Dr. Todd Shockley (DMD)

I am petrified of the dentist. Dr Shockley was patient with me. And very gentle. He helped me not be so scared while working on my teeth. It had been 20 yrs since I went to a dentist and he eased my fears.

My 10 YO had cavities to fill. The first two visits went well he had some pain second visit and he just gave him another shot waited and it went fine.The third visit my son calmly raised his hand and said hey this hurts. The Dr. Shockley looked visibly aggravated by this but gave him another shot. He didn’t give it time before drilling again. I tried to calm my son down and say it’s okay it’s almost done and he goes “ no I’m not haven’t even started yet”. He had an agitated tone. Then my son was like my gums and cheek are numb my tooth isn’t it hurts when you begin to drill. He then tells my son I haven’t even drilled through the enamel like he was lying about pain. My son has a pretty high pain tolerance. My son goes to ask him a question and he says “ no questions I’m putting stuff on your teeth” and then pushed mouth prop into his mouth. I mean he’s a kid he had no empathy or calmness working with a kid that was having some pain. He then seals the tooth and says he needs to go to pediatric dentist. Mind you my son was calm he wasn’t crying yelling or anything just simply saying hey you didn’t numb it properly. I wouldn’t recommend this dentist with children period unless they stay still and don’t complain when they feel pain whatsoever.