My wife's denture shed a tooth. She took it and the denture to Dr Bedi to have it glued back in place. He charged her $65 just to walk in the door for paperwork etc. THEN he charged her $195 to glue the tooth back on. It took him three attempts to get his glue job smooth enough to put back in her mouth. It cost her $260 to have tooth number 11 glued back onto her upper denture. He knew she was at his mercy and he took advantage she was beside herself to bee seen in public with a tooth missing. Just for Ha-Ha's I asked him what a new denture would cost, he said $1500 but then said there would be "extra" charges of $350. The fifteen hundred rapidly became $1850. I'm willing to bet that is only the starting point. He may be a good dentist but I was shocked to see what he charged to glue one tooth back into an otherwise undamaged partial. I found out one can buy a kit to do the same job yourself in CVS for under nine dollars. Doctor Bedi described his gluing process to me and it was basically the same as the instructions in the CVS kit. subtract $9 from $195 and you get $186 for his time to glue one tooth and that's not including the $65 to walk in the place. No wonder this Dentist emphasizes smiles, I would smile too at his prices!
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