Dentist Accused Of Using Paper Clips In Root Canals

CBS Connecticut ^ | January 24, 2012

[Gamecock]

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP)

[Jonty30]

Did he also use duct tape, instead of arm straps?

[proxy_user]

I’m glad I went to the guy who charges $2300. Everything was absolutely top-class, including the 3-D X-rays.

You get what you pay for!

[Fido969]

Hey, under Obamacare this guy would be getting a medal.

[cuban leaf]

Aren’t paper clips stainless steel? So what’s the problem?

[US Navy Vet]

Massachusetts, Massachusetts there’s THAT word again. Humm WHERE have I heard it(RomneyCare)!?

[ThirdMate]

Is it safe? Is it safe?

[Lazamataz]

Hell, I was glad not to get splinters of wood, by MY dentist.

[MHGinTN]

I just had a root canal done and have the gutta percha in place awaiting the steel posts inserted and tooth filled. The dentist went dwon through a gold crown he put on seven years ago. Most of the crown remains but the tooth is now a dead base. Tomorrow I get the temp filling and posts removed and the permanent things applied. Then it’s onto a ‘build-up’ and crown prep for an ‘eye tooth’. [I still don’t get why they call grinding away most of a tooth a ‘build-up’ preparing for a crown to be applied.]

[netmilsmom]

I don’t understand. Wouldn’t it be galvanized steel (paperclips) instead of SURGICAL (not simply stainless) steel?

[SoftballMominVA]

And people wonder why some of us have dental phobias?

Of all of the medical professions out there, dentists personally scare me the most. I’ve had NUMEROUS scary encounters with dentists and have a huge problem with even getting a cleaning.

My personal favorite was when a dentist told me as a 12 year old that “you don’t really need novacaine for this filling, it’s so small you won’t really feel much at all,” and then proceeded to drill. I felt everything. He then yelled at me for flinching while I screamed.

Yeah...great guy. Yeah....pretty good phobia here of all things dental related.

[HIDEK6]

Aren’t paper clips stainless steel?

No.

Even if they were, you need a medical grade stainless steel for something that is going to be embedded somewhere in you body.

[Puppage]

I’m glad I went to the guy who charges $2300

Yikes!

I had one the Tuesday after Christmas & it as $1550.00

[Gamecock]

Whatley!

[HereInTheHeartland]

Ok, so how does one check out a Dr or dentist ahead of time?

[Gamecock]

and for the record, I am not an anti-dentite!

[Puppage]

LOL!He converted for the jokes.

[WayneS]

A cost saving measure recommended/required by the health care administrators at “Romneycare”, perhaps?

[cuban leaf]

I was just funnin’ ya! :)

[oh8eleven]

I had one the Tuesday after Christmas & it as $1550.00
Ive had two in five years ... ~$800 each time.
But I paid out of pocket - maybe insurance companies get whacked higher amount.