About a little over 3 years ago, when I was like 22, I went to the dentist for the first time in a long while. I was excited to finally get a cleaning because I had gone years without one. Around this time, I needed help getting my wisdom teeth out too. I felt so responsible, and quite excited because I had Medicaid so I wouldn’t have to worry about the money.
I went to just about the first dentist I found on my then provider’s network online, as nearby as possible. I still live in the same upper middle class town now, and this office was in the nearby mostly lower income town. My brother had good experiences with a different nearby dentist, so I didn’t think much of it.
The office was located inside another doctor’s office (past reception, for a pediatrician possibly?), and it was really small and sketch looking. There was a banner with my then provider’s name behind their reception, which was weird. The stressed looking male receptionist sighed every time he answered a phone call, which was another bad sign to me.
I had only made an appointment to get a cleaning, and I wasn’t familiar with consultations or anything, so this was my only goal. I trusted the dentist would lead the way and communicate with me appropriately. Man was I wrong. I only remember being sat down on the only sketch looking chair, with a defunct light overhead, and being worked on immediately. I was worried something was wrong but couldn’t bring myself to speak up.
Bitch, at the end of the ordeal, I slowly realized the dentist had put a filling in EVERY one of my teeth. Afterwards, I remember I couldn’t even clench my teeth without feeling the fillings sticking out of my teeth. I was in shock afterward, but realized that the MF was probably a scammer. I am not a person who would need every single tooth filled like that. But it happened. Not sure what damage was really done bc I haven’t gone back to another dentist, out of fear/embarrassment. Still wish I had sued or something, not sure if he still works there. My shock just never led me back. But i’ll have to go somewhere else sometime this year eventually if I want to have healthy teeth (different insurance tho). Thanks for reading