To Whom it May Concern:
Dr. Jamie Greear- Schmidt of Holistic Life Dentistry of Littleton, Colorado was my holistic dental provider from Monday, September 15, 2025 through Monday, October 13, 2025.
From the first call with Allison Gaynor, her incredibly kind front office employee, I felt very comfortable going to this dentist. It should be known immediately that the buck stops there. There is a very good reason Dr. Greear-Schmidt has Ali (aka Allison Gaynor) running her office. Ali is incredibly kind, genuine and honest people. Frankly, it hurts my heart to have to write this about her employer.
In hindsight, I can see where I went wrong trusting this dentist. The staff there made me feel very comfortable, but I believe wholeheartedly Dr. Jamie is a sheep in wolf's clothing. She has a staff that is there running her office and her practice while she robs people of their money with her shotty work that she calls "holistic dentistry". I even referred quite a few people to her right away after my first appointment because I really liked it there and thought if such great people work for her, maybe my gut was wrong about the actual dentist herself.
After my initial appointment, which was simply some x-rays and a game plan for what totaled out to be upwards of $20,000 without her even taking the time to exam me, I should have known better. This dentist simply relies on x-rays for the expensive repair work and does not do much examining herself. I think she leaves the real work to her staff. I have several cavities that need attention and I knew this going in but those were of no interest to her because they do not provide her the big-ticket sale she's aiming for before you figure out who she really is.
Immediately after sending several people her info, I had a few friends of my own reach back out to me that they did some digging and found some information about her that I may want to look into myself and unfortunately, I had already paid her $650 for a mouth guard to sleep and two crowns priced at $1600 each . She doesn't accept insurance so I paid for these items out of pocket and made the mistake of paying paper cash so I can't even have my credit card company go to bat for me. Don't make the same mistake I did. Wait to pay until the work is complete. You will thank me if you waited to read this until after you are her patient and give her money you will never get back after she ruins your dental experience too. It's bad enough you're having someone work on your mouth and that's a fear for most people but then to find out you had a snake in there, you'll have some PTSD too. Thanks for that Dr. Jamie.
I had one of my two crowns (#31 and #20) she put in for me come off within about 3 weeks and of course their nice comfy work schedule/office hours made it so I had to seek out other dental treatment options. After looking at the x-ray Dr. Jamie did of my crown that came off (#31) you can see very clearly, there is a gap between the crown and the tooth. This is clearly why it came off. In my opinion, of course. After seeing another dentist and them x-raying #31 with the crown resting in place the dentist declined to reset it for me because then she is responsible for that tooth and that is not up to her standards. #20 however looks good and if that were to come off, she'll gladly reset that one. Crown #31 should never have been set in the manner it was. It needed quite a bit of work to set it properly, but she already got paid so she just popped it in and sent me on my way.
When I questioned why we would make a mouthguard for me when we had such a long journey ahead of work that would alter the anatomy of my mouth, she assured me she could adjust the guard to fit as we made changes. Somehow, I just know NOW she would have tried to sell me another one once that broke because of all the weak points that would have been created over time by altering it so much. The $650 mouth guard she sold me I'm sure covered her car payment for a month or so. I hope she feels good about that. Ugh, the greed. It's gross. Almost as gross as the nasty response I received from her when I respectfully requested a refund for my crown that was done so poorly. Check out my photos to read both my email and her response. She had two ways to go about this: (a.) do the right thing: apologize for the trouble I'm having, refund me for the crown and own that she could have done better. Or (b.) blame me for the crown coming off, be defensive and literally get mad at me for seeking treatment elsewhere when her office was closed the day my crown came off.
I felt it was absolutely necessary to share my experience with others as to avoid the same loss as I did and avoid the trauma of working with someone so unprofessional and poor at their job. There is a reason she costs so much, it's not because she's holistic, it's because she only has patients long enough to rake over the coals. read more