My hands are actually shaking as I type this review. We just took our newly turned 3 year old to his first dentist appointment. He had two cavities. I should have been flossing his teeth and was not.
After having a great experience with the hygienist who glowed that he was one of her best patients, the dentist insisted she could take care of the cavities WITHOUT anesthetic. She remarked on how cooperative he was. We trusted that she knew what she was doing.
When she was drilling son's teeth he tried to close his mouth and in the process he bit her-- and she YELLED at him for "biting her." Reminder, he is THREE YEARS OLD. She apparently didn't have a bite guard like every dentist in the world.
When I picked him up out of the chair to get the hell out of there she said the holes NEEDED to be closed. I made a terrible call as a mother to allow this woman to continue working on my child.
When he began to cry in ernest, she called him a "SISSY" and threatened my toddler with "If you don't stop crying I will make your mommy leave you alone here." I told him (and her) that I would NOT be leaving him alone with her and to finish to the point where we could safely leave.
I tried to comfort my little boy who didn't understand why this woman was hurting him, yelling at him and now threatening him with the most frightening a toddler can imagine-- being abandoned by his mother with a mean stranger.
The final straw what at point when she COVERED HIS NOSE AND MOUTH to keep him from crying.
I am in shock. I am horrified that I didn't whisk him out of her office when I had him in my arms the first time she yelled. I could have gone straight to one of the many other dentists in this town to have them finish the job. I suck-- but not as much as this awful woman. read more