Below is a detail of my unpleasant experience in chronological order.
1st visit: I arrived without pain for a 6-month checkup. A female dentist performed the checkup and told me that I needed to have 2 fillings replaced also a night guard. In addition, a cleaning.
2nd visit: Everything they had told had changed. Now Dr Jordan Vaughn, told me that I had cavities. In fact, a filling was not sufficient, and, instead, I need a CROWN. While I was seated there, mouth open, hole in my tooth, the dentist left the room, leaving me with the dental assistant. Almost immediately, a woman arrived with papers and told me the cost of the crown. Remember, my mouth is open, and I have a hole in my tooth. I asked her if there was another option, and the woman told me "no." So I agreed to the procedure, thinking there was no other option. As soon as I said yes, the woman left the room, and the doctor returned he began the crown.
As soon as the anesthesia wore off, a constant pain began. I have a high threshold of pain, but this pain made me cry. Over the next week, the intense pain came and went. no body told what to take.
3rd visit The assistant removed the temporary crown. No anesthesia was used. Before she placed the permanent crown, she told me to tell her if it hurt. She inserted the real crown. She asked me if it hurt. I told her it hurt a little, but soon, the pain increased and became intolerable. I told her that I needed anesthesia urgently. She told me that the dentist was in the other room with a patient, and I would have to wait. I asked her if there was anybody except Dr. Vaughn who could give me anesthesia, and she said no. She apologized many times and left the room several times looking for an available dentist. I waited 5 minutes with a pain more severe than I had ever felt in my life, including undergoing surgery and chemotherapy. Finally, she was able to get the female dentist who had diagnosed me on April 11. The female dentist injected me with anesthesia and left the room. The pain lessened but was still intense. I waited there another 3-5 minutes for Jordan Vaughn.
Jordan Vaughn arrived. I told him it still hurt. He gave me more anesthesia, and then he began to work on the crown. He finished the crown.
The assistant then revealed the mouth guard for me to try. With my mouth still numb, she placed the night guard on me. It was extremely tight and difficult to remove. She asked me where it was tight. Because my mouth was numb, I had no idea. She made the night guard more loose. I tried it and she loosened about 3 more times. She said that it couldn't be too loose, otherwise it would fall out. It was obviously very tight because it was extremely difficult to take out.
That night, the pain from the corona returned.In addition, the range of motion in my jaw was so reduced that I could scarcely open my mouth, this lasted for a month.
4th visit:I went back to the dentist for two reasons. One, every night I woke up with pain from the night guard that was too tight. Two, I still had pain from the crown; it was very sensitive to the cold.
The assistant loosened the night guard. He told me that I did not need it loose.
The doctor came to the room and inspected my crown. He said that the crown was too high and this was the reason for the sensitivity. He adjusted the crown.
5th visit: One day, I pulled the night guard out and with it came a pre-existing filling. I went there, and the assistant told me that I was going to be given a replacement night guard - one that was softer..
I asked the assistant if they were going to pay for the filling that came out of my mouth because of the night guard. He left to ask and came back to report that they would not cover the filling, only the night guard.
6th visit: I went for my night guard. I told the dentist Vaughn the crown continued to hurt with the cold. He adjusted the crown again.
After, I told him that on the very first visit, the female dentist had told me that I needed to have a filling replaced on the other side of my mouth (opposite side from the crown). He looked at the X-ray on the computer and and said, "Ah. That looks like another 2 more crowns." More Cowns!!!!. After all of these I refused any more work.
Highlights:
*Tell me one thing at the first visit - it changes by the second visit.
*In the middle of having a filling done, I'm told that I need a crown (which was not visible by X-ray )- and I had no other option while in the middle of the procedure.
*I was in pain for 5 minutes because I was not given anesthesia, and no dentist was available to come help me
*Despite my complaints, I was told my night guard could not be loose, which resulted in pulling out a filling, the cost of which the office will not cover even after they said that they would cover it
*Highly unlikely that I suddenly need 2 more crowns, and I doubt that I needed the first crown. read more
