Business ProfileforGregory A. Merkley, D.D.S.

Everything started out fine with Marlene, the hygienist she took x-rays and then cleaned my teeth. She stated she didn’t see anything on the x-rays that were a concern she stated “everything looks good “. Dr. Merkley came in shortly afterwards and sat down towards the back of my head, not in front of me so I could see him, I had to turn around in the dental chair to shake his hand. Very rude I thought, why not wheel his chair in front of me to face me when speaking to me, but he never did. He then proceeded to ask Marlene how the x-rays looked, again she stated everything looked good. He asked me why I was there, I explained my pain initially started on the bottom left but moved to the upper right. I told him the night before I bent over and felt a pop in my nose and my right ear, he automatically said it’s a sinus infection. He never checked the teeth I was complaining about. My old dentist would blow air or water to try and get a reaction, he did absolutely nothing. He then proceeded to count my teeth and was telling Marlene numbers and I believe if they were crowns or implants, he said ok nice to meet you and I said do I still use the ******? He said no your teeth are sensitive. He then left the room, he was in there less than 2 minutes, he did not perform an oral exam, he never checked what teeth were bothering me, and how could I have a sinus infection and then have sensitive teeth? I paid my bill, left and hoped the pain would go away, I went and bought sensitive toothpaste but by Friday I was in so much pain I was taking 4 advil every 4-5 hours. I called my primary and was given an appointment for Monday March 13th at 9 am. The nurse practitioner checked my head and sinuses and nothing hurt, she did not believe it was a sinus infection. She was nice enough to give me lidocaine for the pain. Dr. Merkley scammed me for an oral exam and NEVER checked my teeth. AVOID HIM!!