I had gone to the Kaiser dental center a month earlier to get an infection in my wisdom tooth checked out and also to get my regular six-month cleaning and x-rays. Both the dental assistant and dentist at Kaiser told me that my teeth were extremely nice and the x-rays revealed that I had no cavities. However, they recommended that I come back in one month to get my wisdom tooth checked out again and possibly get it extracted.\r
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Two weeks later I got a new job with new dental insurance which was not Kaiser and so I had to find a new dentist. The first five dentists that I called had no openings for at least two months but Bridgetown had an abundance of openings right away---looking back I should have known that was a bad sign.\r
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When I showed up for my appointment---which was to have my wisdom tooth looked at---they informed me that I would also have to have a full examination and set of x-rays. Even though I had already just had this done at kaiser two weeks earlier, I decided to go ahead with it since they said that it was mandatory.\r
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Well, after the dentist---not an assistant---but the actual dentist finished my cleaning with a water pick that drenched me from head to waist, this dentist informed me that I had three cavities and that I needed a specially made mouth guard becasue it was ""obvious to him"" that I grinded my teeth and needed special protection. Of course this special protection along with my three so-called cavities would cost me upwards of $1200. \r
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I walked out and never went back again. However, besides the dentist at Kaiser who I saw before the Bridgetown ""dentist"" who told me that I had wonderful teeth and that my x-rays revealed no cavities, I also decided to see another dentist a few weeks later just to get another opinion. This dentist also commented on my wonderful set of pearly whites and informed me that I had no cavities.\r
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If something doesn't smell right, it is usually rotten.\r
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