I came in as a new patient for a dental check up and was told that I needed to have all of my fillings replaced because they were old. He told me that he'd like to replace the fillings with a new white material. I asked him if this was covered by insurance and he told me it was. I came back to have my lower two molar fillings replaced first, and he proceeded - without taking any xrays - to very forcibly yank out my fillings. He then drilled down my molars to fit me for porcelain onlays. I had NO idea what he was doing and he never asked for my consent for this procedure. I would have said no since it was a.) cosmetic and not covered by insurance and b.) I grind my teeth so the onlays would have lasted about a year, max. I was confused about what was going on and was just sent home to wait for the onlays to be ready. Once I got home I suffered severe pain in my jaw and headaches. I came back to the office and was promptly sent to an endodontist, who told met that when Dr. Bowne pulled out my fillings he cracked both of my molars so severely that I now needed two root canals. I had the root canals done, but was left with no real tooth structure. I still suffer from headaches and my jaw hurts most of the time.
out of 5 stars
