I started out really liking Dr. Morello and was initially skeptical but optimistic to find what we hoped was a great dentist with all the glowing reviews. In this case the reviews are too good to be true. She is very friendly along with all her office staff, one of the nicest offices to be sure. Seems very thorough and genuinely seems to want to help, I have no doubt. Her bedside manner is excellent and she is patient, gentle and considerate. She considers herself holistic, and relatively speaking she may be in comparison with many conventional dentists. But she is not holistic in the true sense compared to many other dentists.
However, beware of poor quality dental work and pushing unnecessary dental work!! I had very little dental work done in this office since my teeth were ok in general, and after about a year of going here, the dentist started pushing for me to get resin or a filling in at least half of my teeth to PREVENT cavities. Isn't a filling something you get when you need it? I started getting very wary and started feeling basically harassed about my hesitance to get it done every time I was there by myself or with my husband. I finally went to 2 other dentists for a second opinion and neither of them said I needed the work this dentist prescribed. That was the end for me.
My husband also went to Dr. Morello and had a LOT of dental work done, over half of his teeth. He had one quadrant left on his plan when I suggested a second opinion for him as well. My husband also received 2 second opinions from one of my current dentists as well as a different cosmetic dentist that I did not consult. Overall total 3 other dentists analyzed our teeth and recommended a more conservative plan than we had received from Dr. Morello. We discovered that some of the dental work was done very poorly and would need to be redone and we it for ourselves on video on a giant TV screen and we were mortified.
Some dental work that needed to be done was missed completely, big issues. Some was also over diagnosed like mine as in areas he only needed fillings where the dentist wanted to do crowns. One crown was done and a year later another dentist said it needed to be replaced. Except unless we go back to the dentist who did the bad work in the first place to get it fixed (for free hopefully), insurance won't cover it for 5 years. Another tooth had amalgam filling that my husband wanted removed and replaced, and the dentist said he needed a filling and filled half of the tooth with composite and ignored the other side of the tooth where the amalgam needed to come out, just to generate another visit and more cost. If you are already working on the tooth you should fix the whole thing. She also left a piece of the filling hanging off the tooth and had not shaped it to the tooth. Other fillings were small and the composite color did not match his teeth at all, even in the front, not even close.
I am very disappointed in Dr. Morello and would not trust her recommendation to be accurate or conservative. Especially beware if you do not need much dental work in the first place. I suggest getting a second opinion for any dental work since it seems they as well as other offices I have visited try to sell more dental work than what is needed. This office may be better than some cheap hack offices and the dentist is definitely friendly and pleasant if you agree with her diagnosis, but I would not trust them to do quality work or diagnose conservatively. read more