From the moment I went into the dentist chair I was confused and felt like I was being given a sales pitch. The woman who took my xrays was instructing me in spanish, which I don't speak. When the dentist and his wife spoke to me, they kept trying to sell me unnecessary items and treatments. The dentist told me that the slight asymmetry between my two front teeth needed to be fixed (for $150, not covered by insurance) so people would take me seriously. They criticized the job my orthodontist had done on my teeth (this was a very good orthodontist) and suggested I get braces again.\r
I have very good insurance, which pays for two tooth cleanings a year. However, they wouldn't give me a ""normal"" cleaning, only a ""deep"" cleaning, which has a hefty copay as well as ""medicine"" for another additional price. \r
I had mostly been worried about my wisdom teeth, but the dentist didn't want to talk about them (because they might be, gasp, fully covered by my insurance...) and instead recommended over $500 copay of treatment. \r
I will never go back.
Cons: cost, confusing service, salesman-like bedside manner...
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