Your Favorite Dentist

Ever get the feeling that your dentist sees his next BMW when he looks inside your mouth? That sums up this dentist perfectly. Terrible bed-​side manner. Quoted one price on the phone, charged more. Dirty, poorly lit office. He listened to terrible disco while performing the procedure. It was like a scene out of Little Shop of Horrors.
I had a filling from another dentist fall out and came in to get it refilled. He said that I could use another filling in the front and when I declined he did it anyway without my consent. The filling subsequently fell out and when I returned to his office to confront him about it, he was shady and evasive but scheduled an appointment to have it refilled free of charge.
He said, «I’m a salesman who is telling you that you need four new tires but you only want one.» A beautiful analogy that perfectly sums up why he is a terrible dentist: a medical professional is not a salesman.
The night before my appointment, he called me to inform me that he was going to charge me for the refill after all. I mentioned that my sister was a lawyer and he back-​pedaled so fast that he almost fell off a cliff. He offered to do it for free, but I wasn’t comfortable with him putting a drill to my mouth after that exchange.
I went to another dentist and explained the situation. He took care of the filling in fifteen minutes and refused to accept payment. The new dentist won a customer for life. That’s how you succeed in the long haul. By treating people well and prioritizing their welfare.
Avoid this guy like the plague.