Bethpage Family Dentistry
4175 Iris Pl
Bethpage, NY, United States
11714
4175 Iris Pl
Bethpage, NY, United States
11714
No Phone Number Provided
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Left in worse condition than when I came to him. I came in with a cracked filling that I had for 6+ months but had no pain or issues other than not being able to floss the tooth. During cleaning, hygienist broke the piece off. They made me wait a week to get filling replaced, leaving a huge hole that hurt. I was in a decent amount of pain that week. When I finally got the filling done, he did a terrible job. I felt pain during the procedure but he urged me to continue. When finished, he didn’t test the margins and left a HUGE gap between my teeth that causes EVERYTHING I eat to get stuck in there. It’s uncomfortable and painful and will probably kill my tooth. He also didn’t polish it down enough. My tongue was so sore from rubbing a sharp edge, I couldn’t take it. When I called the office, the receptionist was rude! Even though I was a first time patient, she told me that they couldn’t help me until next week. Fed up with the pain, I went to the office anyway and begged for help. The receptionist then said she meant to tell me on the phone to use a nail file to file the sharp edge!!! I didn’t know what to say to that! Very unprofessional. She said the doctor could see me if I wanted to wait an hour. I cried in the waiting room while I waited to be seen.
Dr lumpp filed the tooth down enough that my tongue wasn’t sore anymore but left sharp pieces that my tongue still gets caught on and that shred my floss.
To fix the gap between the teeth, he suggested replacing the filling next to the tooth he messed up. Hell no!! I’m not letting this man mess up a perfectly fine filling because he couldn’t do the first one correctly!
Now, it’s been a couple of months and I’m miserable! My tooth hurts a lot. It’s sharp and it bothers me 24/7. I’m too scared to go back to a dentist right now but I can’t take this much longer. I think I probably needed a crown instead of a filling (my previous dentist in another state had mentioned that) but dr lumpp never said anything like that. He just did a crap job filling on a large cavity. It wouldn’t surprise me if I have to now get a crown at a different dentist. I just want the pain to go away.
Also, the Novocain injection site hurt for almost 2 weeks, which I’ve never experienced before.
He also didn’t listen well.
I do not recommend this practice.
Submitted May 11, 2022