I have been ripped off for the amount of $237.00 by the Gary McDonald, DDS' dental practice in Kingwood, TX, when I had there done a very preliminary bone grafting pre-evaluation visit. I was referred to the McDonald practice by my personal dentist!!! what an irony!. As background info, when I had called and made the appointment with the Mc Donald, DDS practice I had specifically asked the McDonald front desk Rep. that I would need only a very preliminary, low cost pre-evaluation so that I could get only a rough estimate for a bone grafting and tooth implant cost analysis, and the front desk rep. agreed to it. Few weeks later, during the day of my office visit at the McDonald practice, I reiterated to the front desk rep., once again that I needed only a brief pre-evaluation to keep my visit costs low, and the rep said: "No Problem"! Nevertheless, after my oral exam had been completed by Gary McDonald, DDS, I was asked to pay the huge bill of $487.00!!! I challenged that bill with both Angela Lahay (the then office manager) and days later with Ms. Anita McDonald but none of them were willing to do anything. Few weeks later, I searched and found the Summerwood Oral Surgery dental practice, I went there for a second opinion, and their oral surgeon )with long dental experience) did an excellent job for the same bone-graft pre-evaluation but only at a small fraction of the $487.00 cost that Mc Donald, DDS had charged me!!! I reported the Gary McDonald practice to the Better Business Bureau, BBB and asked for the $237.00 refund. BBB sent Gary Mc Donald DDS a message with my complaint but the McDonald's practice never replied. I have notified my personal dentist in Humble TX about the illegal, unethical and unfair business practices carried out against me by the Mc Donald practice and the rip off bill of $487.00, and even my dentist's staff agreed with me that the Mc Donald charges were excessive and out of the ordinary. I asked my dentist's staff to be cautious in the future and let their future patients be aware of the outrageous overcharges by the Mc Donald practice before they would refer new patients to the Mc Donald practice again. In conclusion, my case against the Gary Mc Donald, DDS practice will remain open until the Mc Donald practice fully refunds me with the $237.00. I would NEVER refer anyone to the Gary Mc Donald practice after having experienced such horrific and unfair and illegal practices against me by the Mc Donald dental practice! read more