Will NEVER return to this dentist. STAY AWAY…read more
Was trying to find a dentist in the area over the summer and since this place had a shiny website and won the second place in the Advocate's Best Of (how, I have no idea), I decided to give it a shot.
Well, the place looks lovely inside, more like you're entering a meditation studio than a dentist's office, and the staff were friendly, but I was completely shocked by their assessment of my teeth.
After never having a cavity in my life, I was told that I had over a dozen cavities and would need some cosmetic work on my bite so that my teeth wouldn't grind against each other when I chewed.
Now, I know my teeth aren't perfect; I've never had braces, but seriously? Cosmetic work? When they asked me what my 'goals' were for my teeth (umm, what? I'm at a dentist--clean teeth, duh!), I said I wanted a cavity-free mouth. Not that I wanted whiter, straighter, perfectly aligned, ideal-for-toothpaste-commercials teeth. Ugh.
So, utterly panicked, I made an appointment to have the FIRST ROUND of these heinous corrections made. Lacking insurance, this was going to cost over a thousand dollars and they were only tackling one of four areas this time. As you may have guessed, I was utterly tickled by this. Now, upon leaving there, I got a call on my way home asking if I wanted to move my appointment up to the following week (about a month earlier than scheduled). I agreed, but it felt weird. Maybe they legitimately had a cancellation 10 minutes after I left, but it felt WRONG.
I called my childhood dentist, got the (crappy) xrays & treatment plan sent to her, cancelled my next week appointment and heard, to my great relief, that this place was full of beans. Eventually I made a trip back home, visited my childhood dentist and was told that pretty much every single thing Strong & Healthy Smiles deemed a cavity was a deep pit with some staining in it. As in, NO CAVITIES. Thank you, Dr. Smith, you are a lifesaver.
Anyway, I would never ever recommend these folks to anyone. Either they don't know what the heck they're doing or they're deliberately trying to scam people. Bad news.
For a REAL dentist who knows how to treat people & their teeth, try the Valley Dentists.