Healthcare scandal

By itsjustnotfair - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, my dentist asked me about my fillings, so I told him that when I was younger, I had 2 cavities. He replied, "No you didn't. I just looked at your x-rays." Turns out my old dentist ripped me off. I never needed fillings. FML
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bananapajama 0

that's malpractice! He could get in serious trouble for that, such as having his license revoked. I would report him. He could potentially hurt someone, not to mention scamming many people, and the healthcare system.

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jaybrown 0

Now I wanna be a dentist when I grow up.

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IHaveVertigo 0

I've heard this happens a lot, my old dentist was such a scam artist...

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IambecomeRAWR 0

Would that ever happen in Britain or Canada? No :).

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darrelfinn 0

Well I live in Britain and my dentist did pretty much the same thing to me, so yes it would.

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T_X_P 2

The thought that government could make someone ethical is absurd.

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Liz23Ilia 0

In Canada dentistry is still privately owned (at least in Alberta anyways) so yes, this can and has happened in Canada.

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gummibehrs 4

Um, it could and it does. My uncle actually had surgery on his shoulder that he didn't need.

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Paigeth 0

Yes, I live in Canada. Read my comment (#74.) That's how all dentistry in most of the Northern Hemisphere works.

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IambecomeRAWR 0

Fine then. I'll rephrase that. I thought you people would interpret this correctly, but nevermind. Would this ever happen in a state funded surgery in Britain or Canada? No :). Can't you just assume the obvious?

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curleyQ97 9

113, okay but still. who said this was state funded?

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TwoBytesCarley 27

And it does. My old roommate is from Germany. She got her teeth cleaned and checked here and the dentist claimed she had 4 cavities. She decided to hold off till she went back to Germany (where all dentistry is covered) and the dentist back home couldn’t believe she had been told that. No cavities. Not even close.

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bittersweets 2

how can you see tell from an x-ray if there was actually a cavity before?

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Musje 0

Most likely they archived old x-rays and he watched the old ones. From a current x-ray he's only able to tell if you have fillings.

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dessertdesiert 0

You know they only keep most x-rays for a year or two at most... and from how the poster makes it sound it was longer then 2 years when he got the fillings

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Intoxicunt 5

A year or two at most? How, then, do they so often use dental records to identify human remains? These are usually cases where the bodies were found after being buried for years, in which case the records should be gone. If I'm wrong, tell me. Just seems like something doesn't add up here.

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Starchild21 3

Lol I know it was a hyperbole. I just felt like being a douche ___________________________ www.myspace.com/rapid99

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null_fml 11

I did a quick search and minimum requirements for keeping X-rays seem to vary in different states. I couldn't find any info on NJ. But it seems like they don't ever HAVE to get rid of them, and can keep them as long as they want. At least that's what I gathered before my attention span gave out on me.

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pwnrzero 0

i smell a lawsuit....or at least a bad day! hence the reason why the OP is on this site! :P

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GJMO 0

I agree with #15. They drill away the decay before they fill , so how can they tell? Fillings do not go over the cavity. But I not a dentist.

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rightsaidred 3

But they take x-rays before they drill. If you change dentists, your old records, including x-rays, get sent along to the new dentist. He would have looked over the films, seen no films that showed cavities, and understandably wondered why this person had fillings.

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freddyyy 0

People get screwed over all the time. Put on your big girl panties and move on.

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ky_stone22 0

Dentists do stuff like that all the time. It really sucks. Sorry to hear that, although I do sort of see merit in #15's comment. But FYL indeed.

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wozer 0

man, FYL. sucks when people take advantage of their specialties.

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ShyAnn29 14

When I was little I never had a cavity so I never got fillings....or so my dentist said So a few later I ended up having to have 4 teeth pulled, because they were rotten! Needless to say, we changed dentists!

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