[peckrob]

This happened to my wife when we moved to a new city. We needed a new dentists, and chose one based on Angie's List reviews.

She'd never had a cavity in her life and goes in for a routine cleaning. The guy said she had SIX cavities that needed drilling immediately (wanted to do it that afternoon) and needed a root canal and crown on one of her back teeth. And of course had generous financing options for the amount that this would go over our dental coverage (which he assumed we would be blowing all at once).

She left there in tears and came home.

It sounded like a crock, so we asked at our workplaces and chose a different dentist to get a second opinion. He looks around in her mouth for a few minutes and says the the other guy is crazy, she has one area that just needs to be watched but everything else looked fine. Even said her teeth were in outstanding shape.

If something seems off with any health-related diagnosis, always get a second opinion.