Adventures in Dentistry

[rayvyn2k]

Just had the worst experience ever at the dentist...I was there for him to replace the crown he knocked off while pulling a tooth and for an impression to put a tooth into my bottom partial for the one he pulled. He cemented the crown with no numbing AT ALL. It hurt. Then he shoved my partial in EVEN THOUGH I INDICATED HE WAS HURTING ME. The pain was intense and I started to cry.

I am a sloppy cryer. My nose got stopped up. Did I mention my head was lower than my feet? He decided this would be a good time to take the impression. So, he shoved the thing into my mouth with all the goop on it. I could not breathe through my nose and a huge glop of the goop came off and started to go down my throat, BLOCKING MY AIRWAY.

I tried to let the dentist and his assistant know I COULD NOT BREATHE, but they kept saying "Breathe through your nose!" and trying to hold me down. I started to struggle. They fought with me, trying to hold me down but I threw them off and spit the stuff out of my mouth--finally breathing in air in huge gasps. There was goop everywhere. I reminded him that because I had been crying, my nose was plugged so I COULDN'T BREATHE THROUGH MY NOSE.

Because of something that was NOT MY FAULT, my dentist "fired" me. He no longer wants me as a patient and referred me to another dentist. I went over there and told them what happened. They were horrified. They are getting me in on Monday to try to finish what the other guy started. I hope this will be a better relationship...I never felt like Dr. McCauley liked me...not that he has to "like" me, like me--but I would think in a relationship like that--he would at least pretend? Never warmed up to him nor him to me. Maybe the new guy will be better.

So, now I'm torn. I really feel like I should go to work for part of the day...but I am also very traumatized from my experience. But, I'll need time off next week due to this setback. I think I'll call my boss and see what he thinks...

Boss said I get a pass on phones since I'm out of the schedule anyway, so I'm going to go in at lunchtime. What a day.

Comments

[blissedmistake.livejournal.com]

i already have dentist fear- when i was a little kid when i went in for tooth that got knocked loose and had a fat lip because i'd been hit in the mouth by a baseball! he poked my lip with that hook thing and my mouth closed because it hurt. then he hit me! you're story totally freaks me out and makes me even more scared of dentists. i'm so sorry that asshole even touched you!

[zuzuanni.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's insane!

That dentist did you a favor by "firing" you. He's clearly a menace and needs some retraining. Dentists are basically doctors. They need to care about their patients, not cause them misery and trauma. He's part of the reason people hate the dentist.

I'll bet there are online listings for him. Copy/paste this story everywhere you can. People need to know what they're getting into with this guy and his office.

And when he bills you, check to see if there's a charge for anesthesia or anything. What a mess.

I'm glad you're okay!

[gina-r-snape.livejournal.com]

"OMG" and "That's horrible" don't even begin to cover it. You could have seriously suffocated.

I hope you were able to shake it off. Sometimes going to work helps, sometimes it doesn't.

[islandsmoke.livejournal.com]

Is there a board of dentistry overseers or something? That sort of behavior is inexcusable and he should be officially censured.

What.An.Idiot.

{{hugs}}