I really should not give this woman one star, but, I guess, since they got me in so fast, the office was clean, the receptionist was mostly nice... one star. I am almost 50 years old, and I joke that I have the million dollar mouth- that's b/c I've spent a lifetime in dentists chairs having work done. My mouth is really small, not enough room for my teeth, I didn't have proper orthodontic treatment or dental care as a child, so lots of crowns, cavities, etc. I know everything about it. My dentist was on vacay, & I came down w/ an abscessed tooth, instead of getting a referral, I found "The Dentist" on Google. They took X-rays, then tapped my teeth to see which one hurt, I told them it was the back one, but they said, no, it's the 3rd one from the back - not the one that hurt me when they tapped - haha. They said it has a leaky infected filling, needs crown & root canal. So, she says, can't do root canal today, but I can do a partial procedure "to get u out of pain" she says. I will take the filling out, part of the root, & put a temp filling over it. For this I was charged $432.00. Checking out they informed me I needed a root canal & crown to tune of $2400? When I dropped the pen I was using to sign my CC form & said Really? In an exasperated voice. The receptionist changed from this sweet, caring woman, into a mean, passive aggressive thing & said very sternly "Yes Ma'am", then blah de blah blah blah. I was so shocked at her tone, I tuned her out. Also, "The Dentist" said the procedure would take 20 minutes, it took an hour. That's how long a root canal takes. Then, as the receptionist is harping in my left ear while I sign papers, Dr. Seely proceeds to tell me & my husband that I don't need pain meds. So I go home, novacain wears off & I'm in the same pain. To their credit they call me at 2:00 next day to check on me, I say I'm in pain & they call in pills. Well, I get referral for another dentist on Monday- who btw is a total pro - he takes X-rays & immediately tells me that the abscessed tooth is the back tooth- hello! He says he can't tell if the tooth she worked on was abscessed or not b/c she has performed a pulpectomy - she went SO far on the procedure that it was ridiculous that she didn't do the whole root canal - his opinion. He is going to get the films from her office to see if it needed a procedure or not, but I'll tell u the tooth didn't hurt at all when they tapped on it. I think it was a money making scheme. Now that the pulpectomy has been done, I have to have the rest of the root canal done & a crown - no choice. Then, she knew I'd have to have root canal on back tooth, but that tooth would not require crown b/c it already has one. She would not have made enough money off me. Thank u Dr. Seely. Thank you for helping me to throw away $2700.00? I am not a wealthy woman. I guess my mistake was going to a dentist at forest/Preston. Although the bldg is shabby, I suppose that u consider urself as catering to the Highland Park crowd & think they don't mind being ripped off? We r on one measly income & I homeschool my children & we count every last penny. Looking at your wardrobe, I suppose that either we are paying for u to put on airs or u are just sadly incompetent. I'm guessing both. Why oh why did I agree to that procedure. The new dentist I'm going to says he never does those b/c they DO NOT WORK. Perhaps you went into practice on your own too soon miss. I think you need to partner up w/ someone who has years of experience in doing good dentistry- but that would require some humility I fear u do not possess. read more
