Comment from Conard Janet
AnonymousSupportIndividual
Summary: An individual parent shares a negative experience where a dentist attempted to use amalgam fillings without consent and their insurance refused to cover the alternative composite fillings. The commenter supports the petition by highlighting the need for consumer choice and better insurance coverage for non-amalgam materials.
We had a terrible experience with a dentist who is going to automatically put in a amalgum fillings in a four-year-old without even informing us. Fortunately, I was in the room and understood what was going on and refuse the Malcolm the Dentust then got upset and mad and roughly finish the procedure on the four-year-old and then refused to see him again same child years later a different Dentist the child needed several fillings and we refused amalgam again and the insurance company refused to pay for composite fillings and we were stuck with a huge dental bill to pay. Even though most Dentist in our area, don’t use amalgum in their practices at all. The insurance company still refused to pay for the composite.