I had a dentist years ago who was trying to buy a new boat. Get where I'm going here??? I have problems with bone loss in my jaws, and my front top tooth is loose. I went in to see him because I had a small abcess on the gum hear that tooth. He tells me that I have one of two options, I can either have a root canal (I nicknamed him "Root Canal Joe" for obvious reasons) or have the tooth pulled. I told him I needed to think about it. He leaves the room and not 10 minutes later, he comes in all prepped to do a root canal! I told him that I was going to seek a second opinion. He was pissed (guess he was really counting on that BIG sailboat). I wound up going to a former associate of his (a woman dentist who really knows her stuff) that ventured out on her own. Good thing too. She injected an antibiotic into my gum which totally got rid of the abcess. Many moons later (try 23 years +) I still have my original tooth (hope his damn boat sank!!).

Needless to say, this jerk left a (pun intended) BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH for dentists.