In approx 2008 or 2009 I had a crown put on by Dr. Kao. A crown which he made himself with a machine he recently bought in his office. 1 year ago the crown crumbled and when I called the dentist they said the crown is only guaranteed for 90 days.......LOL.
I paid him probably in the range of $500-800 only to have the crown crumble 8 or 9 years later and then had to pay another $850 to have it replaced by another dentist.
They didn't have any sympathy and didn't even offer to check it for free. They said that I should be wearing a night guard and because I don't wear my night guard enough that's why it crumbled. I then went to Dr. John Ford in Elgin who basically laughed at Dr. Kao's stupid response. I moved to Chicago and now have another awesome dentist, Dr. Krinsky, who also thought it was bizarre for not wearing a night guard to be the cause of a crown crumbling.
Did I mention Dr. Kao is right across the street from the adult bookstore?
He also does the cleanings himself, which is never a good sign. Good dentists don't spend their time cleaning teeth, they spend their time doing fillings, examining x-rays, doing crowns and other dental work. A good dentist will always have a dental hygienist. Another sign of a credible dentist is one who doesn't have Saturdays - or just one Saturday a month. A good dentist has a LOT of patients and therefore can be choosy about his/her hours.
Also Dr. Kao tried to get me to get some braces even though my teeth are straight. Because I have a very slight overbite. He said that's why when I bite into a sandwich, the lettuce always slides off. Big whoop. So my lettuce slides off. My teeth are beautiful.
Do NOT go to Dr. Kao. He just thinks in Dollar signs.
My other dentists also laughed at the over bite thing. LOL.
Also - did I mention he's down the street from the brothel on Lake Street? read more