I had sought Dr. Keefe's help with a tooth that seemed to be injured up in the gums somewhere. It was time for my 6-month checkup anyway and he was my regular dentist. He took xrays and had nothing to say about anything being unusual.
I still felt something was wrong in the same area of my mouth up in the gums so made another appointment. More xrays, still nothing recommended to be done about it. Although he said it appeared it was broken up in the root area; there is nothing that can be done in such cases.
Third visit = same results.
I called and asked that we do something about it because it was sore and the tooth was a little loose. The secretary asked that I come in for yet another visit with xrays. I said that, no, I was not going to come in for the same thing over and over and wanted something to be done about it - either pulled or something. They disagreed, so I requested all my records be prepared for me to pick up to take to another dentist.
My new dentist was worried that something hadn't been done earlier and that it had been left so long. I had a bad infection up in the gums that needed three rounds of antibiotics to get rid of and the tooth was pulled. He then sent me to the surgeon to prepare me for a dental inplant.
Dr. Keefe has a wonderful chairside manner and is very pleasant, and I used to think he was very skilled. Now I have a different opinion about the "skilled" part.
Dr. Chris Keefe / Dentist Reviews
I had sought Dr. Keefe's help with a tooth that seemed to be injured up in the gums somewhere. It was time for my 6-month checkup anyway and he was my regular dentist. He took xrays and had nothing to say about anything being unusual.
I still felt something was wrong in the same area of my mouth up in the gums so made another appointment. More xrays, still nothing recommended to be done about it. Although he said it appeared it was broken up in the root area; there is nothing that can be done in such cases.
Third visit = same results.
I called and asked that we do something about it because it was sore and the tooth was a little loose. The secretary asked that I come in for yet another visit with xrays. I said that, no, I was not going to come in for the same thing over and over and wanted something to be done about it - either pulled or something. They disagreed, so I requested all my records be prepared for me to pick up to take to another dentist.
My new dentist was worried that something hadn't been done earlier and that it had been left so long. I had a bad infection up in the gums that needed three rounds of antibiotics to get rid of and the tooth was pulled. He then sent me to the surgeon to prepare me for a dental inplant.
Dr. Keefe has a wonderful chairside manner and is very pleasant, and I used to think he was very skilled. Now I have a different opinion about the "skilled" part.