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    Penner Barry J DDS

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Clayton Jeffrey R DDS

    Clayton Jeffrey R DDS

    (6 reviews)

    Dr. Clayton extracted a tooth recently. To make a long story short, I experienced excruciating pain…read moreafterward and contacted Dr. Clayton's office almost daily requesting an effective pain management strategy. My regular dentist also called him twice with the same request. Dr, Clayton appeared indifferent to these requests and did not take effective action to relieve my pain. After two weeks, I sought out my primary care physician, who provided me with a prescription for an effective painkiller. If you are looking for a compassionate oral surgeon who cares about patient comfort and is willing to use prescription pain meds as necessary for pain control, Dr. Clayton is not the oral surgeon for you.

    I went to Dr. Clayton wanting to have a tooth implant in 2013 because one tooth was cracked. First…read morehe needed to pull out my broken tooth. That was when my nightmare began. He could not pull it out. He somehow broke my broken tooth. Then he used a drill to powder it. My jaw and head suffered from the vibrations. For 45 minutes, he struggled with my bloody tooth and mouth. Finally he declared victory after an hour. You would think that he would rest me from this trauma. No, before I could say anything (I could not because my tongue was numbed) he immediately started "bone crafting", which I later learned was totally unnecessary in my situation. Basically, he cut open my gum and put some bone powder there and then sewed up. I was swollen for 10 days from poor tooth pulling and this crafting. I felt gritty bone bits in my mouth and it was disgusting. I learned that bone crafting was not covered by my insurance and I paid $400 for this "crafting". Meantime I felt my tooth next to the tooth he pulled painful too. I went to see Dr. Clayton and asked him why the next tooth was hurting too. He put on a stern face and told me to see my primary dentist as the next tooth was not in his jurisdiction. My primary dentist told me the next tooth got cracked somehow and now I needed 2 tooth implants. I went to Dr. Clayton with one broken tooth and now I ended up with 2. Afraid of another tooth pulling trauma, I found another oral surgeon Dr. Wang in the same office complex, a couple of buildings away. I was shocked that it took Dr. Wang less than 10 seconds to pull out my next broken tooth. I asked Dr. Wang if he needed to do the bone craft. He told me he wanted to see how my bone healed. If it healed well, I did not need bone crafting. Later, Dr. Wang did not do the bone crafting because it was not needed. This is what an ethical doctor should do-- to care about a patient's pain and not to do unnecessary medical procedures for the doctor's self enrichment. I had another wisdom tooth bothering me. Again, in less than 10 seconds, Dr. Wang pulled it out. This is what a skilled oral surgeon should do. Learn from my experience and protect your healthy teeth.

    Stephen P Merritt, DDS Ficoi & Associates

    Stephen P Merritt, DDS Ficoi & Associates

    (20 reviews)

    Dr. Merritt is an excellent dentist, and I recommend him regularly and frequently. This review…read moreintends to highlight three ongoing experiences that led to my 5-star score and recommendation. (1) CULTURE. The office staff, assistants, and hygienists are always courteous, kind, and professional. They welcome me with smiles and genuinely care about me when they ask how I am doing. On some days, I even get hugs. This office has a very warm, small-town comfortable feeling that I really appreciate. The atmosphere they set helps to lessen the anxiety that I sometimes feel when I go to the dentist's office. (2) SKILL. Dr. Merritt has a very gentle touch, and he absolutely gives the best shots ever. I often found myself dreading the "just a little pinch" remark that most dentists utter as they warn patients prior to jabbing a needle into their gum somewhere, but Dr. Merritt's skillful touch has taken my fear of shots away because I don't feel any pain from the shots he gives when he starts to numb me before going to work. (3) QUALITY OF CARE. Lastly, the overall quality of care that I receive from Dr. Merritt and the team is above and beyond. I appreciate the appointment text reminders, the follow up phone calls the next day to check in on me, and the post-visit care instructions about what to expect what to do (and not do) so that I heal properly. At my last visit, I learned that I needed a Night Guard because of my incessant teeth grinding. Dr. Merritt took the impressions and fitted me for the guard and it fits very comfortably. I find that I am sleeping better and that the pain previously associated with grinding my teeth has improved immensely. In sum from the moment I walk into the door at this office, I know that the people who work here care about me and that the quality of dentistry and care that I receive is top notch. Thank you to the entire team.

    I started having tooth pain on 4/24/2016. I had just recently changed jobs and I could no longer…read moresee my regular dentist Dr. Srikantam. I called my insurance company and they gave me Dr. Merritt's number. The office was kind enough to get me in right away. When I saw Dr. Merritt on 4/26 I described a sharp pain to the right upper tooth region. He thought that it could be a root canal issue. He said if it, "walked like a duck and quacked like a duck, then it probably is a duck." He did an extensive work up to illicit the pain I was experiencing but was unable to reproduce the pain. I did however have a lot of stress with my new job and he thought it was TMJ. On 5/4/216, went back for another exam still complaining of the pain. He once again told me that the pain was most likely due to the TMJ pain. He assured me that my symptoms were classic of TMJ and with my high stress job clinching was the issue. At this appointment he said I needed 2 fillings and we scheduled them for June. I then called on 5/17/2016 and talked to Laurie to tell her of the pain I was still experiencing and she said that they were booked and unable to get me in. It was in July that I was able to get my fillings done. I went in on 7/12/2016 and had fillings done. I then went in on 7/19 for a teeth cleaning. I had noticed irritation and a blistering bubble noted to where I was previously having pain and the filling had been done. I brought it to the dental hygienists attention. She immediately got Dr. Merritt. He got an xray and then proceeded to take a poking device and poke into my gum line. I cannot tell you how much pain this produced. He never once told me that he was going to poke into my gum line. It was horrible and terrifying the pain he produced. At that point he told me that I had an abscess of 9mm. He told me that I needed to see a specialist as now I was loosing bone loss and now had an infection. I asked him if was needing a root canal and he yes and that I needed a root canal. He then left the room. I was left sitting there dumbfounded of what had just happened. If I needed a root canal why did he not initially have me see a specialist in APRIL? Never once did he follow up on my pain concerns and ultimately I needed a root canal done. I saw him at the end of April and followed up with him in July and the issue had worsened. When I went to the endodontist that Dr. Merritt had suggested, the endodontist also said that the root canal issue should have been followed up with. He said, "a tooth just doesn't become necrotic over night." I was told that given the extensive work that needs to be done now will total close to $2,700.00. He should have sent me to a specialist from the get go. It shouldn't take pain, bone loss and an infection to finally send me to a specialist. It says that Dr. Merritt is an endodontist. Why is an endodontist sending me to another endodontist?

    Penner Barry J DDS - oralsurgeons - Updated May 2026

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