Cookie cutter of a ortho. He's riding his dad's name sake and is still using outdated and somewhat mid-evil techniques, He ruined all of my teeth and took me for about $7000. I had to switch to Dr. Carter (he's awesome!) but unfortunately it was too late because after 5 yrs in his appliances my teeth decayed under the bands. He pulled several healthy teeth and just....left it (I'm very serious here)
I don't smile anymore after all this. I expect to soon get partials just so I can have some functionality to my bite.
He pulled my lower front teeth so far forward that it actually killed the blood flow to the nerve in my teeth. I had one abscess into my jaw bone on Xmas eve!
Had it removed because it's just not worth fighting to keep this horrible mess he's made.
I will say that after I learned about all this....I found out I wasn't alone. One lady he for some reason "cut" every tooth he put brackets on. And like me he left them on so long they decayed and they found that all of her teeth had cracks. Several $$$$$ dollars and pain and anguish she endured and had them patched.
Stay away from this guy.
Doc Carter is great and he's not looking for "Perfect" teeth, he is making them nicer and without pulling vital teeth and his appliances is of the new age.
I swear that Dr. Hines just loves torture devices.
Nances in the roof of your mouth, screws in the gum attached to wires, crack devices to widen the mouth as well as surgery to break your jaw! read more