Stavros the Dentist
I'm no expert on dental practices, so not really sure if any of this is mal-practice or not. Maybe someone could tell me?


My dentist, Stavros, once needed to give me a root canal for a tooth which had been broken a few years ago and had gradually gotten worse.
The procedure seemed to go ok; I was numbed up fair enough, the seat was comfy, the nurse had at least stopped smoking (though the smell of ciggys was still fairly strong) and Stavros was merrily drilling away... until!
There was a sudden change in sound from the drill and a jolt, and Stavros switched it off to look at the drill bit... except the drill bit would come out of my mouth, no matter how much he shook my head to yank it away. And he did yank my head about quite hard. In the end he had to detach the mechanism from the drill front, leaving half a drill haning out of my mouth, then use another drill to chisel it out.

Now This could just be one of the those unfortunate things that can happen, but there were possible clues that there was something up.

1.When I am lay back unable to move while people are sticking all sorts on tools into your mouth (hey hey, enough of that!), all you can really see are their faces. So when Stavros' eyes became somewhat wider and shifty/nervous, it was pretty noticable to me.


2. after eventually removing said drill and finished drilling, he cauterised the wound with a lighter (borrowed from nurse ashtray perhaps?)- is this normal, anyone?

3. By next morning the whole side of my face had swollen to the point of having a huge popeye-esque gurn. I had to take antibiotics for 5 days before Stavros could then take the filling back out and start again. He said I swelled up because I was 'being sensitive'.

4. About 3 years later my filling fell out. I had moved away by then but not got round to register with another dentist, so went back to Stavros for some emergency treatment (I was leaving the next day to go to spend 3 weeks in China). He took a look inside, and with a voice of disbelief asked "where did you get that done??"

me: "er, here."

Stavros: (grabbing my file) "...Oh, oh yes that`s the one we did here. Well, these things happen."
(DaftenDirekt, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 9:01, 2 replies)

Er..
Easyjet bloke is Stelios :)
(Hanargh, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 9:23, closed)

Whoops!
ah well, one of them should change his name!
(DaftenDirekt, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 9:26, closed)