If you want an Endodontist who will put you at ease ( not ) by saying, "Let's get this nightmare…read moreover with," right before you get your first root canal, than Dr. Bayat is your man. That's what he did with me.
When the root canal was finished, I told him, "It would've been nice if there had been a LITTLE less chit chat during it" ( he chit chatted with his assistant nearly constantly during the root canal ). Instead of accepting the constructive criticism, and maybe learning from it, he got defensive. Then I mentioned how I didn't have much anxiety coming in, until he said, "Let's get this nightmare over."
He got MORE defensive. "We have anesthesia available," he said.
I don't know, simply not referring to the procedure as a "nightmare," right before performing it, seems a lot easier than doing anesthesia.
On a side note, but worth mentioning, before the surgery, something in our conversation led me to joke, "My dad didn't tell me about sex growing up. One day my dad said, 'You know about the birds and the bees, right?' I said, 'Yeah.' And he said, 'Good, I'm glad we had this discussion'.... That was a joke."
Dr. Bayat said, "Well, here's something that's NOT a joke. The only time my dad mentioned sex was he said, 'Don't get AIDS.'"
I think he also said that his dad said, "Don't be gay."
So, again, words that might not put certain patients at ease.
Dr. Bayat seemed alright when I first met him, a week ago.
It was very disappointing to see this other side of him,
especially on the day of my first root canal.