Since my original review I have been here on several occasions for cleaning/fillings. I had a different hygienist this time who was very abrupt, snotty and rude. When she finished with me she simply handed me the bag with a new toothbrush, floss, etc and walked out without a word.
There was also another issue with scheduling (surprise, surprise). Dentist claimed I needed 3 fillings which I wish I had gotten a second opinion or just went elsewhere. I had planned to have the fillings done on the day of my cleaning and that is what I discussed with the receptionist when I scheduled. Upon my arrival I was told that this was scheduled in error and that the dentist "was busy enough as is" (yes receptionist said this as if it were my problem that the staff scheduled me this way) so could not do all my fillings today. Annoyed, I still went ahead and scheduled to have the last filling done at another time...
For every one of the fillings the anesthesia wore off DURING the procedure! Worst feeling ever! I can't say whether she had me sit too long waiting for her to come and start after administering it or if not quite enough was administered in the first place. But on one of them she ended up having to stop the procedure twice to administer another dose each time because I kept feeling it. Also,at one point while the assistant was working on me while she stepped out I made the assistant aware that I was feeling it and she didn't even bother to tell the dentist even though she claimed she would. The dentist came right back in and started working and I had to raise my hand to make her stop. I felt like I was at the dentist from little shop of horrors...
Unfortunately I have been in a dentists' chair way more times than I care to count and never has this happened to me before. I do not plan to return here again if nothing else because of the anxiety that this will happen again. Also it has taken about 4 months for my sensation to return to normal in the area of the fillings. For the first 2-3 months I had horrible pressure-sensitivity on the side where 2 fillings were done. I had informed the dentist about this at one follow-up visit and she explained that what she had done was "like orthodontic work" to complete the filling and that my teeth just needed to settle in. Ummmm, no... Never has it taken my teeth months to adjust to a simple filling. I'm done.