Patients who have had their lives turned upside down due to shoddy dental work by Aspen Dental dentists appear to have been shut down in pursuing their case against this nasty company.
I read this to mean, the court agrees Aspen Dental is operating dental clinics illegally; that the Attorney General should/could pursue them and has the power to dissolve their phony business entity; and there was a breakdown of some sort in procedure for patients to further state their claims.
But none of this by any means says Aspen Dental is innocent of malpractice, and in my opinion should be avoided by the public at all costs. As so is that the opinion of a recent patient. (see below).
If you read anything further into it, please post in the comments, as it may help patients and future employees of the pace.
Related:
Aspen Dental Amended Complaint filed Jan 18, 2013
Aspen Dental Letter to Sen. Grassley, Feb 13, 2012
Aspen Dental Letter to Sen. Grassley, April 18, 2012
Letter to Aspen Dental from Sen. Grassley, June 14, 2012
FRONTLINE – Dollars and Dentists, June 26, 2012
In another related Aspen Dental issue, just today I received a complaint from a patient who just recently saw Dr. Ajayi at an Evansville, Indiana Aspen Dental Clinic.
Email dated: April 15, 2015
I was recently in as a patient on the Aspen Dental West side of Evansville Indiana location and overheard the most sickening conversation of my life. I was a little skeptical of the place due to horrible reviews all over the internet, but unfortunately I am one of those victims who's employer changed dental insurances and Aspen Dental was the only one in network so I had to do what I had to do. On my first visit I grew quite fond of the Dental Assistants,. I could sense they had much experience and were very knowledgeable. They appeared to not have any liking towards their doctor.
When I was back in for a crown prep, Dr. Ajayi was in such a hurry that he kept jerking my head back and forth yelling "turn to me!" when I was trying my best. He about drowned me with water and kept laughing as the Dental Assistant apologized and kept wiping my face with a towel. She asked him once to turn down the water please and he said very rudely NO! I began to get frightened. Then he gets up and the Assistant asked, are you done? He said yes. She didn't seem confident that he should be done. He shoved a bunch of gauze in my mouth and I was bleeding profusely. She kept asking if I was ok but I was numb so of course I couldn't tell. Later I found out he cut my cheek and tongue so bad I had canker sores for 2 weeks!
