Originally Posted by sadie682

Bryanna, please help!

I have now a consultation with another oral surgeon. I think I have become so disillusioned over the past year with dentists that I am extra scared to choose the person who will extract these teeth and possibly do the implants to replace them. I saw one person last week, and this week went to the one my dentist recommended. (I should add here that I am somewhat disappointed in my dentist here, as he allowed to have the second root canal, and discouraged me from pulling the first one.)

Anyway, the two oral surgeons couldn't be more different, and I honestly don't know how to pick one. Before this all happened, I probably would have just gone with my dentist's referral, but now I am second guessing all my instincts.

One is older, sort of gruff, and says the procedure will take 1.5 hours. The other is much younger and says probably under an hour. This is not the only disparity, I just mention it because it seems like their whole demeanor is reflected in these estimates. One seems pretty old school, answering all the questions, but sort of with a patients just need to know these things attitude; the other is much more open to addressing questions. But this may be just a question of style? One is sort of casual about the whole thing, as if it's no big deal, just a couple of teeth, and you'll be fine. The other is already giving me RX's for pain and antibiotics (before I even scheduled an appointment for the extractions, and before he had given me an estimate of how much this is all going to cost) and telling me I should plan on being fairly unproductive for three days.

To be honest, neither of them has completely reassured me. Ideally, I think I would like some combination of the two of them, but these two are all I have and I really need to have this done as soon as possible. I also can't pay any more for consultations, especially when I also have this big bill looming for the extractions/implants. They both went to good dental schools (the younger one also has a MD). They both have nice offices. They use different kinds of IV sedation, which I am going to do some further research on, but other than that, I'm stumped.

I don't know how to choose one of these guys, and I am really running out of time, due to the pain. I am pretty sure both the teeth are fractured, and they HURT. If I could do this tomorrow morning, I would, even as scared as I am. But now it looks like I will have to wait til early next week for either of them.

I have to put myself in a chair and let one of these cut out my teeth. How do I know which one?