Read review posted by Smiling Patient on Dec. 3, 2010, 12:38 p.m. for Dr. Mary Smith - Dentist

Dr. Mary Smith DDS - Dentist

2.5 based on 5 reviews

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Saint Charles, MO

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5 y/o boy with an infection of gums, Mary Smith said it was a cavity gone into the pulp, now she had to pull the tooth so I asked if he needed an antibiotic and she said "no, once she removed the tooth it would be fine but maybe she'd put him on something just as a preventative," then they proceeded to try to pull the tooth, started by giving him a shot to "make the tooth fall asleep" which did NOT numb it, then they gave him a another shot, and then they gave him a third shot and he could still feel it and he was crying and hysterical took 3 hours! He was hysterical and she left the room and said she wouldn't do itDid not give me any follow up care or referral info! So I went to a pediatric dentist the next day who said it is NOT standard practice to do what Mary Smith did and you can't numb an abcessed tooth and you MUST clear the infection up before even touching the tooth-especially in a child. Could be very dangerous! They did not code the procedure correctly according to my dental insurance but they made me pre-pay over $300 for the "extraction and space maintainer" they didn't even pre-cert for or end up doing! What they pre-certed for was a mouth guard and nitrous oxide which they didn't use and isn't covered anyway.

About Hygienist: She said to my son, "do you want Mommy to stay in the room?" He said "yes!" and she said "well, you need to get in that chair or else I'm gonna make your Mommy leave!" (when he wouldn't get in the chair) Said their x ray was down so had to do a panoramic. $$$ They need investigation, I don't know why they would do this to a 5 year old child, it was like torture, now I've been told that the pH changes around the tooth with the abcess it won't get numb-by the ped. dentist and even the insurance customer service agent told me that-so how is it that Mary Smith doesn't know that or that pulling a tooth with the infection can be very dangerous, and she wasn't even going to give him an antibiotic at all!

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