I had been a patient of Lee Dental Center for years. I had a terrible experience two and a half years ago. At one of my check-ups a cavity on a molar was missed on my x-rays, which I found out a few months later when the top of my tooth chipped off. I asked how it could've been missed. I was told the film was folded, it wasn't detected and mistakes happen. Really? Shouldn't x-rays be examined very, very closely? Obviously the cavity continued to grow until the small chip came off the top of the tooth, and then pain ensued. I was alarmed when I looked at the tooth and could see black inside that chip. This was on a weekend. I called the after hours emergency phone number, wanting advice on how to care for the tooth. The phone number was not working. When I did get in on Monday, I was told the cavity was too deep to be filled and a root canal would have to be done. I asked my dentist to please try and fill the cavity to save me from a root canal. That was done, but the pain returned shortly after. I did have to undergo a root canal. Sadly, the root canal failed. Apparently, my roots were too calcified for the procedure to be completed. I was then told I'd immediately have to undergo an emergency extraction of the tooth, as I would be in extreme pain when the numbing injections wore off. This was on a Friday afternoon, around 3pm. All the dentists in the office were gone for the weekend except one, Dr. Kothmann. I was told not many general dentists do extractions, so it was a bit of luck Dr. Kothmann was still there. All this was happening so fast, and after what I'd been through I was very scared and nervous. I had never seen Dr. Kothmann before and she was new to the practice. I must say, she was wonderful, extremely kind and caring. The extraction went well, but I had never lost a tooth before and being a senior citizen it was very alarming and concerning for me. I don't blame Dr. Kothmann, but Sunday morning I awoke to find a huge lump on the side of my neck, a couple of inches down from the extraction site. Dr. Kothmann did exam me on Sunday, and was concerned. She had never seen anything like this from an extraction. She advised I see my primary care doctor. He advised me to keep an eye on it. If it continued to grow or did not go down in a week or two, he advised an ultrasound. It did not go down. The ultrasound results were inconclusive, so I then had to have the lump biopsied. Thankfully, when the radiologist did the needle biopsy, it was a blood filled cyst. He didn't know if it was caused by the extraction, but possible since there was a lot of blood loss and it could've leaked into a neck pocket. The radiologist did tell me the pocket could fill up again. It did return a few months later, but absorbed on its own. This has been a very traumatic, not to mention very costly experience for me and my husband. I need a dental implant, but have not been able to get one. It is not covered by my Medicare plan and they are very costly. I would assume, after missing the cavity that caused all this my dentist at Lee would offer to take care of anything I needed, but no. She never called to check on me or even offer to pick up any of the cost for an implant or anything else. That alone is extremely hurtful. I had always trusted and recommended the practice, also mistakenly believed they cared about me and my wellbeing. That turned out not to be true. read more