The Young Guy

A young man in his 20s presented  to my office with a fractured edge on his upper left front tooth.  The tooth had been previously bonded in the Midwest but the young man would not let the dentist remove part of a lower tooth that was sticking up higher than any other lower tooth and was responsible for chipping the tooth in the first place.

I had read the previous dentist's notes and he noted that he refused to let him adjust the lower tooth which is commonly done.

I informed the young man that in High School he was taught a principle in his physics course:

"Two things cannot occupy the same place at the same time." Most of us intuitively know this to be true but some just do not believe it...

Trust me: It is 100% TRUE.

I gave the young man two options:

1. Shorten the lower front tooth
                        or
2. Have Invisilign treatment (Clear othodontistics) to realign the lower teeth...

The patient informed me that he didn't want his lower tooth touched nor did he want Invisalign.

That's nice but the patient cannot dictate treatment that is not in his best interest. Period, No exception.

The patient also said that he would never submit to treatment without having a second opinion.

Really?

So if a patient goes to the BEST dentist in the world but does not like his options, he   believes that it would be ok to get a second opinion from a dentist ranked  2000 in the world??

REALLY????????????

It is absolutely necessary to go to the best clinicians in the world and then listen to their advice.


Yes ,  Really.