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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
I would be interested to see if any dentists does a regular cleaning.
Almost all dentists want to start with x-rays, exam and say you need a deep cleaning for more than $6oo. At least that has been my experience so far!
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That is not my experience here at all (that they say deep root cleaning for $600 is needed).
It seems to me that if a dentist were to do a cleaning only, knowing that they see chips, cracks and old fillings/crowns worn away at the margins where bacteria
will enter and form an abscess inside the tooth that then requires root canal or extraction, it would be malpractice to not advise the patient to get the tooth/teeth fixed before abscess forms.
Here's what Mayo Clinic says about that:
"A tooth abscess is a pocket of pus that's caused by a bacterial infection. The abscess can occur at different regions of the tooth for different reasons. A periapical (per-e-AP-ih-kul) abscess occurs at the tip of the root, whereas a periodontal (per-e-o-DON-tul) abscess occurs in the gums next to a tooth root. The information here refers specifically to periapical abscesses.
A periapical tooth abscess usually occurs as a result of an untreated dental cavity, injury or prior dental work.
Dentists will treat a tooth abscess by draining it and getting rid of the infection. They may be able to save your tooth with a root canal treatment, but in some instances it may need to be pulled. Leaving a tooth abscess untreated can lead to serious, even life-threatening, complications."
Tooth abscess - Mayo Clinic