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| - I had heard a lot of great things about this dentist , Daniel Wolter, from people within the community I live in , so decided to try him. Well was I in for a big disappointment! First of all, let me say his staff is very friendly and he talks a good talk! I went in there for a second opinion on some work recommended by another dentist (only because this guy was so well loved by some in my community). Well along with the recommendation from the other dentist, he told me I needed a crown on a tooth that was giving me no trouble, simply because he said the filling was more than the enamel left on that particular tooth. He quoted me a price $1420.00 for this crown but I got a new patient discount of $100 and a 10% discount for living in community in which I lived. So the net cost was $1200.00 Now that's double the price of most dentists and shame on me for proceeding , knowing his price was way above other dentists. Anyway from the day he put on my temporary crown, I had a toothache which would not go away. I returned to his office and he assured me that the pain would disappear when he replaced the temporary with the permanent crown. WRONG!!! Pain continued. I returned to his office three times for bite adjustments but the pain continued. Finally he tells me maybe I needed a root canal - this is something he NEVER mentioned to me before the crown was put in place. So he gives me a referral to an endodontist, who would then do this for $1198.00. I waited the pain out hoping the tooth would settle down It did not. After three months, I called his office and told one of his staff he needed to help in some way with the financing of this root canal. He refused to do anything except to say he would not charge me to repair the crown. His normal cost for this would be $150 .00
But he would be kind enough to do that for me. REALLY??? What a kind guy!! I eventually went to another dentist who did the root canal for me for $700 .00 and has since also done a crown for $660,00.(with no after pain) .
I would not refer this dentist to anyone.
I believe he should not have placed a crown on an infected tooth I also believe he could have owned up to his mistake and taken care of the problem.
Last but not least, his costs are way out of line !!!
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