David C McClenahan, DDS

Wow – I Googled Dr. McClenahan to find his mailing address then stumbled onto this Unilocal page. It’s weird that his rating is this low…
Personally, he performed two flap surgeries on me back in 2011, followed by a gum graft to support bone loss in a different area in 2012.
The procedures seemed normal and, according to other dentists I’ve seen for routine cleaning, the grafts look really good. Maybe they say that to everyone but my probes are healthy.
He righted the ship and saved me from having to go down the implant road – for that alone, I’m thankful.
Plus, I’ve been going to him for semi-​annual cleanings ever since!

I am so happy to read that someone else agrees with my experience from hell. Dr. McClenehan is honestly the WORST health care professional that I have yet to come across. I had extensive gum surgery and sat in the chair for my major surgical day after waiting anxiously for him and then listened to him talk about what he had for lunch with his staff as I sat in his dental chair waiting for him, while he was 25 minutes late. After the surgery, drove home (was never advised to have someone else drive me because i was not sedated), and blood was pouring out of my mouth LITERALLY and they had given me a bag with a 2×2 piece of gauze. I have to pull over and call someone to come and help me. Then, I was in excruciating pain for 3 weeks like I have never experienced in my life. Kept calling asking WHY, he responded (when he did) by telling me to just keep taking pain killers. Needless to say, I went back ONE time, only to tell him off after he kept me waiting over 20 minutes for a 5 minute appointment. I found an amazing oral surgeon, Dr. Domagala in Gurnee, who restored my faith in moving forward. Let me preface all of this by saying I am ONE tough cookie, had two extractions and 7 implants today and am in perfect shape and have been all day. My current doc, just called me to see how I was doing and ask if I need anything. if you are referred to him RUN RUN RUN do not walk to the nearest cliff or find someone else quickly.
Allison, (prior review), sorry this happened to you, but thanks for sharing because I have never had a worse medical experience in my entire 50 plus years on earth!

The worst, most unprofessional medical experience of my life! The staff was very rude and had horrible bedside manner. I had a panic attack while I was under sedation because they didn’t monitor my dosages or vitals correctly and Dr. McClenahan told me to «suck it up and stop acting like a baby» while he continued to perform gum grafting surgery as my numbing medicines and sedation wore off so I could feel what was going on. I could not breath properly due to my nose being stuffy from crying and he just yelled at me to take a deep breath through my nose. Then they didn’t send me home with enough pain medicine so I was miserable for a week. I called them to have medicine called in for me… they didn’t answer my calls or return my call in a timely manner.
When I tried to confront the doctor at my recheck appointment he acted schitzo and pretended like nothing ever happened, he walked in the room and said «what a beautiful day it is today».
They do not care about their patients in the slightest. If you want to be disrespected, leave angry and in pain then I highly recommend this place. When I left they asked me to schedule my six month check up and I told them not to bother, I would never come back to their office ever again!