Corey Mercer

UPDATE: Luckily I went back to the VA to show them the work they paid for. They sent me to another dentist and I used Private insurance for another, 3rd opinion. Both dentists were concerned that a replaced crown was very thin and needed to be "watched" especially when anything eaten sticks to it. I can see the original metal filling through the crown and I was told that the "margins", the space from gumline to crown is NOT supposed to have a gap. Great, the possibility to have to get a root Canal on the tooth due to trauma from having to "fix" what was done. 6 months later and tooth not 100%. Original crown lasted 19 years before porcelain cracked. The upsale: Private insurance exam in June 2021 and exam at VA in July had a certain tooth with no issues. After initial appointment here, that tooth magically had a cracked filling...and they were pushing to get as much out of the VA as possible. It's horrendous. I say again, if VA send you as a veteran to this dentist, research and go elsewhere. This may be my experience but if just 1 veteran is given subpar treatment, it is 1 too many. If you are a Veteran and referred here, don't bother. They not only up sell you on things that were not a problem, if you receive any items, they are of the lowest quality made. You leave in a worse condition. Their temporary crowns are made of some sort of paste that dissolves and don't last 2 days, let alone 3 weeks. And they charge VA extreme prices for below standards services and crowns. They display their dislike which is unprofessional to say the least when you don't want all the extras. Now I am being referred elsewhere to fix what Dr Johnson did. A pure waste of VAs money and 3 months of my time. Community care should not send veterans to them. They definitely deserve better care and treatment.

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