I went to this office because I live across the street. I didn't even have to drive over there and it was still the biggest waste of time in my life. Dr. Henry is a self righteous jerk who will force his own views on you and if you don't accept it then he won't do the procedure. Let me start from the beginning... First I explained that my crown had cracked and he suggested that it may have been hit when my wisdom teeth were removed a little over 3 years ago. That made sense because it did start to crack a while ago, but it didn't officially break until earlier last year, and then I couldn't stand the pain. Dr. Henry said that it had probably been knocked during the wisdom teeth extraction because porcelain was so fragile. I've had this crown in for 14 years, so it's actually quite natural that it would have cracked by now... Anywho, Dr. Henry started to blame the breaking on me grinding my teeth- something I have never been accused of, and never had an issue with. He then proceeded to poke my jaw until his nail was digging into my cheek and I flinched. He said that this was an indication of more serious problems in my mouth, because people don't react like that when touched. I disagreed, because that was NOT just a touch. My face literally moved as he pushed me harder! I had no pain anywhere else, no other cavities, nothin... So he tried to force a silver or gold crown into my mouth and I refused, so he tried to make me sign a letter saying that the crown broke due to me grinding my teeth and that if it broke again I would be responsible for it. I refused to sign it, so he refused to do the procedure.
I have now been to TWO other dentists and they both agree that a) I don't grind my teeth anymore than a below average grinder. If I was grinding my teeth enough to cause the crown to break the tops of my teeth would all be flat, yet mine are naturally sharp- as they should be. And 2) there was absolutely no reason for him to be poking my jaw! I have no gum issues or jaw issues, and the option with a silver filling and porcelain on top will be just perfect for me.
Dr. Henry is either too old and senile to realize when he's wrong, or just to old school and stuck in his ways to try new things- he never even suggested the silver filling with porcelain on top (his lovely dental assistant did before I left, so shout out to her)! He was so rude and completely dismissive of what I KNOW is happening in my own mouth. The only good thing he did was give me my x-rays for free, even though that was more of a "throw it in her face" because he just knew he was right *insert eye roll here*. Only go here if all you need is a cleaning.
*RESPONSE*
YOU were the one who suggested it was knocked during my wisdom tooth extraction, ya nutter! This is how I know you don't know what you're talking about.
Also, of my last 15 reviews only 3 of them had below 3 stars- including your joke of a practice. I would have gone further into the total of 39 reviews I've done, but it follows that same pattern. I rate poorly where it's deserved, but I have no problem highlighting great businesses. Yours just wasn't one.
YOU PUSHED MY FACE SO HARD IT FORCED ME TO MOVE! I've now been to a 3rd dentist (I have a lot of friends who went into dentistry) and asked what reason there was to even poke me and they again said there wasn't one. If there were any issues with my jaw or gums the pain would be obvious. You tried to create problems were there weren't any, all to prove that you were right when you were sadly mistaken.
Thank you for the free x-rays, but honestly it was the least you could do after running late for my appt and being a complete and utter douche bag. read more