My brother and I have both had some bad experiences with dentist. 40 yrs ago I went to a local dentist close to my work that told me I had all these cavities and needed extensive work with a hefty price. I figured if I was going to spend that kind of money I would drive the distance to my old family dentist. Long story short my old dentist re-xrayed my teeth and I had NO CAVITIES. He cleaned my teeth and sent me happily home.
My brother had a cap come off and the dentist told him he would have to have a new one. He followed the recommendations and the dentist replaced the cap. What the dentist didn't do was check the tooth underneath before putting a new cap on and caped a decayed tooth. It worries me because this same dentist just recapped one of my teeth and I don't remember him really checking the tooth. Now the cap is on I don't know my options. My brother just went thru three specialist and dental surgery to remove the tooth with lots of pain/suffering and expense. He had a huge infection from the tooth that ran from his ear across to his jaw and down his neck. We were very afraid for him and no he wouldn't use any alternatives to help. Dentist scare me more than any other doctor. Dianne Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:30:35 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Dentists - Lingual Nerve To: [email protected] I went to a dentist a number of years ago that we unofficially renamed as 'Dr. Dollars' for obvious reasons. Seemed like whenever I went to him and took a shot, I would get this intense jolt that felt like electricity going through my tongue. He explained to me that he was aiming for the lingual nerve because the anesthetic then took effect much more quickly. How insane is that? He was taking a calculated risk with MY nerve health in order to pack in a bit more work and make a few bucks. We left for a different dentist shortly after that. Steve G. --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Bob Banever <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Banever <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CS>sensitive teeth To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 6:06 PM Agreed! Dentists are THE most dangerous "health care" providers on the planet. Mine destroyed my lingual nerve with an injection of anesthetic (articaine) resulting in a permanent paresthesia/dysesthesia of my tongue. My life is now torture because of this. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: James McCourt, Ph.D. To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:41 AM Subject: Re: CS>sensitive teeth File an assault and battery criminal complaint with local PD, state dental board, and consumer affairs department. ----- Original Message ----- From: jessie70 To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:57 AM Subject: CS>sensitive teeth Had my teeth cleaned yest. Dentist capped a tooth 5.5 mths ago. The space he made between it and another tooth is too large. Food gets stuck & I have to clean after every meal. So hygienist said it needs to be redone. Later dentist is alone w/me & says he can fix it. He turns on tool and is pressing against teeth on that side. I held up hand & asked what he did. He had filed down other nearby teeth so my bite would change to fix problem of large space he said. I told him I didn't want to change other good teeth to accommodate crown & he didn't like that. Teeth are sensitive today. Does anyone know what can help that? Jess _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/
