{"id":483,"date":"2016-09-16T20:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T03:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2016-09-10T20:17:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T03:17:52","slug":"dont-affordable-dentists-seem-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/blog\/dont-affordable-dentists-seem-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don&#8217;t Affordable Dentists Seem to Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m self-employed and don&#8217;t have dental insurance. I keep looking for affordable dentists. I find them, but end up hating the care. They always seem to rush me through and have little time or patience for any questions or concerns I have. Am I doomed to this type of care?<\/p>\n<p>Annie W. &#8211; Alabama<\/p>\n<p>Annie,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very sorry you have had such negative experiences with dentists. It is true that many dentists who advertise has having lower fees will often try to make up for the low fees by volume. That ends up with a conveyor belt type of care for patients.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to be that way. There is a difference between affordable care and cheap care. You want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/affordable-dentist-phoenix.html\">affordable care<\/a>. I would start by searching not by fees, but by patient satisfaction. Find dentists people are happy with. Make a list.<\/p>\n<p>Then go down the list and call them. Ask about their fees. Then ask about payment plans and other options they have for patients without insurance. You will be much more likely to find a dentist you will be happy with that way.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\">Dr. Kevin Peck<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m self-employed and don&#8217;t have dental insurance. I keep looking for affordable dentists. I find them, but end up hating the care. They always seem to rush me through and have little time or patience for any questions or concerns I have. Am I doomed to this type of care? Annie W. &#8211; Alabama Annie, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/blog\/dont-affordable-dentists-seem-care\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Don&#8217;t Affordable Dentists Seem to Care?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[167,417,418,190,168],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-dentist","tag-dental-payment-plans","tag-finding-a-caring-dentist","tag-low-fee-dentist","tag-phoenix-affordable-dentist","tag-phoenix-dentist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Don&#039;t Affordable Dentists Seem to Care? - Peck Family Dentistry Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/blog\/dont-affordable-dentists-seem-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Don&#039;t Affordable Dentists Seem to Care? - Peck Family Dentistry Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m self-employed and don&#8217;t have dental insurance. 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