Endodontics of Denver

A+, 15 gold stars, I cannot say enough positive praise about Dr. Kotts and his staff especially Amber and Sarah. I have had root canals before and they have been long, arduous, painful and horror inspiring. This is NOT the case with Dr. Kotts. Dr. Kotts has an advanced root canal technique that minimized the root canal time to less than 45 minutes and that was going through a bridge. I voiced my anxiety and concern for the procedure and Amber was extremely caring and encouraging. Dr. Kotts specifically made room for me in his busy schedule because of the pain that I was experiencing. I arrived in tears and left with a smile. I wish Dr. Kotts & his staff would be my primary dentist! Highly recommend.

I have had the most wonderful experience with ALL the employees here. The staff is very professional and welcoming. Although the experience of a root canal is not a good one in general, the staff committed to providing me with quality care and following up after the procedure. I would recommend Dr. Kotts any day!

Infected Root Canal that landed me in the hospital! I went to Dr. Kott for an emergency root canal that went very, very badly. The actual procedure seemed to go okay, from what I could tell, but when I returned to his office the very next day in extreme pain and having trouble swallowing he acted like I being was overly dramatic. When I asked what can we do he smugly replied with «well I guess I could put you on some Penicillin» You guess?!? If you see that I have an infection in a tooth why on earth would you not put me on antibiotics!?! I then asked if he thought that I would be okay to travel considering the pain I was in to which he replied «yes, of course you’ll be fine». Trusting the doctor I proceeded to go on the trip to Florida for what was supposed to last 3 days. The next day I had to be rushed to the hospital, in Florida, for what would be the first of 2 emergency room visits, 2 stays in the ICU and 2 surgeries. I had developed a severe abscess that had traveled across my mouth and down into my throat closing off my airway. The Catt scans and all other tests pointed directly to the infected tooth.
Not only was this gross negligence but his bedside manner is non-​existent. I honestly think that if he would have listened to me and treated me with even a bit of reasonable care I would have been okay.
I would NEVER EVER go back to this office and recommend that anyone reading this do the same!
If I could leave 0 stars I would. 1 is far too much!

Why write a review about an Endodontist, you ask?
What is Endodontics?
What comes to mind when I mention these two words… Root Canal!
Horrors! Horrors! Horrors!
According to Wikipedia, Endodontics is…“Endodontics (from the Greek endo «inside»; and odons «tooth») is the dental specialty concerned with the study and treatment of the dental pulp. Endodontists perform a variety of procedures including endodontic therapy (commonly known as «root canal therapy»), endodontic retreatment, surgery, treating cracked teeth, and treating dental trauma. Root canal therapy is one of the most common procedures…“
It was the weekend, and of course you want to just relax on the weekend, at least, that was my plan. I woke up Saturday morning with a toothache. I had never had a toothache before, and I’ve heard they hurt. Well, let me tell you, that they H-​U-​R-​T! We (the hubby and I) went to King Soopers and bought some Anbesol. Yes, you know the stufff, that is, «fast acting, and provides on-​contact pain relief of minor mouth irritations or even tough toothache pain.» Well, I went through the one tube within a short amount of time. The pain would come back, and it was another trip to King Soopers, but this time we bought several more tubes. By the end of the weekend, I decided I had to call the doctor.
I called my family doctor first, as I knew that I was having sinus problems, probably a sinus infection. I called my doctor’s office, and an appointment was made for mid morning. I then called my dentist office, and explained the situation: toothache, sinus problems, etc. I was given an appointment 1 hour after the doctor’s appointment.
I went to my doctor. She provided me with a prescription to treat the sinus infection, but she thought it was problems with my tooth.
I went to the dentist, and he said he thought it was my sinus, but he referred me to a specialist, an endodontist. I was able to get into the endodontist the next day, thank goodness!
I went to the endodontist, Dr. Jeremy Kott, of Endodontics of Denver. I explained the situation, and he listened very patiently. He took some xrays, and then did a «Cold test.» This was where he touched several teeth, around the tooth that was giving me the problem, and that actual tooth. He told me to raise my hand when I felt the cold, and then lower it when the cold went away. Easy enough. I raised my hand, lowered my hand, raised my hand, lowered my hand. I waited for the cold to come again, and I waited. I thought to myself, «OK, Doctor, touch my tooth with the cold, so I can raise my hand.» Nothing. Then, the cold came again, and I raised my hand. You get the picture.
Well, after that brief test, and looking at the xrays, Dr. Kott explained that the tooth I had been having problems with was actually «dead.» Great! When he did the «Cold Test,» all worked as it should have, but when it came to that tooth. He had touched the one tooth, the tooth when I didn’t raise my hand, when I waited for him to continue the testing, and I felt nothing. The nerve endings in that tooth were dead, thus I didn’t feel anything. He said the problems was the teeth on either side of that specific tooth, were the ones having the problem, which made sense to me.
Dr. Kott then went through and explained all of my options, and he answered my questions. It wasn’t a rush-​rush time. He even answered my question of what would happen if I didn’t have the root canal. Hey, you have to ask!
The Root Canal, really wasn’t that bad at all. I was so dreading having a root canal. And, I must admit, that I don’t want another one, as I am planning on keeping all of my teeth for a very, very long time. But, if I ever have to have another Root Canal, I most definitely will go back to Dr. Jeremy Kott at Endodontics of Denver.
The worse part was the shot to numb the mouth, which really, when you think about it, is what you expect. The actual root canal really wasn’t bad at all, and I’m not kidding about that. Hey, if you have to have a root canal, it’s because the tooth is dead, so you don’t feel it anyway!
I did not go back to work that day. I could have, but was very tired afterwards, as I wasn’t sure what to expect, as I had never had a root canal before, and I was wiped out. I did take the suggested Advil every few hours the remainder of the day, as well as the next. After that, I didn’t need it. I did go back to work the next day, with no problems. It took about 1 week for my mouth to feel normal again, to be able to comfortably chew food on that side of the mouth. All in all, it really wasn’t bad at all.
So, go to Endodontics of Denver, and see Dr. Jeremy Kott, if you ever need a Root Canal.