Dr. Nitasha Ahluwalia

Stay away from this dentist! This has been the worst dental experience I have had by far. I even gave the place a second chance to give her the benefit of the doubt, and was burned both times. I went to this dentist with horrible tooth pain on my lower left teeth. I told her that it felt like my face was paralyzed and the pain radiated all the way to my ear and head. I stated that I grind my teeth but that I had been wearing my mouth guard and the pain had not gotten better in a week. In fact, I stated the pain felt exactly like it did when I once needed a root canal, if not worse. She took x-rays and stated everything was fine, the pain was from grinding my teeth, despite me asking why it had not gotten better since I was wearing my mouth guard even during the day. A week passed and I kept contacting the office to let the dentist know the pain was not any better and something was very wrong. She stated that it was fine and would go away. I finally went to another dentist and… found out I had one tooth that was infected and dead and another tooth that was cracked. He could not believe that this dentist took x-rays and missed such major problems. Instead of apologizing, the dentist stated she did not catch the infected tooth because she only took bitewing x-rays and that the cracked tooth must have cracked after I left her office (total lie since at this point I was wearing mouth guard day and night and the pain did not double, it simply did not get better). She completely lied to cover her negligence. She put the blame on me, the patient, as if I should have told her what types of x-rays to take. A simple google search also showed me that even bitewing x-rays show infection and bone loss, both of which I had and she completely missed. I will now be in pain for about six months due to the nerve damage the infection caused, something that could have likely been avoided if I had not stayed an extra week with the infection due to her medical advice. Prior to this, this dentist did a crown for one of my teeth. I had to go back at least four times (I believe if not more) to have the crown redone because it was not lining up properly. She finally stated that it was good. A few months later, I believe, I had tooth pain and went to another dentist. It turns out the crown had not been lined properly, food had gotten stuck, and the tooth had decayed further. She did not apologize but instead put the blame on the lab. In my opinion, she is incompetent, unprofessional, irresponsible and negligent.