One of my 2 front teeth had been bothering me so I made an appointment with Dr. Loftin who I previously had thought was a good dentist. His diagnosis was that I had a broken root and he would have to surgically extract the tooth and replace it with a bridge(remove my front tooth and replace with a false tooth OMG). The cost would be over 6000 dollars. He slso said that it needed to be done right away or the infection would eat away my bone. Scare tactic?
During my exam I got the feeling that he wasn't sure about the diagnosis but he was going with it nevertheless. Well 6000 dollars is a lot of money and I wasn't happy about false teeth so I got a second opinion with Dr. David Fisher. Dr Fisher wasn't sure either. He felt like all I needed was a root canal but had the humility to send me to an endodontist, Dr Prenard Mickens just to be sure. Dr. Mickens is the best endodontist I have ever been to and I trust his opinion and not surprisingly thrilled when he confirmed all I needed was a root canal and the bill was less than 1000 dollars. He was appalled at Dr. Loftins diagnosis. read more