BEWARE: NEGATIVE REVIEWS ARE STUPID AND MAY KILL YOU; SHE IS THE BEST IN A PROVEN SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT AGAINST ANOTHER AUSTIN, TEXAS PERIO.
TL;DR: Second opinion conflicted, but Dr. Vemulapalli got implant tooth and gums from 9 to 2 on 10 point scale in four months; saved 6700$; no surgery for new implant needed.
Some reviewers focus on aesthetic catering or vibes.
These people are stupid and their vanity may kill you in your dental care.
I am an Ivy League lawyer. My job is to discern talent in the most high stakes, billion dollar lawsuits. And I'm going to give you data that, when you need the best care, YOU MUST TRUST DR. VEMULAPALLI IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
1. My dentist mishandled my cleanings every four months religiously around my decade old implant. He recommended two periodontists.
2. The gums around my implant were a 9 out of 10 (3 being standard good health, 10 being catastrophe).
3. The first periodontist, who ALLEGEDLY IN MY OPINION AND NOT A STATEMENT OF FACT had a medical board finding of losing some office opioid pills a decade earlier, recommended removing the implant over multiple surgeries and installing a new one. This periodontist did not recognize a teaching professor who did the initial implant who stated my mouth shape was complex (n.b. teaching professors are the gold standard in medical care because they teach the next generation of surgeons).
4. Dr. Vemulapalli had better, state of the art equipment. She did more diagnostic reviews rather than the "gut check" of the first surgeon. Better equipment means better diagnostic skills.
5. Dr. Vemulapalli is board certified; the other perio in Austin was not. Board certified is the gold standard. It requires a commitment to ongoing learning and best practices verification. For example, Dr. Vemulapalli correctly identified recent peer review publications that CHLORODEX, which the other perio represented actually impedes gum health and the better state of the art practice of glyceme with antiobitcs has a better synergistic effect. And she's right! (Google the studies.)
6. Dr. Vemulapalli, like Malcom Gladwell's BLINK, was making millions of calculations a second and explained her reasoning. This seems minor but it is important! The patient must be their own best advocate. Dr. Vemulapalli will provide her best judgment, but we must apply our values and risk tolerance to form a good partnership. Dr. Vemulapalli explaining her calculations enabled that partnership; the other perio did not.
7. When doing the moderate intervention of reviewing my mouth, stopped to talked to me. The periohygienist then shouted, "23!" and Dr. Vemulapalli repeated to confirm "23!" This seems stupid. It's not. It's an important medical/scientific/engineering concept called "Double point of failure". When building rocket ships or doing surgery, having two people confirm every item is checked means a tooth or a safety valve isn't missed. Rather than relying on one person's memory, the vicious vigilance of protocols, even on something small like which tooth was next to be examined, shows Dr. Vemulapalli instituted the best practice of Double Point Of Failure to prevent malpractice and ensure there were always redundancies to ensure everything was handled correctly. You can infer from that militarized excellence in something simple applies to all sorts of things; paperwork (always responsive), cleaning tools (the office is immaculate), training, etc.
8. Dr. Vemulapalli recommended a deep cleaning and debridement because the tooth was "ailing, not failing". When she did the cleaning, she and the periohygienist started tapping my shoulder and making cute little noises. Weird right? No. It's actually a medical best practice that is used in animal training. When you have to inject a shot into someone (or animal!), by tapping them you help their nervous system stay present and distract them from the injection. Genius. THAT LEVEL OF CARE is not about vanity or vibes, that shows a deep, rich care for the dignity and quality of the person. Think of most medical practicioners? Do they care about your parasympathetic state when they draw blood or give you a shot? No, of course not. But Dr. Vemulapalli does because she cares and is the best.
9. At my two month check up, my gums went from 9-4. She recommend an amazing dentist who had a periohygienist. She partnered brilliantly with that dentist to come up with a care routine.
10. At my four month check up, my gums went from 4-2. That's better than the gold standard of 3.
Dr. Vemulapalli cares. Not in the irrelevant way of vibes. In the way of ensuring the best medical care. In the way of implementing double points of failure to prevent malpractice. In the way of being board certified and doing millions of calculations as a Wellesley/Harvard genius. read more
