I went to a Monarch Dentist here in Dallas three weeks ago. I had a broken tooth. She insisted I had to have a root canal RIGHT NOW.<\/p>\n
Well, I have diabetes, and I want to make sure that my blood sugar is stable before I go in. I also want to know a bit more about you before I let you work on me. I also don\u2019t like having the dog with me if I know I\u2019m going to be hurting as she didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n
$720 later, I have a root canal and a new crown. I don\u2019t know if I needed the root canal or not, but she was very gleeful when she found a pocket of infection, so I\u2019ll give it to her.<\/p>\n
I do know I needed the tooth repaired and it is.<\/p>\n
HOWEVER, I was scheduled to have the crown put back on and an exam done on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
Like a good patient, I arrived 10 minutes early.<\/p>\n
The assistant saw me fairly quickly, but dropped the crown THREE TIMES! Complaining the whole time because it was so small.<\/p>\n
BTW, this is my biggest problem with every dentist I have ever had. They claim my mouth and teeth are two small, like I can do anything about it. Send me to a pediatric dentist if you can\u2019t deal with it.<\/p>\n
I wouldn\u2019t put it in my mouth and keep there until it got cemented because it kept getting dropped. Yes, I even dropped it once, and it was very loose on the tooth since most of the tooth was gone.<\/p>\n
The assistance dropped it 4 times total.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t see anyone else for at least an hour because I asked for the restroom at 11:30.<\/p>\n
The hygienist finally came, was very nice and professional but that was at least an hour after my appointment.<\/p>\n
The dentist finally shows up at 11:50 and starts ranting over the tooth that needs removed.<\/p>\n
I kept telling her that someone was supposed to call me with a treatment plan but no one did.<\/p>\n
She never DID finish the exam, as I couldn\u2019t take it any more, knew my blood sugar was dropping and it was noon.<\/p>\n
Though her probing did get the missing tooth to ache.<\/p>\n
So my solution \u2013 GREATLY recommended:<\/p>\n
I went to the Emergency Tooth Extraction Clinic at Baylor Dental School. It opens at 7:00, they take 15 patients and tell you to get there early. I got there at 6:30 and was patient 14.<\/p>\n
I got done in time to get to the gym at 1:30.<\/p>\n
No one claimed my mouth as too small or complained about anything I can\u2019t change.<\/p>\n
They did have to work to get the tooth out, but no one blamed me.<\/p>\n
In other words, they were professional.<\/p>\n
They didn\u2019t scare me either.<\/p>\n
I would go back again, in fact, I\u2019m thinking about seeing if I can be a regular patient of theirs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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