What's the worst thing you've had or seen done by someone who was supposed to be a professional?

Dentists will appreciate this one.

My girlfriend at the time was unhappy with the appearance of her teeth, and rather than go with orthodontics,

which my very professional dentist had recommended, opted to go the instant solution of crowns and veneers,

nearly a dozen in all, suggested

by a dentist at some random strip mall. Doing this work required she get six root canals.

Her appointment for the work was a Friday at about 2 p.m. They worked on her for three hours,

and when it was 5 p.m. it was quitting time. They stopped work,

put a temporary bridge on her and said they'd see her in two weeks when her next appointment was

scheduled and sent her home. Once the lydocaine wore off, she was in agonizing pain. By Sunday,

she literally asked me to kill her. Calls to the dentist service went unreturned.

Monday morning, she called and was told the pain was normal and they wouldn't see her earlier.

That afternoon, I called my dentist, explained the situation, and brought her in immediately.

He gave her some lydocaine which provided instant relief and then took the temporary

bridge off. Next, he said out loud, holy crap, and told his assistant to get the camera and took

about 50 pictures. He left and went into his office and then came back, put the temp on, gave her a

script for Percocet,

and told us to call her dentist again and make an appointment. We did it and it was scheduled

for 7 a.m. the next morning. Apparently they had started six root canals on Friday, but not

completed any of them. Just opened the tooth and exposed the nerve, but not actually destroyed it,

and left the tooth open with minimal packing and no actual filling. And apparently, they expected

my girlfriend to live with that for two weeks with no pain meds. I talked to my dentist about it

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