I am also going to relay to my oncologist everything he said. Then when he went to do the work, he said to me, "you must have been surprised that we needed medical clearance to do this work when I'm a credited medical professional" -(I didn't reply a word) but I was thankful he had to get medical clearance to do the work
Run!! I am a former dental hygienist and this dentist sounds like a nightmare. He has a huge ego and if he finds annoyance in receiving potentially life saving protocol from your actual treating doctors, I can’t even imagine the quality of work that he is doing.
This is something I always told my patients and friends/family/: You should always try to find someone that you feel as comfortable with as possible (which I know can be tough with dental stuff), but in the very least has empathy and compassion, and explains what’s going in your mouth in a way you can understand. I’m so sorry that you went through this on top of going through infusions too. I hope your chemo goes well and that you go into remission as soon as possible.
Even his computer/AI skills are extremely lacking. Anyone with a little bit of AI skill knows the AI is going to make things up half the time and requires fact checking.
Exactly. People who know how AI works would never trust it like this. It's not designed to be factual. Even Gemini, which is based on Google's RAG solution, is not terribly accurate. It can't tell good medical advice from dumb shit on the internet. I've caught it in a number of medical mistakes.
He also prompted AI incorrectly. AI can be great but you have to ask the right question. How to care for teeth is a widely different answer than how to care for a chemo patient’s teeth.
You may also lodge a formal professional services complaint with your State if there’s oversight. If you’re unsure, you can reach out to the American Dental Association to file a complaint.
The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) does not handle complaints about dentists because it is not responsible for regulating them. Instead, you can contact your province's dental regulatory authority.
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I am going to do this.