I went to NYU dental school to have them look at my teeth recently.
They found a cavity in a lower molar.  That tooth already had a
filling.  She did a heck of lot of drilling, I started wondering just
when she was going to stop.  This was in peparation for an inlay.  So
I left with a temporary or "provisional" inlay and an appointment.  A
few days later while I was eating (just a pastry, nothing hard) the
tooth fractured and a big piece split off of it.  This happened on
Friday.  I called the student and she said come in Monday morning.  I
don't think I want her to do the work on it, though.  It's hard to
have confidence in her after the tooth she drilled broke off.
I paid them quite a bit of money for that work and it has now led to
damage in my tooth that is going to cost quite a bit more to fix.  I
suppose it will require a crown now, but the top of the tooth is
jagged now so I really don't know what it will involve.
What do I do now?  I want to tell them they should pay to fix the
problem.  They will talk down to me and make me feel like some
inferior ignorant creature.  That student and her supervisors never
gave any sign that they respected my intelligence or humanity.  It's a
common problem with medical people.
I need a little moral support and advice about how to approach this.