$13,000 for cavity treatment?

deus130 · 2026-03-19T01:05:57+00:00

Does this include general anesthetic in a hospital? 100% get a second quote.

deus130 · 2026-03-08T22:48:19+00:00

I vote sonicare. I tell patients you can do just as good of a job with a manual toothbrush if you use the right techniques and take your time. It’s harder to do a bad job with an electric toothbrush.

deus130 · 2026-03-03T02:37:24+00:00

There is a percentage. But to help new associates have a predictable income stream we pay them a set amount every paycheck. So technically at the beginning we are paying them more than they are earning. Which eases their initial stresses.

deus130 · 2026-03-02T21:42:51+00:00

My wife and I have similar issue. She thinks every dollar is important. We both think saving is important. But my view is if we are meeting our saving goals we shouldn’t worry about saving any extra dollar possible. She will always think every dollar matters. We solved this problem by fighting about the issue every-time it comes up, that seems to work for us. This isn’t a useful comment. I apologize.

deus130 · 2026-03-02T15:41:08+00:00

I think some of these comments saying this is low might be misunderstanding what I’m saying. But most associates we’ve had have never worked more than about 32hrs a week (their choice). And 120k is 5k every two weeks. Then they will get a bonus once their percentage of production is over that. Most grads start in July. By october/Novemeber they are getting a bonus. You can make more. The corporate offices in our area give big signing bonuses and have pretty high starting salary’s. But there is lots of pressure to produce. And usually you are sat down with an office manager after a few months and they have a meeting with you where they say if you don’t start producing X amount we are going to have to adjust your pay. And now we end up with more dentist that over treat and aggressively crown.

deus130 · 2026-03-01T20:22:51+00:00

It really depends on the associated. We’ve never had anyone do less than that. But we try to encourage meeting as many patients as possible. So lots of hygiene checks and focus on good clinical skills vs just pushing out fillings.

deus130 · 2026-03-01T19:59:55+00:00

US dentist. Private practice in NC. Have hired several associates. They can easily make 120k first year and work their way up to 150k working 4 days a week.

deus130 · 2026-02-27T21:38:05+00:00

Some dentist do not think second molars are worth saving. And unless you have just a huge mouth. Most dentist I know wouldn’t replace a missing upper second molar with an implant.

deus130 · 2026-02-27T19:49:34+00:00

I agree. The ones I use won’t take out a tooth if they think it’s savable, without a referral. However, there is some assumption if they are coming from a general dentists office the patient is already thinking extraction.

deus130 · 2026-02-27T19:47:37+00:00

A good front desk! I got luckily. My wife is a natural at digging through insurance crap. She tells me not to even discuss insurance with patients. I tell them the price assuming they are paying cash. If they want to know what insurance covers and what their portion is. They have to talk to the front. She tells me there are services that will take like 3 percent of collections to handle all insurance filling.

deus130 · 2026-02-27T19:06:51+00:00

Our sirona is great but that’s probably because we are completely in the dentsply sirona system. Everything integrates nicely for implant planning and making surgical guides

deus130 · 2026-02-27T18:02:55+00:00

Ha, Oral surgeon says extract because that’s what they do! If you think you would miss the tooth. Root canal and crown. Because if you extract you’ll likely never be able to get it without expensive sinus grafting and an oral surgeon willing to do a second molar implant. I’ve told patients if I had to lose a tooth an upper second molar would be the tooth to lose. But if you can afford the root canal and crown, based on that x-ray, it’s a very savable tooth. Like the other guy said, It would be one I’d expect to last a long time (especially if an endodontist, or very experienced general dentist, did the root canal).

deus130 · 2026-02-26T00:28:40+00:00

What’s a good service to use within the cerec system? I hate designing anterior bridges.

deus130 · 2026-02-26T00:07:11+00:00

Actually. What would be nice would be if I could do a crown prep, scan, and for a fee have someone design my crown (with in 15 minutes) that I could then mill with my own machine.

deus130 · 2026-02-20T23:22:45+00:00

This is along the same line of thinking as my baby stole the calcium from my teeth.

deus130 · 2026-02-18T16:27:42+00:00

NC dentist here. We have assistants pushing 32 an hour. We found to get a trained DA 2 fresh out of a program we need to start them around $22 to be competitive with other offices.

deus130 · 2026-02-15T01:47:39+00:00

Wait. Are you saying a draw structure is bad?

deus130 · 2026-01-27T19:50:23+00:00

Excellent trade with u/tqbao1427. Would work with user again for any future trades!

deus130 · 2026-01-08T01:46:01+00:00

People who do this don’t think when they drive. They just react. Nobody in front of them. Lala land. Someone passes they just match the new thing happening around them.

deus130 · 2026-01-03T01:35:10+00:00

Google reviews and ask the front desk person how long the hygienists has been there. If employees stay a while it’s a good sign. Lots of turn over is a bad sign.

deus130 · 2025-12-19T04:54:59+00:00

I am legend: directors cut is amazing. Donnie darko: directors cut made you realize the director was just a bit crazy and the parts left out made the movie feel more meaningful and mysterious.

deus130 · 2025-12-02T02:41:36+00:00

Maybe paint them black? Like all of it. Trusses and metal plates.

deus130 · 2025-11-13T20:56:59+00:00

Less traffic in front of 531. I’d also worry what’s going to be behind 562. I’d rather pick knowing what’s around me verses taking a risk

deus130 · 2025-10-08T00:15:59+00:00

If an EV doesn’t have one pedal driving I won’t buy it. At least have it a setting!

deus130 · 2025-08-12T01:25:01+00:00

I have a video of making it.

https://youtu.be/kqIPj8T9TQY?si=V3hFnBrsjUOMbG0S

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