One has to be very skeptical about this place; considering how long this doctor has been in dental practice - there are only 4 reviews?
I learned my lesson and so did my child.
I made an appointment just for a consultation only and i put that in wording on paper! I brought my 1 y.o. there just to talk and ask questions about here teeth alignment. We were placed in a very small room and waited. While we were waiting i breastfed her. When the doctor appeared he did not talk much, did not try to make my l.o. feel comfortable. Before i remembered, in one second, she was placed her back to his lap, her mouth open and screaming. All of a sudden she threw up, he did not even let her to sit up. He just murmured that she coughed well and started checking tooth by tooth! Why? i still don't get it! i just came for a consultation, at this age you can't even do anything about teeth alignment so why bother if the kid is not cooperating? Well, that's not what actually freaked me out. When i eventually could not hear my daughter cry i told him to stop but he didn't! i told him several times and he didn't stop; I actually had to take his hand trying to stop him but he would not stop he just continued pressing on her sensitive gums!
All of that, all o THAT was unnecessary! it's not like we had some real problem! I didn't have complaints whatsoever i just came for a consultation! just to keep my mind at ease!
As a mother i am very very appalled. it's been a while, i am blaming myself for bringing her to that office and letting her suffer even for a second!
He did not even answer my questions, he talked too much about anything but my initial concern.
Instead of greeting her well at the beginning, he talked too much like 10-15 min?? at the end , about how she doesn't like him now but she will later. That some kids are like that, bla bla bla........ Not even on topic of our visit! but about some unnecessary things. Gosh!
The worst was when i came to see my own dentist and i asked about if she sees kids. Apparently she does, she said that on their first visit she doesn't do a thing! she just wants them to become familiar with her. That's it. I trust my dentist a lot I guess i can trust her with my kid, right? Huge huge mistake with this doctor Atherton who seemed to enjoy my daughter's scream. Her first dental experience is totally ruined. read more