I did not finish posting this review because I wanted to make sure I had all my information before doing so.
I went to the dental clinic on the main UNLV campus just about two weeks ago because on that Sunday I had fractured a tooth that I had had a root canal in more than three years ago. That experience was fine. The student I saw was professional and made me comfortable before doing anything. He thought he was going to be able to do what I asked and temporarily fix my tooth until I could see my personal dentist back home in July. However, he found that there was a bigger issue and immediately went to get the dentist to consult. It was determined that I would need to have the tooth extracted. I called my dentist to ask her opinion and the student was more than willing to speak to my dentist over the phone. After I agreed to have the tooth extracted, they were able to get me an appointment on the other side of town at the main Dental School campus because they were not equipped to do the extraction if it became oral surgery.
When I arrived at the other location, I had to wait in line to check in and was told to head to the oral surgery office. The receptionist there wasn't the most friendly and basically ordered me to go to the cashier where I had to pay $130. Long story short, the extraction did turn into oral surgery and the student that was working on me needed to have his supervising dentist complete the procedure. I thought everything was fine after leaving the office. When the numbing stuff wore off, I wasn't in any major pain. The next day I was achy and felt bruised, but I had been warned that it would happen.
However, over a week later my gums still hurt and feel bruised. It's not any major pain, but it's uncomfortable and I am surprised that it's still occurring since I was told that it would only take a couple of days to subside. I have not been able to chew on that side of my mouth because I want to make sure that it no longer hurts before I do anything. I went back in to follow up and make sure that everything was okay and was told that I should have been told it would take around 6 weeks for everything to feel "normal" again. That's when I was told to flush out the new hole in my gum with salt water.
Although I'm fairly happy with the procedure and the cost (for both the initial exam and the extraction it was around $120) I think the students need to learn to give more information after the procedure and also not give false hope on how fast healing would be. But it was definitely easier and faster to get in to see someone here than at a regular dental office, especially if you're not a Las Vegas local with your own dentist here.