I apparently am forced to give him a star at minimum. Dr. Karich tried to tell me that my 8 year old son was already developing cavities in his PERMANENT teeth that he hadn't had for more than 2 years, despite a perfectly clean bill of dental health at the previous checkup about 8 months before. BACK STORY: At that previous check up, Dr. Karich applied sealants to my children's teeth without asking me first for approval. I found out after their visit that he had applied them. For health reasons due to a neurological disorder that both of my children have, as a necessary precaution as advised by their neurologist, they should not be exposed to unnecessary foreign substances and environmental influences as anything could potentially exacerbate their symptoms. Painting a "sealant" with ingredients unknown to me on my children's teeth without my permission got me a bit upset. I informed the receptionist that in the future they needed my consent before putting any substance in my child's mouth. Fast forward back to our most recent visit, where they clearly didn't remember or record why my children weren't supposed to receive sealants or fluoride treatments, nor did they even listen or care. Their main concern seemed to be selling me those sealants. They didn't care one bit about this jargon I was spewing about my poor special little children's brains. Dr. Karich insisted that my son was halfway to cavities in his permanent teeth since I was not allowing sealants. He must have also forgotten how he sealed my son's teeth just 8 months earlier without my permission, and I know those sealants aren't applied more often than every six months. So, theoretically and technically, his teeth having been sealed at his previous visit, if he was so close to cavities then wouldn't that mean the sealants don't work?? Plain and simply, he tried to scare me into doing the sealants, most likely to pad the bill to public aid, not expecting that THIS public aid recipient is rather educated and intelligent and also SUSPICIOUS. I asked for him to show me the evidence of decay, he bumbled that I would not be able to see it - he could not show me what he was claiming to see. I have been scammed by a dentist or two in my day, so I'm wise to their rhetoric of fear. The kicker: JUST TO BE SURE, so as not to unfairly and unnecessarily revoke what little sugary foods I allow my children to have on occasion, I took my son to another dentist for a checkup without telling her what Dr. Karich had said. She reported all was great, and my son's teeth were impressively well kept. I asked if she was concerned about any decay or evidence of potentially developing cavities and she LAUGHED and told me his teeth were the best teeth on an 8 year old she'd seen pretty much in the entirety of her practice. I recommend to Dr. Karich that he concern himself with practicing moral dentistry and not with robbing the system.
Karich John T Dds is a US Dentist based in Mahomet, Illinois. Karich John T Dds is located at 1504 Patton Dr, Mahomet, IL 61853, USA.
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