Date: 30 September 1981 1546-EDT (Wednesday)
From: Dan Hoey at CMU-10A
To: William Sholar at CMU-10A
Subject:  Dentist
CC: Harry Bovik at CMU-10A
Message-Id: <30Sep81 154641 DH51@CMU-10A>
Origin:  C410DH51 at CMU-10A; 30 Sep 1981 1549-EDT

	Conrad F. Nagel, III came recommended by the Guide to Living in
Pittsburgh when I got here, and I have had good work done by him.  But
this year, when I needed an extraction and bridge, he quoted $1200.  Part
of this was probably that he refers his extractions to a clinic.  Anyway,
my family's dentist in Washington, D. C. claims this would come to $800
tops with him, so I commute for it.
	I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Nagel; it might have
paid off in mental anguish alone to have the extraction done under general
anesthesia, as his clinic would have done.  But if you're tight on bucks, it
can pay to shop around for the big ones.