Worst Experience!!! Anybody ever go to the dentist for a "simple tooth" extraction and have wks of misery & bone shards/pieces/spurs coming out of your gums & extraction site? I have, that's what happened when I saw Stacey. I had a tooth extracted on 3/21 (over 2 weeks ago) I am still having problems, I have a shattered socket & buckle plate. I saw her for then extraction then Stacey left town the following day & w/ nobody on call at the office (leaving the country making communication w/ her impossible)! So I reached out & spoke w/ Justin, Stacey's partner via text & no resolve/effort made, he was out of state! Advised I take IBU & seek care elsewhere. Stacey was very contradictory as to wether she talked to Justin or not, she stated she didn't know what him & I had discussed then next sentence she amazingly said something about what Justin & I discussed, so which is it?? Did you or did you not talk to him? I know full well she received my messages when she returned stateside & still didn't bother to follow up, check in, nothing. I was having issues w/ in 2 days of extraction (3/23). I had to seek care in Missoula from a new dentist for bone fragments & a broken socket. Prior to seeing him I was terrified because I had no idea what was happening. I have seen that dentist 3 times in an attempt to fix the issues caused. I will have add. visits due to more bone spurs, at this point who knows when it will be resolved! Pain has not ceased since day 1. I thought a follow up would happen when somebody, anybody got back into town, since this ALL started at their office w/ a "simple extraction" & they were fully aware of it. There was NO communication until 4/4 when I initiated contact w/ the office to discuss the situation. Both dentists knowing full well what had happened, no after care, no concern or regard for me, no effort made on their behalf. When I finally talked to Stacey on 4/4 I was assured it was a "simple extraction w/ no complications! Stacey assumes no liability/fault! I was simply looking for some sort of resolve or ownership of what happened, especially since multiple bills have been accrued along w/ the original bill. This process is not over & who knows how much more work is needed & how much more $ I will have to invest to fix this. I understand bone spurs happen but this is beyond that!! A shattered socket & buckle plate, is carelessness & excessive force when you crush bones near & around the implement & tooth. Lacking bone so likely now require a bone graft!! Conversation ended w/ shear frustration & no resolve or further care offered! I simply told her I am not going to continue arguing/discussing w/ her because she clearly had no empathy/compassion & the convo. was going nowhere! Stacey is Clearly in the business to make $$ at any means possible, not offered a discount, check up, nothing!
I have have missed work (lost wages) to have add. dentist visits.
-1st visit to Missoula dentist 4 bone fragments removed, largest 1/4+ inch long, a hole opened up below extraction site it started as a bump then ruptured resulting in protruding bone shards, they had to dig out pieces of bone.
-2nd visit 2 more large bones extracted, hole had widened, obviously not healing!!
-3rd visit- simply could not get all the shards out of my gums, you could rub my gums & hear/feel bone grinding. Had to cut open my gumline from existing hole & cut in front & behind it. So they could suction out small fragments & manually extract larger bone. Then used a file to smooth the jagged bone lying under the other teeth. Then he had to stitch it closed. Pain still remains! I now feel bone on the inside gumline against my tongue.
The bills are ever mounting!!!!! I have no insurance!
** It's not even a matter of opinion it's FACTS and that what people need to know! These ARE FACTS!
I told her I had X-rays and documentation from the other dentist and she had absolutely no interest in even entertaining the idea of simply looking at any of it. The list goes on but it won't fit!
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