My wife and I had a horrendous first experience with Dental Salon and will not be returning. \r
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1) Ever been to a hairstylist just out of beauty school? That's how we felt with the hygienists who performed the initial preparatory work. They were friendly but extremely shaky and appeared to be in training.\r
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2) Dental Salon is the only practice we have ever visited where regular flash photos were taken of our mouths. This procedure involved large metal clamps being inserted into our mouths in order to extend our cheeks and my wife nearly gagged.\r
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3) My dentist (who shall remain nameless) seemed competent enough to scrape teeth but had a positively creepy personality. Think ""Rocky Horror"".\r
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4) The entire Dental Salon environment, from the initial questionnaire to the expensive imaging equipment to the post-exam interview, is clearly geared toward aggressively selling patients on extensive and expensive services. We have subsequently seen another dentist who told us that a number of the procedures Dental Salon had advised were not necessary.\r
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5) We phoned to cancel an appointment on the morning of the scheduled visit and were told that we would be charged a $150 cancellation fee!\r
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If you are looking for a designer-inspired waiting room and million-dollar view of the Chicago river, by all means indulge yourself at Dental Salon. If you're seeking comfortable, no-pressure and reasonable cost dental care, I can recommend Dr. Jason Hong.
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