Aspen Dental Deep Cleaning Rip off Bradenton, Florida

A few months ago I went to Aspen Dental in Bradenton Florida, we have dental insurance and were going for standard cleaning, and x-rays.  After the initial exam the office manager was standing by the dentist ready to take me to his office to give me the bad news.  They proceeded to tell me that first of all I needed a Deep tissue cleaning which was going to cost me out of pocket after insurance $350.00

Furthermore the x-rays indicated that some dental work I had done earlier was done wrong and would need to be re-done.  After insurance my cost would be around $7,000.00.  And not to worry they could finance the work for us.  I felt like I was in a used car dealership being pounced on to purchase a vehicle that I did not need.

I thanked them but told them I would get a second opinion.  I obtained a copy of my x-rays and took them to another dentist, they did a routine cleaning, when I asked them about a deep cleaning they informed me that this was pretty much a standard practice with many dentist in the USA now and that I did not have gengivitas or other c*m problems and they did not see any reason to do that procedure. 

This week my wife went to Aspen Dental and they proceeded to tell her the same thing, that the first thing she needed done was a deep cleaning and would cost about $350.00 after insurance.   They said that is the first thing we should do then see what else needs to be done.  It appears to me that this is just a scam and way to get money out of your pocket. 

I found this article very helpful in analyzing if a deep cleaning was needed.

http://thedentalinsider.com/deep_teeth_cleaning.php

When I called Aspen Dental and told them that we did not have funds to do a deep cleaning and that we would like to have the cleaning that our insurance company covered the office manager proceeded to tell me that they could not that it would be considered malpractice if they did a regular cleaning and not the deep cleaning.  Stay away from Aspen Dental unless you have money to burn.