If I could give negative stars to this dentistry business, I would.
Both my husband and I have been several times. I've had x-rays and have been there for 2 cleanings. My husband has had the same as well as getting a tooth pulled and he also got a filling.
I want to make clear that we really, really LIKED our dentist. He was fantastic!
The oral hygenist was not. The first time we went to get cleanings, we were heavily sold on how our mouths were "diseased" and we needed to get special cleaning for a lot of money. Both of us declined. Later, I received a survey to find out if we felt we were being oversold - which we were.
The second cleaning had me waiting in the front room for nearly an hour after my scheduled appointment. By the time I got back and waited another 30 minutes for the hygenist, she came in and ripped through my mouth with the fastest, most painful and disrespectful cleaning I've ever had. I have a high tolerance for dental pain, and I left holding my face. I went home and took a painkiller. I wrote directly to the office about the experience rather than writing a review on Yelp. (As I said, I like the dentist!) I was promplty responded to and told my next cleaning would be free. Apologies were given and everything was set. I had already made an appointment in person with my calendar in front of me and was ready for my 6 month follow up.
Flash forward 6 months... I get an email reminding me of my appointment. OK. Thank you. I have it in my calendar and I'll see you there. Then, I got a phone call message. I listened to the first minute of it, but I'm a busy person and don't have time to respond to every little thing. I already scheduled the appointment in person and got the email. I failed to see a reason why I need to listen to a lenghty message with office instructions. So, I assumed all was set to go.
I arrange a ride to get to the dental office to find out that after all of that, they gave my (free) appointment away. My schedule is super-tight and I tell her, I had an appointment that I already made, why is it not there anymore? The receptionist tells me that there should have been a link to reply to in the email to let them know I was definitely coming. I pulled up the email and showed it to her and she says, "That's funny. I don't know why it's not there? But, we did leave a message for you to call us back if you wanted your appointment." UM... THIS is where I have a problem. I ALREADY booked with you In-Person. She told me there was nothing they could do unless I wanted to wait an hour to get my teeth cleaned, because someone else already took my appointment.
It is NOT my job to call you back to confirm an appointment I made in person months before. You get paid to work at your place of business. I pay you to give me the service you provide. My insurance (which I pay) also pays you for the service you provide. I work really, really long hours to pay both my service providers and my insurance. Since when does it become my job to do yours? They wasted my time, my round-trip ride, cost me money and had no ability to even provide a reasonable option to help make the read more