I had made an appointment and had requested Moriarty. I was given to a different dentist, who did my initial check up. His dental hygienist was rude. He was polite for the first appointment, but when going back to get a filling done and I told him after 3 shots of novocaine I could still feel everything that it was "normal" to feel pressure. But what I felt was NOT pressure, it was sharp, stinging pain and I left the office in tears. Besides that, he put in a mercury filling which I have been told to not get by other oral care professionals, and my hematologist due to a blood enzyme deficiency. Did not ask me what type of filling I would prefer. NEVER in my history of the dentist has this happened to me, and during this time when I am visibly upset he refers to my hematologist as a "quack," and complains about having to replace the filling.
After replacing the filling, it was too high and hurt to bite down. He did not check to make sure the enamel colored filling was level. I went to a different dentist office to have it filed down, and asked them about the difference in fillings. And again, I was told a lot of people have problems with mercury fillings, and I should have been told what kind of care I was receiving (duh?).
I decided under urging of family friends to again make an appointment, and requested Dr. Moriarty again. The day before my appointment with Dr. Moriarty, I receive a call from Gentle Dental saying they had put me with the wrong dentist, not the dentist I had been seeing, and told me my appointment had been moved from 11:30am to 9:30am. I told them no, I had requested Dr. Moriarty and that was who i wanted to see, i had no intention of going back to the previous orthodontist. I have little desire in seeing any sort of medical professional who does not care about my pain level or care. I am placed on hold, she comes back to tell me I am keeping my 11:30am. I am grateful, and hang up.
Shortly later I receive another call asking me if noon is okay. I say yes, that was fine I just wanted to see the dentist I had requested.
I go in the next day, and again, it is NOT the dentist I had requested. It wasn't the previous dentist, so I said whatever and decided to give it a try!
His hygienist was a total sweetheart. I have nothing bad to say about her. She was caring, and listened. This first appointment went fine, but when it came time to get my second filling it was the same nonsense. I could feel everything, after explaining that I have a high tolerance to local anesthetic. He said I could "handle it" and also gave me a lecture about my hematologist being a quack when I guarantee he has probably never heard of acute intermittent porphyria. Again, I left the office in tears, and immediately went to another dental facility, which scheduled me for the next day for an emergency root canal I was in so much pain - considerably more than when I went in. During my emergency root canal, I was told that during the filling the dentist had put what she referred to as a "spur" in my root, causing the intense pain.
I'm sure there are phenomenal dentists there. Dr. Moriarty has been described to me as an amazing professional which is who I wanted to see. I tried to give them multiple chances, and was left both times leaving in intensely more pain than when I went in - having to pay to have another dentist fix their errors. I would have been happy to give the dentist I requested a try, but when I'm told that I "can't believe everything I read online" about their care, completely negating the care I have personally had there, and care friends have received and told me about, I have no desire to go back. I hope others have better luck, but if you need special care due to any health concerns I recommend you seek another facility for your dental work. read more
