I've given a lot of thought as to whether I'd write this review. I don't take leaving critical reviews on Yelp lightly, but after I went to my new dentist today, I feel I need to speak out on my experience at Lincoln Dental Group.
Like other reviewers here, I bought one of those online deals for a zoom teeth whitening to get my teeth ready for my wedding. When I was scheduling my appointment, the receptionist insisted I would need an exam before they would honor my coupon. While this wasn't stated on the coupon, I agreed since it had been a year since my last cleaning.
When I went in for my exam, they insisted on taking a full set of x-rays. Later I learned that there are options of taking just 4 but the techs at Lincoln Dental Group never told me this. While they were taking my x-rays, they kept running into computer issues and apologized because it was taking so long. Dr. Sandhu then came in to tell me I have 6 cavities. Up to this point, I have had one cavity as an adult. I should have walked away at that moment, but I thought, she is a doctor and she was so insistent and convincing that I had to get the issue resolved. I went back the following week to get my cavities filled. She proceeded to shoot my gums with lidocaine. I've had cavities filled as a kid and once as an adult and never remember needing lidocaine for it. On top of that, I wasn't getting numb fast enough, so she shot me up with more lidocaine. I know lidociane is a numbing agent, but I literally hurt so much from being so numb. I cried for hours after my visit from being in so much pain. On top of filling my cavities, she was going to repair a small chip I have on one of my teeth. She filled that up and then less than two weeks later, her "fix" chipped off and my chip came back.
After getting all my "cavities" filled, I paid what the office thought I owed outside of insurance at that visit. Even though I have insurance, they insisted on charging me then and there. So of course, I get a letter from Blue Cross that I over paid. I waited to see if anyone from Lincoln Dental Group would contact me about it, and of course they didn't. So I had to request a refund from them.
What really set the wheels going for me to write this review is that I recently had my new dentist's office contact Lincoln Dental Group to get my x-rays from February 2012. I'm currently pregnant and can't get a new set of x-rays taken. I get a call from Kim at Lincoln Dental Group that they charge $25 to transfer over x-rays. Not only did I pay for these x-rays, but they are charging me to email it to my new dentist. I went in to my appointment today and saw what was sent over and you could BARELY see what was going on. The x-rays were tiny and such poor quality and shot at different exposures. They were truly useless.
Since my visit to Lincoln Dental Group, I did some internet research and spoke to a few dentists who have confirmed that cavities are subjective. Not every dentist would approach a "cavity situation" the same way. Many dentists don't rely heavily on x-rays like Dr. Sandhu. They take a more clinical approach of considering other factors such as whether there is any tooth pain or decay, beyond just staining.
In sum, I would not recommend Lincoln Dental Group. I feel Dr. Sandhu is aggressive in her approach. Frankly, she was not very personable either. Her staff is nice and her office is clean. read more