Melissa Nichols

Review of Lincoln Lancaster County Healt...

I went in for an emergency tooth extraction. Staff...

I went in for an emergency tooth extraction. Staff is very courteous and professional for the most part. The extraction was very difficult, the doctor even commented that it was taking A LOT longer than usual. They don't do any type of sedation, and locals don't really work that well on me so it was pretty uncomfortable, though that's no one's fault. However, they gave me a prescription for pain meds that lasted 4 days. I did everything they told me to do. I used ice. I used the max prescription dose of ibuprofen (800mg) alternating with Tylenol. I used numbing agents like anbesol and oral b. The pain was awful. I went in for a post op appointment. The doctor (who was different than the doctor who did my extraction) said everything was fine and to continue to do what I was doing. It hurt so bad I was crying in my car on the way home. I thought I'd give it one more day. I called the next day to see if they could do anything else for the pain. Nope. I was treated like a drug seeker and told the best they could do was give me an RX for ibuprofen 800, which I'd been taking anyway! I went to another clinic and after examining the extraction site, they couldn't understand why they refused to help with the pain. It really sucks to be in that much pain and then to be treated like you're making it up to get drugs. I will no longer be going here.