[Zelphyr]

I had to spend over $6000 last year to get an implant because I let a crook dentist do a root canal when he should have referred me to an endodontist. The endodontist that I eventually hat to go to (after infection had set up) who tried to save the tooth was pulling nasty black stuff out of it that the crook had shoved in. He said that was common amongst dentists "who like to cut corners".

That same crook dentist talked me into a gold crown on what turned out to be a wisdom tooth that was supposedly removed 20 years prior (they extracted the other three but apparently decided to save time and leave one in). My dentist now still shakes his head as to why anyone would have recommended a gold crown over extraction of that tooth.

I don't know if there is a way to find quality dentists but I'm realizing that this country (US) is rife with crook dentists.