This review gets two stars because the staff is actually friendly, however it is my personal experience with the dental care itself that I put into question. During my very first visit to Friendly Dental, Dr. Bodnar informed me I had two shallow cavities that would need to be filled. This in itself is not odd at all, and did not seem irregular. However, at the time, I had no pain, and would not have known otherwise. It was after my fillings that things took a turn. My gums have began bleeding every time I floss around the teeth I got my fillings (they had not done this before). My teeth have some nights caused me so much pain that they have kept me up at night a couple of nights since the procedure. I waited a couple of weeks to see if the pain would subside, which it did eventually deescalate from a 9 to a 3 and sometimes a 5 after eating. So I decided to go back into the office 3 weeks later to check on the teeth because there is still consistent pain. The biggest surprise happens to me in this visit, in which the doctor informed me that my "cavity was larger than anticipated and may have gotten close to my tooth canal, and I may need a root canal to fix the problem." WHAT!!?? This was big big news that was not shared with me after my procedure. Not sharing this type of information makes me feel very uncomfortable to say the least. I happen to be African American, and I'm not saying the dentist is racist, however instances like this is exactly why black people feel they do not receive adequate medical care. Why leave me in the dark about something as serious as this? And then to tell me I would need to come back a forth time and dish out even more money for them to do even more work on my teeth? No thanks! This was supposed to be a routine filling, and when questioned as to how this could have happened, Dr. Bodnar said it was "rare in occurrence." A rare occurrence to me feels like even more of a reason to share what occurred during their discovery while working on my filling. Within her apology, she said she didn't tell me because she may have forgotten because she "sees too many patients." My thoughts to this would be to perhaps scale back on patients so each one gets the proper care they deserve? This information was only revealed to me after I had complications and came back to the office. It should be apart of the practice to inform their patients on what the doctors discover during the procedure, and what to expect after each procedure. I went from having no pain or issues to daily medicating to subside my tooth pain, and possibly needing a root canal. The doctor did adjust my bite during the visit so we'll see if that helps. However, I will definitely be getting another opinion about the root canal from another dentist, and I will not be returning to this practice. read more