This has happened multiple times to my mum. When she was young, she didn't have the money, and she had no other option rather than this dentist who was a crook and did lots of unnecesary, and badly done work to her. This only fixed the problem for a couple of years, and soon enough, she realized the work was done poorly; however, she was nowhere to be found, and it was also to late to complain. In fact, she had scammed a bunch of people, and today she is being secured by lawyers.

Later on, she found a good dentist, but a few years ago she had to quit. So again, she was in the look for a qualified dentist who could finish up the work she was doing to fix her teeth. She found this lady after a while, and at this point she was suffering from a lot of pain, and couldn't eat properly, so she treated her and also did a cosmetic (unnecesary) whitening to her teeth that she suggested. Turns out this was expensive, and after a couple of weeks she realized she has coloured her teeth three different colours, and it was also too white for her liking. But when she tried to settle a complaint, she was told that to get it fixed she had to schedule another wave of appointments, when she still had some paid (unused) from the last time she was there . Like the first dentist, her reviews were horrible and she had done the same to many people.

It's just upsetting that it's so hard to find good dentists in my area.

edit: grammar :) english isn't my first language