I'd give zero stars if it was possible Irather burn my money than return to this clinic, not sure…read more how a business who operates so carelesslyc Stay in business , my experience has been nothing but a nightmare leaving me with excruciating pain and a tooth than needs to bsurgically extracted my horrible journey began with a dental cleaning,afterwards had pain in entire mouth,returned for a filling,after completion was advised needed to return for a root canal on same tooth,that's when the horrible pain started,I called the clinic 2 days later after an appointment was set for an exam,when I askeddr hegie for pain management I was prescribed antibiotics which he explained is the best way to manage pain so I started immediately and was told getting a root canal would eliviate pain, a future appointment was made for a root canal , a week later after taking a full course of antibiotics pain only increased so I called the clinic expressing concerns I was told dr hiiggie recommended an other corse of antibiotics and told no further pain medication would be prescribed , after not being able to sleep for 2 weeks I called the the clinic again with concerns about pain for my root canal scheduled for the next day, again I was told a root canal would not hurt and would eliminate the excruciating pain I was experiencing, the next day upon check in for my root canal I told the dental assistant I was worried about pain and very nervous about the procedure especially since I was in such high pain, her response was she would use extra topical numbing and let the doctor know about my concerns, a few minutes later the doctor checked my mouth and xtay, he then proceeded to inject numbing medicationwaited 2 minutes then began to drillwhich was not tolerable, he said he would be right back then continued to inject more medication which made me jump up uncontrollably, I accidentally bumped his hand,, he again left the room ,returned with 2 office staff at which point I was crying in pain andasked about pain control and was told the antibiotics wwas pain controlhe said he couldn't do the root canalans that I needto finish the root canal with a specialist, I was escorted to the front desk who was searching to schedule an appointment with a specialist,I asked about pain control and was rudely told I needed to see a specialist and no other medicaattention would be prescribed except what I already was prescribed being antibiotics , now with a giant hole in my tooth I left feeling helpless and in horrible pain , I expressed disappointment with the staff not taking my concerns seriously, then the office staff started raising their voices and arguing with me saying most patients respond well to medications I received, before the confrontation escalated I left, stoping To talk to my pharmacist who recommended Tylenol and ibuprofen which I started immediately, another week goes by zero sleep horrible pain I realized I had Trush -duh,antibiotics cause yeast infections and trush ,any doctor should know that which explains the horriblpain wh was caused by taking 2 back to back rounds of antibiotics,THANKS A LOT for causing this nightmare!which could could have been avoided by simply listening to to my concerns and taking them seriously,i Would ratherburn my money than return to this clinic and warn anyone thinking about going there , thankfully unlike ivory dental, my pharmacist has my best interests at heart and prescribed a thrush medication which helped reduce pain almost immediately , after consaultation with a specialist it was determined I need the tooth surgically extracted ,seeing I don't respond to local Anastasia extracted..the to top it off, theStress of this experience triggered shingles , I hope the woman at the front desk who yelled at me "most people respond to the prescription you received,you will not be prescribed anything else!"experiences the same level of pain I experienced for a month for only5 minutes so hopefully her attitude improves and becomes slightly mmore compassionate
Treating a patient with concerns about pain like a drug Addict is a horrible way to treat people experiencing unbearable pain, is a clear indicator they are in the wrong fieldand not qualified for customersupport:shame!