When I first went to see Dr. Bennet, I thought she and the office were great, very fancy office with a lot of freebies. And then I brought my husband in too. Everyone was SO nice. Then I got a cavity filled in the upper left side of my mouth and the sensitivity wouldn't go away. I had been through this before with another dentist a long time ago who hadn't done my filling properly, so I knew exactly how it felt and I knew exactly how it would feel when it would start to get better, but each time I went back dragging my feet to dr bennet in pain for a bite adjustment, it would get a tiny bit better but then stop getting better like the healing process hit a wall, so I definitely knew something was up. I started to think it wasn't the bite, like before (last time at another dentist, the fillings were done in a rush and didn't adhere to
My tooth, leaving spaces). The biggest issue was Dr. Bennet kind of made me feel like I was bugging them or annoying them. She made me feel like I had no idea what I was talking abut even though I did and had been through it before. She kept telling me to wait even though I told her I could not chew on the left side of my mouth and when did accidentally it was awful. I didn't feel like my concerns were taken seriously and honestly, I was made to feel like I was a burden. She just seemed totally over it and kept urging me to wait longer. Even though I told her I've been through this before. She just flat out did not believe me. Not once did she ever offer to redo the filling. Not once. At that point, I hadn't been able to chew on the left side of my mouth for over a month and the level of sensitivity hadn't changed. When I went in for my last bite adjustment, one of the hygienists came in and I explained to her what was going on, so for some reason her first thought was to stab the area with a metal tool, which almost literally threw me out of my seat from pain. And again Dr. Bennet told me to keep waiting and that my bite was adjusted enough. So wouldn't you think to look into other reasons for the sensitivity if it's not the bite? But she didn't, she sent me away again. They also told my husband he needed to get his wisdom teeth removed when he has never been told that before (he has two left and they are a part of his row of teeth, not overgrown). My husband and I went to another dentist and without a thought, he told me "the filling didn't adhere to your tooth correctly so essentially that's why it's sensitive. It needs to be redone." And he told my husband he did NOT need to get his wisdom teeth out, that if he did it would mess up his bite. And just to be sure, I went to yet another dentist, my final dentist who I Adore now, and she told me the same thing, that my filling needs to be redone. So, out of all the xrays New Smiles took, I have no idea why they mysteriously couldn't give me an answer for why I was in pain. Why they told my husband he has to get his teeth out. I think, as with many dentists, it's money-related. They didn't want to do a free filling procedure. They squeeze more money out of you. While I did not like Dr. Bennet, the rest of the staff (with the exception of the girl who dumbly poked my filling) was amazing, which is why this is two stars and not one. read more