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| - I had been going to this dentist for over a year when I realized it was time to switch. The problems in a nutshell: not gentle, not thorough! Unfortunately, this was to the detriment of my dental health.
Dr. Hood noticed I had inflammation on one of my gums during a regular visit, and he prescribed some steroids. I did not use them as I avoid that kind of thing, and I figured there was a cause and the steroids would just be helping with the symptoms. The inflammation went away on its own but came back a few months later. The next time I went in, I told them about it. They did nothing.
As well, I had fillings twice. When I had them done, they put a block in my mouth to hold my mouth open wider. I have a hard time opening wide - it really hurts my jaw. One time the dentist did that, when he finished I almost couldn't re-close my jaw. That's when I realized I had the wrong dentist.
I switched to another dentist - female that also works on children. They never need a block to work on my teeth, and never hurt my jaw like that.
Now the big deal is this: At the new dentist, they found I had a large amount of plaque built up under the gum that had been getting inflamed. It was obvious the previous dentist hadn't been getting it cleaned and it had been building up for a long time. They found two spots where this had happened. Too bad for me, it caused my bone to regress in those area, and they said it won't grow back.
Now I know - a bad dentist is a really big deal!
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