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| - If there were a ZERO star option, I would have picked it!
At first, this place seemed like a good idea. New dentist, new practice, a $40 all inclusive special when I had no insurance, etc. The receptionist, Samantha, seemed very nice, so, she gets 2 stars, but the service here, SUCKS.
I'll explain. I just moved to Las Vegas from NY 2 months ago and was looking for a dentist. This one is right near my house and it got good reviews on here, so I decided to give them a try.
The first question the Dr. asked me when he looked in my mouth is if I ever considered braces. I told him no. My teeth are relatively straight. In fact, Rosie, the hygienist, had WAY worse looking teeth than I did. She was nice also though.
So my story is that I have 4 relatively large, amalgam fillings on my left side. 2 up, 2 down, both in molars. Dr. Tran's recommendation was $2400 worth of replacement fillings for all of my teeth. This seemed bizarre as I know that amalgam fillings are typically used to bigger cavities and tend to hold up better than their "tooth colored" counterparts.
I did, however, feel as though I got a good cleaning and it was done by the dentist, which you don't see very often anymore.
Anyway, today I called my dentist back in NY who told me that replacing all my fillings was unnecessary and seeing as how I was just there less than 6 months ago, there is no way my teeth could have gotten THAT bad.
I went to a new dentist today and he was right on with my old dentist in stating that there were nothing wrong with my fillings, and, in fact, if he were to remove them and put in porcelain or resin-composite, my teeth would be MORE sensitive than they are and I would probably end up with nerve damage seeing as how my cavities were all pretty deep.
So, save your time and money and go see Dr. Ruper @ Boston Dental on W. Lake Mead near Jack in the Box. You'll be happy!
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