Dr Wilkinson is the most personable dentist i've ever met, i don't really understand the negative reviews, but they all seem financial based. Before I even spoke with him, the receptionist had everything done. She outlined my copay versus the insurance coverage. ...
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Dr Wilkinson is the most personable dentist i've ever met, i don't really understand the negative reviews, but they all seem financial based. Before I even spoke with him, the receptionist had everything done. She outlined my copay versus the insurance coverage. Here's my story:
I'm only in northern California for about 6 months for work. Prior to coming out here, I had multiple fillings done by my local dentist. The most recent one, never seemed to heal properly. It was sensitive to very hot or very cold, but i choked it up to needing extra time to heal. As a matter of fact, during the initial filling procedure, I could feel pings of pain as the dentist was drilling. Not fun.
fast forward 2 months after the initial filling, and here I am in Sunnyvale. I bit down on something and saw stars. BAM. I needed to see someone ASAP, i couldn't go 6 months before first seeing my dentist at home in pain. I thought maybe with my symptoms of during the filling and after the filling was a mis diagnosis of a needed root canal. Someone referred me to a different office who offered me an appointment a month away in June. This was unheard of to me, I just needed 15 minutes of a dentists time to talk to me. The office referred me to Dr. WIlkinson, and although they don't usually come to the office on Saturdays, they needed to do paperwork anyway and could see me tomorrow.
When I walked in, neither of them made me feel like I had forced them to be here. Especially even after Dr. Wilkinson calmed my fears (I don't need a root canal) did they make me feel like "oh great what a hypochondriac who wasted my Saturday morning." Which brings me to my next point. A lot of people in the medical profession would take advantage and say "Yep, you need a root canal. That will be $5000 please." Dr. Wilkinson did the opposite! He took x-rays of the tooth in question, showed me very thourougly WHY i was feeling ultra sensitivity and gave me a prescription for a flouride rinse. He even showed me how he knows i grind my teeth, something no other dentist has every talked to me about before. A root canal might be necessary in the future, and I will definitely return to Dr Wilkinson!