I had my first appointment the day that Dr Joshi Bhaskar had his last day (He was retiring)…read moreHe was a very friendly dentist, His staff though is amazingly kind and helpful!
But in all honesty, my time with Dr Bhaskar felt a little rushed.
The office and equipment looked a little out dated compared to the dentist that I am currently being treated at. And the building and it's location itself is a little sketchy looking.
So I originally came for root canals and crowns, (I had went to Roc Doc Dentist first, turns out they didn't accept my primary insurance, so I had to pick another dentist that did and under my insurance plan, there weren't too many dentists that accepted my insurance and that had good ratings, but Dr Joshi Bhaskar did have good reviews on both google and yelp, so I decided on him.) Got my X-rays done, saw the Dr and he tells me that I need two root canals and two crowns, a little alarming, considering at ROC DOC they told me I needed 4 root canals and 4 crowns plus a couple of gumline cavities that you can clearly see.... So hearing Dr Bhaskar say I only needed two root canals and crowns concerned me a bit... He didn't even mention anything about my cavities, until I pointed them out! (and this was after he looked my my mouth! and the cavities are pretty visible! another red flag.) then it turns out they don't even do root canals there, and they had to refer me to another dentist office (millennium dental I believe) of course they had horrible reviews and I didn't feel very comfortable going there for such serious work after reading the reviews, so after several phone calls with the receptionist at Dr Bhaskar's office, she tried to find me another dentist that I could be referred to that had good reviews, eventually we did, and I was then referred to Dentist of Bakersfield (Where I am still currently at, they actually had decent reviews, not excellent, but I like them. check out my review for them too! lol) So the plan was to get my root canals done at Dentist of Bakersfield, then get my crowns and cavities done at Dr Bhaskar's office.
So when I first went to Dentist of Bakersfield, they did their X-Rays and yes, it was re-confirmed, I had needed 4 root canals and 4 crowns, not 2 like Dr Bhaskar said. So I get the first half of my root canals done. scheduled the other two for a few months out because I didn't need them done right away like the other half.
I call Dr Bhaskar's office back to schedule my appointment for the crowns and cavities, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, they are having problems with my insurance, basically they didn't accept it anymore, just in that little short 2 month period of time, since the new Dr took over (Dr Jay Patel) He was having issues, all I know was that He was trying to add my insurance to the list of insurances that he accepted, but couldn't, (you would think he would have had all this straighten away before starting the job, since he knew what day Bhaskar was leaving and when he was starting) anyways, at first the receptionist told me that they plan on having the issues straightened out within a month and a half and to call back then, well I had just gotten two root canals and I couldn't wait that long to get the crowns put on, so I had to stay at Dentist of Bakersfield and get my crowns done there... fast forward a month and a half, I call back again, and they still hadn't sorted out the issue, then I was told that It didn't look like the issue was going to be sorted out at all in the foreseeable future,... the reason why I was trying to go back there was because not only did Dr Bhaskar's office accept my primary insurance, they also accepted my 2nd insurance too, meaning the work I was getting done would have been A LOT cheaper because whatever my primary insurance didn't fully cover, my 2nd insurance would pick up and cover (Dr Bhaskar's office and millennium dental were the ONLY two dentist that accepted both of my insurances !! Dentist of Bakersfield only accepted my primary insurance) so It ended up being a lot more costly than I would have liked.
Plus, I forgot to mention that I did briefly meet Dr Jay Patel at my first original appointment, the day Dr Bhaskar was retiring, DR Bhaskar introduced me to him saying " this is going to be your new dentist, since I am retiring" I look up over at Dr Jay Patel, and no joke, he's sitting in a chair behind the receptionist desk, slouched over, halfway leaning on the desk with his hand under his chin, with the most tired look on his face, like he just work up from a nap, he gives me a lazy half smile and slightly nods, didn't get up or introduce himself, never said a word, didn't even perk up, just sat there like that, it was weird.) Maybe it was a blessing in disguise? Maybe, just maybe I wasn't supposed to get all this extensive work done here? maybe I would have regretted it? IDK. But as you can see, all the reviews are pretty outdated here. I wouldn't recommend this place.
