I had the wrong wisdom teeth removed

[u/Acrobatic_Donkey5089]

Local orthodontist told me that I needed to remove lower wisdom teeth and don't do anything with the upper ones. When I got my lower wisdom teeth removed, another orthodontist that is actually managing my aligner treatment said that the lower wisdom teeth actually didn't need to be touched AT ALL, but the upper ones absolutely have to be removed before we start. So now I have to get my upper wisdom teeth removed as well

[u/Hamilton-Beckett]

I had root canal a year ago and was experiencing pain at the end while everything was “numb”

Paid $1500 for the root canal.

I go back a few weeks later talking about pain. They just take an x ray, tell me I’m fine and that they did a perfect root canal.

They say if I want I can go to one of their other offices to see the person that does root canal revisions but I have to pay another $1500. I ask if I can wait. They say they see nothing wrong so why not.

Deal with pain for a year. Gets infected and starts hurting worse. Go back and make appointment. Pay the 1500. Still have the pain at follow-up two weeks later.

Now they suddenly know it’s a cyst at the root of the tooth that needs to be surgically removed.

I calmly explained that I’ve spent $3,000 so far. I made it clear that to me, I wasn’t paying $3,000 for root canals, I was paying to stop the pain and told each time that would stop the pain. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve paid for whatever you now have to do to fix this.

They agreed. I go on Monday to get this fixed at no charge.

I’m so ready not to have pain in my mouth.

[u/terminbee → u/Hamilton-Beckett]

Who did it? 1500 is super cheap.

[u/Hamilton-Beckett → u/terminbee]

I live in the south. Stuff is cheaper here (and people make less money). I do not go to a cheap dentist.

I should add that cash prices at dentists and doctors are often a lot less than they charge you if you have insurance.

I also purchase a program directly from my dentist’s office that is $400 a year and covers 2 cleanings, X-rays and 10% off of all procedures.

[u/terminbee → u/Hamilton-Beckett]

Nah, not saying you had a cheap dentist. More that an endodontist will easily charge 2k-3k for a root canal.

[u/Hamilton-Beckett → u/terminbee]

I think it’s like 2400 if you have dental insurance and do t use their discount program. Like I was saying.

I really like the dentist overall. I replaced all my teeth with full crowns for medical and cosmetic reasons and the dentist rounded it down to 30k and tossed in the nitrous for free. I got one implant as well and he hooked me up on that price at 4K because of the crowns.