My first visit to Avenue Dental Surgery wasn't too bad. The dentist, though heavy-handed, was even able to get a small stain removed. Unfortunately, the filling I received fell out six weeks later. I called for an appointment to have it redone, but couldn't get in right away. Nobody told me there was a two month maximum to have the filling redone at no cost, nor did they try to fit me in earlier. So I had to pay for the filling again. Low and behold, that filling fell out a month later as well. I vowed never to go back but an emergency arose. I had severe pain in a tooth and I could not get in anywhere new soon enough. I had a fractured filling (from ages ago) that had caused more decay. The dentist didn't think it needed a root canal and decided to fill it and to "see how it went." (During the procedure he dropped a glob of filling down the back of my throat causing me to choke and didn't even apologise.) Two days later I was still in pain and then, to my horror, the new filling broke into pieces! Now I am in worse pain than before as the roots are exposed. I would not recommend Avenue Dental. In fact, this man should not be practising dentistry in any capacity. read more

my family moved to Torquay 3 years ago, up until that point none of us had problems with teeth. My daughter was told that she may need to have 5 fillings soon, my wife was told to clean her teeth more thoroughly and I was told I had gum disease and required 3 monthly treatment and that you can't cure gum disease. After 2 years of treatment we decided to change dentist , my daughter was has been told there is nothing wrong with her teeth, my wife has been told to ease off on the cleaning as she now has sensitive teeth and I put off my visit because I thought it would be bad news but have just been told that there is nothing wrong with my teeth and no gum disease. So DON'T GO read more