Ma'am, I think you just need to get a denture. . .

[Jaybe]

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What's the most redickulous treatment plan you've ever given to a patient?

Anyone?

 

[Sommy]

A pros wanted me to crown every maxillary tooth and most mandibular tooth, but use 3/4 gold crowns for the max canines - she said that is what needed to be done, so I presented it...

 

[aphistis]

What's the most redickulous treatment plan you've ever given to a patient?

Anyone?

I generally try to make my treatment plans as unridiculous as possible.

 

[resilient]

aphistis...good point 😉
i agree with u
😎

 

[I'mFillingFine]

I generally try to make my treatment plans as unridiculous as possible.

well well well...🙄

 

[toofache32]

What's the most redickulous treatment plan you've ever given to a patient?

Anyone?

Ummmm.......full mouth extraction? Sometimes they get really crazy with alveoloplasty.

 

[Doggie]

How about patients coming in requesting extraction of an abscessed tooth and I sell them a rhinoseptoplasty? 😱

 

[Jaybe]

How about patients coming in requesting extraction of an abscessed tooth and I sell them a rhinoseptoplasty? 😱

Yes! This is what this thread is all about. Thank you for your contribution. . . . Here's another. . .

A friend once told me about a lady who came in complaining of a 'gumboil'. He sold her on a prostrate exam!

 

[Dentcraze]

I did two partials for just one tooth #8 and #30. Full metal base rest seats and all. I guess i think its ridiculous but thats what insurance pays for.

 

[toofache32]

How about patients coming in requesting extraction of an abscessed tooth and I sell them a rhinoseptoplasty? 😱

Don't give away all our secrets!

 

[rrc]

How about an orthodontist who refers for bicuspid removal for a severe skeletal malocclusion who never even TOUCHED the possibility of orthognathic surgery with the patient. Then you bring up the subject and they look at you like you are crazy. Even though this is in the best interest of the patient.

 

[gary_ruska]

Don't give away all our secrets!

Gary Ruska here,
GR had a patient with an edentulous space in dental school for whom he consulted a specialist. The specialist recommended placing an implant to support an artificial tooth and said that if said specialist placed the implant, he would also remove the evil spirits from the edentulous space using shaman-like powers and special voodoo powder.

 

[toofache32]

Gary Ruska here,
GR had a patient with an edentulous space in dental school for whom he consulted a specialist. The specialist recommended placing an implant to support an artificial tooth and said that if said specialist placed the implant, he would also remove the evil spirits from the edentulous space using shaman-like powers and special voodoo powder.

....maybe that's why it takes them 6 hours to do it.

 

[Bifid Uvula]

GR- Those same kinda of specialists wanted me to place local antimicrobials into 11mm pockets on furcated teeth that had 2+ mobility, and 85% bone loss. They had the audacity to tell the patient that these antibiotics would give the patient the best chances for "long term survival" of those teeth, and could possibly help tighten them up enough to anchor a partial denture to them.

Had I known about the whole tribal vhoodoo dance stuff, like I know now, I probably would have pushed the patient to go that route. I guess hindsight is 20/20...

 

[I'mFillingFine]

He sold her on a prostrate exam!

A prostrate exam, eh? Maybe she was just bowing down to sing his praises...?? 😳

 

[Jaybe]

A prostrate exam, eh? Maybe she was just bowing down to sing his praises...?? 😳

And then there was the patient that had the 2 cm thick calculus bridge on the lingual of the mandibular anteriors. While taking a PA with an XCP instrument, a big chunk of calculus broke off and she spit it out. Then railed on me for "breaking her tooth off".

So I meekly responded that it was okay, it just looked like a little bit of food kinda came loose.

So I praised her for coming to see me and recommended continued flossing in the mandibular anterior to prevent further food chunks from breaking loose.

BOOM! Good deed for the day, DONE!

 

[aphistis]

...to prevent further food chunks from breaking loose.

Ew. Just...ew.

 

[Jaybe]

A prostrate exam, eh? Maybe she was just bowing down to sing his praises...?? 😳

I've never had one, but I've heard you end up prostrate, whether you like it or not.

 

[I'mFillingFine]

I've never had one, but I've heard you end up prostrate, whether you like it or not.

Exactly - I was quoting your original spelling. 😛 Either way, sounds like a fun time! (Being female, I was able to watch a certain scene of the new James Bond film without twitching...)

And I swear they showed us your calculus chunk in one of our lectures...or something like it. Man oh man...it looked like some kind of prosthesis.

ok, shutting up...