I went to my old dentist's office yesterday. He had retired, but a new dentist there seemed nice and agreed to a previous estimate for a root canal, post and crown of $1,350. Staff told me I could pay off in 12 months thru CareCredit with no interest. (CareCredit was never mentioned when I had tooth x-rayed in April.) CareCredit Paperwork was shoved at me - it seemed reasonable - so I agreed.
Dr Vatan started drilling and then said tooth was too bad for root canal.By this time, tooth was in pieces and bleeding a lot. I felt pressured to decide to do extensive work - extration of tooth and bridge (this is an eye tooth, with the bridge using 2 adjacent perfectly sound capped teeth) would cost $2,480 - more than an old woman on social security without dental ins can afford. But I was stuck with a bloody tooth - what else could I do? At least it was to be a no-interest loan. New paperwork was shoved at my face and it seemed they would get the entire $2,480 - even before work began! Unfortunately I didn't realize this at the time.
The temporary work done looks terrible! Big gaps - super white - They said the permanent bridge will be fitted right, but how come the "temporary" one isn't fitted correctly? Today I checked with the CA dental board and Dr. Vatan isn't even listed with a license to practice in California. I am looking into this further, but I called CareCredit and said I would like them to give Dr Vatan (or vatankhahan) just a partial payment so I could be sure he would finish my dental work satisfactorily. They refused to do this - even tho it was less than 24 hrs - he already got the entire $2,480! Then I said what if he is unlicensed? They said they would stand by their dentist to be licensed — do you think they will or do you think I am just going to be another victim of a RIP-OFF??!!
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