I would not recommend Downtown Dental Associates. The staff are courteous, but I got the impression they were not acting in my best interest. They offered to do x-rays of each one of my teeth as well as the panoramic view, although I had these x-rays done only two years earlier (and my dental insurance reimbureses those x-rays only once every 4 years). So check everything and do not rely on the staff advice, otherwise, you will pay for the x-rays from your pocket.
I had my teeth checked by Dr Lance Bailey. He was nice and took the time to comment on my x-rays. I eventually decided to let him fill a cavity. The cavity appeared extremely small on the x-ray but he ended up making quite a large filling and my tooth is now very sensitive to hot, cold, and pressure. I came back to complain but he could not solve the problem. In addition, while he was working on my tooth, he chipped the back of my tooth with the drill (where there was no cavity) and left the edge uneven. I would certainly NOT go back. I will go to my Hometown dentist to make him try to repair the filling Dr. Bailey has done. Very annoying, and very expensive! So my advice is to try to find a more experienced dentist if you need any dental work done...
I went to see my hometown dentist and he had to redo the filling as it was still sensitive 3 months after the procedure. I showed him the x-rays prior to the filling and he told me that Lance Bailey should not have done the filling in the first place as I did not really have a cavity (only a small demineralization in the enamel - which can be fixed by applying fluoride...). This is what I thought in the first place anyway when Dr. Bailey showed me the x-ray but I thought - wrongly - that he knew what he was doing. BIG mistake. He was also surprised that Dr.Bailey did such a big a filling - compared to the small extent of the enamel demineralization (it was not a cavity!). My dentist thinks that the reason my filling was sensitive was probably due to the fact that the bonding was compromized (I remember that Dr. Bailey did not use a rubber dam to isolate the tooth from the saliva when he placed the filling - which is why the filling could not bond to the tooth properly). He also had to repair the chip on the tooth that Dr.Bailey made during the procedure...
I chose to see Dr. Bailey in the first place based on his reviews citysearch. I believe these reviews are probably biased as I tried to leave him a negative feedback never wanted to post it. So use your judgment when reading those reviews. I doubt the integrity of most of the reviews... Anyway, these are just my 2 cents. Choose your dentist wisely if you want to avoid having to deal with problems I had in the last several months since I saw Dr.Bailey... I do not believe that all the reviews are written by past patients.
-I am still to this day having some sensitivity with some teeth that were worked on. I still do not recommend this office.
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