kusum

Hello everyone, here is my story. Sorry it is a long post but I just do not know where else to turn to..

This April, my doctor found a very loose tooth (upper incisor #8) due to bone loss. The tooth is in perfect condition and apart from looseness I do not have any other discomfort. I was told to pull it out since there is no support for it.

However, I am not really convinced that the tooth had to go. I started some herbal therapy and the tooth started firming up a bit. But it was not completely tight. My herbal therapy is still not completed.

During the holidays, since I had to attend several parties, I decided to bond it to the adjacent teeth just a bit so I could attend parties free of fear. My regular dentist was on vacation. I went and saw someone (I got the name from my insurance list) to have this bonding done.

This doctor, did not bother to listen to me. She directly started working on my tooth, while I was still thinking that she was just taking a look. I kept raising my hand to tell her not to close the gaps between my teeth but she said ‘You can’t ask me anything now. I am already working on your tooth’.

She totally ignored the fact that I have periodontis and it is very important for me to keep the gums clean and closing the gaps is not an option for me. She totally ignored the fact that she needs to do the job in such a way that I can still laugh after that.

She sprayed that material all over my tooth (as opposed to just the sides) and in the gaps (as opposed to just the bottom of the teeth) and in the front (as opposed to the back side).


Now I look like I had some food in my front teeth so I cannot laugh at all.

I cannot clean the gums with the inter dental brush that I am supposed to use everyday. (can’t even use the floss).

This extra and unnecessary material on the top of my tooth is not letting me clean my tooth so I have no idea what is happening to that tooth.

This material is soooo close to my gum, it is irritating my gums and I started getting some foul smell already.

She forgot to ask me if I use night guard and now it does not fit me any more and I am getting severe jaw pain. (I clench my teeth in the night)

She went on vacation after she did this procedure so I had to go and see her back up. He said any attempt to remove that material from under the gums would knock off the tooth.

I just do not know what to do. I just hate to look at myself in the mirror. I stopped laughing. I am not sure what kind of decay is happening to my gums and the tooth.

This procedure cost me $540. Nothing is covered by the insurance.

My regular dentist will be back on 1/4/06 and I am sure she would charge hell lot of money to remove this (if she can, that is)..

Is there anything I can do? I have been avoiding taking this tooth off and spent like $1500 in herbal therapy which seem to be working. I still have 3-4 months to go before I fully see the result.

I am losing my sleep over this. I am sooooo angry and upset.