Let me start out by saying that I had been going to Ideal Dental-Euless for several years & was relatively happy. They do try to push extra services but it wasn't overbearing. Everything was going well, UNTIL, they messed up my tooth. I had spent thousands & thousands of dollars on work at this location & had been relatively satisfied. The one thing you do need to watch for is billing. They always ran my insurance & EVERYTIME I got an additional bill. They stated that once they sent in the claim to the insurance company it would not cover everything. It became such a regular thing, getting an extra bill in the mail, I finally called my insurance company & they stated that the business is paid the going rate for those services & a business with any integrity would not try to go after the patient for the additional costs. Well, I just went with it because I was relatively happy.
Fast forward to this year and them telling me I need another root canal. I had gone in because I was in the most horrible pain. My face was swollen & I was beside myself. This was a Friday. Dr. Nand would give me no pain meds, instead told me to take ibuprofen. She told me I would have to wait until Monday to call the specialist. The whole weekend I was miserable. I could barely function because I was in excruciating pain. Nothing helped. The pain was so bad my husband almost took me to the emergency room. I can't believe any reputable dentist could not understand how much pain a bad tooth is & would let a patient suffer so badly over a weekend.
Monday arrives & I called the specialist. The specialist felt the tooth could be saved & contacted Dr. Nand to tell her that they could perform the root canal & Dr. Nand would just have to re-do the crown. After about a week or so after the root canal I went in to see Dr. Nand to get fitted for my crown. I'd like to also state one of the dental assistants there was always very rough (very nice girl, however) & she would jam tools into my gums. Dr. Nand would constantly have to tell her to be careful with the tools. I assumed she was just starting out in her career so I tried to cut her some slack. This same assistant was fitting me for my crown & just could not get it to fit right - she kept jamming it in my mouth & moving it around. The bite was so way off she kept shaving it down. By the time she was done it looked like a shaved down tree trunk. I kept complaining about the appearance but they were like "It's just your temporary". It was the worst 2 weeks waiting on my permanent crown. The temporary was uncomfortable & sharp. I went back several times to get it filed down. It was the ugliest temporary - it looked fake. Luckily it was in the back.
I kept calling to see when my permanent would be in. It came in early thankfully. When I went into get that, same issue. They could not get the fit right. I had to go back for several adjustments. The tooth just never felt right in my mouth. The bite was off. They were so rough with me too. I am sure they probably got sick of me but when I had to pay close to $1,000 out of pocket for this I wanted to make sure it is comfortable. FINALLY, Dr. Nand decided to take an x-ray since we could not get the bite right. She found that the tooth underneath had cracked. Unbelievable! I knew they had cracked my tooth. The assistant & the dentist both were so rough with my temporary & my permament crown. They sent me back to the specialist in Southlake who confirmed it was cracked. THEY at least refunded me by $500 out of pocket I paid for the root canal. My only option now is to have the tooth pulled which is $3,000 out of pocket. Ideal Dental has used all my insurance benefits for the year.
Here is where Ideal Dental showed their true colors. I went up there to talk to Dr. Nand about having to get my tooth pulled & how I felt they cracked my tooth. Of course she would take no responsibility (which I understand from a liability standpoint) but did say she would talk with her office manager & billing manager & someone would call me by the end of the week. Did anyone call me? Of course not. I had to follow up & still got no where. I finally reached out to the billing manager & she would not return my texts or messages. She finally had her office manager call me back & her first comment was "So, I heard you've been calling & bugging my billing manager?" I had sent one text and left one voice mail. Is that how you begin a phone call to a dissatisfied patient if you are reputable business? I would hope not. I am a mature, highly educated, professional woman. I did not appreciate being talked to like I was an annoying gnat.
After several weeks of arguing, in the end I was told they did not think they were liable & their insurance company can not refund me anything. I was sick and disgusted at how I was treated. After years of being a satisfied patient, paying all my bills, they took no responsibility & refunded me nothing & still send me bills. BEWARE. read more