My husband called for me as I was in so much pain on a Sunday. I had a dental appointment with another dentist in a different office two weeks out to have my tooth extracted and they could not get me in sooner. My husband said you really need the tooth out or your going to need to go to the emergency room..\ he actually answered and my husband explained what was going on and Tykila told him to call the next morning and tell the receptionist that he had talked to him and he was going to do my extraction. I went in on Monday the receptionist and nurse were very kind and the nurse took an exray and said the dentist would be in in a few mins. He literally came in looked in my mouth stood up said I am making an appt. with so and so in Astoria and left, nothing else no explanation, nothing! . He was there possibly one minute! I was in shock and asked the nurse is he not removing my tooth? She said I guess not and I asked why and she said she did not know. The other dentist appt. was two weeks out so here I am in the same place as when I called Tykila's office in horrible pain having to wait. The only thing I can think of is on the information paperwork they have you fill out it asks if you have ever had problems and I put yes with feeling like I was having a panic attack after they gave me the Novocain shot and felt like I could not swallow. Any way I would not ever go back to his office again after the way he treated me. I asked again on my way out and was paying the bill why he would not pull the tooth and they either would not say or did not know. It was just weird, and if the reason was because of the problem I had stated on the info sheet why wouldn't they have said something before I had the xray and they should have read the info sheet before they took the xray and before the dentist would see me. I had to pay for an xray and the office visit with nothing to show for it ?
I went online as I knew I would not be able to wait two weeks because of the pain and found Emergency Tooth Doctor in Vancouver, WA (about an hourand forty min. drive from where we live, I was skeptical thinking it was probably not the best place to go) to my surprise they could give me a Saturday appointment so my husband could be there to drive me there and back as I would need medication to put me at ease. To my surprise this was the best experience I have ever had at a dentist office ever, and it wasn't a hard tooth to pull she said. I won't go on about her as she is not the one I am reviewing.
And by the way I am almost 70 yrs old, I didn't have a gross mouth of rotten teeth, I am not someone down on my luck (in other words I had money to pay then and there), I am just an older woman who needed a tooth extracted so I could be out of pain . What happened to compassion in this world. I would never recommend this dentist to anyone. read more