Let’s say, for example, you’re in extreme pain. More to the point, let’s say that you have a gigantic abscess in your face. Add to the fact that you’re in-between jobs and you don’t have insurance. There are plenty of places you can go to get treatment. One of those choices should never be the dental office of Philip Santora, oral surgeon. The only positive thing I can say for this man was that his office helped me pay for his Mengelesque chairside manner in installments. When I think about how awful he treated me, I shake with anger. He would shoot me with novacaine, and then start working on me right away, without allowing the drug to take effect. I’d be whimpering in pain and he would keep going with his«treatment.» None of his in-office«treatments» worked, so eventually I had to go to the ER. I should have gone there right away and never given this guy any of my money. In fact, I should have punched the son of a bitch. I should have got off the chair, punched the asshole right in the face, and left without paying him a cent. So yeah, never go there.