Dr. McNutt's staff was very kind and thorough. However, with the dentist himself it was different. His office talks a lot about a personal approach, but his approach to braces seemed pretty much standard and cookie-cutter. And while Dr. McNutt upfront offers a lot of fancy, digital software and tools, his actual technique for braces seemed surprisingly not much different than what was being done 20 years ago. Just to be clear, braces have a lot of purposes, some health-related, but most of it has to do with a person's "look." That's why your insurance company usually won't pay for most of it. So you can imagine that's why a dentist (like Dr. McNutt) might be very rigid in his approach to what he believes should be your ideal "look" or standard.
When we spoke with Dr. McNutt about our child's services, he seemed to not have much time to talk about how we wanted to approach our child's individual care, and at one point, seemed to become very impatient- almost childish- in tone with us. Toward the end of a meeting, he essentially praised our daughter for being seen and not heard, which should be a red flag for anyone taking a child in for services.
Do your own homework, but compared with equally (if not more experienced) dentists, Dr. McNutt was much more expensive. They're YOUR teeth and YOUR finished look (or your child's), so you should have some input in the approach to care, and shouldn't feel talked-down to or bullied for having an opinion about that. I would highly recommend shopping around before settling on this practice. read more
