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| - I went here once after moving close by and will never return. The hygienists were nice for the cleaning, the main dentist, Dr. Javier, was not only condescending and unprofessional, but tried to scam me by saying I needed 5-6 fillings for "potential future cavities". Seriously, he said he was using this new high tech machinery that can penetrate the tooth and look for microscopic cavities that could potentially grow into larger ones. When asked what the X-rays showed, he said there was no cavities visible there. He kept trying to pressure me into getting fillings right then and there, however. I did not feel comfortable. I asked politely for him to wrap up and he asked me to make a follow up appointment to get the fillings, which I refused. I asked my family member who is a dentist about my experience and was told that if the X-ray does not show a cavity then there is no need to go in and do fillings unnecessarily. They said the machine that was used is meant for early prevention, however, what is not conveyed is that not all "abnormalities" actually progress to turn into full on cavities (ones that actually show up on an X-ray, viewable to the naked eye). Also, there is no proof that early intervention fillings do anything more to save a tooth. So in turn, this is just a fancy machine that is used to scam clients into believing they need unnecessary work done. I am all for using new technology, however, there was no education piece done by the dentist other than saying this work NEEDED to be done. I get it, a dentist is a business, most businesses that I am aware of want to maintain clientele. However, you don't earn clients trust by trying to scare them into doing procedures that are not 100% necessary.
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