Is this a serious post? Pay $27 for a 3 hour cleaning and come back another 3-5 times?

Yes, In dental hygiene school we are required to meet requirements in order to graduate and thorough oral cancer screenings, every visit we do something different in the oral care process, I offer it free for my patients, but my school requires we say $27 in our post due to other student's needing patients that are not offering to pay for patients to sit for them. ( The 3 hours are not just for cleaning alone it involves other steps as I mentioned)

I see, I guess I was more surprised by the 3 hour thing, don’t think I’ve ever had a cleaning longer than maybe an hour

Yes, I understand I was surprised myself when I started the program but the main reason I posted was to help those in need of a good oral health evaluation, Let me know if your ever interested or know anyone thank you

My issue is, the coming back 3-5 times thing. NEVER have I ever had to return once for a cleaning. This doesn't seem safe to me, and I don't want to risk my 30+years zero cavity perfect teeth to this sketchy return 3 or more times thing for a simple cleaning that should take less than an hour on a 1 time visit

Sounds like it’s not for you

It's not. There's zero reason to return so much just for cleaning. It's not worth it. Gotta put health first. This is high risk. A risk that can cost thousands to fix when something goes wrong. I bet ya gotta sign a waiver too, that prevents this person offering free or cheap treatments to not get sued into oblivion when something goes wrong, which is highly likely.

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what they mean is. clearly you’re not the target demographic lmao

yeah. for a cleaning at harvard dental school it is like 5 visits and 2-4 hours per visit, which takes about a month. it's a ridiculous waste of time, but it's cheap, so for the cash poor but time rich, it works out.

i made the mistake of going there once as a med student years ago.

you aren't getting subpar care. it's because multiple students work on you and it's incredibly slow with a preceptor going over their every move, then they come back for ~15 mins, do what the preceptor says, then they go back to the preceptor...

teaching healthcare facilities do not provide worse care than non-teaching facilities.

How do you think your own dentist learned? This is a requirement of medical programs and they are supervised. And it takes a while because students are learning and they are likely other exams and what not they are doing. For privileged people like you this might be absurd but this is a well needed service for the underserved who go years without any dental hygiene leading to all kinds of medical issues. If you want to be an ass, do it on your own time but don’t shit in someone trying to make an impact.

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The 'patient' in this case is a learning tool. It's not a regular cleaning appointment. You get nearly free dental procedures, they get you in chair for 15 to 20 hours over the course of a couple months. That's the trade. That's why you have never experienced anything like this before. If you have dental insurance then this really isn't "worth it", unless you want to help dental assistants. If you have no insurance, then this is a great deal, provided you have the time.

Just like if you can afford to rent a jet ski, sitting in a 2 hr time share pitch for a jet ski rental isn't worth it.

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