I went there for dentures from a friend of mine referring me, I got my teeth removed March 2nd and I told the lady dentist at my first Cali Dental I was excited to get my smile back as getting dentures is emotional! Her response to me before looking was not everyone can wear dentures I said my friends look nice and she said many people have to get implants because we can't make them fit right that scared me right away she continued telling me all the denture disasters that can happen! She said but I'll try this is our first appt without a full exam yet I was only 2 weeks out from teeth removal and was so excited about getting my dentures then I started feeling scared ! Now it's been almost 3 months no molds yet no dentures ! I called to have a filling on a bottom tooth I just had it done, I asked if I could get composit bonding on my only 5 teeth left to lighten and straighten those teeth so I could get light colored dentures she said no I don't do that because it doesn't last ! Only porcelain veneers will work , I had composit bonding on a gap between my front 2 teeth that lasted for over 30 years and they did not crack chip or stain I knew that wasn't true about bonding! Then I heard the assistant talking to the lady dentist about me in the next stall she asked her the plan and she said I only offered her porcelain veneers! Then she talked to me she said Doctors plan for you is porcelain veneers at 1,200 a tooth so $6,000 dollars I'm 63 I'm disabled on a fixed income it might as well have been $60,000 dollars I told her I can't afford that she said you only need to pay half today I don't have even Half I told her I can't afford it she was nice and tried to upscale me a bit but she had her orders from the dentist period. Now I'm scared since she started preparing me that many people can't wear dentures they have to get implants before examining my whole mouth ! That alarmed me to because when I finally get my molds I'm scared she's going to say you're not a candidate for dentures like I told you on your 1st appt! If that happens I will be toothless except for the 5 on bottom ! I just had a filling from the dentist and she told me we just checked about your approval today and she told me the same thing 2 mo ago and they never called me back and she again said if you don't hear from the girls in 2 weeks you call us ! Are they really calling insurance or whomever these last almost 3mo ?? Because no one is calling me I have to call they hadn't hear anything new in 2 months did they try ? I don't know because I have to do the calling to them were out almost 3 months did I don't have any end in site and now I'm afraid they are going to be mad at me for leaving this honest review! I just want my molds and people who care enough to check what is taking so long so I can get dentures. I'm sad scared and embarrassed also emotional because she was so negative about dentures on my 1st appt before looking at my records or doing the full mouth exam. I don't like negative reviews but this is taking so long with zero communication to me I have to contact! And almost 3mo with no end in sight yet and I don't want to be hard sell for implants when dentures are all I can afford and my friend got pretty reg dentures there she may have had another dentist there it has been a while, my hope is a happy ending so I can smile and eat with my family and go places in reg life. I didn't write this to be mean it's a honest review! THIS IS RE THE CALI DENTAL ON NILES BAKERSFIELD CA !!! read more