Second opinion - is it worth it?

[HiHo]

As a note. I wrote on one of the dentist pages to get a second opinion - i realise this is tricky - but I managed it.

I went to a new dentist and he said I needed two large fillings. He did one, made a right mess. Unhappy, I went elsewhere and they said nope your teeth are fine. That was 6 years ago and I still haven't had that second filling and no pain despite check-ups every 6 months. So, what was the first dentist going on about and did I need that first filling? I am doubtful.

He also wanted to give my pregnant wife an amalgam filling (and she had never had a filling in 30 years). The Department of Health says

prudent to avoid, where clinically reasonable, the placement or removal of amalgam fillings during pregnancy

. He didn't know this.

I'm not saying question every treatment plan or every dentist is like this just that it can happen.

Has anyone else had a second opinion and if so what was the outcome?

[Salford_Steve]

I had some Vaneers on my 2 front teeth about 5 years ago. They kept coming off about twice a week, and I kept haveing to go back, they said they didn't know why they kept comeing off, and said I must grind my teeth in my sleep which I don't as far as I know. One day I just decided I was going to else where for a second opinion, they said they were a total wrong fit and that's why they kept comeing off, they had new ones made for me and they have been fine ever since.

Steve

[Nat]

Was this an nhs dentist, i broke my front tooth when i was 6, when i was 17 they put a crown on the broken one and as i have small teeth put a vaneer on the one next to it and every year since have had to have them replaced as they fall off or break. As the vaneer keeps coming off he has now made me have a crown, which they have made far too big and i cant close my mouth as my bottom tooth hits the front one. really dont know what to do this is the second time my dentist has fitted an incorrectly sized tooth and charged me for replacing it
Any Ideas??

[HiHo]

hi nat

if you are at an NHS dentist then this is unacceptable - well it is at any dentist. if they have given you a crown and now you cannot close your mouth properly then I would bloody annoyed and quite insistent that it is replaced - free of charge immediately.

from what you describe I would be making inquiries about finding another dentist nearby (realise hard to come by though). I realise we are only getting your side of the story but nevertheless if this is true then its not good enough. you shouldn't keep getting charged for their apparent mistakes.

am I alone in thinking this?

jon