Dr Sowden accidentally shaved off a large fragment of my jaw bone during my wisdom tooth surgery, left it in my gums and lied about it being there. I had this fragment for 4 months before it finally worked its way out and it was severely painful and made it difficult to eat and talk.
Dr. Sowden comes across as a very kind and lovely person, but my experience with his surgery was extremely unsatisfactory. I had my wisdom teeth removed by Dr Sowden in September. He had around 7 other surgeries he was doing as well that day and was very rushed on the day of my surgery. It went fine and i went home. However, two weeks after the surgery I noticed a sharp searing pain in my jawbone that made it impossible for me to touch my jaw because it hurt so much. It also felt like there was something lose in my jawbone that could be felt to the touch and clicked and moved around if you pushed on it. One of the extraction sites where I had my wisdom teeth taken out was extremely red and swollen. Infections after wisdom tooth surgery are fairly common, so we assumed it was that and went to Dr Sowden to get the "infection" cleaned. Dr Sowden performed and minimally invasive procedure to take out what he told us was an infection. He also took x rays of my mouth to make sure there was no issues with the bone. He never showed us those x-rays. He simply told us they were "fine" and sent me on my way. Three weeks later, I was still experiencing horrible pain despite irrigating and cleaning diligently everyday. We went back again. Dr Sowden and his office told us that this time my pain (the same pain that i had during my "infection") was caused by me biting my cheek. He gave me antibacterial mouthwash. But the pain never really went away. By this time it was the end of November and I was embarrassed to go back to Sowden for a fourth time about my teeth. I figured the pain was a normal side effect from surgery that everyone had when they touched their jawbone. Until I noticed a foreign object in my mouth one day in January, right where I had my wisdom teeth removed.
The truth was that I never had an infection. The foreign object protruding from my gums was a large fragment of my jawbone that had been shaved off due to DENTIST ERROR during the surgery. It emerged from my gums naturally and continued to emerge until I was able to pull it out myself (I wasnt going back to Sowden for extraction after he did nothing to help me in the first place). We phoned Dr Sowden's office to ask what it could be because it was sharp and hurt my gums. I was having trouble talking towards the end because the fragment was protruding so much. They told us not to come in. The lady said I could deal with it on my own and that it was only a tiny fragment. This woman never looked at my mouth. She had no proof that it was a small fragment, which it wasnt. The bone piece is the size of a nickel. I've attached pictures of it in my mouth and after I removed it myself. Once I removed the fragment, the pain stopped entirely. I never would have had this fragment or the four months of severe tooth pain I endured if Dr Sowden had done the surgery correctly in the first place. I never would have had it for so long if he had shown us the x rays and been honest about what he saw. And after all this, they dismissed us and refused to even see me to fix the dental problem that Sowden himself caused. I dont recommend Dr Sowden to anyone. They have way too many clients and not enough time or care to do a proper job on them. read more