Just a heads-up: Dr. Givens is no longer there. Instead, there has apparently been a conga-line of temporary dentists in and out of this location, and it's hit-or-miss now, depending on which temporary dentist is at the helm. On Friday, June 8, I arrived to my appointment to find no dentist on site, only staff. I was told there is a temporary dentist available, but I never saw hide nor hair of any dentist on Friday when my teeth were made. Yep, that's right. Affordable Dentures made my teeth without a dentist ever looking in my mouth or even being introduced to me, the patient. It became apparent why, when I returned on Tuesday to see what could be done about my new dentures not fitting right AT ALL.
I was told that the current temporary dentist does not do adjustments on a walk-in basis, and I must deal with mouth sores and floppy dentures until they could get me in for an appointment. Suspecting there was no dentist employed at the time, I asked to meet the dentist, since he was absent on Friday when I was there to have my teeth done. I was told the new temporary dentist was in surgery, and the old temporary dentist quit on Friday. So I waited to meet the new temporary dentist.
About 20 minutes later, I was called in to talk to the new temporary dentist, who agreed that it would be completely reasonable for me to file a complaint against Affordable Dentures for never sending a dentist in to see me, and instead opting to ignore the fact there was no dentist on site and just keep taking in patients, instead of rescheduling their appointments for a day when a licensed dentist was present. After all, he had just started working at Affordable Dentures today, and wasn't even there on the day all the problems occurred.
The dentist-less staff at Affordable Dentures did an awful job on my dentures. I gave it from Friday until Tuesday, just in case my mouth needed to adjust, and I just got more and more sore spots in my mouth, while my dentures flopped around loose. Cassandra, the receptionist, told me this is because some of the molding material may have come out when they cast the mold. I was told I could request a refund, but since I paid cash, they were going to have to put in a check request, and it takes two weeks. So learn a lesson from this: If you do take a chance on this place, DO NOT PAY CASH!
Seriously, I'm thinking the temporary dentist they introduced me to today, he was just some guy (maybe a staff member) they talked into putting on a lab coat and pretending to be the dentist because they just can't get any real dentists to stay. Dr. Givens was wonderful. His prices were unbelievably low, and he did the highest quality work imaginable. This conga line of "dentists" in and out of Affordable Dentures these days - they're either unskilled or apathetic or both, and their prices shot up 50% from when Dr. Givens was crafting spectacular dentures there.
Now it's just BAD and EXPENSIVE.
If you're thinking of going to Affordable Dentures on South 16th Avenue in Tucson, DON'T! You're better off driving to the next-closest Affordable Dentures location, like maybe in Phoenix. Or go to the Affordable Dentures location near where you vacation instead, while you're away from Tucson. Just don't go to this one - you'll be disappointed. read more