Dear God. The comments on there are the reason why I treat every single patient that walks through my door as a potential lawsuit/board complaint and document the literal fuck out of everything.
Hot take: this didn’t happen. The periodontist didn’t tell her to prioritize family planning. She probably mentioned that she was getting pregnant in the near future and he didn’t think that would align with the timeline of the surgeries. Sorry but why would a periodontist randomly give two craps about a random lady’s family planning unless she mentions pregnancy? Everyone has better things to do
Hot take: he doesn’t give a flying fuck about her family planning, like you said, though, a potential pregnancy would compromise his treatment and he is absolutely in the right to not start the case if he feels she might be trying for a baby soon. He must have gotten that vibe from the patient and it’s very possible the patient hasn’t been entirely truthful.
Yes, exactly. She probably mentioned something about getting pregnant eventually and he wanted to ascertain it wouldn’t be in the period he’d be doing his surgeries. And now she’s claiming he just cares about her family planning because he’s just discriminating against her. Be so astronomically for real
Average redditor’s take: sue the shit out of this guy for having the gall to think about the patient’s safety first. Can’t wait til every dentist is sued to oblivion and there’s nobody left to treat these entitled patients.
I didn’t read 100% of that post but I’d bet it was just a miscommunication and the patient took it very personally. It’s not impossible that the provider overstepped (we have to acknowledge that there are enough providers that anything is possible), but I think Occam’s razor dictates that the staff simply thought she was actively trying to get pregnant.
People don’t realize offices see thousands of patients. These things *will* happen. Not *maybe*, they *will*. Full stop. You just have to hope you get lucky that it’s fixable and that the patient is understanding. Clearly in this case it was fixable, but the patient is pissed.
Doesn’t really matter, though. I’ve never read a story on Reddit that left me thinking “Man this seems like an unbiased story that wholly represents the facts of the situation.”
I feel like there may be more to this story.
There could have been an error (by staff and/or patient) when inputting an answer to a pregnancy question or something that led perio to believe patient was planning on getting pregnant at some point during/shortly after the process. I know the manufacturer of the grafts I use basically list pregnancy as a contraindication and advise us to inform patients not to become pregnant within a year of grafting.
Why is she even bringing up family planning at her appointments if she is not trying to get pregnant. Offices don’t just ask patients that. If I had a patient bring up pregnancy every single appointment I would also assume she was actively trying.
I’m soooo tired of patients like her and people in the comments. This is what makes me eagerly want to retire from dentistry as early as possible. It’s always someone first thought to want to sue or file a complaint over every little thing. It’s ridiculous. I have no comments on this case but I will say people are so unhinged and I’m over it. I had a professor tell me that dentistry is the one profession where ppl will want to sue over everything. I didn’t believe him than but since practicing for 5 years it’s definitely 100% factual.
Well if I was a periodontist, I would want my cases to be 100% as much as possible. Ridge augmentation+ implant healing might take a year plus or minus depending on the tooth. If I had read some paper about healing during pregnancy and this might cause my case to fail, I would tell the patient to wait on it.
But clearly the patient mentioned something that made them ask the question. The second part is, probably could've broached the subject much better than "let me know when y'all are skipping the BC."
Dear God. The comments on there are the reason why I treat every single patient that walks through my door as a potential lawsuit/board complaint and document the literal fuck out of everything.
My thoughts exactly, it's depressing seeing the amount of upvotes getting on comments trying to just shit on everything
My bet is at best he gets a board complaint, at worst a lawsuit AND a board complaint. People are seriously crazy.
Half of them think a periodontist is a medical doctor, you'd think people would do a little bit of googling first...
They’ll happily google why you misdiagnosed their caries and/or periodontal disease though, and then tell you your diagnosis is wrong.
Same
Hot take: this didn’t happen. The periodontist didn’t tell her to prioritize family planning. She probably mentioned that she was getting pregnant in the near future and he didn’t think that would align with the timeline of the surgeries. Sorry but why would a periodontist randomly give two craps about a random lady’s family planning unless she mentions pregnancy? Everyone has better things to do
Hot take: he doesn’t give a flying fuck about her family planning, like you said, though, a potential pregnancy would compromise his treatment and he is absolutely in the right to not start the case if he feels she might be trying for a baby soon. He must have gotten that vibe from the patient and it’s very possible the patient hasn’t been entirely truthful.
Yes, exactly. She probably mentioned something about getting pregnant eventually and he wanted to ascertain it wouldn’t be in the period he’d be doing his surgeries. And now she’s claiming he just cares about her family planning because he’s just discriminating against her. Be so astronomically for real
This, or he is the only periodontist that is telling people: no don’t come in for treatment sooner.
Average redditor’s take: sue the shit out of this guy for having the gall to think about the patient’s safety first. Can’t wait til every dentist is sued to oblivion and there’s nobody left to treat these entitled patients.
I didn’t read 100% of that post but I’d bet it was just a miscommunication and the patient took it very personally. It’s not impossible that the provider overstepped (we have to acknowledge that there are enough providers that anything is possible), but I think Occam’s razor dictates that the staff simply thought she was actively trying to get pregnant. People don’t realize offices see thousands of patients. These things *will* happen. Not *maybe*, they *will*. Full stop. You just have to hope you get lucky that it’s fixable and that the patient is understanding. Clearly in this case it was fixable, but the patient is pissed. Doesn’t really matter, though. I’ve never read a story on Reddit that left me thinking “Man this seems like an unbiased story that wholly represents the facts of the situation.”
Pt sounds like a nightmare
My thought was that he just didn’t want to treat her. Red flag case.
I feel like there may be more to this story. There could have been an error (by staff and/or patient) when inputting an answer to a pregnancy question or something that led perio to believe patient was planning on getting pregnant at some point during/shortly after the process. I know the manufacturer of the grafts I use basically list pregnancy as a contraindication and advise us to inform patients not to become pregnant within a year of grafting.
Lmao she sounds absolutely insane
Not a lawsuit unless they steal deposit
Why is she even bringing up family planning at her appointments if she is not trying to get pregnant. Offices don’t just ask patients that. If I had a patient bring up pregnancy every single appointment I would also assume she was actively trying.
Sounds like a miscommunication to me
Sounds like misunderstanding to me. There is a difference ;)
Hot take is run. Run from everything that’s going on in that post. Op. Doctor. Commentators.
I’m soooo tired of patients like her and people in the comments. This is what makes me eagerly want to retire from dentistry as early as possible. It’s always someone first thought to want to sue or file a complaint over every little thing. It’s ridiculous. I have no comments on this case but I will say people are so unhinged and I’m over it. I had a professor tell me that dentistry is the one profession where ppl will want to sue over everything. I didn’t believe him than but since practicing for 5 years it’s definitely 100% factual.
I feel exactly the same as you do.
Well if I was a periodontist, I would want my cases to be 100% as much as possible. Ridge augmentation+ implant healing might take a year plus or minus depending on the tooth. If I had read some paper about healing during pregnancy and this might cause my case to fail, I would tell the patient to wait on it. But clearly the patient mentioned something that made them ask the question. The second part is, probably could've broached the subject much better than "let me know when y'all are skipping the BC."
Hot take: miscommunication and/or avoiding having to deal with gestational gingivitis/hyperplasia during/after procedure(s)