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Originally Posted by Zevo
Dental surgeons are very well paid...probably on the higher end of the specialists out there. No need for guilt, if that's what you are feeling. It may take them a whole days worth of work to make up for the loss of thier mistake.
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DAYS?!? Hahaha. minutes more likely.
I have just spent a TON of money on dentists. I do have a plan but the rates they charge for the services rendered are way out of wack. If there was no insurance their costs would have to come way down. It is a screwed system.
I had a crown installed this week. All the work was already done, the RDA took off the temp, cleaned the area and the dentist came in and glued it on. Total time in the chair was 15 minutes. $350 for this. That is $1400 per hour. I respect their education and their intellect but really? Outrageous. On top of it all they won't direct bill. So I have to have room on my credit card, pay it and wait for the cheque to come. Then take the cheque to the bank and deposit it. Small point but still a piss off. They get their money right away.
To the OP, they made a mistake, they eat it. In reality they are writing it off anyways. Not a penny extra.
If this was a neighbourhood mechanic scraping by or a small business or something I would probably be a lot more willing to at least cover the guys costs but not in this case.