Jason C.
1/5
I was referred here for the extraction of a badly infected molar that was causing a great deal of pain. When the young doctor came in, he never introduced himself, but his demeanor was initially friendly.
He looked at the X-rays and the tooth, agreeing that it needed to come out, before noticing that I had checked the box on their admission forms indicating I had high blood pressure. When he asked about this, I told him that, on my last visit to a doctor, i was told my blood pressure was slightly elevated, and I should keep an eye on it, but that I wasn't anywhere near the point of needing medication to regulate it.
None of that mattered to the doctor. He went on to lecture me about how there's no excuse for me not to have health insurance (despite being part of a large percentage of the population that doesn't qualify for subsidized insurance, and can't afford any other plan). Beyond that, he warned of all the potentially dire (non-dental) health risks related to high blood pressure, and when I expressed that I was there about a tooth, his condescending response was that "the tooth is part of the body", and that since I wasn't taking care of my body, he wouldn't be able to extract my tooth unless I started taking medication to lower my blood pressure.
Upon getting home, I looked into what blood pressure is considered too high for dental procedures, and found that a reading of as low as 160/100 would be considered risky... far, far away from the 133/84 readings that apparently disqualified me from being treated here.
In short, the unidentified doctor was rude, extremely condescending, unprofessional, and ignorant of the realities of health insurance. A place to avoid.