My first visit to Sunrise Dental was fantastic! I didn't go in with any expectations and was totally floored by their extremely helpful staff and also by Dr. Im's detailed explanation of my wisdom teeth-filling procedure. So I made a second appointment to come in and get filling done.
For the most part everything was normal. However, halfway through my procedure I was getting quite uncomfortable - to the point where I had to throw my hand up and request them to stop. I explained (best I could with my mouth wide open and filled with instruments) that one of the instruments was rubbing against my lip and really hurting. Now, I'm a 28 yr old woman and I've got a fairly high threshold of pain. So when I said it hurt, it really did! What happened next was my weirdest experience at a clinic. Dr. Im seemed to get terribly put off by the fact that I was interrupting him even before he had started. He kept directing all his angry comments towards the nurse - something to the effect of "I can't go on like this" and then he just turns around and faces the wall for the next 5 mins, leaving me with my mouth open and totally bewildered. He somewhat regained his composure and finished up with me and just got up and left. That's right. He just left. No advice on what I need to do, what I need to avoid - nothing. I was quickly (and I do mean quickly!) ushered out by the nurse who kept explaining that it was wisdom teeth, that's why the instruments hurt my mouth during the procedure. But I still don't understand that bizzare reaction from Dr. Im. I'm sorry, but if a dentist has such a short fuse, I don't care for all the flowery talk before the procedure, I'd like him to keep his composure when he's working inside my mouth with a drill!
Needless to say, I'm sorry about my experience. I was hoping to leave an A+++ comment out here but after today's encounter I'm just glad I'm out of there in one piece!
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