Shirley Allen

Review of LLUSD

OMG, 2.5 years later and my dental work is still n...

OMG, 2.5 years later and my dental work is still not complete. What started out as a $3200.00 quote as escalated to almost $5000.00. I've had 3 students, the first student Grace was HORRIBLE, I can't imagine that she was allowed to graduate. Even the staff dentists say that her crowns and restorative work is horrible. My fillings are mismatched, my teeth are discolored and I still have a cavity in my canine that she worked on. Her work was so horrible that the dentist asked her why she had accepted my case in the first place. After she graduated, and my work was left undone, I was given to another student by the name of Susan whom I absolutely loved, unfortunately for me, she only did my partial. I currently have a new student to finish up with my final crown. The student is nice, but I was so roughly man handled by the resident dentist in charge and the student, it was 2 weeks before I could even eat. To top it off, I have a metal allergy which is stated in my chart. Instead of taking a impression and putting on a resin temporary, the temporary placed was a generic called a tin can. I am allergic to most metals, especially aluminum. As a result, I had a severe reaction to the aluminum and after being in agony for 1 week had to go back on a emergency basis and have a proper resin temporary put on the tooth. I need more work, but after I have my permanent crown glued in, I'm not going to walk away, I'm going to RUN away. Oh, and what ever you do, do not pay in advance! I did and they sat on my money for almost 6 months Grace, my first student decided to forget to call me and concentrated on working on her other patients instead. If you are a masochist and don't mind having your jaw dislocated, or mind having a sponge stuck so far down your throat that you swallow it, go for it. If I knew then what I know now, I would have just had my uppers pulled and be done with it. With the shoddy work that I currently have, I doubt if my teeth will last 3 years. I have a nursing background and I am used to needles and injections do not bother me at all. If I had not paid for my work in advance, I would have bailed long ago. Because this crown is a redo, and I already paid for it, I must keep my appointment, but I intend to self medicate myself before going for my visit as I'm having anxiety attacks just thinking about it I would not recommend Loma Linda School of Dentistry for anything except extractions, and maybe dentures. Check out Yelps reviews. I'm not the only one who has had problem with this establishment.