After going to Dr. Luke Omey's dental offices for my FIRST FILLING EVER.
I have always taken great care of my teeth.
The numbing injection went ok, but as it took effect, I was terrified because I didn't know how far the numbing would go, or what faculties I might lose in the process....so I sat there alone, shaking physically and drooling, while Dr. Omey started working on other patients. It was a circus atmosphere; he had two other patients on either side of me ( separated by a partition) that he chatted up and drilled on while I was sitting alone, worried that I might swallow my tongue because I couldn't feel it. He rolled back and forth between them, cheerfully oblivious to my nearly going into shock, tears in my eyes....and then he finally started drilling on my small cavity. I had studied the x-ray, I knew that it wasn't overly decayed. A small hole on the side with a turn inwards, and nowhere near a nerve. He drilled down from the top in, and that all went well. Then I heard him take a deep breath, he put a larger drill bit into the chuck, and went into it FULL BORE. The prior deliberate care and gentle excavation was replaced with an intentional drill-out.
I felt the shift.
He showed me a photo of the huge, rounded drilled hole he had placed into my molar and explained that the molar was now too unstable for a regular filling, and that I needed a crown for $1300.
Way to go for a bait and switch. From a simple filling....on a perfect set of teeth (counting on my naivite', maybe?) to an expensive crown, and with NO WARNING.
The sharp, INCOMPLETE edges Dr. Omey left on the molar are razor sharp, and continue to slice the insides of my cheek. I have photos of everything.
I'm beyond angry.
It's been 6 months with almost monthly requests for my records to be sent from his office to my new dentists, and so far, no compliance. I think they know at this point, they'd like to bury the incident. read more