I came in as a new patient last year. Had one filling my whole life prior to coming, and was seeing a dentist regularly at the time that I switched to Dr Danziger.
After looking at my X-rays, he informed me that I needed 3 fillings done - strange considering my history of good oral hygiene, but ok.
After doing those three fillings, I also saw Dr Danziger for recurring issue that I had - food getting stuck between two different molars. Dr Danziger suggested an additional filling to "close the gap" that would stop food from coming in. I should not have had my healthy tooth drilled and replaced with a filling, but I agreed because he told me that the problem would persist and "food would keep getting stuck in there and you'll end up with an infection" unless it was done. Thinking it was the best option, I went ahead with the filling. It took the doctor two tries to do the filling because it was done improperly the first time. He kept trying to floss in between the tooth to test the gap and the floss was breaking, because the filling was too tight. I did not feel comfortable halfway through the procedure and felt like something was wrong but had to sit through it as he tried a second time. Fast forward 6 months and more food is getting stuck in that gap than before the filling! Note that the tooth was perfectly healthy prior to this procedure.
I went in a few weeks after the filling because of some discomfort and asked several questions about how the procedure was performed. I felt that Dr Danziger got offended because at the end of that visit he said something along the lines of not questioning him "because I'm the one with the dental degree." I do not think that his condescending, dismissive, and frankly arrogant tone was an appropriate response to a patient with a genuine question and concern about the procedure that was done. After this encounter, I immediately switched dentists to an office where I feel like a patient, and not a customer.
Now I am stuck with a silver filling on a healthy tooth, that will have to be replaced eventually, and a lifetime of expenses that go along with that. I gained no benefit from what seemed to me an unnecessary filling, apart from pain, disappointment, and additional and unfortunately permanent expenses now. The tooth was not damaged or decayed, and the issue that I was supposedly treated for seems to have, at minimum, not been resolved. This leaves me wondering what the purpose of that procedure was, and of course, regretting it.
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