want to get teeth cleaned
sign up for dental appointment with dentist I've gone to for years
openly say I don't want x rays, receptionist say that's fine and to tell the nurse at my appointment
Go to appointment and tell nurse
Nurse gets dentist, she says I need to sign a waiver form if I don't want X-rays, I say yes.
Receptionist manager comes over and says they don't have a form, and if I don't want X-rays they can't treat me at all
Refuses to give me her name or why she has authority over the doctor
Threatens to call police if I don't leave
Reported them to my insurance company.
Why have we normalized dentists x ray frying your brain every dentist check up? It can cause cancer. They can visually check for cavities.
I called other dentists and they all require x rays if you are a new patient as a 'standard of care'