I probably shouldn’t use his real name, for fear he might try and sue me. So for this rant we will call him Dr. Canine. He is the worst dentist ever! Back in December of 07, I had a tooth that was just killing me. It was so bad it was keeping me up at night and I tried every Internet remedy I could find to try and make it through the weekend. Monday morning I went into see Dr. Canine. He said I needed a root canal, gave me a prescription for Motrin 800mg, set me up for an appointment on January 3rd, and sent me on my way. Mind you, this was on December 5th.
So I take the Motrin, still no relief, I still don’t get any sleep and I am in excruciating pain, to the point of crying every few minutes. Tuesday morning, I called over to the Dentist across the street from our deli, Dr. Beatty (yes I can use his real name because he is awesome!). They told me to come over and he would check it out. Dr. Beatty informed me that I had an abscess tooth, and that is why I had so much pain. He said I needed to be on antibiotics and he gave me vicodin for the pain. He couldn’t believe that Dr. Canine didn’t give me any antibiotics. So I got prescribed the new medicine and Dr. Beatty told me to call the other office and tell them to get me in sooner then Jan 3rd, and that if they couldn’t he would refer me to another dentist to help fix my problem.
Well I called Dr. Canine’s office and they moved my appointment to Dec 7th. ALOT sooner then January! He drilled out my tooth told me I had to come back on the Jan 3rd appointment to have my tooth finished. I was in pain until then. After he finished up on Jan 3rd, I refused to ever go back to him.
Dr. Beatty is now my current dentist. Yesterday I went in to have a filling replaced that Dr. Canine had just done about a year before. It has hurt ever since he “fixed” it. And whenever I would tell him, he would claim it was fine. Well when Dr. Beatty drilled it out, he saw that the filling was actually touching an exposed nerve! That is why it hurt so bad for so long!
How can any dentist do that to a patient. You wonder why people are scared of the dentist, it’s because of dentists like Dr. Canine. I always left in pain, and it always lasted for weeks afterwards. I mean I know the dentist isn’t completely pain free, but this was horrible! His office is so busy because he has taken on to many patients, that he no longer cares about people. He just wants to get in, drill, get out, and go. That’s it! He never talked with me about anything. He never explained what he was doing. It was always a scary experience.
I am so glad I switched to Dr. Beatty. He explains everything, stops the moment he thinks your in pain, tells you what he is doing as he does it, and he cares. So anyway, Thanks for everything Dr. Beatty. You are definitely helping me to get over my fear of the dentist.
Peace Out,
Kittie
