After living in Europe and South American for several years, I didn't have a dentist in Chicago. In June 2009, I had tremendous pain in my back tooth, my face swelled up- i couldn't eat or sleep without pain killers. At the time I had no dental insurance, my employer only allows employees to sign up once a year- In November- I couldn't wait that long. I googled dentists in Chicago and found one on the Northside who said he would take me without insurance, and give me a good deal if I paid cash. This should have been a huge sign of his shadiness. It took him 5 hours to perform a root canal. It took my face 2 weeks to heal and i was in the hole 1300 cash! In February 2010, that tooth started hurt again- the same unbearable pain. I called up that same dentist and he gave me a BS excuse that it must be the tooth next to it- that i should come in again and we would give me another ?deal.?Heck no! I had dental insurance now so I started looking online in my area- South Loop. I found Art of Modern Dentistry. My sister and I had walked past it a few times and thought it looked too amazing to be a regular dentist office. It looks like a spa. I called them and the super friendly receptionist said she could schedule me for the next morning with the endodonist specialist. They took be right before work, and the amazing Dr. Davenport told me the tooth needed to be retreated. He prescribed me meds for the infection and scheduled me for a week later. I took off a day of work the day of the procedure as I thought it would take 5 hours just like the last guy. It took Dr. Davenport 45 minutes. He numbed the area, cleaned it out... He works with a microscope to ensure accuracy. He is friendly, professional, explains the procedure, asks if I was comfortable- and he's really good looking- so you get a whole lot going on in one visit. Needless to say- an hour later, my face was not swollen, nothing hurt and i could eat. If this was how a root canal was suppose to be- then sign me up!
Pros: new, state of the art facility, friendly staff, amazing Drs.
Cons: what cons?
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