I hope you can find a private ortho with good recommendation to complete your treatment.
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How do you screw up that bad? Really. I mean a root canal is for teeth with massive deep decay. How could one even drill to the nerve without realizing your on the wrong tooth? My word.I stopped going to Western Dental when I was still going to highschool and under my parents dental plan. I was told I needed one root-canal western dental did it however it was the wrong tooth for the root-canal they did it again yet wrong for the second time and finally the third time they did it right.
Who knows but the anesthetic they used sure did numb me up a ton so I didn't feel a thing but when I went in for a checkup they noticed it was done on the wrong tooth, then they did it again went in for a checkup on that one and they still did it wrong so the third time the dentist did it himself and got it right after two unsucessful trys. I only paid for the one rootcanal so no problem there.missing_tooth wrote:How do you screw up that bad? Really. I mean a root canal is for teeth with massive deep decay. How could one even drill to the nerve without realizing your on the wrong tooth? My word.I stopped going to Western Dental when I was still going to highschool and under my parents dental plan. I was told I needed one root-canal western dental did it however it was the wrong tooth for the root-canal they did it again yet wrong for the second time and finally the third time they did it right.
- Missing Tooth -
True story: Due to some mental difficulties I can't really get into right now - I avoided dental offices and was very very negligent in taking care of my teeth. Combined with working part time while going to school and never quite having the type of insurance available to handle even physical examinations or vision much less dental - I was more than 5 years delinquent on dental cleanings when I went to W.D. After several nites of constant bleeding gums and pain that would not go away even with the strongest of medicine - I called up several offices to get emergency treatment. I asked for payment plans - I asked for insurance information - I even went so far as to call the county to see if I could be covered under their medical plan. Much red tape later - and many more painful nights later I called WD - and they got me in right away. I signed up with their insurance that very day - and I was treated for periondontal disease as soon as my signature hit the contract. To say that I was relieved is an understatement. I was embarrassed about my teeth - embarrassed about what they might think of a woman who had let herself go to such lengths with out getting proper treatment. They treated me for the most part like a human being - even though a few of my teeth and the calcification on them caused many an eyebrow to raise, let me tell you. I am convinced that I owe this chain of offices my teeth and my health and am so very grateful that I was able to get on with them. There were several other offices that I called that did not offer the type of help and assistance that W.D. did.Some of these posts attacking the 'chains' are kind of making me upset. I go to one of these chains, and i have recieved nothing but kindness and great service. The day after my braces, on a friday night mind you, the office called JUST to make sure everything was ok. I'm sorry some of you had such bad experiences, but let's not diss entire 'chains' please, it makes it sound like you think im getting second best treatment, when im not. Sorry to rant, some of these posts just made me feel bad.
As a Western Dental patient, I agree that the Dr.'s are generally nice, good at what they do and not a problem. I got braced the very day I went in. The problems with Western Dental for me have always been the office staff and the waiting.I know that for me - WD is my only option for a healthy smile. I have placed much faith in them and though I have had some disappointing appointments (having an expander and not recalling being told about it - and one day in particular where I waited more than 20 minutes to be seen...) - over all I have been treated humanely and fairly. I would recommend my DR to anyone - regardless if they had the option of going to a private clinic or not. Both my dentist and my orthodontist have done right with me and I owe them not only my teeth but my health and improved self esteem as well.
I'm sorry that some people have had bad experiences with the Western Dental in their area/city/state. I have not had the same experience with the Western Dental in my state so I would not subscribe to telling everyone to stay away from them. That, to me, would be slanderous. I will, however, based on the Original Poster's recommendation - alert people to stay away from that particular office.
Kari