My mother has been seeing a dentist for the last 2 years after her stroke. He claims I should get someone to come to the home...I was broadsided by this sudden brush off...as he left the office the day of her dental cleaning.... for an emergency and I found out through a conversation with the hygienist who commented that , " They don't work on people like my mother?" I have since contacted the dentist who said I could contact a dentist who comes to the home....I contacted the number of his referral and spoke to the receptionist who stated it is $280 for the inital visit and there are no guarantees that the work can be done at home. Now I am upset because with numberous cavities.... mother needs help...although they are not hurting her yet...I am concerned about the possibility of infection developing in her mouth. Should I tell the new dentist I see how the old dentist felt? He put this in his notes about how stressful it was to work on her.... I spoke with our primary doctor who said that didn't seem appropriate to not treat people with declining health... The dentist justified that I can't force him to treat my mother.... Any suggestions?
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In England, when I was there anyway, dentists were not called Dr, just plain Mr. and I think that is more accurate and less misleading.
He had been so very patient with my Mom over all those years even though Mom never followed his recommendations to leave her partial plates in her mouth to get use to them.... so what happens the plates eventually break, always had to get them repaired or replaced... and the gums had worn down from Mom putting that plate in/out every time she ate... even one cookie. She was her own worse enemy.... [sigh]
We were lucky to find a dentist that worked with residents from local nursing homes so he was very good with older people. Perhaps a nursing home in your area has someone they could recommend?