I've gone to Dr. Fross twice! He was recommended to me by my dentist, Dr. Gary Eggers, who is in the same building as Dr. Fross. I've also heard good things about Dr. Fross from my co-worker. I had very different experiences between the first (not so great) and second (really good) time I went.
The first time I went to Dr. Fross, I needed two bicuspids pulled since I was getting braces and I didn't have enough room in my mouth for all my teeth (yes, the sadness of having a small jaw). I had localized anesthesia, and the teeth were pulled out in about five minutes. I had gauze placed in my mouth, and then disoriented, I was escorted out a side door and suddenly I was in the parking lot. I had no idea what just happened. I drove home not really sure what I was supposed to do for the recovery. I don't remember being told not to rinse, so when I got home, the first thing I did was rinse my mouth of all that yucky blood. BAD IDEA. The rinsing delayed my recovery because I couldn't clot properly. The instruction paper I was given didn't specify not to rinse either. It was not very informative. One week after I had my teeth pulled, I woke up in a large puddle of blood all over my bed because in my sleep part of my clot had dislodged and I had started bleeding. Gross huh?
The second time I went to Dr. Fross, I needed to have all four of wisdom teeth pulled. I was originally not going to go back to him because of my first time's experience, but I couldn't get an appt at a different oral surgeon that came highly recommended, and my wisdom teeth were hurting, so I decided to just go for it. He had my records, he knew that I needed those teeth pulled, and he was right next to my dentist. My second experience was very very good (such a contrast to the first time!). I had general anesthesia and one of the nurses was massaging my head so that when I went under I would be calm and not stressed out. I didn't feel much pain from the needles and I passed out very quickly. When I woke up, I was delirious and shaking, but this was due to my body's inability to deal with the anesthesia well, and not because anything had gone wrong. The nurses were attentive and brought my boyfriend right away because apparently I had been demanding him as soon as I woke up. The nurses told him how to take care of me, and as soon as I was able, I was escorted out that mysterious side door again. I was given much better care instructions on paper this time too.
As I recovered, Dr. Fross called and made sure that I was okay. He laughed and told my boyfriend that he had actually given me the pediatric dose of anesthesia since I'm 'tiny'. I was glad that he paid attention to that detail, because I can't imagine what I would have done if I had been given an adult sized version (flip out some more?). My recovery went very quickly. I had swelling for only about a day and a half to two days, and I was eating solid food by the third or fourth day comfortably. I also felt almost no pain except for the first day, so I didn't need Vicodin or even Advil/Tylenol. In addition, my two lower holes from the missing wisdom teeth were healed and closed over within a week. I didn't have to use the irrigating syringe! My top two holes are healing nicely too. They're not entirely closed (I had my teeth pulled about three weeks ago?), but they are definitely not open, and I didn't lose any clots, and I didn't have any bleeding after the first day.
Based on my relatively easy and painless wisdom teeth pulling, I highly suggest Dr. Fross! read more