As mental health professionals, my family's experience with Dr. Kenneth Markel and Westside Family Dental in NY was nothing less than disturbing.
My daughter, now 7, needed to have a procedure done (sealants for her molars).
To make a long and insane story short, (which I will be blogging about on ImprovisationNews.com), after a 5 minute examination, the Dr. took me into an office and told me how he planned to "control my daughter", recommending laughing gas for her cleaning and for the sealant procedure and going on to say he had begun "controlling her and me already" by having her wait in a separate room while we were talking. His choice of words was both disturbing and revealing.
We had her teeth cleaned (with NO GAS, much to the Doctor's chagrin), but, insisted on being in the room for the sealant procedure. PARENTS, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
He canceled the sealant procedure when we insisted on being in the room and when we called to reschedule, his office assistant doubled the price for us from $600 to $1100. When pressed for a reason why, she said it was for the Doctor's time and for being in the room. What? He wasn't even going to perform the procedure? No wonder he didn't want the parents in there.
out of 5 stars
