I had all four impacted wisdom teeth removed at Ardent Smile/Doylestown Dental Speciality Center - who share an office, because they took my insurance. When I was told their oral surgeon is only there every other Tues. when I made my consultation appt, I didn't think anything of it. I'm young, healthy, and take care of myself - shouldn't be a problem. Right?
9/19: Surgery - I didn't want a narcotic, never had one, and wasn't sure how it would effect me so I requested something more mild. I got 800mg Ibuprofen, was told to take it every 4 hours.
Days following, my jaw wouldn't line up, but I have TMJ on the right side and the oral surgeon did say it could be up to six weeks until that's back to normal. I took the steroid/antibiotic/ibuprofen as told. I was on top of my oral hygiene and I did everything the post-surgery sheet said.
10/3: My jaw was still messed up, my teeth didn't line up like they used to and it was incredibly hard/awkward to eat. I lost 4-5 pounds and my family was getting concerned. I went in to meet with the oral surgeon to make sure everything was healing okay. He said it all looked good. He asked if I was still taking the ibuprofen, I said no, I stopped it days ago - I was worried it was hurting my stomach because I couldn't eat much. He said take it 2x a day for 2-3 more weeks. I verified that 800mg 2x a day would be okay for my stomach. For the record, I'm 115 pounds. He said take it, there's still inflammation in your jaw, it'll help. I did as I was told.
10/6: Started developing extremely bad stomachaches, palpitations, sweats/chills. I couldn't eat, my stomach was constantly queazy. I was woken up by this every few hours that night.
10/7: Went to Patient First and was diagnosed with Gastritis from too much ibuprofen, and given a prescription for Prilosec. Stomach was still a wreck and there was still pain. Jaw/teeth didn't line up, still unable to eat right. Didn't call oral surgeon, it was what it was. Obviously I stopped the ibuprofen.
10/13: Pain in the lower bottom surgery site/jaw. By 10:30pm the left side my face was twice the size, there was a lump in my cheek, & puss was (no exaggeration) gushing out of the surgery site if I moved my mouth or touched my cheek. It was painful/repulsive, and since it was late I had to go to the ER. I was given a prescription for an antibiotic rinse/300mg of a new antibiotic. I was told to follow up with my oral surgeon ASAP.
10/17: Oral surgeon gave me a syringe to rinse the sites, said there's tiny holes in the bottom two sites, it might take another 3-4 weeks until they close/heal. He gave me a 150mg antibiotic prescription to start as soon as the 300mg from the ER was complete.
10/20: Pharmacy can't fill the script until they verify he actually wanted 150mg. Pharmacist calls, is told oral surgeon is not there, he asks how he can get ahold of him, was told "I don't know where he is". Pharmacist also informs me that 800mg of ibuprofen every 4 hours is a gross overdosage for someone my size, and even if I was 200 pounds, I would've developed gastritis - verbatim.
10/21: 300mg antibiotic from ER is done. Nobody's been in touch with me. I call pharmacy - doc hasn't called back to verify, "so let's fill the 150mg", then he says wait we can't fill this, it's been written on the wrong pad, your insurance won't cover it this way. I call the office, speak to a guy at an answering service (it's Sat.), who tells me he'll put it in an urgent message to the office manager, and someone will be in touch with me ASAP.
10/23: Nobody called. I called the office at 11:30am & 2pm, left messages saying there's issues with my prescription and I can't fill it, someone needs to call.
10/24: Nothing. I wait till noon and call, I left a frustrated messaged and stated I expect a phone call back by the end of the business day, this is unacceptable. It's been five days now that my antibiotic is done and I don't have the new one the oral surgeon ordered. Later I get the most arrogant, unnecessary, and worst patient care I have ever experienced. I'll leave her name out of it but she starts the call off at the beginning giving me a hard time and saying they've "never had a patient call like this so many times". I said nobody is calling me back...? She condescendingly calls me "Sweetie", she questions what the Pharmacist told me, she raised her voice, said I was being rude, she kept cutting me off while I was trying to answer the questions she was asking, then she hung up on me.
My jaw doesn't line up, I couldn't eat right for a month, my stomach was on fire, I now need Prilosec in the morning, and puss was dripping out of my gums... Are these NOT problems?
Before Sept 19th I was on nothing but a multivitamin. My suggestion is if you care about your oral health and overall health to avoid this office at all costs. I have never had the misfortune to be treated this way, like an annoyance and a problem, and I have never in ten years treated my patients this way. read more