After substandard dental work by Dr. Le, I had to have a tooth extracted. This has been confirmed by another dentist. A simple crown on a tooth that was not causing me any pain whatsoever, turned into a month long nightmare of agonizing pain that culminated with the tooth being extracted. Dr. Le inexplicably placed a partial crown on a tooth with a fracture. A partially fractured tooth should be completely protected by a full crown. Additionally, the crown was ill fitting or poorly seated or both. It was left high and as soon as I used the tooth the fracture was propagated and the tooth was irreparably damaged.
Basically, a simple crown turned into over a 5K implant. And I could not go out for my 30th wedding anniversary, instead I stayed at home and ate soup and baby food.
Did I mention that Dr. Le has a fancy in office very expensive machine that mills the crown while you wait? I was in her office for over 4.5 hours. It was horrible. The first milled crown broke and I had to wait for a second one. My blood sugar dropped and she gave me hard crackers to eat with an exposed tooth!? (Was she trying to crack my tooth?) My shot wore off after several hours and she was reluctant to give me another shot. She seated the crown while I was not fully numb. It was very unpleasant. She also did a filling. She left the filling unpolished. I had to ask her to polish it. By the time I left, I was exhausted, starving, and in pain.
After two to three weeks of agonizing pain, I went back to see her. She attempted to adjust the crown again. She drilled on the opposing tooth, which also has a crown, to accommodate the new crown. I could not believe the damage she did to the opposing crown to accommodate the new crown. She also told me at that time the tooth with the new crown may now be completely fractured - AND that she could do a root canal for me (she's not an endodontist) and put another crown on for me after the root canal. Great. I left in agonizing pain.
After two more weeks of agonizing pain, I went to see another dentist - someone with much more experience. This dentist properly adjusted the new crown in less than 3 minutes and sent me straight off to an endodondist. He said the tooth was badly bruised and possibly irreparably fractured.
I was then sent to a dental surgeon to have the tooth extracted. The dental surgeon gave me a strange look and asked me "So what did your dentist put on that tooth - is that a temporary that is on there?". What Dr. Le did was so bizarre, the dental surgeon was questioning what the heck that blob of material was on my tooth.
But wait, there's more. Dr. Le charged me for a full crown and build up, prior to the procedure, but on the day of the procedure, insisted I should have a partial crown. I did not receive a refund for the changes in the procedures - and I should have. Stranger still, she indicated my insurance company would only pay for a filling, and has now billed us for the difference. If she had provided proper documentation to the insurance company with the intra-oral images she should have received payment for the crown. She took intra-oral images - why didn't she provide those to the insurance company? Shady indeed.
Regarding all the 5 star reviews she has, she sends emails after your visits specifically requesting 5 star reviews. read more