On February 4, 2019, I had my upper wisdom teeth extracted at the wonderful age of 47. The left one…read morehad broken through and was starting to cause problems, so I decided to visit the oral surgeon who had worked on my Mom years ago, and who came beyond highly recommended...Dr. David Feinerman. Well, his schedule was so full, they pushed me on to his associate, Dr. Robert Schaedel. Actually, my teeth were giving me problems last summer and were due to be removed in November, then December, and my final bump was to February. Why was I bumped for surgery three times? Beats me. In hindsight, I should have told them to take a flying leap after the second rescheduling, but I hung in there. I finally go in for surgery February 4th; I'm in and out in less than a half hour, which my husband thinks is really too quick to be sedated, have the procedure and then back up. I go home with minimal instructions and no follow-up visit. A day later, I'm starting to feel horrible. Really horrible. My ears are plugged, seems like I have water in them. The sinus pressure is unbearable, and the side that wasn't giving me problems (he yanked that one just because) is now throbbing and painful like I've never felt. Staff is totally unconcerned, tells me to finish my antibiotics and steroids (never took the Oxy given), take an OTC sinus pressure/congestion pill. Next day I feel worse; my right cheek is throbbing, my back three teeth are numb, and my right sinus is draining green, infected mucus into my mouth. Yeah, gross. And scary. I'm thinking my sinus was perforated. I'm rinsing every two minutes with in warm salt water, and I want to remove my head and place it in a vat of Lysol. Call Schaedel. Whole office is unconcerned again. I am in so much pain and begging for an appointment. Seriously. They did not want to give me one. So I get one. FOR THE WEEK AFTER. You can only imagine how the rest of that week went for me with these symptoms and little sleep. As I get into the room, one of his minions asks how I'm doing. I lose it. Doc comes in and does a cursory look at my mouth. Puts me on ANOTHER round of oral steroids and Clindamycin. And then has the GALL to suggest maybe I see an endodontist because maybe the last two teeth aren't viable and may need to be removed. So now I'm very upset that I may have to lose two back teeth.
I get a referral for an ENT...AND THAT IS IT. I never receive a follow-up phone call, email or anything from Dr. Robert Schaedel or the office of Boynton Oral & Maxilofacial. I then visited my wonderful dentist, who was astounded I was never scheduled for follow-up, much less received basic necessities like an irrigation syringe. Which he gave me. Two, actually. And then he tapped on my back right teeth with his mirror instrument. After he peeled me from the wall from the pain, he told me in no uncertain terms it was completely sinus related, and that if anyone suggested an endodontist or an underlying tooth/nerve problem, he'd have a chat with them.
I got a CT scan and went to another ENT for a second opinion. My right maxillofacial sinus is filled with inflamed tissue/polyps, pushing on nerves. It was definitely a deep infection that needed to be addressed surgically. Monday, July 29, 2019, I went into the hospital for an outpatient endoscopic maxillofacial sinus procedure to remove problematic sinus tissue and flush out the sinus due SOLELY to this botched wisdom tooth removal. I am currently recovering from that, and am seeking the advice of a lawyer. Stay far away from this person.