Many patients have had bad experiences with low cost dental clinics, where the health of the patients is not exactly the priority. At Clinica Dental y Maxillofacial Martinez Navarro we offer some tips for patients to take into account when choosing a dental clinic and avoid bad experiences.
- Who is the owner? It is essential that the owner of the clinic is the dentist or odontologist, since that person has specific training and his or her objective is to treat the patient’s problems above all else. In the end, the problem is not the dental clinics, but the business they have created.
- Commercial vs. dentist. One red flag is that the patient initially deals with a salesperson upon arrival at the clinic rather than a dentist, especially if the salesperson insists that the financing be signed quickly.
- Pricing: The proverb does not lie when it says that “cheap is expensive”, this applies in some dental clinics to perfection, as they use low prices as a claim but do not use quality materials. We advise patients to appeal to common sense: if the materials you work with are of poor quality, it is likely that the dental implants and crowns that are made will fall out.
- One dentist vs. many. Follow-up with the same dentist is important, as it can be essential for treatments such as orthodontics or to have good maintenance after dental treatment.
- Be wary of timelines. In any intervention there are some guidelines, some times, some days have to pass… We recommend patients to be wary of centers that offer immediate speed in dental implant treatments.