At first this dentist seemed small-town like, friendly, and available. However, as time went by I began to be seen by traveling dentists who temped at his practice. Finally, one of his dentists, who grew up and was trained in a third world country, listened to my compaints about bleeding (which, it turns out, the Dr. had overlooked for the first 5 years of treatment) and went completely overboard. Rather than an appropriate conservative approach to scaling and cleaning to get at the source of my infection where it was located he simply numbed me up and went at each and every darn tooth in my mouth with the ultrasonic cleaner. When he finished I lost tissue (I'm pretty sure much of the loss was due to his aggressiveness since many of the areas of loss were not areas where I'd had bleeding) and I had pits and groves all over the surface of my teeth like someone had etched vin numbers in glass. Stupid me - I went back to the gum butcher three months later for another round. Then I had an epiphany, found a great dentist/hygienist combo, found a periodontal surgeon to rebuild some of my lost gum tissue, and thank these new dental professionals every day I look at my teeth! It's really true - you get what you pay for!
out of 5 stars
