My mom and the dentist part two?

What do you think of the comments my mom made in this conversation: Today in the morning my mom came into my bedroom and said don't get mad at me but I was thinking about your dentist and why is he doing all this work. You know is he just doing all this work for more money, why is he doing this. And why is he doing root canal. I mean you are supposed to go to him for a night brace but you should check with your dentist*. If he does anything else in your mouth you should not let him. Don't let him pull your teeth.


(*Your dentist means the one that I used for along time and the one who told me to go get fitted for a night brace which is why I am going to this dentist) So later on I called my dentist and he said that yes it is not uncommon to do a root canal and I had one tooth that was decayed. My mom was listening to the conversation (on my side not his side). Then when I got off the phone I related the conversation and she did not say anything But I still was upset at her remarks so I stewed about it. As a peace offering about an hour later when we were out doing chores and I met her by my car she brought me a cup of coffee. However, during the course of the day I asked her again about her remarks and she said I should learn to let it go and she feels better because I checked with the dentist I used for a long time. Then I said to her that he did make the upper part of my night brace and she said well you never said that you made it sound like he could not make it

My mom and the dentist part two?
It sounds to me that your mom has a lot of faith and trust in your original dentist and that she suspects that the new dentist might be doing procedures that are unnecessary. She doesn't want you to be taken advantage of by the new dentist in a monetary sense.
Reply:Huh? This is so rambling it's hard to figure it out. If your dentist thinks you need a root canal, I'm sure he knows better than your mom.
Reply:Why don't you let it go like she asked? She was concerned that the dentist was taking advantage of you but she changed her mind when she listened to the conversation. Forget about it.
Reply:I could not follow the story with the he and shes. Give the people in the story names. Break it up into paragraphs like this.





Are you a little kid or like 35? Then maybe I could follow it.
Reply:VERY easy: seek a second opinion from an unrelated source. You sound old enough to make your own choices to some degree (not old enough to pay the $1,800 the root canal and subsequent crown would cost, conservatively), often, if you contact another dentist (not a recommendation from your current one) and just explain your concerns, another dentist may do a free consultation--if not, call another, and so on until you find one who will. Dentistry has changed VERY much over the last 20 years and sadly it IS mainly about making money. I myself was lucky enough to find a young, progressive dentist who did a full composite restructuring of a tooth that was badly decayed beneath "sealants" placed on my teeth in my late teens, even though I'd never had a single cavity (another method modern dentistry is using to create business--sealants actually compromise the enamel and lock in decay, creating cavities, normally not present with basic brushing/oral hygiene) and only charged me the $50 for a normal filling. Something dentists nowadays would definitely "recommend" a root canal ($800) and crown ($1,000). That was 20 years ago and the tooth and composite filling are perfect.

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