must have just gotten himself a new cerec machining tool, he is trying very hard to convince me not to pull these old molars out. It's really to late to begin with, they really are full of cracksn and they are bothering me, all of them. I wish really I did have the nerve to take one of those dental picks to them all and break them like the first dentist did, but ouch ooh that hurts.. he mentioned inlays. I didn't say anything because I was tired of arguing about it already. He has a short memory. He pulled that broken molar out last year because another dentist tried to do a crown and used adhesive on the temporary and I went absolutely nuts with allergic reactions the next few days and had to go rushing back in screaming for them to take the thing off.

there is no way to fix those molars without using adhesives and I really think the roots wouldn't stand for it anyway even if I didnlt hjave isssues with the plastics. I'd still be suuufffferrring, fixing decay along the sides of tehm all teh time, so I am not wasting a dime on anything like that for those teeth. They have had amalgam rotting at them for 35 years. maybe a couple others i mightfix downline but not with him anymore.

I found his website when I got home and sent him a note from his contact form.. I said.. dr sutton... did you need my $108 dollars so badly that you couldn't phone me ahead of time to tell me you would not pull those teeth? (I told him the week prior that if he wasn't going to pull the teeth I wanted to know so i wouldn;t waste my time going in). And then I said.. .. And anyway after our discussion today concerning the issues I have been having with mercury and heavy metals there is absolutely no way I would dare allow you to do extensive work on my teeth because I am real sure I would only get sicker.

He's trying to make himself into a amalgam removal expert over there, and he has good hands that's a fact but he doesn't have the training otherwise. I don't think he really believed most of what I was saying. If he had he would have pulled the teeth in a heartbeat. He couldn't comprehend how sick it can make someone and most importantly, he did not understand that I have no desire to get worse or experience anything close to what I did 18 months ago.. what's in the head of dentist that should already know because I have told him repeatedly that I really do have plastic allergies and he suggests I use it in my mouth anyway. Not thinking there... I am not going to be his guinea pig. I already tried with the dentist that tried to do the crown, we gave it a good honest go, it failed miserably. but selling his stuff is more important it appears.

A lot of these dentists are going to go belly up in this new economy anyway, the business really isn't there when people are strapped for cash/ they really just want healthy teeth and to be healthy.

Are you guys feeling the oil and mortgage balloon strain over there in NZ, is there a banking crisis or anything there yet?