I was referred to Dental Dreams, Joliet by Silver Cross Emergency room after a visit for a terrible toothache. Admittedly, I should have had my wisdom tooth pulled months ago but, because I work in sales and my job requires me to be able to talk, I put it off for a while. Nonetheless, here I am.

The normal regimen for a toothache is an antiboitic in the penicillin family. Unfortunately for me, I am allergic to penicillin so I was prescribed an antibiotic that, according to Mrs. Patel from Dental Dreams, works slower than any of the "cillins'.."

After taking the antibiotics and pain killers for 6 days, it was apparent that either the prescription of Norco that the emergency room wasn't working or the antibiotics weren't working. I had to take 3 advil with the norco just to take the edge off. After 2.5 hours, the pain was back at full force.

Upon examination, she determined that she could not extract my wisdom tooth. Something about roots or something like that. I would need to see an oral surgeon in order to have them removed. So it's Friday and I have 4 of these pain killers left so now I'm scared to death because if you've ever had a toothache, you know that the pain shoots right into your brain. It is unbearable.

She gives me a "prescription" for 5 pills. I told her that this wouldn't get me through the weekend. She told me I would need to come back in.

At this point, I'm feeling like I'm being treated like a person who is seeking drugs for recreation. I'm here because I have a toothache. You just told me that the antibiotics won't work, you won't prescribe me an antibiotic that will work so you know the tooth isn't healing as it should yet.... you don't believe I'm going to be in pain?

So now, if for some reason I am not able to find an oral surgeon who works on Saturdays, I'm going to be forced to take MORE TIME off from work, which I was trying to avoid AND I may have to go BACK to the emergency room for relief.

Then, they had the audacity to tell me that the pain killers should work. Hmmmm... I'm no doctor however, I do know that not everyone has the same tolerance level to pain killers. When I had a major surgery in 2009, I had to be given the strongest dose of pain killers because I did not respond to Morphine for goodness sake....

Nonetheless, I had a terrible experience and I will NOT be returning nor will I recommend anyone visit this location for any serious procedures.