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Is this how we “Cut our expenditures” in dentistry!

So day before yesterday I had this middle aged lady in my clinic with discomfort and pain in the upper right quadrant. I could see no frank pathology in that region, except a metal ceramic crown with the second molar which she had got placed some eight months back. After removing some local deposits from that region I could locate the pain to the area between the first and the second molar. There was some food lodgment there and I suspected a proximal decay with the first molar because there was some discoloration and roughness. I went ahead with a radiograph but the tooth appeared intact with no radiolucency, I was still in two thoughts; both the first and the second molar were slightly tender, but neither could I see any periapical pathology nor I could see a decay. I removed the food that was sitting in between the two teeth but could not find a lot to curette. I scheduled the patient for my endodontist, to finalize, take a call and start any RC/Re-RC. Since even he could not pin