I am running out of dental insurance soon, so I had found a dentist and had work started - a crown, and...?

some fillings. Well I have not had good luck with this dentist. We started with the crown because that takes time. Well I have been going back every week to get the fillings done. I just feel like the fillings are not being done right. There were three large fillings that he just had to re-do a second time a week later. I just don't have a good feeling about him anymore (I really liked him at first). Can I go somewhere else to have the crown put in or am I stuck here because it is already being made. I am supposed to go back in a few days for the prep. work - insterting the cast post, etc....and then some time in Sept. for the final appointment. Can this dentist office send it to another dentist or do I have to go to this Dr. because he started it?

I am running out of dental insurance soon, so I had found a dentist and had work started - a crown, and...?
Where I am from, when you are doing a crown for a patient on their insurance, the crown must be preauthorized or approved in advance by the insurance company. If this dentist has submitted a preauthorization and it has been approved and he has already done the crown preparation and sent the impression to the lab, then there is a lab bill that must be paid as well as the dentist's fee for the crown prep.


I suppose you could pay all that and then ask to take the crown to another dentist for cementing.


However if you do this, and there is a problem, the dentist responsible could be questionable. For instance if the crown comes off at a later date, was it the crown prep or the cementation that failed? Hard to say and both would argue the point that they were not to blame.


Also, where I come from, a dentist is given the first chance to fix a problem. That means if I did a crown prep and there was a problem with it, I should be given the chance to correct the problem or to refund your money and have you see someone else. If you chose to see someone else before letting me decide what I want to do, then you effectively let me off the hook.


It is somewhat muddy, but I hope this helps. I believe your best course is to let the dentist do his job. If there is a problem, seek a second opinion and then go back to the dentist to see what he says about it.
Reply:pretty much stuck with doing the crown since he has already started it.
Reply:You must go back to that dr if he is already making the crown. Because that is a custom order which means that he cant sell that crown to anyone else. So just go back to that dr or else he will charge you for the crown anyway.
Reply:I would stay with the dentist until the procedure is done.





Don't do anything else with him/her. Tell the dentist what you said here and see what happens.





If the dentist is bad, he needs the feedback.





And the same goes with a good dentist, give them feedback.





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