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    Richard Bedsole, DMD

    5.0 (2 reviews)

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    Cavity treatment

    Dental exams

    Teeth cleaning

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    Tooth filling replacement or repair

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    Dr. Bedsole has been our family dentist for a very long time. We would not consider leaving.

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    Aspen Dental - Decatur, AL

    Aspen Dental - Decatur, AL

    1.6(14 reviews)
    2.5 mi

    Came in for a cleaning today. Wanda the hygienist was very thorough. My teeth were so clean..can't…read moreremember when they felt so clean..Wanda was friendly and professional. Time well spent. Thanks Wanda

    I had severe infection and swelling with an exposed abscessed. I looked into it a little bit but…read morehad no idea people have problems with Aspen as a whole. I understand they deal with a lot of people on the daily but some of the things are just inexcusable. You still have patients who pay money for you to treat them. Dont listen to the machine prompts on the phone for confirming your appointment. If you do, it will send you to an AI assistant that they apparently don't have access to knowing you confirmed with it. I called this TWICE. Once to confirm it, and another to see if the "ai assistant " actually confirmed my appointment and it said it did. This feature shouldn't even be here as a whole if its useless. Make sure you confirm it with someone from the office OR they will reschedule literally the hour of the appointment. The dental assistants are probably the best ones that I interacted with. Receptionist is friendly and just doing her job despite it being inconvenient for a lot of people. Again, I know that this place is very busy. You can still write dental plans though, I don't understand why every time I went in there someone was confused of the care/game plan. My initial visit we planned to pull the tooth out that was causing me a lot of problems at the moment, my first molar. I knew I had more problem teeth but that one is what I needed care for first since it was causing me pain that kept me up all night, swelling, etc. I guess despite discussing this tooth the dentist that was scheduling me decided to write in a whole other tooth, despite it being verbally and thoroughly discussed. On the day of my appointment it was near closing, my dentist refused to wait for the anesthesia to kick in on my tooth despite already attempting to make it loose, drill into it, and yank it. She left me with an incomplete extraction and sent me on my way. Got rescheduled for two days after. The next appointment I got another dentist. He started immediately trying to talk to me about my other teeth, which was a bit pointless since I was of full acknowledgement of it from the initial exam. I guess we all got lost in the plans (it wasnt fully discussed-- and now looking on the paper my initial dentist wrote down the SECOND molar for the care plan. which I KNOW FOR A FACT. Was not the one she tried to pull Monday. The one we discussed the whole time). We went back and forth a little bit, he was professional but it still was redundant. He tried to talk me into a root canal on the tooth that was already attempted to be extracted-- which I declined for root canals all together. Then he suggested pulling the second molar AND the first on the same day, which wasn't discussed. He refused to believe that my first molar was attempted to be pulled. I understand something was written differently on the paper, but I don't understand why I was put up to question. He brought in the dentist from Monday to confirm it. It felt like a weird humiliation ritual while she tried to make me look like a liar. Speaking to me slow, continuing to argue with me. She claimed that the reason why my tooth wasn't pulled Monday is because it was "hard to pull" since it was impacted in my mouth. Which we both knew was false and NOT the tooth she tried to extract.Why? Why wouldn't I remember you sticking a needle into my inflamed gum of my first molar as you tried desperately to numb it? I felt absolutely everything. So I remember good and well what tooth you tried to pull out. Even with all this, why wouldn't someone remember the tooth you tried to yank out. I went home with more intense swelling and Monday from her failed extraction so of COURSE I remember it. Still I dont need to prove myself. After a bit of going back and forth they finally just agreed to pull the tooth. The dentist DID NOT check my blood pressure at all before jumping in, which could be dangerous. Luckily it was quick and easy and he went to work fast unlike the first time. Had some troubles with my antibiotics and refused to call me back. Thanks Aspen

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    Decatur Smiles

    Decatur Smiles

    4.3(10 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    Of all the Dental offices I have been in this one over and above to make everyone feel at home and…read morecomfortable. They are a family ready to invite you into it. My kids actually came out smiling. I highly suggest you check into having them service your dental needs.

    Believe the one-star reviews. They pressure patients for five-star reviews in the office with QR…read morecodes and even offer free Kindles for reviews. They even want you to leave a review while you are still sitting in the office, which is crazy, so do not be fooled by all the ratings. At first, everything seemed welcoming with blankets, snacks, comfort menus, and friendly service, but the billing was unclear and charges were not properly explained. I came in for the $97 comprehensive exam and X-rays they promote on their site, but before leaving I was charged over $250 with added fees that were not clearly explained. They even charge a whopping 3.5% fee just to use a credit card to pay, and they do not clearly tell you that at the time of payment. I ended up dealing with unexpected charges, rushed paperwork, and being asked to sign before everything was fully explained. When I questioned charges and requested a refund for a service that never took place, the professionalism completely changed. It felt very money-driven and greedy rather than focused on honest patient care. I do not recommend this dentist to anybody. The nice front is misleading, and many other reviews describe similar experiences.

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