I was referred to Dr. Brandal by my General Dentist, who held her in high regard. My first visit neecssitated drilling through my gum to correct a 7 year old inflamed root canal from an East Coast Endodontist. This is called something like an apectectomy, where the tip of the root still has decaying material. She was very caring in terms of explaining the procedure and trying to minimize my fears as this was actual "surgery"! There were a significant number of free follow up appointments.
I moved and my refering Dentist also moved his practice so we lost touch though we are both in the same relative area. Actually we both moved in the same direction. However, I had a painless abscess in the gum area of my upper left side first molar, and I decided to self refer for the needed root canal. The office manager determined that indeed I probably needed a root canal and set me up for a 2 hour appointment because of my description. I called on a Friday, and said I was not rushed, so six days later on Thursday I had it done!
The canals were both twisted and very small, but the procedure seems successful. As she has to make up for others mistakes, I sure hope she got it right the first time. The procedure was doen in one appointment.
out of 5 stars
