Aspen Dental review: pulled wrong tooth & wants me to pay 4

SJ40 - you sound like you either work for Aspen Dental or another dentist office. Your knowledge/opinions are excellent; however, in my situation the dentist failed on so many levels. The tooth that needed to be pulled wiggled around so much if I could have gotten a good enough grip I could have pulled it out on my own...maybe next time I should just as my dad to get his needle nose pliers out and yank it out. Atleast then the person that hurt me would atleast be compassionate about it. I can forgive someone who hurts me that didn't know, but this guy is suppose to be a professional. Yes, i expected some pain but this was ridiculous. He kept telling me I should be numb when I wasn't due to the infection, which he later advised the infection is really bad and he wasn't sure if he was going to get me numb enough to pull the 2nd tooth. I thought he was simply removing the gauze and accessing the tooth, until he yanked and I just about came out of my seat. As the tears ran down my face he quickly went into action and pumped me full of meds to get me numb. He had his assistant wait with me for awhile and then she went to assist with other patients. I stayed in the chair for quite some time, long enough for the numbness to start wearing off...as the pain came rushing in on me. I tried to do deep breathing to relax, which has always worked in the past even when I gave birth to my son...but nothing helped...i finally had to stop someone walking past and begged them to tell the dentist I need to go home. He came rushing back, took one look at me & quickly realized that tylenol as he predicted early being sufficient was way off...he couldn't write the script fast enough.

Maybe the dentist was new...as I have had other teeth pulled and didn't feel a thing. They always prescribed pain meds which I never had filled and antiobitics. My family physician said to use up the antiobiotics I had at home and if need be to let him know and he'd write me a script.

So Yes tell your doctor if you are not numb...keep telling him over & over before you open your mouth. As far as the doctor should diagnose which tooth needs to be pulled...it's your body and you know your body better than anyone. Simple verbal instructions as to the bottom right side, last tooth is wiggling around and hurting, it was raised up due to the infection. It should have been quite obvious...even without my chart/xrays.

But thanks for your comment...maybe it will help someone else!
My jaw still hurts..,

Love the same generic message sent in reference to all complaints. Why not be a little more proactive and contact me direct? Some of my clients that had to work with me this past week have all strongly urged me to contact an attorney and/or someone on the dental board. They have gone as far as looked contact information up for me & have talked to their personal dentists as well. The last thing they want is to see anyone let alone a child go through what I did. Remove the charges from my account...

Dee-Dee Tichacek
855 E Mishawaka Rd. Lot #1
Elkhart, IN 46517
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