It's been awhile lol. Not supposed to put off visits, but I always seem to find a reason to cancel.
As I walk in, Candy greets me with a nice smile. She is always chipper and upbeat. There is a nice coffe station with the 'Krupp' style pods. Very enjoyable for a Dental office. The wait was less than 10 minutes and then brought back to a room. The girl that took me had to get a tooth impression and X-ray. She was also very nice.
Once Dr. Labowe came in, the injections of numbing agents, and anxiety began. I can't help it (other than to take care of my teeth better?) Each time I visit, I start berating myself as to why I don't take better care of my oral hygiene. Why-o-why...Then there is the self-promise to do a better job. It's sort of like a New Years resolution...promises made but rarely kept...at least for me lol. Anyways, back to the review...
After the injections were made, Dr. Labowe left me to allow the injections to do their job. I could feel the right side bottom lip sagging and drooling, but I refused to swallow the weird tasting stuff. The wait seemed forever, I looked at the clock and it was 11:45 am...been here for 45 minutes now. My thoughts (anxiety) turned to the fear that the wait was too long and I would require more injections..I really don't like visiting the Dentist if you couldn't tell yet lol. Dr.Labowe is very professional, good at his job, it's just me.
There was a monitor in the upper corner with album covers and Classic rock playing. I was asked if I wanted to watch tv, but smartphones are a good time-passer (waste? Lol) not really into Ratt, Kiss or
Aerosmith so next time I'll check to see if there are options. It wasn't bad though either.
Due to all the adventurous things I have done, I've had a few caps, broken teeth, pulled teeth and even once, I had damage to the alveolar bone/socket that require surgery after it was bashed.
After about 20 minutes of drilling, pushing, pulling, more injections...smells of burned enamel...they took some teeth impressions to have a temporary crown set. Then, back in 2 weeks for the real one.
The only thing that kept this from 5 stars was the assistant, while making the temporary, was not sensitive to my lip hanging over my tooth and she smashed my lip into my tooth so many times. She needs to be more aware of that as it was unnecessary pain that could have been avoided. Patient/client are sensitive after all the needles and drilling.
Over all a positive experience for having something you hate done. read more