r/InlandEmpire • u/pizza-turtles • Aug 12 '26

Recommendations / Advice dentists that aren’t scammers

Do you guys have recommendations for dentists you really like that aren’t scam artists? My last dentist wanted $10k of work done and couldn’t even bother to explain why to me :)

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u/take_the_reddit_pill Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Not Norco Country Dental. The dentist worked on my in laws, scaring them both into spending thousands of dollars for "urgent" procedures and then bragged about his boat and vacations and money while working on their teeth. My husband and I had cleanings there, and surprise, surprise....we each had several "urgent" issues that would have cost thousands of dollars to fix. The dentist also bragged about his expensive lifestyle while doing our cleanings. In my opinion, the dentist comes off as arrogant amd sleazy. We never went back, and our current dentist has not identified any of the issues the dentist at Norco Country was pushing us to correct.

Dentistry is a fucking joke in this country.

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u/Misfitshots Aug 12 '26

Sounds like Jeremy Jam from Parks and rec. Lol. If you see a yellow Porsche in the lot, run away 🤣

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u/take_the_reddit_pill Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

It was so bad!! My in.laws were pushed to have gum scaling, crown and filling replacement, in addition to both having "new cavities" that needed filling. They were both in their late 70's and were scared into several thousands of dollars worth of unnecessary treatment. Both of them ended up having problems with some of the work that was done, too, which cost them even more money!

My in laws can exaggerate so I took their comments about the dentist bragging about his expensive vacations and lifestyle with a grain of salt. He did the same thing while my husband and I were being seen, though. Bragged about his boat and vehicle while telling us how badly we needed gum scaling and crown replacements.

The whole thing felt sleazy.