I know its a long review but I chose this dentist because of his good reviews and close to home,…read morewhen I got there a year and half ago I felt at ease and safe, I trusted he would do a good job, was also a nice quiet setting not the normal scary assembly line feel. I had just lost my Dad 2 days prior so I was comfortable in this quiet office, having just been in and out of a hospital that was very stressful.
I had a cracked tooth that was so painful and he said he could fill it and save the tooth which was great ! I love a dentist that saves teeth and he even allowed me to do this without any meds which I was happy about and we discussed that if I wanted the numbing med I could get it, he also saw a very small cavity in my one wisdom tooth and said we can fill that too, all was going good.
Sadly it did not go good in the end for not just one tooth but both, he drilled the wisdom and filled it, all seemed great and then he got to the other tooth, I really think he drilled too deep for this one, he seemed to be finished and reached for the filling but then came back and drilled a bit more, at that point I felt pain, I had not felt any pain just a little pressure before so I was thinking he hit the nerve, possible damage. I left with a large filling that felt odd but I thought it will be ok, but days went by and I could not eat, the filling was too high and very rough, my bite was way off too and I got a bubble on the gum which I think was an abscess, kept popping and reappearing, the wisdom tooth however felt normal,
I went back to get the filling fixed, which I could not even get in for 2 weeks which was horrible because over filled teeth can DAMAGE a tooth, which may have played a roll in what happened to me as time went by, when I got there he did an x ray, I asked him what the small swelling was below the gum on the x ray and he said a nerve which was odd because its very hard to see nerves, I still think it was an abscess but he said no and gave no meds for it, he polished down the tall filling and I left, I was now eating better and it felt ok but a week or so went by and I felt a heaviness so I touched the tooth only to find it moving back and forth, I called to get an app. but the woman said nothing available for 2 weeks and kept asking how can it be loose, so I said I will just wait and see if it tightens up which can happen according to my research, weeks past and It seemed to be tighter and I was in no pain so I went on but every now and then it felt heavy and numb, then about 5 months ago I was eating and the other tooth, the wisdom tooth broke off which was the tooth that was never bothering me that he filled, it cut my cheek but days went by and it felt smooth again and no pain but it seems the filling made the tooth weak, I feel now It was not a necessary filling for an extremely small cavity,
then a few days ago the worst happened, I was eating chicken and nothing even hard for what happened next, my other tooth filling broke off taking a small piece of tooth with it, I was searching for the metal in my mouth with my dinner as it was crunching with my food, now have a sharp edge sticking up and looking for a new dentist but I am fearful now of who to go to, both fillings failed after only a year and the other a year and a half. I know everyone's mouth and teeth react different but for both teeth to have failed seems like treatment was either wrong or done incorrectly, its disappointing because I really wanted to like this dentist, he worked with me, was flexible and seemed professional but from the tall over filled tooth to the broken wisdom then the broken sharp filling Its very upsetting ! I was not even going to give a bad review after the over filled tooth I felt well ok he fixed it, mistakes happen, then the wisdom I had thought I should do a review but I did not, then the original bad tooth I had went in for has a broken filling after only just over a year, this is total BS !