I would *NOT* recommend this office for complex smile makeovers. Would you keep an appointment when the front desk keeps mixing up your chart? There is a language barrier because some of the receptionists are not native English speakers. They never followed up on procedures my insurance said they might pay for. There's a lot of miscommunication that is not common at most dentist offices. Just to schedule an appointment, they force you to pay a 20% deposit (the total of all my procedures would be about $15K) . Let alone pay 20% ahead of time? I've already paid them $2.5K for other work in my smile makeover plan. I currently have two implants done by their office that aren't crowned nor did they give me temporary crowns. Instead implants were placed through my permanent bridges by drilling into them per suggestion of the doctor. I'm probably experiencing bone loss and will require bone grafting ($1-2K).
If you have any combination of missing teeth, prior work such as bridges, and/or crooked teeth it will be very difficult to get clear and concise steps from their office. While getting a 2nd opinion from another dentistry there were multiple procedures they found that were partially covered by my insurance. SOM's office told me to ignore the amount insurance would pay on the quote sheet because everything i was getting done was purely cosmetic. I decided to inquire with my insurance company directly but to give me a potential answer they needed to see all the work i was considering to get done on all teeth. When I asked their office for a full quote sheet that gives breakdown of costs, they told me it was already provided to me. Let's be clear, I had an old quote sheet from 2018 that was no longer accurate. They told me to combine the 2018 quote sheet and use this weird makeshift word document without a letterhead that had spelling errors and no billing codes. Insurance found it very sketchy and assumed I created it and made up the prices myself, fun times. I ended up having to cancel my appointment day before because I had to make sure that my flex spending account would cover some of the changes to my smile makeover plan.
They then told me if i want to schedule an appointment I need to pay 20% deposit. They don't force people with insurance coverage to pay to schedule. Insurance companies pay lower prices , don't pay same day, and may even reject a claim. I'm paying out of pocket, immediately with cash day of appointment but yet i'm the one they need 20% upfront to just schedule? Complete BS. Board certified plastic surgeons don't even do that.
I'm someone who was not blessed with the best teeth genetically (to be fair, some dental damage was my own fault) and I've had to pay a lot of money for my teeth over the years and I'm not even 30. This would have been my 4th major dental procedure and I don't have many front upper teeth to work with anymore. My concern was getting something I knew would be worth it, functional and last for maybe the next decade. I think the plan created by the doctor was good but ultimately, there was too much miscommunication with the front desk. They didn't understand any of the smile makeover plans created by the doctor. I continuously had to come into the office to ask about the plans directly w/ the doctor which of course got annoying for me and i'm sure everyone else involved. Anytime I'd inquire on the plans for the next procedure, they'd get key information wrong. It was very bizarre and stressful.
I had to take a lot of initiative to get clarity on teeth shape, shade of whiteness, process for molds, ask for mock ups etc. They never talked with me about any of that, i had to inquire with them. Otherwise there was a possibility they were going to create a final result without my input.
The first office I went to for a 2nd opinion the front desk could explain everything flawlessly. Most importantly, they followed up with my insurance and found a few things that were covered which does help me a lot. I'm not sure why Smile on Michigan never even tried to inquire with my insurance or ignored the columns on the quote sheet that said insurance *might* pay.
I think this place is probably good if you're just getting standard veneers and your teeth are already in pretty good shape but if you have any combo of existing implants, bridges, missing teeth, gaps, etc it becomes too complex. There's too large of a communication barrier in the office.
I have drained my savings before to pay for dental procedures, knowing they didn't even try to inquire with insurance really burns me up. I know what it's like to sit in a dentist chair for 3+ hours then have to come back the next day to get MORE work done. Knowing that I would have to go through something similar again but not having clarity on the makeover plan or a simple quote sheet, I just couldn't do it. No one should, especially if paying almost $15K out of pocket. I regret starting my smile makeover with this office. read more