I have never felt comfortable with Dr. Patel. He isn't very personable and is a bit harsh at times. He's done three filling for me and never gone one of them right on the first visit. On average I had to go back between 2 and three times per filling for adjustments.
With the last filling I got he told me that it WAS NOT very deep and that he didn't have to put in a liner to protect the pulp. A month or so went by and the filling was still very sensitive to hot & cold and pressure. I went back to Dr. Patel and he contradicted himself and said that the filling WAS deep and that I will probably need a root canal. He wanted to have me get a very expensive mouth guard before we did the root canal because he thought that it may just be a bruised nerve. I opted to get the root canal. The root canal specialist confirmed that I indeed needed a root canal...
I feel that Dr. Patel was just out to make an extra dollar by having me return for multiple adjustments because he couldn't get it right the first time.
I will not be returning to Dr. Patel's office to have him finish the job. I am here now on Dr. Oogle.com to find a better dentist. Dr. Patel's office staff are very friendly and personable but I can't say the same for Dr. Tim Patel.
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