Young Dentists

I am still on several Facebook Dental Forum for what reason, I don't know.

I am what is described as a Fee For Service Office  (FFS) which means that I do not permit an insurance company to tell me and you what is best for you. The majority of dentists in the country do participate with insurance which in actual practice  means that they don't spend as much time with the patient, use cheaper materials and labs, don't use a rubber dam and run from room to room treating 2,3 or 4 patients at a time.

The best clinical dentists in the country tend to be FFS....with little exception.

Today a young dentist asked the question on the forum if the other dentists charge a patient if a crown comes off after two years.  The majority of young dentists blame the patient for 'SOMETHING' that they did to cause the crown to come off and charge the patient.

My stated opinion was that well done crowns DO NOT COME OFF regardless of what the patient does or does not do.

One young dentist said that, "You must be a FFS dentist who spends more time with their patients  (paraphrased) and you are one of the lucky dentists who can do that.)

Sorry, young dentists have to learn to be better clinical dentists and to treat their patients with dignity and respect. Well done crowns do not fall off...Period.

The young dentist has perhaps 5-8 years of experience and he has the audacity to challenge  a well regarded clinician with 40 years of experience who is still working 5 days a week i.e. not a relic. lol.

Where does a young dentist get off offering an opinion to challenge an expert in the field. After all, the only thing that I do is fix teeth and restore implants.

PS I will be teaching senior dental students at SUNY/Buffalo in the Fall...