Read review posted by asknursie on March 15, 2006, 8:40 p.m. for Dr. Michael Gerhards - Dentist

Dr. Michael Gerhards DDS - Dentist

4.0 based on 7 reviews

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Portland, OR

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I went in needing to have an old filling replaced. In the process of doing so, my tooth chipped. I decided to have a crown put on as a filling would likely not stick for long. While drilling for the crown, he apparently drilled too low, necessitating a root canal. He prescribed an antibiotic which is not first line treatment, at the wrong dose, for the infection. While getting a second opinion, I learned that he misread the xray of my tooth - the one that he used to verify the need for a root canal. He also drilled into the old mercury filling without first placing a dental dam. My understanding is that dental dams are used routinely to help prevent swallowing the mercury-filled dust that the driiling creates. So although everyone at the office was very kind to me and the multitude of procedures I had were not painful, he inspired zero confidence. He didn't offer to drop the charges on the root canal, which I felt was clearly his fault. He seemed to be filled with out of date and incorrect information. And Im not sure he knows how to read xrays.
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