Very bad, lying dentist...what to do? Can I sue her?

How do you know she's lying?

Do you know about gum disease?

Does it need to be anonymous? Are you worried your dentist frequents TSR?

I think you should listen to the dentist. They don't get money based on the amount of fillings they do, it's based on hours. Dentists have to go through years of studying and are definitely qualified. Gum disease can be easily identified because the gums go a purple/ brown colour in areas and they also bleed easily. My dentist is also quite harsh but I know she knows what's best. Also if your not convinced, the next time the dentist says your sister needs a filling ask her to show you where. Fillings are needed in places where one has a cavity and are visible (it's basically decay from not looking after your teeth). Most people have cavities but usually not as many as your sister does. Also about the braces thing, if you don't look after your teeth and that's visible to the dentist, they have to stop you from getting them. This is because braces move around your teeth and if they're not strong they can become loose and fall out.
All in all listen to your dentist or move to a different one

it is possible that your sister eats sweets/drinks sugar beverages covertly. is she overweight ?

You can complain to the General Dental Council, which is non-compensatory.

I would suggest you request in writing an explanation from your dentist first, which should inform you of whether or not they were acting inappropriately. You cannot jump the gun without context because you are not a dentist and don't know what you're looking for.

See another dentist and get a second opinion.

Will do. But do you think I should do anything about this dentist? Like complain or something? From what I described, does she sound legitimate to you?

So, yesterday my mum took my younger sister to her dentist appointment to ask about braces / get a referral and instead she and my sister got an exaggerated telling off about why my sister doesn't take care of her teeth properly and why she eats sweets. She went on about being 'disappointed' for the whole appointment and was basically making my mum and sister feel really guilty. And about the braces, she said she doesn't need them and that her teeth are straight (they clearly are not) and that she should focus on having healthy teeth and not braces.

The dentist said that my sister needs another filling - she has three fillings already from this dentist, and she's ELEVEN years old, btw - and she also very vaguely said that she has a 'hole', whatever that's supposed to mean.

Anyway, about these three fillings that my sister already has, my mum suspects that my younger sister didn't even need them and that the dentist lied about her needing them. My mum now really regrets allowing the dentist to ruin her 11-year-old daughter's teeth. And one of the pointers to why this dentist is dishonest, is that she says she did SIX fillings for my sister when it is very clearly only three.

Yesterday she was saying stuff like 'she's only 11 and she has 6 fillings and now she needs another one' (and yesterday she was literally preparing to put another one right there and then ; she was like I'll numb it now, it will take half an hour etc - basically laying out what she was going to do). First of all, how can you even do 6 fillings on an 11 year old, in ONE appointment - my sister got all three fillings done in one appointment and was extremely scared the whole time and looked traumatised when she came home. She said that she was in so much pain.

All of this gets worse. At the end of the appointment yesterday and after the long telling off as my mum and sister were about to leave the room, she just casually says that my sister has a gum disease. Like it's nothing. My mum was like 'what? but she hasn't complained of anything'? The dentist says 'yeah, it's a silent one'. Wtf? Firstly she didn't even do a single X-Ray for the 'seventh' tooth that she says needs a filling nor for this 'gum disease'? I mean, I don't know much about dentistry but aren't you supposed to check everything before you say something as serious as 'she has a gum disease' ? And she said it as my mum and sis were about to leave the room, too?

It was like she was trying to scare them to make SURE as much she could that they were going to come back to her. It seems like she's super desperate for money or something.

Anyway, about the three fillings that she did that my mum thinks weren't even necessary, is there anything we can do about this? Is there a way to know if she even needed them and can we sue this dentist or something? She's probably doing this to so many other patients just for the money. Like, my sister is 11 years old and and she has three (grey and ugly) fillings and apparently, her dentist thinks she is in need of one more. To top all of this off, my sister doesn't even consume an excessive amount of sugar, she is a healthy kid and consumes a very normal amount of sugar and we don't allow her to drink fizzy drinks. She doesn't even really eat 'sweets' and we rarely even have these around the house. She likes biscuits, juice, pancakes, I don't know, but the point is she doesn't consume an unhealthy amount of sugar and this dentist is talking chit.

Can someone help please? Thank you.

Her gums aren't purple/brown in any area nor do they bleed easily. My sister would say so if this was the case, she usually tells of issues like these and is also quick to notice them.

Also, my mum will definitely be taking her to a different dentist. Even if she is right (which I highly doubt), the manner in which she dealt with my mum and sister yesterday was terrible. You aren't supposed to scare patients like that and say things as serious as 'she has gum disease' so casually and when the patient is about to leave.