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Destiny Dental

1.6 (29 reviews)
Open • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Updated 3 months ago

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Cavity treatment

Dental exams

Tooth filling replacement or repair

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So many bad reviews and I can't understand why! Everyone there was extremely nice and caring to me during my emergency visit.

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The wait time and customer service is terrible I think I need to find a different dentist.

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I've been waiting for my refund for 3 weeks. They also lost my moldings that I had taken but my teeth back in January, can you believe that?

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Barbara J Merlo, DDS, MS

3.0(4 reviews)
3.3 mi

I have been taking my children here for the past 11+ years. I was always complimented on how polite…read moreand well behaved my children were, I assumed we had a good relationship. I have received no communication back about scheduling appointments. They keep saying they'll call me back once they talk to the doctor, yet never do. When I call to check in, it always seems like a bother and the reason I wait on a call back is because they say I "missed an appointment" in the past (don't recall), but I believe it's personal. A family friend we referred to got a lawyer involved for an abuse case against them. I took 5 of my children here and they are not understanding of life! To not give any warning of being dropped at the time of us going there, then threatened to be dropped when I simply call to schedule, is very confusing. I wanted to stay with this office purely to keep my children with the same dentist since they were toddlers but there have been quite a few red flags here. My son overheard the ladies in the back call a little girl a "B****"!! I was shocked and apologized to my son for having to hear that. Mind you, adults are not allowed to go back with their children.. My youngest son was terrified of going back to the dentist.. He came out with red marks and bruises all over his hands and arms. When his father called to question it, they said they strapped him down with velcro (without our consent). Our son was terrified from their aggressive actions and though I regret it.. We still continued with their office and made excuses for them assuming it was our sons adhd. We assumed it was unintentional and asked next time if our child is scared, to go get one of us so we can calm their nerves instead of forcefully strapping them down. Next, a family friend took their child, paid thousands of dollars out of pocket, just for the same thing to happen to her child. Only worse! The pictures of abuse are so frightening. He had burns on his mouth and hands!! It was before his 5th birthday so now all his pictures from his party showcase this horrific memory. We had endless questions from our family. I will not bother calling back, but now I've decided to share our unfortunate truth. I was going to keep it to myself since we've had such a long relationship, but it seems like the right thing to do is to inform on what really goes on behind the scenes. I believe not every child is treated the same, there's favoritism. We will find a safe dentist who truly cares about the wellbeing of their patients.

Dr. Barbara J. Merlo at Children's Dental Care, grabbed my daughter's arm and tried to pull her and…read moreput her in the chair when she was crying after being taken back to to x-rays and was scared because it was her first time at that office. I communicates that she has issues with strangers and cries easily with them when making the appearance. I was trying to talk to her and calm her and she spoke loudly and sternly, saying, "Come on, get in the chair!" My daughter began crying even more and held on to me tighter. I picked her up and set her in the chair. While I continued to speak calmly to my daughter she became impatient and said, "are we done here?" Oh, I forgot the first part. When she walked in the room her first thing she said was that my daughter has eight cavities and that they need to be taken care of so that the school doesn't call child services on me. Now I have take my daughter to the dentist at least twice a year since she was two. They never told me she had a cavity until a couple is weeks ago and I made an appointment at this office because they specialize in pediatric dentistry and they are close to our home. It was a shock she would say something like that. I told her that her last dentist let her sit on my lap in the chair while they looked at her teeth. I thought that might help her crying again. She responded with she is too old for that now. That is when she grabbed her arm and tried to pull her and put her into the chair. I asked her not to do that as my daughter is scared and it is not helping the situation. My daughter just cried louder and held me tighter when she did that. I was just incredibly shocked by the impatient, uncaring, and abrasive manner of a dentist who has worked with children for years.

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Family Dental Care

2.8(37 reviews)
2.0 mi

The staff is always great! I would recommend this dental office to anyone Dr.Phair is a wonderful…read moredentist! The assistants are great! Front desk assistants are good and accommodating as well! Very friendly!

I am downgrading my 5-star review from 6 years ago. I had oral surgery recently and was in severe…read morepain and swelling. I thought I felt a piece of tooth left but when I went back in I was informed that a piece of bone with left. The doctor clipped it off and did not use any numbing agent. In addition, I feel like I was overcharged. Instead of charging me my portion of my insurance I was informed that they charge more than what my insurance allows/allocates so I have to pay the difference which was not told to me when I questioned why my estimate was so high. Update- As of 5/20/26 I'm still waiting on my refund of $671.40 due to fraudulent billing practices (in-network balance billing) and I keep getting the run around. After this post Anna from the office called me again to refund me $621. Which is $50 less than they owe me, but she refused to listen to me as she had done in the past, stating that they still haven't received my insurance payment, but are doing me a favor by issuing me a refund. My insurance company sent an electronic payment a month ago but the dentist office did not accept it and instead opted to wait on a check. So, no they are not doing me a favor by refunding me some of the money I'm owed. This incident has been so stressful and mentally draining when you deal with people who are not consumer focused, but instead reply with narcissism. I also emailed the patient advocate and have not received a response yet. In addition, I called to confirm my appointment scheduled for Monday 6/15/26 and was informed that I was blocked from making any more appointments at any location. It sounds like it should be illegal to me retaliating because I spoke up against improper billing practices.

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