I have had a TIME finding a dentist that wasn't more afraid of a dental phobic patient than I was of them (review on Yelp), that didn't give me to her son because he wanted to help people - only to have him send me to a sedation dentist. To go to a sedation dentist that has done 5 root canals on browns he's placed in 4 years - one of which I had replaced yesterday at Manlius dental, because 1/3 of it broke off. I have 2 more that are chipped. But let's go on! I saw a dentist that said I needed 17 root canals. I had a dentist who sent me to another dentist because he couldn't tell if I needed a root canal. ANNNNND... lastly I saw a dentist who said I needed a special dentist to work with people like myself that are... deformed by cancer. Nope- forgot Fallon brothers who told me in September I could not go there because I have Medicaid, and it's a Covid rule. Which is odd. Because I saw them the day before lockdown to pull a tooth.
So that's 5 years of trying to find a dentist after surviving and reversing a terminal cancer (lung/trachea/bronchus metastatic to small bowel. Entered hospice at 60 pounds August 2019. Cancer-free since November 2019 (self-paid for the treatment I wanted) and off treatment 6+ years.
Two points: treatment - much of which was in my trachea, a coma and a month long mechanical ventilation coupled with severe malnutrition destroyed my teeth. And people were jerks about it.
Second point: 20 year anxiety buddy of a dentist died. 10 days after I started treatment after hospice. He was 50, and I was in the same hospital, and I was traumatized. I'd known him since I was 3.
So this is why I say it matters that I think Manlius Dental is an excellent facility. They aren't phoning in the work. They aren't doing stuff that needs to be done. They aren't trying to hold a face that pretends it's listening when you talk. There's no ego, no as*holes and a genuine understanding about dental phobia. I've worked with 2 of the dentists, because they don't like to make you wait in pain just so whoever gets paid. You have the choice almost always to come in same or next day.
And so I drive from Cicero, and it's worth it. I'm not made to feel like a child, a whiner, or an imposition. I appreciate that.
But on top of that, procedures and sedations are each 100's of dollars less than at my former dentist(s). So why are they better, but cheaper?
I think, and you can quote me in this - it because they give a damn about their patients.
This, is home. And taking the stress out of dental distress has been awesome. read more