Had been going to this dentist for about a year or so, and then had to have a tooth filled. When Dr Yim injected the freezing, he hit a nerve, the effect was instantaneous, like electricity shooting through your gums, but then disappeared. A few days later, experienced pain on the side of the face where the tooth was filled, the pain was from eating ice cream. assumed the tooth was sensitive. the pain then occurrred again and again with each time being a different stimulus. Went and saw Dr Yim, he "referred" me to another dentist. Given medication that I had to chew...funny because by this time, I can't eat or drink without the pain flaring up. The pain not only continued but worsened, speech became limited. Saw family doctor, had an MRI, and then saw a neurologist. Was medicated with a number of medications until finally found one that worked. An antiseizure med that also works for neuralgia pain. I was useless as far as working, and after my sick time ran out, I ended up on EI, and then disability, It was only a year later, that I was able to wean off the meds after many attempts and resume my life and my job. Still have occassional flare ups and have not seen a dentist since. When I informed Dr Yim of all of this, he admits to hitting the nerve, but feels that it was not his fault. Have done much reading about this, it is a common occurence, but dentist should have instructed me to take anti inflammatories right away to avoid this long term effect. He had no compassion for what his error cost me, and I would like people to be aware that this can happen, in fact the dental assosciation of Ontario has discussed whether this is something that should be disclosed to patients before having any freezing done, but feel that it would frighten too many people.
So avoid Dr Yim, he does not accept responsibilty for his actions, and you have to wonder about his technique, and his lack of knowledge for not knowing what to do when this happens read more
