Advice on a dentist that actually cares about their patients??
I have seen two dentists this year, both of which have done the MINIMUM to help me and neither of those dentists gave me anything to treat my pain. Today, I saw a dentist for a painful oral infection that I have been living with for a week now. He wouldn't give me anything to treat the pain. I was told to take over the counter meds (800mg of ibuprofen, 1000 mg of tylenol), which I did. Yet two hours later, the swelling has gone down, but the pain has not subsided at all.
Same deal with a partial root canal I had done by a different dentist. He wouldn't give me anything to treat my pain for after the procedure. An hour after I left his office, I had to call back because I was in so much pain I couldn't hardly bare it. I was told I shouldn't be in that much pain and they refused to treat me for my pain.
I don't go to the dentist unless it's a needed basis. I don't want to take a handfull of pills every four hours for days just to get through this. So if anyone has any suggestions for a dentist that will properly treat my mouth AND the pain I am in, I would GREATLY appreciate it.