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Crescent City, CA

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E Michelle Arvonen, DDS

3.7 (3 reviews)
Closed • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Services - E Michelle Arvonen, DDS

Cavity treatment

Dental exams

Tooth filling replacement or repair

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Brookings Dental Group

Brookings Dental Group

2.2(11 reviews)
21.3 mi

Before I went in for cleaning and x-rays and such, I called because I have not yet insured myself…read moreafter retirement. I called to check the price. Carolyn helped me so much; She told me there was a new patient special of $99. Thank you Carolyn, because it saved a cancellation. I didn't want to pay the regular $360. I consider the retail price excessive, especially on the southern Oregon coast. Caroline saving me, so to speak, is worth five stars. But the staff are friendlier than my dentist. He doesn't use my name, he is not assertive shaking my hand or any other type of greetings, and comes and goes without a verbal prompt to his patients. His bedside manner could improve. Hence the reason my review earns the Group four stars vs five. Also, I say thank you to him he does not reply with a you're welcome or think you back for being one of his patients--for helping give him a comfortable lifestyle.

I just wouldn't if I were you…read more I went here for about a year. Twice I had a series of very expensive dental appointments for which I paid out of pocket and then had tremendous difficulty getting reimbursed. The pattern was the same both times. I would receive notice from my insurance company that a claim had been paid. Then, allowing for time for the check to arrive in the mail, I would inquire about reimbursement. I was told it had not arrived. So I would inquire again the following week or two and so on until 4-6 weeks had elapsed. I would check periodically with the insurance company to make sure I was understanding correctly. This discrepancy in the facts represented by the insurance company versus their records generated no curiosity whatsoever in the accounting staff (Heidi.) I didn't seem to be able to speak directly to her as she always seemed to be unavailable when I asked. At one point I asked for a 3-way conversation between myself, the office staff and the insurance company. This seemed like the obvious, logical and perhaps only way to resolve the conundrum. But I was told, "We don't do that." From the perspective of a patient who has charged over $5000 on a credit card for dental care, has a payment coming due, the reimbursement seems to be in permanent limbo and there is no apparent effort being made to resolve the matter. The situation and attitude seemed to me to be that they didn't care that I was caught in the middle of a situation where the facts are in dispute and that I'll get a check when they're good and ready. I was just supposed to take their word for it in spite of repeated evidence to the contrary. I was not allowed to speak to the decision-makers directly. The poor receptionist had to bear the brunt of it all and she got quite upset, complaining until I was banned from the office. This though I never raised my voice or insulted anyone. I'm not sure how long it is ethical or legal to hold onto someone's money in such situations. Go to a dentist where they bill the insurance companies directly. This office is way out of touch with their patients if they think they all have the luxury of waiting who-knows-how-long to be reimbursed. They don't want anyone to be angry or upset in their office, yet they fail to perceive how their incompetence and obfuscation is the source of the trouble. Anyway, if someone is angry about how they are being treated, wouldn't you want to know and know why? Not these folks, apparently. They look at this situation as "I'm glad that angry guy is not coming back to our office" instead of "too bad we dropped the ball on reimbursements and needlessly alienated a patient." Not worth dealing with them.

Brookings Dental Arts/ Brice Chang, DDS - letter sent to Brookings dental arts

Brookings Dental Arts/ Brice Chang, DDS

1.8(17 reviews)
20.9 mi

Absolute swindler of a dentist and practice, giving me an almost $500 CT scan that was 100%…read moreunnecessary. Add in that several of the staff are condescending and rude if you have any sort of an issue, besides unprofessionally chatting about random things while you sit and listen awkwardly. You get one star reviews. I had gotten some dental implants in Mexico I needed adjusted and knew that I would need to have them purchase the right sized drivers. I sent over the documentation about my implants. They could have at any point after getting that, given me a call back to let me know that it was going to be $2000 to get the drivers. That's without any of the work. Just to get the tool to be able to do the job. At which point I would've opted out and made the decision that I made, I'd go back to Mexico. Instead, they had me come in for an office visit to find out. Kind of lame, but wouldn't be writing this review if that's all that had happened. I get to the office and the first thing they do is insist that they need to do a CT scan to be able to continue so they go ahead and put some radiation in my head and charge me nearly $500 for it. Just to have the dentist finally come in glance at the scans for about 5 to 6 seconds and then say yeah we're going to have to order these drivers, it's going to be about $2000 for that, plus the cost of the appointments. That information did not at all require a CT scan to ascertain. When I emailed the office and let them know I was thoroughly unimpressed with this fact therefore would be leaving them a bad review, one of the girls from the office called me up to argue with me and tell me how necessary the scan was and how I was wrong. So, here we are. I am a man of my word. And here's that bad review I promised.

Do not patronize this place! We'd had a few good visits but they can't keep a dentist. My husband…read morehad appointments cancelled and told they had no dentist. So we moved on. Got a text yesterday that husband had an appointment in a week then I and get a bill that we owe $144.00. Called today to find out what's up and they denied initially that they made this appointment without talking to us, she eventually conceded that it could have been computer generated. When I asked again about the bill, I could not get a word in and was cutoff repeatedly with her trying to tell me that this bill was from 8 months ago(very last appointment). Was then told she can't tell me why I was not made aware of it and that I was the one being rude and then hung up on!! Never have I ever put my complaints on yelp for anything that has been unsatisfactory but as a senior citizen I'm so tired of being talked down to and treated like a child who is supposed to just do what's I'm told. Not anymore folks!!!

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