I've been going to Dr Lim's practice for about five years.
Recently I had a problem that needed either a bridge or an implant. A bridge would have compromised the healthy adjacent tooth. The implant post was done, 6 days later it was removed because of continuing pain, numbness and extreme swelling. The post had been put in extremely close to the root of the adjacent tooth - the one that we were trying to protect by not doing a bridge. It took 3 months for sensation to return to my jaw. At every one of my many follow-up visits I complained of pain in the adjacent tooth that began immediately after the implant. I was told repeatedly by both Dr Dempsey and by Dr Gilo (specialists in her practice) that it would take six months to resolve. Almost six months after the implant, Dr Lim responded to my complaint of pain by filing down some of the tooth. No one suggested an x-ray. When the pain continued I finally sought another opinion. I saw both an oral surgeon and an endodontist in a different practice who immediately did an x-ray. The tooth had died. I needed a root canal to alleviate the pain. If my complaint had been investigated, perhaps my tooth could have been saved, I certainly could have been spared 6 months of pain.
out of 5 stars
