Katie Bishop 路 5 out of 5 stars 路 3 months ago
The Missoula Oral Surgery team is FANTASTIC. I never leave reviews unless I had a superior experience or feel the need to direct people elsewhere, and after having emergency tooth extractions (3 teeth), I left feeling like I needed to leave this review. I am deathly afraid of the dentist...I'd rather wrestle with a Grizzly bear than have any dental work done, due to malpractice (ended up with sepsis) at a dental practice in Bozeman many years ago (about 15 or so). For that reason, I have to be in excruciating pain before I'll even step foot in a dental office. With all of that said, I've had problems with a couple teeth on my lower right side, and a lingering infection in one of those teeth that 2 rounds of antibiotics didn't fully treat...long story short, I went into a dentist to find out how to tackle this infection, who immediately sent me to Dr. Wiswell for extraction due to the severity of the infection(sending my anxiety through the roof)...the referring dental office, knowing my dentist phobia, warned me to not take it personally if Dr, Wiswell seemed short, and to the point as he gets a lot of emergency referrals (me being one of them) and probably won't have a lot of time to sit with me and calm my nerves, but that he means well and is a fantastic surgeon. Having been told that, I didn't expect much interaction with him...but WOW! I was so pleasantly surprised...his nurses got me all settled, and I wish I remembered the name of the one that was with me the most, but she was an angel. Dr Wiswell was in another surgery that went longer than expected, so I had to wait for a while before he was able to come in and take care of my teeth, and she brought me a blanket, and checked in on me multiple times, making me feel so welcome. Once Doc came in, he introduced himself, and was so respectful, easy to talk to, and had a calm demeanor, making me feel so much more comfortable. He even had a sense of humor, which most docs don't. Anyway, he treated me so well, calming my nerves by explaining everything he would be doing, and told me my only job was to sleep 馃槾 which I can handle lol. I would hands down recommended him to anyone, but especially to anyone with dental anxiety...you're in great hands with the team there!!!





