Beware recommendations for unnecessary work! As a soldier in the Army Reserve, I was set up with an appointment at Majestic Dental, for an annual examination to assess my dental health. Majestic Dental is under contract with LHI, a company that is contracted by the Department of Defense to coordinate the medical and dental care of military reserve service members. When I arrived at the office, the assistant took some bitewing radiographs, and told me the Doctor would be in shortly. The Doctor came in, looked at the radiographs, and without even looking in my mouth to perform a thorough exam, she declared that I had 4 old fillings that needed to be re-done since she stated there was decay underneath the existing amalgam. She said she'd submit the information to LHI, but suggested that maybe I wanted to go ahead and do the work immediately (at my expense, or that of my dental insurance), since "LHI always takes a very long time to process these things" (not true in my experience). I declined, and said I'd wait for LHI to determine if the treatment was necessary and appropriate. The same day, I went to a different dentist for a second opinion. I did not tell the second dentist what was supposedly identified on the Majestic Dental "exam", but waited for her unbiased assessment. Based on radiographs AND a thorough oral examination, one minor cavity was found, but unrelated to prior fillings. No evidence of "decay under the old fillings" was noted -- by all accounts, the existing fillings were in good condition and not requiring attention. After collecting the appropriate documentation, and speaking with LHI, I learned that LHI's internal dental staff disagreed with the need for revision of these old fillings, and agreed with my suspicions that the Majestic Dental assessment was at best, erroneous. You're free to draw your own conclusions about receiving dental treatment from a dentist who can't even be bothered to perform a thorough examination, AND the motivations of a dentist who wants to perform unnecessary work on any patient, or the motivations to do so when the taxpayers are paying the bills. I think the situation speaks for itself.