Dr. Sangita Chandran is not only an amazing General Dentist, she's an amazing person as well! Been to more dentist then I can count over the years & have spent 10's of thousands of $ on my teeth. All I know is, it's extremely hard to find both a good / honest Dentist with consistent high integrity, principals, & values.
Just want to share one story that really stands out to me most about what differentiates Dr. Chandran from a majority of my past dentists. I've had to get crowns on alot of my teeth over the years, along with a handful of root-canals, & 1 tooth extraction, due to a massive infection. The latter was borderline the most debilitating & uncontrollable pain I've ever experience in 40 years. Just know, I've had more experiences in dental chairs w/different dentists then most would ever care to experience.
A couple months back - I started feeling the same debilitating pain on a similar tooth mentioned above & started to panic! Fwiw, about a year ago, I was referred to Dr. Chandran by a friend and quickly found she was not only professional & very knowledgeable, but also methodical in her approach. (coupled with a friendly staff) Thus, I contacted Dr. Chandran's office to request an appointment ASAP! Was advised they were booked solid for coming days with weekend approaching, but if I really needed, they could fit me in that afternoon, which I was very grateful for & took.
Pain was so bad, didn't feel I could wait 5 more hours, so drove from Allen to Walnut Hill Lane to the endodontist that did root canal 2 years prior, to see if he was open. 2 years prior I paid $1500 for RC, now it was $2500!!! Wasn't willing to pay $2500, so drove back to Allen & waited to see Dr. Chandran. Staff was very friendly! Me not so much - :-( Was in a lot of pain. Sorry!
Dr. Chandran took her time, was very patient w/me and process. I was very adamant I had felt pain before multiple times & needed root canal, was scared tooth would need to be extracted like past if not fixed ASAP! Dr. Chandran was methodical & diligent in her approach, she checked all teeth in pain area, took x-rays, etc. but findings didn't add up. No infection in tooth or roots etc., so no tangible proof why pain exists. When I found out they didn't know what was causing pain - I was getting close to wits-end!
Not thinking clearly, I advised Dr. Chandran to just get me in for a root canal so the pain goes away! She calmly told me, "I can do that if you want & you can pay a good amount of money and go through all the dental work, but "what happens if we find out you are still having pain?" The next steps would then be a 2nd and 3rd root canal with no tangible proof of a tooth issue.
Dr. Chandran then boldly advised, "all signs point to a "SINUS" infection putting pressure on teeth which was causing discomfort." She then wrote me a prescription for penicillin, (which cost roughly $20 at Walmart) told me to double up on initial dosage, & I should feel better in a.m.,
TBH, I thought Doc was CRAZY! But I also know a good deal when I see one, lol. If she's right, I spend $20 instead of $2000, am out of pain within 12 hours, & no drilling on or through my teeth/roots.
Not sure how she figured it out, but without a doubt, Dr Chandran was right! Within 12 hours my pain was cut by 75% & 100% gone 12 hours after that. We learned, I not only had a sinus infection, but a massive one present for months. Bottom line, I was in so much pain I was willing to spend $1500 to relieve it. As we now know, when that didn't work I would have spent another $1500 - $3000 in unwarranted dental work & grief - just to find out it was a sinus infection that only required $20 worth of meds & a correct diagnosis by an amazing General Dentist like Dr Chandran!!!
It's for the reason detailed above and many others to date, I highly recommend Dr. Chandran to any individual or family in the Allen or surrounding areas, looking for a long term General Dentist who genuinely cares about her patients, does great work, & can also be trusted to do the right thing . read more
