On April 28, 2026 I went to Pristine Dental to get a quote for treatment. I came to Pristine Dental after having received treatment at another dental office about one month prior, where multiple injuries occurred. During my appointment with Pristine Dental, I met with Dr. Keith Cooper. I informed Dr. Keith Cooper that I needed the four molars (2, 3, 18, and 19) damaged by the previous dentist repaired and new veneers for teeth 6-11. Now, the one clear statement that Dr. Keith Cooper made regarding my proposed treatment is that tooth 2-3 would be an onlays, tooth 18-19 would be a crown, and that tooth 7 was already a crown. As he never suggested any other treatment for teeth 6-11 after I requested a quote for new veneers, I concluded that the veneers on 6-11 would be replaced with new veneers as I had requested. Leanne, an employee of Pristine Dental, presented me with the Treatment Plan at the end of this appointment. I noticed that Crown was listed as the treatment for all teeth (2, 3, 18, 19, and 6-11). By this point Dr. Keth Cooper had made multiple statements saying:
- "I charge the same price for a crown or for a veneer for a reason, because it doesn't matter what I'm doing"
- "but my point is, I just quote you a price, and you don't even have to worry."
- "let's talk about six veneers. And I'm just going to call them veneers/crowns, and then whatever you need we'll fix. We'll just give you one price. It's not one price for the veneer and one price for the crown. Same price, it doesn't matter."
I thought it was odd that the Treatment Plan listed all crowns, since full crowns had only been discussed for 18 and 19, but the many statements I quoted from Dr. Keith Cooper led me to believe that it was just how they structured their fees. I still pointed out the "Crown" charge on the Treatment Plan for all teeth and verified twice with Leanne that it included the veneers and it was verbally confirmed twice by Leanne that it included the veneers. Because this treatment plan that listed all crowns was verified as including the replacement veneers we had discussed, I did not question any future Treatment Plan or Consent that listed Crowns. After the signing appointment, I became concerned that Dr. Keith Cooper may have plans for my teeth that were not communicated to me clearly or at all, and I began repeatedly requesting a detailed written report from the treating Prosthodontist himself, Dr. Keith Cooper. Eventually, I was sent a Clinical Note signed by Dr. Keith Cooper that confirmed that my anterior restorations would be replaced and that onlays, partial crowns, or full crowns were being considered for my molars.
On the day of the procedure, June 2, 2026, I arrived to my sedation appointment having already taken a 0.25mg tablet of Triazolam. More was administered throughout the appointment. During a break in the procedure, I realized that they had already crown prepped teeth 6, 7, and 8. I began asking them why they were doing crown prep when I thought we were doing veneers. Despite my obvious confusion and objections, they continued and proceeded to crown prep teeth 9, 10, and 11. Because I was too heavily sedated to remain conscious, I was unable to object further and fell asleep a few minutes later. All ten teeth (2, 3, 18, 19, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11) had been crown prepped for a full crown.
On June 29, 2026, Leanne emailed me and claimed that 90% of the work was done and they would only be willing to refund 50%, contingent on a "signed settlement and release, acknowledging the resolution of all financial matters related to your treatment with our office". Pristine Dental chose to include the buildups on 6-11 that they themselves admitted were not performed and agreed to refund in this calculation. They also chose to include the uninformed and unauthorized destruction of teeth 6-11 in their calculation of the work completed. I responded that same day, informing them that I would not be waiving my rights in exchange for a refund.
Because Pristine Dental performed an irreversible procedure on me without my informed consent, I did not continue treatment with them. It is now July 15, 2026 and I am still in plastic temporaries covering my ten crown-prepped teeth. I have since suffered extreme pain caused either by the traumatic occlusion from these ill-fitting temporaries or the infection that caused my gums and the right side of my face to swell up. read more