[weeny]

Oh boy. This has proved true to me - but from dental surgeons, not physicians. I've gone through 3 dental surgeons who have opened up the gums above my canine teeth, excavated, charged my insurance $1000's and me $100's [the costs of successful operations], and then failed to fix the problem in my mouth. The problem is an extra tooth growing out of the root of my canine tooth, usually a simple extraction. But I'm convinced the dental surgeons are more interested in letting the tooth grow, destroying the rest of my mouth, so they can later put in more expensive dental implants. I'm highly fed up and am considering becoming a medical tourist to get the offending tooth out of my skull.

[windexh8er]

You'll find this in any medical field. But, being married to a general dentist, I know that it's very possible for you to find an oral surgeon via a referral that will do as you ask (if it's not putting other teeth at risk). It's generally accepted in their community (from what I've gathered) that if there is a high probability to save a tooth they'll opt for that. Talk to them, if you don't like what they have to say go somewhere you feel more comfortable with the treatment plan.