Dental X- Rays
- Thread starter Acylum
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I guess my thinking is that your dentist is the one who helps determine if your wisdom teeth should come out or not, but they're not the ones who do the actual extraction, that'd be an oral surgeon. So unless there's some sort of kickback from the oral surgeon to the dentist...
I could be wrong.
I only get x-rays once a year unless something’s bothering me or changing quickly. My dentist explained that it’s mostly to catch issues early, especially around older fillings or crowns. Had to get a few extra done before starting work with Implant Dentistry in Lake County OH since they needed a full picture before planning the implants. Seemed fair since stuff like that can get expensive fast if you miss something early.
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Personally, I'd ask the "why". Why does it need done? Are they growing in sideways? Is the person having problems or pain? Just my personal thoughts, but it seemed to be a "trend" for awhile and part of the routine or what to do. My oldest son still has his and for years I questioned if I did the right thing with not taking him to get them removed. But...they didn't grow in sideways, they've never caused any problems or pain and haven't crowded his other teeth. So I guess - in his case - it wasn't needed.
KidSilverhair
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This is it. Insurance pays for one set a year, funnily enough the dentist says I’m due for x-rays every 12 months.
(@Acylum , your dentist wants them every six months? Are you growing tusks in there or something?)
I think it's a little of both. There are cases where the wisdom teeth come in wrong and can cause problems and can also come in and screw up the rest of the teeth. It also definitely has a "racket" feel to me though. My wisdom teeth came in fine, I've never had problem with them, yet almost every dentist I've been to has tried to talk me into removing them. When I ask why, I've had them for 36 years so far and never a problem?" They always come back with, "Well, they could be a problem in the future." I usually just end it with "We'll deal with it then."
Now, the two dentists I've been with the longest, have never mentioned removing them. The one retired, then I went through a few dentists until I found the one I'm with now. Heck, I'd go as far to say filling cavities is a racket in itself. because of insurance I switched to another dentist in the network. He said I had 2 cavities that needed filled. I was like OK, odd, but OK since I've only had a 3 cavities my entire life. I called my previous dentist and said I needed to come in for a filling or two. I went in, he went through his normal check and said, "OK, all looks good. " I said, "What about the two cavities?" "You don't have any cavities."
My doctor wanted me to come back for a recheck of by BP six months after my physical.
ENT wanted me to come back to get my tonsils looked at again as after her intitial view of them as her eyes got really wide. I'm like they have always been like. Plus getting your tonsils out at the age of 60 is not something I want to go through.
It seems that once they got you to come in, they need to keep you coming back every few months for some sort of recheck of something.
ENT wanted me to come back to get my tonsils looked at again as after her intitial view of them as her eyes got really wide. I'm like they have always been like. Plus getting your tonsils out at the age of 60 is not something I want to go through.
It seems that once they got you to come in, they need to keep you coming back every few months for some sort of recheck of something.
