Naval Dental Clinic

I had my painless upper wisdom tooth extraction :)

The dr will always make something to make money. My tooth has nothing weong but she filled and now it hurts. She just want to make some money.

Can you give negative stars? “summary” – My experience was NOT of a medical care facility but, solely a materialistic , money-centric business that perceived then treated me as just a “punter” to extract as much $$$ from with little overall concern for the best outcome for a “patient”. All Advise given @ naval seemed driven only by their commercial considerations & is proven completely false + the workmanship shown 2b pathetically unprofessional . IF a permanent resident of the Philippines I’d consider initiating legal proceedings against this BUSINESS for breach of duty of care. The story- Initial doubts arose immediately during the consultation. Got told in(a grave tone) that ‘19’ teeth needed attending to. 19!?? My radar went bleep perceiving a potential wallet gouge - as, the previous (then unavailable Filipino dentist I’d seen a few months earlier had said ‘1’ tooth filling should be attended to and the rest were AOK – had an xray to verify this with. However that 1 tooth was now a little sensitive (as predicted). This woman at naval was near to me & she came-kind of-with a 3rd hand recommendation,,, so I ignored my suspicions & chose 2 have her attend to it. Again, a grave look of ‘salesperson’ concern was displayed with persistent urging 2 immediately begin root canal treatment then her fitting a crown. $$$! The cost she quoted was twice++ what the previous dentist had quoted - and he (1st dentist) had advised filling was an acceptable option. He did warn filling ‘MAY’ last & if not – root canal work. So, against the persistently applied pressure, I said filling. This didn’t go down well with her and seemingly annoyed began the procedure. Again I had doubt as to her attending to her professional duty of care requirements. The work was carried out in a rough, rushed manner plus the type of filling material was a runny, soft type I’d never seen before. On later inspection this filling material could be seen ‘splashed’ onto other teeth. I paid (comparatively way above Philippine standards) and left after courteously managing to evade the persistent propositions for booking subsequent appointments to have the other ‘18’ teeth drilled into. I’m back home now. For weeks that tooth was sensitive or painful. Didn’t feel infected or dying but rather traumatized, bruised. So, I went to a dentist here 4 advice. After shooting the xray he began asking ‘WTF’ type questions as to how the tooth got into such a state. He was appalled at its condition. It’d been drilled into down to the nerve with the filling applied too thinly directly on top of the nerve – thus the sensitivity & pain. The filling material used was meant as a very temporary type i.e. for a few weeks between procedures & it just won’t last. He couldn't understand why a trained dentist would use it - perhaps to save money on materials? His prognosis was that if, initially, the procedure had been conducted with professional, competent care, the tooth –then- would have had enough structure to be ‘correctly’ filled. He advised that because of the work done that now, root canal & crown is ‘possibly’ not an option as the structural integrity seems compromised. As to the other 18 teeth apparently needing immediate work,, Without explaining I asked him if any other teeth needed attention? He examined in my mouth again &then the xray - nothing else was required. To be more certain, I paid for yet another opinion with another dentist and was given the same prognosis –plus a free lecture on the risks involved having work done overseas. Fortunately the tooth’s sensitivity’s subsided somewhat & is currently just tolerable – until the filling finally fails and/or it shatters. I disagree with the second dentist - I know from experience there are honest, good dentists in Phil &when the need arises and I’m there I’ll avail upon them again– just this time I’ll search more intently for one with at least a modicum of professional integrity. LOL Imagine if I’d said OK to her attacking 19 teeth!! WOW! :P Hope this helps.