Dr. Burk is a grade-A jerk. I saw him when I first moved to the area several years ago and at my recent office visit, he had a complete cow that I had gotten some fillings done with a different physician. He was so concerned about my care at a different dentist that he NEVER asked me about my health issues, of which there are many, and which he absolutely did not know about because they have arisen, since I last saw him a few years ago. The receptionist confirmed that when I spoke to her saying, "Oh, there was a computer issue. He didn't have access to your health information." I'm sitting there in slackjaw amazement. It's that doggone hard to ask me or review it with me on the tablet I used to fill it out? Yes, it takes time, but my health is important to me, whether he thinks so or not.
Furthermore, after years of seeing another dental professional, he informed me that he was supposed to direct my care for me and tell me where I could go for my care. Then, he apparently has some level of relationship with the physician I *was* seeing and intentionally made it ugly, when I cancelled my appointment. He made it so ugly, that the one doctor, who respected me and was concerned about my health, had to drop me as a patient because Dr. Burk, diva extraordinaire, had a snit. I have a PPO. With a PPO, I get to direct my care and he should be working in partnership with ME! That means I can get dental care wherever I want and it's not up to him, despite his nonsense that he gets to direct my care. He gets to tell me what needs to get done and I get to decide WHERE I get it done. I don't know him, he didn't remember me, and they'd never cleaned my teeth, just xrays and NO FOLLOW-UP. Additionally, he clearly was making no effort to know my health concerns and then, made the other doctor feel so bad, he had to drop me. He's a bit too full of himself and his so-called "care" of his patients is definitely LACKING.
I also came in to an empty office with the door open, on time, and no one to greet me or the other two patients waiting with me for a good 10 minutes. The patient, who was there first, had some kind of insurance issue and left abruptly, clearly furious with whoever she had dealt with. She said that she was very frustrated trying to attempt family scheduling with this office and that she had an unaddressed insurance issue. Reading the reviews, I see that that kind of insurance crap has happened to others before. Furthermore, do not waste my or other patients' time waiting for your "team meeting" to conclude. Schedule me at the actual time you are going to see me, for crying out loud.
My experience was that Dr. Burk is more interested in his bottom line than giving a fig whether or not I'm healthy. I do NOT recommend this office at all. I'm taking my care elsewhere because he does NOT actually care about his patients. Yes, I got my teeth cleaned, but two hours later, they were still bleeding because I am on blood thinners, which he didn't bother to find out about.
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