Sheldon R. Mann DDS, PA Avoid this dental practice Sarasota Florida

I was referred to this edodontist for a root canal and had the worst dental experience of my life, and I have no dental phobia, or anything like that. For the procedure I was tilted back with my head way down towards the floor, very uncomfortable for the lengthy procedure, but that wasn't the worst part. As the days past after the procedure, I kept feeling worse. I called the office and they told me to take some ibuproven, but that didn't help. Then I developed what I now know to be classic symptoms of Bell's Palsy, it was frightening. I lost muscle control in the right side of my face, my eye lid was sagging, I had uncontrolled eye twitching, my mouth was weird on the same side. When I went in, Dr. Mann suggested that maybe I had a stroke, he even called another doctor to confer with, and between to the two of them they had no idea what I had, but the symptoms were absolute classic Bell's Palsy symptoms. When I described my symptoms to friends and relatives, many of them said it sounded like Bell's Palsy, but Dr. Mann, a trained medical dental practitioner with over 15 years experience, had no idea? Really? I found a doctor who immediately recognized my symptoms and put me on a course of steroids, but not before he told me that the delay in treatment could prevent a full recovery, that Bell's Palsy when treated immediately had a high rate of success, but in my case ten days had passed. Luckily, after about one month, I did recover, but here's the kicker, for this wonderful experience I recently learned I was charged about twice the going rate for a root canal on the same tooth, I was charged $1,400.00 and a friend of mine had a smooth, fast and painless experience, and recovery, for $700!