Lacy's Personal Story -
A Smile Reconstruction and Finding the Right Dentist
Do yourself a huge favor and find a cosmetic
dentist. I almost let my regular dentist do a total reconstruction on my mouth and Thank
God I backed out at the last minute. He had also never done this type of work and he has
been a dentist for 25+ years. He had no pictures of any previous work he had done to show
me. However, he did want to take pictures of me so that he had something to show the next
person and he also asked me if it would be okay if he used me as a reference when we were
through by giving patients my phone number! I knew I was in trouble when he said that this
would be a learning experience for us both! I guess every dentist has to start somewhere,
but I didn't want it to be on me!!
Another thing that really bothered me was if
he was going to use me as a learning experience, (Guinea Pig basically) having never done
this type of work before, you would think I would have been given a discount of some kind,
not to mention that afterward he also wanted to use me as a reference. He offered me no
discount, he was charging full price! After giving it much thought, I decided if I was
going to spend $25,000 I deserved someone experienced, someone who could show me before
and after photos of patients who had this type work done.
My cosmetic dentist not only showed me a ton
of before and after pics, but he was also able to show me what I would look like when he
was finished! When I went in for my consultation I knew almost immediately that I was in
the right place. I was very confident that he could give me what I was looking for. We are
almost through with my total restoration now and I have no doubt that my previous dentist
couldn't have given the result that I was looking for. It's not because he wasn't a good
dentist, because he was, he just lacked the training that a good CD has. There is a number
of things that a CD does that a regular dentist doesn't do. An example with me is when I
smiled there was too much gum in my smile. My CD had a laser that he used to laser off any
unwanted gum tissue. The laser is an expensive piece of equipment and my regular dentist
doesn't have one.
I didn't mean to go off on a tangent!! Can you tell that I think going to a CD is very
important! One last thing is be sure to ask what kind of training they've had in Cosmetic
Dentistry. What I've found in the City I live in is everyone claims to be a CD, but very
few had any extra training. Also, Chris has a check list here that you can use as a
guideline when looking for a CD. Good Luck! .
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