1 /5 Mark Imbierowic: Long lost dental records finally found here. No thanks to the office that was quietly holding them. After the Gilberto Nunez practice went belly up, patients attempting to find another dentist were stonewalled from access to their dental records. Some rumor floating around was that if you called the Nunez number, an automated message would offer another number where the records were being kept. I followed this suggestion and discovered that the number had been disconnected.
Through back channels, and dumb luck, I heard that Nunez records were being held at the William Gavis practice. It would have been professional for this office to have some consideration and reach out to notify Nunez patients instead of quietly holding on to them, as if by default that somehow Nunez patients would all mindlessly follow one another to Gavis.
I know this is true because when contacting the Gavis office to inquire about the records and request they be sent elsewhere, I was reminded that I hadnt been seen in a while. Meanwhile, I have no idea who these people are or even where the office is located. Once I made my request for transfer ofthe records, I was "warned" that the records may not be complete - that they may only be records of business transactions and not the medical records (exams and x-rays) needed. So some may now be destroyed or lost or just kept(?) Incompetence and gameplaying with peoples medical records is one way to insure they wont attend your practice.
