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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / May 2005Help me understand my dentist!
I finally found a great,young Endodentist.. Last Oct. She did a Root Canal(part 1) in 2 days.. paid in `cash..I praised her.. recommended her,, etcetc. Then,..a very Blizzardy winter closed our roads, and I had to cxl the next 2 visits.(giving plenty of notice... i n March I made another appt. but had emergency Angioplasty, and even called from the CCU 3 days before the appt. so they could schedule another patient. When I called to make an appt. for the Post and Crown.. I was told :" Bcs. of your history of cancellations, (2 )! we won't see you.. we'll do 1 emergency appt. (bcs the temp.filling is leaking" I'm devastated bcs.. it's hard to find a capable Dentist I feel comfortable with.. (Had had 2 bad experiences with verbally abusive male Dentists..so now I'm more apprehensive about the rejection and further search.. than I am about the tooth!! Is there anything one of you can suggestI say to her to convince her to keep me as a patient?? I even offerred to pay EXtra! and I'm a really nice, polite lady.. This is so strange to me... Could it be that she's young and fairly inexperienced in practice? Thanks in advance.. R. > I finally found a great,young Endodentist.. Last Oct. She did a Root > Canal(part 1) in 2 days.. paid in `cash..I praised her.. recommended [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Thanks in advance.. > R. Could also be an overzealous front desk person and the dentist doesn't even know what went on. Send a note marked "confidential". If the dentist has a direct e-mail or you know where she lives, consider a note at home. You could be doing a favor for the dentist. If your story is accurate, I cannot imagine a patient being turned away by a dentist who knows what went on. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >Could it be that she's young and fairly inexperienced in practice? Absolutely. Things happen and the astute practitioner doesn't let this interfere with the doctor/patient relationship. >Thanks in advance.. > R. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > >Could it be that she's young and fairly inexperienced in practice? > > Absolutely. > Things happen and the astute practitioner doesn't let this > interfere with the doctor/patient relationship. Or the doc doesn't know what the front desk is doing. It happens carabelli >> >Could it be that she's young and fairly inexperienced in practice? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >carabelli Not in my shop. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com I'll see her ina few hours.. The Secretary said it wasn't her decision...w/ try to plead with the Dendist..But I fear she'll only replace the tenp filling and not even do the Post and Crown.. Can someone recoomebd a really kind, caring Dendist in Suffolk County,or even Nassau. CTY. ? .. who gives Sweet Air? Many of them don't.. And it's important to me..as I have 8 herniated Discs in my back, and just Novacain doesn't releve the back spasms.. My smile is the best part of me and it's practically all I've got left! My Supermodel DIL,Paulina, whom I've never met is coming to visit soon from overseas with the new first baby and I want to look and feel my best... You can see her on my son's website at www.jamesbrandon.com Anyone who "Treats me right" will be well rewarded! Thanks, James"s Mom.. >I'll see her ina few hours.. The Secretary said it wasn't her >decision...w/ try to plead with the Dendist..But I fear she'll only >replace the tenp filling and not even do the Post and Crown.. Endodontists don't do posts and crowns. >Can someone recoomebd a really kind, caring Dendist in Suffolk County,or >even Nassau. CTY. ? .. who gives Sweet Air? Many of them don't.. As opposed to Foul Air, ITYM Nitrous Oxide >And it's important to me..as I have 8 herniated Discs in my back, and >just Novacain doesn't releve the back spasms.. Easily dealt with. > My smile is the best part of me and it's practically all I've got left! >Anyone who "Treats me right" will be well rewarded! I prefer cash. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com My regular Dentist sent me to this Endodenist bcs he said that's who does Root Canals.. and Posts and Crowns.. I do pay cash.. and in advance.. and by "Treating me right" I meant decent,serious factual help.. and "Rewards from me" meant tickets to Broadway shows, etc.. Oh, Well... > My regular Dentist sent me to this Endodenist bcs he said that's who > does Root Canals.. and Posts and Crowns.. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I don't know many dentists in Suffolk cnty (I'm in Brooklyn) but I had an office in Lindenhurst in the early 1980s. If you're looking for an endodontist, I can recommend without reservations Dr. Anthony Fragola, who was president of our dental school class, a classy guy, and a first-rate endodontist. I haven't seen him in some years, but unless he moved he is on Montauk Hwy in W. Islip. Good luck, Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 Thank you, Dr. Bornfeld. for the cortuous response. The x-ray and exam showed no infection or damage.to the "temporary filling". However, she referred me to Dr. Fragola, too..for follow-up work..saying she doesn't do "repeats"... She prescribed Motrin and Clindamycin. She just had a baby.. maybe she's tired. maybe she's blue.. maybe it's the Eclipse.. My Cardiologist's nurse recommended someone in Bayshore . I made an appt for a consult for next week. I guess I'll have to find a good crystal ball, as my attorny kin say, before starting any long-term procedures so I won't miss appts. due to weather conditions... Having Heart surgery was a snap and a pleasure compared to this.. its' like... dare I say it?... like pulling teeth! That's another possibility. Patients that have had recent heart surgery 'scare' some dentists. They don't want any possible liability should more heart trouble ensue. Fawks > Having Heart surgery was a snap and a pleasure compared to this.. its' > like... dare I say it?... like pulling teeth! |
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