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Off for my first experience of a Canadian dentist. Wish me (and my credit card) luck...

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I think you'll be impressed. Never experienced any pain, they are really good here.

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Good luck! I found the dentist of my dreams teaching where they train hygenists and assistants.

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Do you have dental cover in your health insurance?

I had two teeth out earlier this month. Submitted online claim yesterday PM, and have it paid in full today.:thumbsup:

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My dentist is in Red Deer and I think he is marvelous. Al Hajajj something or other, the nurses are wicked awesome too and one didn't even flinch when I drew blood whilst gripping her arm :thumbup: (true story)

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I bit my dentist

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I bet they expect that in their line of work.

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Are you a vampire 'bat' then :rofl:

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Really?..i find dentist here like to overplay the work required to bump up the prices...every cavity requires a root canal and every root canal requires a crown...money for old rope:thumbdown:

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our dentist won't do anything if it isn't necessary.

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how would you know if it is necessary or not?

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because she explains to us the different options available and the cost (if there is a problem), and will say whether she thinks it may or may not be necessary to have to have the most costly.

I was fully expecting to have to have gum implants (would be done by a specialist), and she now reckons I won't need it, but instead fillings.

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I have a good relationship with my dentist. I go see the hygienist, the dentist looks over my teeth every now and again. I pay on the way out. That's it. He knows the minute he suggests something that might be a) painful or b) expensive then I will be off, never to darken his surgery door again.

A perfect arrangement.

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I do like black pudding this is true.

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I HIT my last dentist!! :D

I have just found a real keeper though. I even persuaded my hubby to go to him, and he's not afraid to go back either, which is a major advance! :thumbup:

This was the fourth dentist I had tried in Calgary. I DID like the second well enough, but two drawbacks: 1- he's downtown, and I don't work there any more, so no longer convenient, and 2- he doesn't do direct billing to my insurers, so you have to pay up front and then try to get it back, which is a pain!! :frown: