1 /5 samuel: I was a patient of Dr.Stecs and had a really bad experience that has caused me to need a lot of dental care to fix. I went in for a missing tooth and got a bridge to replace it. Putting in the bridge went fine (although my new dentist couldnt understand why Dr. Stec did not put in a molar as that was the tooth that was missing). After placing the bridge it hurt to bite down on that side and Dr. Stec made adjustments to my natural teeth by shaving them down, instead of shaving down the bridge as he wanted to protect the new bridge. As a patient I was not happy with this as I was worried about my natural teeth, but I trusted a dentist to know whats better for me. In the end, both of the teeth that were shaved down became super sensitive and one of my teeth under the bridge I had place was sensitive as well. When I shared these problems with Dr. Stec, he recommended I use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth (which I did) and to give it time. It did not get better and my tooth under the bridge was causing me a lot of pain. He said that he couldnt recommend any more procedures because he did could not see anything wrong with it--mind you, I am telling him it hurts. I felt this to be super disrespectful and did not feel like he cared about my pain at all, so I switched dentists.
My new dentist immediately recommended the tooth under my bridge get looked at by an endodontist as he felt it might have been too damaged during the bridge process. The endodontist visit confirmed that I needed a root canal, which I got done, and that tooth stopped causing pain. At this point, I got my two natural teeth (which had been shaved down) looked at and BOTH of them needed root canals as well, due to the fact that they now responded to heat and cold. The dentist could not understand why Dr.Stec shaved them down instead of the bridge. All the new adjustment made to my bite have always been on the bridge.
Unfortunately, both of the teeth that I had to get root canals on were molars and the root canals failed due to my unusual canal structures. Its been really hard to look back on my time with Dr.Stec and not become upset because due to his improper treatment I lost 2 teeth and spent a long time in pain trying to get things fixed. I was not in pain when I went to see Dr. Stec, I simply wanted to replace a missing tooth. Instead, I now have 2 more teeth to replace and lots of dental costs.
My new dentist is amazing and has gives me hope there are good dentists out there. But I wanted to share my story as this has been the biggest health challenge Ive faced in my young life and I hope it doesnt happen to anyone else.
