I had a horrid experience with Dr. Meeker. You should read it I had an emergency in that the temporary tooth that Dr. Meeker put in about six or seven months ago broke. This is the third or fourth time that it's come off but this is the first time it's actually broken. I called him on emergency (for which his website indicates his availability) and for which I had never been charged before. I explained to him yesterday, Saturday that it was an emergency in that I had to go to adonation gala on Sunday.
Dr. Meeker called me on Sunday one hour before our agreed upon appointment and said he was going to charge me $200.00 extra. Never mind that every time the temporary fell out, it seems to have been a weekend, and he came in to his office, very pleasant saying he lived really close so it was no problem for him.
Thinking of our history, I said Dr Meeker, you have never charged for emergencies regarding failure of your "temporary" on the FRONT temporary (which hides 2 teeth he has drilled and had me live with continually for about 6 dmonths!) I asked him why he was being so different with me. He mumbled something that his staff wdnt be there and said that he didn't think that I thought it was an emergency, etc. (Can you believe that??!) I said it was an emergency and why.
Shocked at what seemed to be in bad faith, I said I wd have to talk to my husband about the sudden $200. extra charge. I emphasized that we weren't made out of money, but we were going to a fundraiser, a non fancy "gala" that we had already paid for to donate to a place that helps anybody to go to a free, dignified house for the people who had no place to go when faced with death and dying to go their, and for free, have a dignified death.
I said that it was also an emergency because 2 front teeth spaces that the "temporary" covered up were now completely visible. Wouldn't you think a dentist would understand that I was now trapped and since it was just after noon, dentists who were open half day would all be closed.
He told me to call him back (after talking to my husband about whether we could pay an additional $200.00 that Dr Meeker was insisting on just an hour before my agreed upon emergency appointment) and leave a message on his phone because he was leaving for someplace.
Never mind that I had told him on Saturday that it was a emergency I was having, we agreed it was an emergency, regarding an old "temporary" that had fallen off some 3 to 4 times before. That the emergency included that I had to go to a donation supported "gala" for the free home like place for death and dying. On Saturday, Dr. Meeker said that, if I had the broken 2 parts of the "temporary, (which I did) he could fix it on Sunday (the next day). As usual for the emergency repair of the "temporary" no fees were discussed because there never had been a fee of any sort for repairing or re-glueing the temporary.
Why did I have need to have the "temporary" reglued, and now, repaired? It was supposed to be for covering up the space for only 2 months. However, Dr. Meeker kept looking at the implant and saying it needed another month to heal. After 6 months, he still said nothing about taking an imprint for making a crown to attach to the implant for that tooth. Instead, he worked on another tooth.
When he started drilling the 3rd crown, it felt to me as if her was out of control and drilling all over my crown, like a mad man! And this, before knowing what his charges would be to finish the 2 front teeth, I started to get really, really nervous and blurted out something like, Dr Meeker, OCD (short for obsessive compulsive disorder). Dr Meeker has said he has OCD, to my husband and me, about his making some amazingly complicated lamps and showed us photos on his computer of a beautiful chair he hand made. He added that his handy work on the intricate items showed that he is a man without a life.
Back to Sunday: I returned the call and left voice mail saying that it is sad to me, how he is treating me so differently. That we can't go to his office and pay a new and sudden charge of $200.00 for a "temporary" that is so old that having it suddenly break (he checked it and had to reglue it about 2 or 3 weeks ago) is likely.
I explained that this means we will not be able to go to help fund and otherwise support an organization (after the Swedish model for every town having a wonderful home and home environment to be able to go for death and dying, for anyone.)
I said that (as his refusal to fix my temporary without extra payment indicated) I would be in at 9:00 Monday (tommorow) unless I hear back from him. Haven't hear back yet. It's 2 pm. I look sort of like a freak (I tend to smile a lot). I am staying home all day because I'm very sad, have a lot of anxiety over Dr. Meeker's sudden mean, defensive & aggressive actions.
I feel self conscious, and abused by Dr. Meeker's unprofessional conduct. So I'll be home all day read more