Dr. Klara Michelson is a good actress.
She pretends to…read morecare, but all she cares
about is not getting caught at putting in
the largest crowns that will fit in your mouth
when you don't need an extra large crown
for your medium sized tooth or molar...
I went to Dr. Michelson, in the 1980s.
I worked at the Safeway, a few blocks away and
I had really good active union dental coverage.
She suggested that I should get my fillings updated,
even though, I had no pain, no problems with them.
But, she said that would be preventive and I thought
that she knows more than I do and it did sound wise...
Then later, I would get so much pain in the tooth that
she crowned and I would ask what happened and
she would say with an innocent look, that the tooth
went haywire, it just happens. Like, (sh*t happens...)
I didn't know what to think...
And, that is what she counts on...
I found out many years later, that is what happened to me.
I had extra large crowns on each tooth that she worked on,
even though, they weren't that big ...
That's when the teeth that she worked on became
really loose, wobbly, ready to abcess.
An honest periodontist, had me get a 3D full mouth x-ray,
then he discussed the results of the x-ray, tooth by tooth.
He was shocked to see that all the teeth that she worked on
had extra large crowns when they did not need that size and
were very top heavy, making them incredibly loose and
ready to become infected, abscessed...
And, the periodontist also had warned me, that I was not a
good candidate for implants, not enough bone mass
in my jawbone...
They would forever be infected and rejected by my body.
Each implant would need to be worked on forever...
I would be bringing in dollars for a long time for her...
And, any trained dentist could see it in a regular x-ray.
Before I had the periodontist appointment, I saw
Dr. Michelson one last time, I had an infected tooth and rather
than give me a pain killer, she had me sit down with their
financial advisor to work out a financial plan for a mouthful of
implanted teeth that were $5000.00 out of pocket, for each tooth.
No dental insurance would cover them...
I looked at her in amazement.
She looked like she was drooling at the amount of money
she would be getting from me, for a long time...
That's when I realized, that tooth implants were part of her plan
for me all along... It was her planned end result for me...
She definitely knew that she had me fooled...
I really trusted her...
I was a fool...
If I could rate her -5, I would.
Learn from my mistake of trusting her.
Walk away or better yet, I'd have to say,
"don't make an appointment with the devil,
you'll regret it..."
And now, you should have guessed that I lost all my teeth...
The teeth she never worked on, had no support and
became looser as each tooth was extracted...
I was thinking that I could keep some teeth by getting
1 tooth pulled, at a time, only when absolutely necessary.
I can now say that my oral surgeon, Br. W. Bohannan,
(he is not part of Dr. Michelson's team) was right
when he says that getting 12 teeth extracted is the
same pain level, as 1 tooth.
Dr. Bohannan really did a great job!
He has helped keep my faith in the dental field.
