My regular dentist was not sure if I had a cracked tooth and needed an extraction and an implant or a failed root canal. He referred me to Dr. Palermo because Palermo has a special imaging device that allows him to see cracks and hidden roots. The image was not covered by insurance ($250) because it is considered experimental. Palermo took a full set of images. He assured me that my tooth was not cracked and that I did not need an implant ($5,000). Palermo assured me that it was a failed root canal that he could redo for $1500. I came back in a week and Palermo cleaned out the prior root canal and prepped me for the new root canal. He was in my mouth for almost two hours and he never mentioned there was a problem. I came back two weeks later for the actual root canal. He was in there for an hour and suddenly he stopped working and walked out of the room without a word of explanation. He came back 20 minutes later and told me the tooth was in fact cracked and I needed it extracted and an implant. So either he did not read his fancy image correctly when I first came in or he broke my tooth while he was in there the first or second time drilling and pressing. He charged me $450 even though he did nothing that helped me.
out of 5 stars
