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| - For my first visit to this office I was greeted and asked to fill out some paperwork. I was then escorted by a hygienist that appeared to not want to be there. She took me to a room where I waited about 20min before she came back and said the computer was broken and we needed to change rooms so I could get my x-rays done.
I followed her to another room, she asked me where I thought my problem area was (This meant she was only going to x-ray those specific locations and not my entire mouth).
I explained that my filling fell out of my back tooth, so that's the only part of my mouth she photographed.
Then she took me to the original room, after a few minutes she laughed and said well this computers still broken, let's find somewhere else.
I followed and then was left alone for 23min.
Another person came in, I'm guessing he was one of the dentists, he was young and gave me an awkward fist bump.
He said the x-ray showed my filling as being loose and that it wasn't completely gone. He recommended a cap instead of redoing the filling.
My insurance isn't the greatest but I would only have to pay $75 for a new filling instead of $589 for a cap.
He said he would see what options were available.
A second dentist came over, a much older man, and after glancing at my single x-ray he told the first dentist that I'd need a second filling done on the tooth closest to my problem area.
They both left and another 10min went by, I was seriously debating falling asleep... Anywho, a brand new face popped in asking what I wanted to do. I said I didn't have the money for a cap.
She told me that the office has payment plans (basically anything under $1000 is about $150 a month, and anything over $1000 was $50ish, but this may vary on the procedure).
I filled out a credit application but was denied.
I told her I'd have to think about it, right as I was finishing my conversation the dentist came back and said not to wait too long or I'd need a root canal.
So overall, I didn't get my cleaning, I got one x-ray taken, and was told that I'd need to pay almost $600 for a cap and a new filling... Well that's a hard pass.
The front desk people seem friendly but as soon as you sit in that dentist chair you get to see the real side of this business, money hungry and carelessness.
I'm currently still looking for a dentist.
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