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    John W Athos, DDS

    3.5 (2 reviews)

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    Cavity treatment

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    Tooth filling replacement or repair

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    Sauk Trail Dental Care - My gold cap.

    Sauk Trail Dental Care

    2.3(3 reviews)
    7.8 km

    The dentist is very gentle and friendly.His staff is amazing and so nice. I am afraid of the…read moredentist, but he makes me feel so relaxed.Alone with his staff.

    UPDATE - September 11, 2026…read more I originally left a positive review for this dental office because, at the time, that genuinely reflected my experience. Dr. Gruba helped me improve my gum health and the overall health of my teeth. I have extremely sensitive teeth and a small mouth, and I appreciated his patience with me. He would explain what he was doing before working on my mouth and even ordered smaller tools to better accommodate me. Those are things I still appreciate and will not take away from him. However, my experience changed as I continued receiving dental work. In June 2025, I actually wrote an entire second review detailing several negative experiences I had begun having with the office, but I ultimately chose not to post it. At that point, I was seriously considering discontinuing my care here. One of my biggest concerns was repeated miscommunication with the front desk regarding my appointments and pricing. I pay for my dental services out of pocket and do not use dental insurance, so knowing exactly what I am being charged and receiving accurate information is extremely important to me. There were enough issues with communication that I eventually expressed my concerns directly to Dr. Gruba. I also began experiencing problems with my fillings. There were occasions where I would have dental work completed and then have to return shortly afterward because a filling had come out. This became extremely frustrating because I had to rearrange my schedule and, at times, miss work to return to the office for something that had just been done. I eventually told Dr. Gruba that I did not want to continue scheduling dental work back-to-back because I felt like too much was being done too quickly. I wanted more time between appointments to make sure the work that had already been completed was actually holding up before moving on to more teeth. After I expressed those concerns, I stopped experiencing fillings coming out. Despite everything, I continued going to this office. A major reason is because I had already invested a significant amount of money into my teeth, all out of pocket. Walking away from an office after investing that much money into my dental care was not a simple decision. I continued hoping that the problems had been addressed and that the work I was paying for would last. Unfortunately, what happened today is why I finally feel the need to update my review. On September 11, 2026, my gold cap completely came off while I was eating waffles. I was not chewing ice, eating hard candy, or eating anything that I would reasonably expect to cause a cap to come off. I was eating waffles. What makes this even more upsetting is that this gold cap is not even two years old. To the best of my recollection, I have had it for approximately a year and a half, and even that estimate is being generous. I specifically paid for a gold cap, out of pocket, and now I am holding it in my hand after it came off while eating something as soft as waffles. Given my previous experiences with fillings coming out, it is very difficult for me to look at this as an isolated incident. I documented concerns about dental work not lasting as far back as June 2025. I chose not to publish that review at the time. I continued being a patient. I continued spending my money here. I continued giving the office an opportunity to correct the issues because I had already invested so much into my dental care. I want to be fair because my experience here has not been entirely negative. There are things Dr. Gruba has done for my dental health that I genuinely appreciate, which is exactly why my original review was positive and why I continued returning despite the problems. But acknowledging the good does not mean I should ignore the problems I have experienced. At this point, I am extremely disappointed. When someone is paying thousands of dollars toward their dental care out of pocket, I do not think it is unreasonable to expect that work to last. Having fillings come out was frustrating enough. Having a gold cap that is not even two years old completely come off while I am eating waffles has brought me back to the same concerns I had more than a year ago. I gave this office multiple opportunities because I genuinely wanted things to work out, especially after investing so much money into my teeth. Unfortunately, I can no longer leave my original positive review without updating it to reflect the experience I have had since then.

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    A To Z Dental

    A To Z Dental

    3.0(16 reviews)
    8.3 km

    If I could give zero stars, I would. Ruined my birthday and any other holiday this year after…read moreletting them work on my mouth. The MA is horrible and very unprofesssional. I only went there because it was close and didn't want to run into my co-workers at a better establishment. The dentist was very gentle with the root canal and the extraction, but the work was shotty at best.

    My review was based off a consultation for FastBraces, If you're in the market to do fast braces…read moreand you'd like to come to A-to-z, I would advise you to do more research and go to any other place. Although their Staff was very nice, their office was extremely cold(no heat), not enough seating and there was nets flying everywhere. Upon making my consultation I was not told that the consultation cost money. So I came in expecting to not pay anything and I was told that it was a fee for the x-rays.(I was in the market for a fast races and have gone to multiple consultations, this was the ONLY place that charge for a consultation) I appreciated then doing the physical exam without the x-rays,(I did expressed that I refuse to pay money for anything) but the office was small and all the equipment was extremely out of date. At the end of the appointment I was given an idolize bill of what my treatment will cost and potentially how much my insurance would pay for. I ended up going to "Infinity Smile Dental" located in South Holland. Not only is Infinity Smiles office clean, their staff is extremely nice, its equipment is extremely up-to-date and My treatment was at a little over $1,000 less than what A-Z was about to charge for the same braces treatment.

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    Great Smiles - Curt R. Lang, D.D.S.

    Great Smiles - Curt R. Lang, D.D.S.

    1.6(9 reviews)
    9.6 km

    I would give negative stars if I could. Initially he seemed ok, but as I got to know Dr. Lang, I…read morerealized his bedside manner is terrible. He is arrogant, rude, and dismissive. I have severe dental trauma from issues I had as a kid. He would laugh at that. If I went more than 6 months he would scold me like a child. He was rude to my kids and made them feel uncomfortable. The hygienist were find, but never the same ones. The turnover is high, which suggests he's not a good employer. The final straw was when he diagnosed by daughter with 2 cavities. We made to separate appointments to have the filled. The first one they had to change because he overbooked. When we went to the rescheduled appointment he scolded my daughter for canceling. When we went to the next appoint a week later (after a reminder call), the office was dark and locked. We found a new dentist. My family has a history of weak enamel; because these were my daughter's first two cavities (she 18) we thought she had avoided that same fate. She did x-rays and found that not only was the one filling incomplete, but she had 12 other cavities that he never diagnosed even with recent x-rays and there is no way all those cavities developed in a matter of months. When I called them to let them know we would no longer be going, they sent us a huge bill with no insurance applied, now I'm fighting that. They just are lousy.

    Save yourself the time and trauma and find another dentist. Do not be fooled by the good…read morehygienists, Dr. Lang will not take care of you. I had two teeth removed, dr. lang asked if i could still feel the pain, I said yes, he proceeded to pull the teeth I felt everything on the left side of my mouth. The assistant had no suction in my mouth the entire time so I was gagging on my blood and saliva while he was telling me, with an attitude, "well if i you don't put your tongue in the back of your throat and you won't gag" , I had to spit my own tooth out of my mouth for them to grab it at the end. These guys let me lay back choking the entire time. Very unprofessional, no other dentist i've been to has ever NOT had suction in my mouth while doing ANY procedure. If I could give 0 stars I would.

    John W Athos, DDS - generaldentistry - Updated October 2026

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