At my last appointment, my dentist and I had an argument. It got pretty heated and both of us were rude. But I feel like, as his customer, he should have been more professional and not gotten rude back. But, now I’m in a bind. I’ve got a massive toothache, but there is no way I am going crawling back to my dentist. Is there such a thing as an emergency dental clinic?

Mandy L. – Queens, NY

Mandy,

There aren’t emergency dental clinics per se, but there are many dentist who will see non-established patients in an emergency situation. Many will see you the same day.  You’ll just have to call around and see who’ll work with you.

While I agree that dentists need to be professional, they are human and get just as frustrated when people are rude to them as you do when people are rude to you.  If you’ve had a good relationship with him in the past, it might be worth it to make ammends.

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