I went to Dr Duhaime to have a few teeth extracted. One wisdom tooth and 2 that had failed root canals. He discussed with me not to take the roots out of the wisdom tooth, just to cut the top portion of the tooth off so there would be no nerve damage. I had also told him I wanted a dental implant where another tooth was being pulled.
When I woke from surgery he told me everything was all set and if I had any problems to call the office. A few days later, I was in a lot of pain and figured it was a dry socket, not to mention there were bony pieces sticking out everywhere! Dr Duhaime had gone out of town and I had to see his stand in. They packed my dry sockets and told me to go back to Dr. Duhaime.
When I went back to see Dr.Duhaime he also repacked my dry sockets but said it would get better. I had to go back to him daily for over a few weeks to check my dry sockets and he also removed more of the bony pieces that were coming out. I was still in a lot of pain after 6 weeks and went to my general dentist. He took x rays and found Dr. Duhaime had left me with 2 sets of roots in 2 different areas, including where I wanted my implant! The wisdom tooth roots he left were exposed and causing me unbelievable pain. There was also damage done to the root of the tooth in front of the extraction sight.
Again, his response was it needs time to heal.
4 months later, I'm in Michigan and thankfully found an oral surgeon that was able to go back in and fix the mess Dr. Duhaime left. He told me leaving the roots behind usually isn't recommended because they have a high failure rate. Thanks Dr Duhaime for costing me twice as much money to have my teeth fixed because you were having a bad day or just stopped caring? read more
