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| - I had a molar break the day after christmas (2012). It was a bit painful, so instead of calling my regular dentist I called around to the first place that could fit me in.
It took 5 visits for my crown. That doesn't sound like much, except one of those was because the crown they ordered didn't fit, so they proceeded to drill it more, until it fit even less, and had to order a new crown.
After EVERY appointment I would spend the rest of the day (sometimes days) finding little bits of dental debris in my mouth, such as molding plastic, tooth bits, glue chunks, and excess plastic from my temporary crown.
My first visit, the dentist gave me my injections then left for half an hour, which by then the anesthetic had begun to wear off, so what did she do? More injections and another half hour break. This happened again, then she finally started drilling. I could still feel it, but I had given up. At her rate my tooth wouldn't have been done until the following christmas.
When I finally received my crown, it was placed, and I thought it felt odd. For the first month I tried to convince myself it was just my gums trying to get back into place. For the past 3 months I've realized I probably shouldn't be able to fit floss UNDER the crown. And guess what?? Today it came off while I was eating. Oh, and my jaw hurts constantly because of the crown.
I will be calling my old dentist asap, hopefully the temporary glue I have to get at walgreens will hold me over.
One more thing, this place is more expensive than other dentists. They managed to blow through all of my insurance allowance just taking care of this. To compare, my regular dentist pulled 2 wisdom teeth, gave me a cleaning, filled 3 cavities, and gave me a crown, and I still had insurance left over.
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