I just dropped Dr. Chang as my dentist, and I wish I did so much earlier. I came to him last year with an old root canal that was hurting, and instead of addressing it, Dr.Chang created a "plan" to take care of other problems that the X-rays revealed I had. I had numerous appointments, many of which were unjustifiably long. One lasted SIX hours and my husband came looking for me. The appointments took so much time because either Dr. Chang was slow or treating two people at the same time. The first thing Dr. Chang tried to do was give me braces and sell me tooth bleaching. In over 30 years, not a single dentist has suggested that I need braces. It was not what I came there for!! Then I trusted Dr. Chang to remove my wisdom tooth. I spent almost two hours in a chair with him struggling to do so. My head was being yanked side to side, I felt horrible pain...and finally he says:"Oh! Apparently you have three roots holding it, not two, as I thought!" WTF?? Didn't the pre-op X-rays showed them all? This whole time he was actually pulling the tooth out with one root still attached?? No wonder it hurt like hell!.....My dental insurance was drained within 5 months, but the infected root canal I initially came for was not addressed. When Dr.Chang finally got to it, he looked at the X-rays and said I need a $6,000 procedure that involves a bone graft and an implant. All of it was out of my pocket. Immediately, his front desk person asked when I want to make an appointment to start the procedure. I grabbed my X-rays and went to get a second opinion and third opinion. Both dentists concluded that I DO NOT need that procedure. All I need is the root canal to be redone. Needless to say, I had my remaining two wisdom teeth removed at a different office. It took 40 minutes, including filling out all the paperwork and getting instructions on the after-care. My entire experience with the Appalachian Dental office was very much like dealing with used car salesmen. They are money oriented, and push to sell.
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