[quote=flu]For me. My question I guess was misdirected, because it wasn’t strictly about cost. I guess the way
I should have asked it is is it absolutely necessary.
I posed this very question to the dentist, because I explained to her that I am on chemo every week, and my red/white counts are all over the map…
If my red count is low, I might not clot that easily. And if my white is low, I might end up getting into serious problems if I get an infection.
Dentist tells me that I should do it anyway, and that she could give me antibiotics.
I guess I asked the dentist to try to get a feel for whether dentist really felt it was that important to do it…
I checked with my oncologist who said it probably is fine, but wanted me to do a blood test the day before.
Hence why I’m weighing whether this is absolutely necessary or not…And whether this was just another attempt at an upsell.
When I got the estimated bill, in which $250 would be my porition along with a $50 deductible and that my portion represented 20% of the cost..I was like, wow..Doing this deep cleaning is expensive. Wondering if it’s needed. At the same time, dentist was trying to sell me to apply sealant to my remaining molars too…[/quote]
That is now a different spin to things.
Deep cleaning is a purely preventive measure against peridontal disease. So not absolutely necessary. Especially if you have been getting routine cleaning couple of times a year, which is standard of practice and covered by most dental insurance plans completely. If you have not been getting routine cleaning over the last couple of years, that may be why your dentist is inclined to do the deep cleaning. other option may simply be more frequent routine cleaning, ie every 3 month instead of every 6 month.
