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I would like to point out that almost every yelp review is spot on. The bad ones and the good ones.
Although the staff is great and friendly, they may become very incompetent once you start asking them many questions. It seems they become impatient (ironic?) the more questions you put out at them. There was one time I was asking about the different coverage of my school's insurance on surgery vs a normal appointment and the front desk started becoming rude in her answers and made it feel like I was expected to know them. The reason I think this happens is because they are so packed with patients all the time and it becomes frustrating to all of them...
This brings up another point. This office is going to be jam packed full of patients at any given time. Even if you come in early for your appointment, you're not going in until 30+ mins later. And once you're in, you're mostly going to sitting and waiting for another 15+. I don't know how their booking system works but they need to plan their "back-to-back" scheduling accordingly...
The final point comes from my mom who was a patient here. She came in for a root canal to be done. After the procedure, she noticed slight pain and numbness in that tooth. We had to schedule an appointment for it to be fixed which we did, and the dentist reshaped the tooth a little cause he thought it was not comfortably fitted. Another week goes by and there's still pain, so we schedule another appointment, this time with a specialist that the doctor recommended. Turns out, it was a bacterial infection from the previous procedure that is causing this under the tooth. In order to get it fixed, a procedure needs to be done with the specialist, and this was going to cost money $$$$. We notified our dentist, and we asked him if he will cover it, and he said he will cover it with the exception of a $300 material fee that we will be charged for. We couldn't believe what we were hearing! First of all, it was close to impossible to find any appointments with our dentist prior, because they were always "booked", and it's already hard enough for my mom to get off work for this. And secondly, the bacterial infection was caused by the procedure, which the dentist should have prevented by proper practice and procedure. Thirdly, making us pay any cost for something that is not our fault is absurd.
I asked around with some friends and colleagues who are currently taking dental courses or in the medical field, and they recommend that we take action against this malpractice. I will most likely be sending the board of dentists a letter for malpractice if the procedure will not be FULLY covered by the dentist in this office. read more