The experience I had with this office is completely unacceptable. When I went to have my implant placed, Dr. Gilbert administered numbing, had CUT OPEN MY MOUTH, and THEN realized he had no implant to put in there. Yes, that's right- he stitched me back up, asked me to come back another day and joked that "he would have to buy me a cup of soup or something." Because that makes it ok.
I should never have come back, but I was obviously invested, so I did. Once I had my implant, the temporary metal screw they place to keep stuff out until you have your crown FELL OUT while eating, CRACKING A TOOTH AND FILLING. He pretended to be completely stumped about the headaches I was experiencing, while his own technician correctly surmised "your teeth have been traumatized". You know, from BITING DOWN ON METAL. Second opinion dentist later had the exact same conclusion. Anyway, Dr. Gilbert repaired my filling but did not diagnose a cracked tooth (second opinion dentist did, but Dr. Gilbert couldn't even be bothered to x-ray my lower jaw), but I guess I have to give him the benefit of a doubt. Why? Because the SECOND screw he placed ALSO came out the same way, and maybe my tooth cracked the SECOND time I bit down on a free-floating screw in my mouth. When I asked him why the screw came out, his answer was "it wasn't big enough." I don't know if he was joking, but that's definitely not a good answer. And in any case, guess what? The second screw WAS a longer screw, and it STILL came out. My second opinion dentist could not fathom how this was happening, the only obvious answer was that he obviously wasn't torquing it down enough. And I believe him, because the second screw re-installed by the new dentist? It's been there for months, no problem.
Wait, but why don't I have a crown there yet, you ask?
Because Dr. Gilbert never ordered one for me. Then they kept calling me to do additional impressions, and I kept pressing them as to why and kept getting different answers. First was "it's been so long (months, mind you), that we just want to do them over". Second opinion dentist verified this was complete BS. Then it was "well, we changed labs so we have to", then it was straight up "well, we don't know where your impressions are". THEY LOST THEM. Then later, they called saying that they FOUND them! I was long done with these people by this point.
You'd think they would have granted my request for a full refund, but they are not willing to do so. I have permanent sensitivity in two teeth now, at least one I am fairly sure will require a root canal in the near future.
I know I'm leaving things out, it's been an insane ride with these people. But hopefully this is enough to persuade you to look elsewhere for dental services. I'm going to be out another $2000 or $3000 dollars to have the new dentist finish work I've already paid for, but THAT is how much I do not trust these people to do it. Beyond that, the staff is completely incompetent, scheduling is a joke and when you have that cracked tooth/filling that needs x-ray? Yeah, come back another day, the x-ray machine is broken. read more