I logged back into my 3-year-old abandoned Yelp account which I only used to review food just to post a review for this dental clinic so you know its serious. RUN AWAY, do not even bother with this disgrace of a dental clinic.
I have been going to this clinic for several years now, and every time I go, I leave with a sour taste in my mouth. Below I am going to highlight every single thing this clinic has put me through, along with the final straw that will cause me to never go back.
1) Years ago I started grinding my teeth because of stress. I tell the dentist, who proceeds to ask me what is the cause of this stress. I tell him I am in engineering. He clearly doesn't believe me, and he proceeds to ask me, "but isn't it full of men?" I was shocked by the blatant sexism. Excuse me, what?
2) This terrible, rude, nasty receptionist changed the time of my appointment without EVER GIVING ME A CALL. I arrived at the original time-which to her was 30 minutes late. She doesn't apologize for not calling-she just gives me attitude and lies to me about how the dentist had just left. After some hassle and heavy convincing, she begrudgingly gave me the tooth guard which I had permission to pick up (this is the appointment right after I dealt with that sexist dentist).
3) I had been having this gum pain so I went back years later. This dentist took one look at the x-ray and said "well, I don't see any issue"....except the problem was in my gums, not my teeth. So I proceed to ask him, "can you see gum issues on x-rays, like gingivitis?" He says, "no... actually." So somehow, me, who does not have a dental degree (instead I have an engineering degree-oh-wait-that's a lie because the field is full of men) was able to figure out that an x-ray was not going to show my gum problem. He actually listens to me, and he proceeds to prescribe me an oral antibacterial mouthwash because after taking a closer look at my gums (which one would think he would have done before me having to point it out to him-given that he is a dentist and all) he realizes that they were indeed swollen.
4) And now for the latest and last appointment that is causing me to write this review. I even stopped studying for my hydrology final to write this so you know that it's serious (I am now a grad student in engineering...OH WAIT sorry I forgot I AM LYING because its a field full of men). I had an appointment at 9 am. I did my duty, I arrived early, I was the first one to sign up. I WAS THERE FOR TWO HOURS, watching everyone who came in after me get their names called. I talked to the receptionist lady (not the one from above) about why this is happening. She kept giving me the run around, saying all these lies (you don't BS a BSer; I know when someone is BSing me) and that they were taking in people based on the issue they were having. WHAT?? So what is the point of scheduling me at 9 am if people scheduled at 10 am and 11 am are getting attended to before me? Reminder, it is finals season, and I do not have time to wait around for several hours, given that I had to wait for 2 months for this appointment.
At this point I am literally crying, and I talked to her again. She says that she wants me to have an x-ray (even though the issue, once again, was in my GUMS). She claims that they started cleaning a room for me. A complete lie, since after the useless x-ray was taken, I had to wait another half an hour and several more patients were called. I complain, and finally, they call my name. I see the dentist from bullet 3, who is EXTREMELY surprised as to why they had me waiting for 2 HOURS. He looks at my gums again, invites another dentist to check them out. They both throw their hands up in the air and say that they don't know what the problem is. That took a total of 5 minutes. So the receptionists made me wait for 2 HOURS FOR A 5 MINUTE APPOINTMENT with useless dentists.
The dentist refers me to a specialist. I go to the receptionist lady from bullet 2, the nasty one. I told her that the dentist did not understand why they had me waiting for two hours. She does not give a crap, gives a sarcastic sorry.
Now, why did they make me wait for so long? I have one word-RACISM. Trust me, I NEVER, EVER pull the race card because most of the time it really isn't about race (plus its sooo cheesy). Except, the only other person that was waiting for as long as I was, and was getting visibly frustrated...was also black. If you are latino (which ironically I am, but I'm mixed), or white or any other race that isn't black, receptionists treat you extremely well and I am a witness to it. Receptionist from bullet 2 looks at me with aversion, and I have been nothing but cordial.
So yes, this dental clinic is full of SEXISM, RACISM (could be coincidence), and dentists who clearly bought their degrees off the dark web. And those instances I described were 4/6 times I went to this clinic. If I could give ZERO stars I would. Good riddance. read more