[Notorious Honey Badger]

So it's been years since I've been to the dentist and I finally went. The assistant did some cleaning for me, X-Rays, and looked at my teeth. Mostly in good shape, but a lot of plaque build up and that's no biggy I guess they just clean it off.

So then the Dentist himself shows up for 3 minutes at the end. Looks at X-Rays, asks me if I have any pressing concerns. I say no just cold sensitivity mostly solved by sensidyne. He then talks about the X-Rays with the assistant and then leaves saying that one of my teeth might be a little beyond repair.

I then go in the small office with what I can only compare to car dealerships credit manager. She then tells me I have to get 2 maybe 3 root canals and adding it up it costs 12,000. My insurance would cover about half that. She then goes over options of using my annual benefits to their maximum by distributing work over this year and the next.

What really bothers me is the dentist didn't explain to me why root canals were needed or how urgent it was. He spent 3 minutes with me speaking gibberish and I go from "just need a cleaning and wisdom teeth to come out" to 12,000 dollars in work. No explanation, no discussion, nothing. I had to ask their .

Am I out of left field or here is this typically how dentists work?