Missoula Dental Arts - Discriminatory and Negligent
EDIT: it’s Montana dental arts not Missoula, I mistyped
During my visit, the dentist learned I take psychiatric medication for Bipolar disorder. Instead of offering solutions for medication-related dry mouth a known, manageable side effect. he repeatedly suggested I stop my medication, calling it a “life choice” and saying “they don’t tell you when to get off it.” Bipolar disorder is a lifelong neurological condition. For many patients, medication isn’t optional, it prevents episodes, hospitalization, and worse. A dentist suggesting otherwise isn’t concern, it’s dangerous ignorance. When I directly asked for dry mouth management options without having to stop my medications , he gave me nothing. Those options exist and are well known. He withheld standard care, and his bias toward my diagnosis is the only explanation. This is negligent and discriminatory. I will be filing a complaint with the Montana Board of Dentistry. Patients with mental illness deserve the same standard of care as everyone else.