good dentist required
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I just went to see Dr. Schmid and it was the worst experience I've ever had. I tried to make an appointment for a check up and general cleaning but he didn't want to do the cleaning before doing a consult.
Of course before all this wanted to know which insurance I use. When he found out I had insurance it was like a green light to do as many things as possible. When I told him I wanted the check up and cleaning together, he finally agreed, but when I showed up for my appointment, he refused to do the cleaning and came up with a list of other things that he would do first. I don't mean to sound defensive, but I had just been to a Canadian dentist before coming here and he found none of those problems.
I never got my cleaning, and when I asked him when I could have it done, he told me it wasn't necessary and that we would take care of all the other stuff first. When have you heard a dentist say a cleaning isn't necessary? When I told him I wanted it because it had been a year, he told me I shouldn't act like a kid and he was the dentist and knew what was more important. Nice. I won't be returning. Just a heads up in case anyone wants a cleaning from him...you may have to fight for it!
Of course before all this wanted to know which insurance I use. When he found out I had insurance it was like a green light to do as many things as possible. When I told him I wanted the check up and cleaning together, he finally agreed, but when I showed up for my appointment, he refused to do the cleaning and came up with a list of other things that he would do first. I don't mean to sound defensive, but I had just been to a Canadian dentist before coming here and he found none of those problems.
I never got my cleaning, and when I asked him when I could have it done, he told me it wasn't necessary and that we would take care of all the other stuff first. When have you heard a dentist say a cleaning isn't necessary? When I told him I wanted it because it had been a year, he told me I shouldn't act like a kid and he was the dentist and knew what was more important. Nice. I won't be returning. Just a heads up in case anyone wants a cleaning from him...you may have to fight for it!
jaredwb said:
I go to Bettina Pettiti who is the Colgate rep for Argentina and speaks excellent English. You can find her on Cordoba and Uruguay:
Av. Córdoba 1364 2do
4371 6758
Her brother Walter is also a sweetheart but doesnt speak English.
Overall re charms experience you cannot tell dentists/doctors/hairdressers/beauticians what to do and when to do it...this is a different country where consultations typically procede everything so it`s best to enter with an open mind and no stress re your next appt or you will end up with an ulcer!
Av. Córdoba 1364 2do
4371 6758
Her brother Walter is also a sweetheart but doesnt speak English.
Overall re charms experience you cannot tell dentists/doctors/hairdressers/beauticians what to do and when to do it...this is a different country where consultations typically procede everything so it`s best to enter with an open mind and no stress re your next appt or you will end up with an ulcer!
thanks fifs2 - I went to Bettina Pettiti. not only was she very friendly and knowledgeable - my teeth were cleaned without issue - and after fixing the one tooth that needed to be fixed in 5 minutes, said everything else was fine. strange after the other dentist listed more than 5 major things including a special authorization from OSDE. Thanks for a great recomendation...I'll be returning!
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fifs2 said:
I just made an appointment with a "Pettiti". I'm actually not sure if it's going to be Bettina or Walter, because I just heard the apellido and hit "1".
I will report back.
I know that I need a cleaning and I think that I may need other stuff.
I went to another guy recommended by friends in October-ish of '09. He wasn't planning on doing the cleaning, but rather just a consultation first. Ultimately I got him to do the cleaning. It was AR$250 for everything. (Pretty high I think.)
At that time the guy wanted to fix stuff that needed to be done, plus re-do the surfaces of some of my molars that had been done by my guy in the States. He said that they weren't truly matching, but rather just covered over. (I wouldn't doubt that he's right. It might be over-kill, but I think that he would have improved the surfaces.)
There were some other things that he wanted to do and everything would have cost ~just under AR$3,000. Insanely cheap by American standards even if he was doing twice as much work as I needed.
SIDE NOTE: His teeth were excellent, but then again his mother was/is a dentist as well, so his dental care his entire life was top-notch.
I want to check out Pettiti first and then I will decide whether to continue with her or go back to the P. Hollywood guy. I was going to try the Shmidt guy because of proximity, but I Charms' review scared me off.
Will update as things proceed.
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