I had to make this my first review on here so hopefully one less person won't make the same mistake I did. I went to see Dr. Popovich when I was experiencing some gum pain... He attributed it to me needing a "good cleaning" (just had one 6 months prior, and take very good care of my teeth). But, I went with it and let him do the cleaning when he noticed I had 4 cavities. This was alarming since as mentioned before, I was just at the dentist 6 months prior and told I had ZERO cavities. Again, I trusted his judgement and set the appointment to have the cavities filled. He sent me on my way with not so much as an order to take ibuprofen for pain (also alarming). I ended up in urgent care because after his poking and prodding the gum pain became intolerable. The urgent care physician was surprised I wasn't at least given an antibiotic so wrote me a script for that as well as some slightly stronger pain medicine.
Then today came the follow-up appt for the fillings.... While the staff were very friendly and courteous, Dr. Popovich(the male one) was one of the worst most unprofessional doctors I have ever come across! That is truly saying a lot as I have worked in health care for almost 10 years. He told me I was being "too sensitive" as I sat in his chair shaking and in tears as he drilled away. When I told him it felt like it was getting worse as he went on, I was told I was a "very dramatic, weepy patient" and that he was really being as gentle as possible!!!! NEVER have I been more sickened by a physician! One of the first things you learn in healthcare is that YOU ARE NOT THE JUDGE OF HOW SOMEONE ELSE INTERPRETS PAIN!!!!!!! If I could give less than a one star rating to write this I would but know that this is one of the worst healthcare "professionals" in the area. He is a belittling jerk with ZERO regard for his patients whatsoever!! Terrible, just terrible. read more