Dr. Rita Patel ACUTE TMJ OR LOCKJAW Bloomington Illinois

  I went to Dr. Patel in April/2013 to have 4 lose teeth extracted. The Dr. appeared to be tugging at my teeth. I even asked her if she would be able to extract them. I wasn't even getting enough Novocain. I kept having to get more and more freezing. 5 days later my mouth wouldn't open more than 10%. I also had a partial put in the place of my 4 teeth ( flipper) until the gums healed to have it replaced with a bridge. I paid 300 bucks for this temp. I ended up going to a new Dentist and he couldn't believe that the flipper was even put in my mouth. He said it was ancient. He didn't even know how to install it. I only had it in my mouth for a week. It was too hard to install. Also too tight. I believe I ended up with Acute TMJ from a combination of the dentist and the flipper. I now may have this problem for the rest of my life. I also went to a Chiropractor to get electric stimulation to have my jaw open back up to it's fullest. That also cost money and plenty of visits. The new dentist that I went to also ended up doing some deep cleaning that I was suppose to of already had by Dr. Patel's hygienist, at no extra cost. This new Dr. tried very hard not rag on Dr. Patel, he would just say " No Comment" They don't usually dish on one another. From my experience I would stay as faw away from this dentist as possible.