Unfortunately I had a bad experience at this facility. The front desk staff are super nice and friendly. My experience was not with Dr Jadun but with Dr Bruk Taeme. I initially came in for a consult to see what can be done to save and/or restore my wisdom and molar tooth. In addition I had slight pain in my molar and wasn't sure why since i had previously received a root canal in that tooth some years ago. Nevertheless, I ended up getting Dr Bruk as my dentist. He seemed cool, and I had a decent and friendly conversation with him.
He did x-rays and couldn't quite tell me what the problem was. He starred at my x-rays looking lost and confused. He kept trying to explain to me the issue but to be honest I knew he was having trouble being straight with me, outside of the fact that he kept telling me the tooth had to be pulled and could not be saved, he didn't know why i was experiencing the pain (which only happened when i chewed which is what I kept repeating). I just wish he would have just told me that he wasn't sure what the problem was as far as the pain was concerned...but i feel like he didn't want to look stupid or less than smart.
At the end of the day he was making up reasons as to why i was experiencing the pain, because he didnt really know why. He later wrote me a prescription for an antibiotic "just in case" i had an infection or came down with one....just in case?? After i repeatedly asked if i had and infection of which he could not really give me a straight answer.
But that was nothing compared to what he did next. I then asked him to clean my teeth, and he did. It was a little uncomfortable from what i was used to but i managed through it. He kept aggressively cleaning around the problem (molar) tooth.When i got home i realized that i had a crack in the tooth that went from the front to the back, a crack that was NOT there before i saw him. Immediately after i got home i experienced pain!! I knew that an infection was going to set in so i went to fill the antibiotic prescription he gave me. I later called to make an appointment to see him again and was told i had to call later on in the week because that was when he was available. SO I did, later making an appointment and saw him that weekend. Again he kept babbling about how i need to pull the tooth BUT HE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY OR ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT HE CRACKED MY TOOTH, which is what caused me to have an full on pain and now a very active infection. I believe his thought process was that i needed it pulled anyway so why does it matter, but I didn't ask him to expedite the process. Then he got a little defensive because I was told him he should have never tampered with that particular tooth ( he cleaned it aggressively ). He changed the prescription to another medication in the same drug class ( which also did not help). What he should have done was change the drug class altogether because at this point the bacteria is now resistant. DUH!
I called him a couple of days later telling him the antibiotics were not working (at this point i had been on them for a little over a week. the pain, swelling and infection was NOT clearing up, in fact it only worsened). THEN he had the audacity to have an attitude because i asked him to change the drug class, later telling me if it doesn't work to go to the ER to get IV antibiotics...WHAT THE HECK!!??? HE EXACERBATED A PROBLEM AND NOW HE'S MAD BECAUSE RESOLVING IT IS INCONVENIENCING HIM??? Further telling me to go see a specialist, of which i told him i was NOT going to wait a week to resolve the problem that i was experiencing of which he instigated. He came off, at this point very arrogant and annoyed but i didn't care because he did this to me!
Angry or livid do not come even close to how I feel about this situation and the person who caused it.
At times i wish there were ways that these types doctors can be policed. Some are good, and some are not and its unfortunate that you find out which ones are bad based on negative experiences or encounters that ultimately end up affecting the patient way more than the doctor. Even as i expressed pain he didn't even give me a prescription for that!
Dr Bruk, I thank you for making my experience and my visit to ST Jude Dental Clinic a regrettable one!!!! read more