Went back to the dentist. Learned a few interesting things. According to him, everything looks “just great and no problems of any kind.” However, also according to him (as part of “no problems of any kind”): 1) I have an infection going on. Today, the entire left side of my face is affected - from the left ear to the throat and the left side of the tongue. According to him, it is “perfectly normal, and I should be patient about the healing process. He gave me a different prescription for antibiotics, pain-lkillers and anti-infmamatory meds (prednisone) and said that I should not be worried that 6 days after of the procedure the pain so far has only increased. 2)Apparently, the tooth that was hurting originally (the wisdom tooth) is still there and is still hurting. They extracted the neighboring tooth instead, because – according to him – this was the right thing to do and a bad tooth to keep. However, I will still need to extract the wisdom tooth - after everything heals from this one. To my question why they did not take out both teeth at the same time (I did give them my consent for both teeth prior to the procedure) he just shrugged, saying that one tooth was difficult enough. 3) They completely twisted all the information about the costs. When I paid them $2800 on the day of the procedure - they said that the actual cost to me (after they file papers with my insurance) will be about half of this amount and they will reimburse me. In fact, they charged my insurance in addition to this amount – so the actual full cost is close to $3500 with no reimbursement to me at all and even additional charges pending. To my question – why so much more than expected - they said it was more difficult than expected. They also originally told me this was the price for both teeth, but all the papers they filed are for one tooth only, the other one is not even mentioned, so now it appears as the price for one tooth solo and I will have to pay everything all over again for the next extraction. 4) While I can somehow accept that there might be some sophisticated professional explanation of all of the above which only dentists can relate to, my common sense refuses to accept the following video. This is the actual video from my tooth extraction procedure on Dec. 31. I have a question to the medical professionals out there– is it normal for a dentist not to wear any mask during the tooth extraction? He is breathing right into the open bleeding wound in my mouth! Isn’t there some type of standard requirements about this? I am easily prone to infections even when no one is breathing directly into my mouth for 2, 5 hours during a difficult surgery. He is also wearing his gym clothes while operating on me, although this is less important than the mask. And the nurse is also not wearing a mask. Anyway, I just hope the infection and pain go away. I started the new meds today, and they seem to be helping.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:16:45 +0000
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