Bad Dentist Update....it does get worse!!!

Well, the pain has not gone away since MY FIRST MA DENTIST drilled a hole into my head and then manually shoved my jaw closed. Most recently after over a year of PT on the jaw/neck/throat muscles recovering, an infection has now been found under the crown MY FIRST MA DENTIST put in my mouth. Granted this is the second one as the first only last nine days then broke into six pieces in my mouth while drinking coffee. As previously stated Delta Dental insisted I go back to MY FIRST MA DENTIST instead of a qualified dentist so they could save money.

Now I have had to be operated on by a periodontist who had to pull the gum away from the bone and scrap/drill the infected bone around the crown up to the top of my cheek and three teeth forward. As a result I have lost another two days of work plus another weekend I am restricted from normal activity. I am on a soft food diet for atleast a month as the jaw will take that long to recover enough so I can chew. Additionally I will have weekly appointment for PT again to enhance my jaw recovering so more time away from work for me that no one will reimburse me for. Most interestingly there is absolutely nothing wrong in any other part of my mouth. Oh yeah and the second crown MY FIRST MA DENTIST put in has been ground down so much it is half the size of all the regular teeth.

So all of this on top of my ears popping which started as the MY FIRST MA DENTIST held the drill making a hole in my soft palette. Resulting neck & throat pain because as it turns out the jaw connects to the spine between the top few vertebrate so any jaw issues instantly cause neck problems.

Grand total out of my pocket to fix MY FIRST MA DENTIST mistake: $12,478

Grand total out of MY FIRST MA DENTIST's pocket to fix MY FIRST MA DENTIST's mistake: $0

The Lesson:

1. Harvard & BU are horrid dental schools and DO NOT EVER go to a dentist who graduated from there without checking there references and asking many questions about post graduate training. Insist on looking at the diplomas or certificates the doctor has earned.

2. Get a referral to whomever you allow to work on your teeth

3. Any time a doctor or dentist makes any kind of mistake DO NOT believe their lies that you will be ok, instead RUN to the nearest hospital, take pictures, keep a pain journal.

MOST IMPORTANT

CALL A LAWYER !!!!

The majority of doctors today only promise to “do no harm” to their careers and income, not your well being.

** if you think this comes from anger then look it up yourself. Recent study release where doctors were surveyed and 80% of them admit to having witness or treated a patient because of malpractice of another doctor. Only 20% of that 80% ever stood up and said something, the rest just let the patient deal….the pain and expenses are considered the patients problem.