Does your dentist try to upsell services?

Nope, my dentist is my daughter 😀. If anyone is looking for a new dentist in Oakland County, Michigan let me know!
I went to my previous dentist for over 30 years and he never tried to upsell.

The only “up selling” our dental office has done is to make sure we know about services covered by our insurance. For example, sealants are 100% covered before their 16th birthdays so they made sure they reminded us we should get that taken care of before DD had a birthday.

I can’t believe some of these stories! I dislike going to the dentist, but I do like our dentist/office. I’m even more thankful for my dentist after reading what some of you have been through! If the finance person is presenting the information to you instead of a medical professional, then I would find a new office. It’s one thing if the dentist or hygienist mentions something that is necessary while you’re in the chair, but if it’s a laundry list of possibilities afterward? Nope. No way.

My previous dentist. Every appt....have you ever thought of vaneers? Invisalign? Every.Single.Appt. i finally said 'are you going to pay for it? I dont have that kind of money' and it stopped. I eventually changed dentists bc of other trust issues along w the upsell.

Not that comes to mind. Already had braces, and I've never had a cavity in my 31 years. (He admitted he looked 3 times to make sure he wasn't missing anything when I had my first visit at his office. )

We left the first dental office we had in CA after a couple years, partly because of the up sell and partly because of appointment issues. Love our current dentist. 

I love my dentist. I have one tooth with a fracture and we’ve been watching it for about 4 years. She’s like whenever you feel the need for a crown, let me know. Now we did see a dentist about dentures for my DH who tried damn hard to get us to sign on the dotted line. We were like we don’t have that kind of cash until bonus time. They were like ok when will his bonus come, we can schedule for the day after. They called like 3 times after that asking if his bonus had come yet. I’m like are you serious right now?!? When that didn’t work they started pressing care credit.

Thankfully my friend works for an oral surgeon and he set us up with another dentist he worked with that made and fitted the dentures. None of them tried to upsell anything.

Although I've been going to my dentist for.ever. he is getting older, still works but probably near retiring, and I can already feel the baton being passed on within the office and starting to feel different and more profit based if that makes sense. I'll continue to go until it's too much and/or all my long time dentist(s) and hygienists are gone. Then we'll see.

I switched dentists after they kept trying to upsell stuff. New dentist also charges less for the same things with the same insurance. I would check to see if there is another dentist that is covered by your insurance. I didn’t like our old dentist and really like our new one. I really wouldn’t like the let’s see what else we can bill your insurance for kind of thing.

Oh wow I would not like that at all!

My dentist sold his practice and I really don't love the new guy either. He is a very skilled dentist but he's very gruff and sort of an ass. I was having a filling done and when he started drilling it became apparent VERY quickly that they didn't numb me correctly. I jumped, raised my hand and a tear just trickled down my cheek. He laughed at me. The only reason I am still going there is because I love my hygienist but she is down to working only 2 days a month. Once she is gone for good I'll be dentist shopping.

never. my dentist works with me to save me money. 

yes, it is time to find a new dentist. that would annoy the crap outta me. 

I switched dentists years ago because every time I walked out of there I had a new mouth guard or special toothpaste. I had trouble saying no back then, so I was part of the problem.

I think I sent you a message - at least I tried!  Oakland County is a large county - I'm in the southeast corner - would love a little more info on where your daughter is located!  

My previous dentist did, note previous. While it was annoying I would just sat no and let it go. I finally lost it the day I had my last cleaning there. I was being bothered by a partially erupted wisdom tooth. I ask the hygienist if the dentist  would check it and give an opinion on seeing an oral surgeon. She said no because my insurance wasn’t paying for me to see the dentist, only the hygienist. So when the dentist stopped in I asked her. She spent longer explaining why she wouldn’t look without being paid that it would have taken to simply look and give me an opinion. I never said a word more to any of them. I’d been a patient there for almost 15 years. When I left the receptionist asked me if I’d like to schedule my next appointment. I told her no. She was surprised but replied she’d call in a couple of months to schedule. I told her not to bother I wouldn’t be back. 

I then called my periodontist to ask what he thought. He told me to come in the next day and he’d take a look. I did. He said it needed to be removed. His wife and he are in practice together. She is the surgeon. He asked if he could remove it for me. I let him. Afterward he told the dental assistant to tell the front desk not to charge me a copay because I swore to secrecy that I wouldn’t tell his wife. 😂  He’s been my periodontist for over 20 years now. I love him and his wife so much. They are very good people. Not just because of that incident but if someone is in pain, they will work them in. They also do free periodontal work for reduced or no pay for lower income people. About 10 years ago when their youngest (of 3) left for college they decided they should adopt a child because they had so much and were so blessed in life. They adopted a set of sisters from overseas. They are just so happy they decided to do it. According to him, the girls have kept them young. Amazing.