My parents never brought me to the dentist growing up. Whole. Other. Story. So my first visit to a dentist was when I was 22 and in grad school. Upon looking back now, that dentist pretty much stunk, but, I didn’t know any better. I had no idea what dentists should be or shouldn’t be doing. I have two fillings from that dentist and they still both bother me to this day. Current dentist says “he’s seen worse” fillings. lol. I may in the future have them taken out and redone.

Anyway.

This dentist seems a lot better to me. Still not sure about judging dentists, but he seems a lot more knowledgeable and explains everything a whole lot better.

I take my kids to the dentist btw. Well, my son. My daughter’s still a little young and only has 4 teeth. They will grow up with a dentist.
Oh and our dental insurance is pretty lousy but it does cover xrays and cleanings and I knew with 2 sets of panoramics this year (me and spouse both haven’t had them in 5 years) we’d be better off with the insurance. we pay in about $500/year and we can spend about $1000 a year. Already we’ve combined (with son too) spent ~$600 of that (the insurance has paid out $600) and we still have another set of cleanings in 6 months and I have a filling they cover 50% of, so, this year it was worth it. Have to re-evaluate for next year though.