The tooth was an upper molar and should have been surgically extracted (ie cut in half) so that each side could easily have been extracted. I was left with displaced bony material which will necessitate oral surgery if I ever get dentures. He worked for 45 solid minutes trying to extract the tooth.
He also made a partial for me which he said involved reshaping a perfectly good crown. This loosened the post of the crowned tooth next to it, causing it to need extraction because I was so disgusted with the whole experience that when I went to my former dentist three months later, it was too late to recement it back in. Since the tooth I lost was an anchor for the partial, it no longer fits. The partial also had a front tooth which came unglued several times.
Dr. Adams is a lovely person and I think he does not mean to do harm, but I believe I was his patient to my detriment