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Americans are all about a pretty smile. This has opened the flood gate for Dentists to charge prices that only the wealthy can afford. I had seven teeth left on the top, not due to cavities but my teeth were cracking in half through the roots. I went to numerous dentists only to be told they would do inplants, partials or nothing. I went through 4 sets of partials and none of them was worth a crap as they rocked around in my mouth or tore the inside of my mouth up. Not one would help me get dentures. I had spaces between teeth where one had been removed and my teeth were a real mess with pain all of the time. YES I would love to have a set of teeth, my own teeth, that didn't cause me to cover my mouth in public and never laugh or smile but there was no way I could afford implants and I wasn't getting taken for another set of lousy partials. I have finally found a dentist that has agreed to do a top denture. I fought for over 10 years with dentists that only care about the dollar sign and refuse to listen to their patients. There should be a law against dentists that try to force patients to bend to their thinking for money. They're all a bunch of thieves

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Carol Te
Fort pierce, US
Jun 27, 2023 7:42 pm EDT

I have been grossly taken advantage of by both the Great Smiles of Fort Pierce as well as Great Smiles of Port St Lucie. I first went to Ft. Pierce with a loose implant. Someone looked at it, confirmed it was loose and told me I had to see the oral surgeon in Port St. Lucie. They made an appointment for me to be there at 9 am the next morning. That cost me $134.00. Next day at 9am I find I have to pay $50.00 before they will even see me. I sat and waited for almost 4 hours to be seen by the oral surgeon (?). He removed the composite to get to the screw and tightened it then replaced the composite. That was an additional $384.00. A total of $568.00 to tighten a screw. Since then (6 months later) it has come loose again. I went to a private dentist that took X-Rays and pictures. Found the implant to be covered over by the gum. She opened it back up to return the implant properly in place. And even after all that was done, I paid less to have it done right. All Smiles of Ft. pierce and Pt. St. Lucie are not good at what they do and way over charge.

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Joseph Thompson
, US
Jun 15, 2018 8:08 pm EDT
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I live in Winslow, AZ. I went to Winslow Dental to have my crown re-cemented. It had become loose and all I needed was to have it re-cemented. I had used this Dentist last year, when I had insurance and had a lot of dental work completed. So, I returned today, not having insurance. The bill to have my crown re-cemented was $206.00! I questioned that amount and was told that, those were the charges. Here is the breakdown:
LIMITED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM (that means that only one area is being worked on, according to the billing clerk) $79.00
X-RAY SINGLE INTRA PERIAPICAL $28.00
RECEMENT CROWN $99.00

This is beyond outrageous and needs to be addressed by the Attorney General's Office for Arizona. I sent him an email, already.
someone needs to be responsible for the monetary amounts for services. I am a senior and a Veteran. I live in the poorest county, Navajo County, in Arizona! I was told they don't have a discount for Veterans's either. They, finally, agreed to give me a 5% discount because I paid the entire bill. That means that something else will be paid late! This is a disgrace and there are enough complaints, here, to warrant some serious perusal by the Attorney General of each of these states!

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Cheryl Ricks
, US
Mar 16, 2016 12:47 pm EDT

My grandsons went to Amarillo Pediatric Dentistry and within 6 months, the oldest age 9 suddenly had several cavities. He had dental work done on one side of his mouth today but he is scheduled to have the other side done in June! My youngest, age 6 was given a little gas and they started drilling on his teeth without numbing it first. They said the gas was enough for him to not feel any pain. They rescheduled his appointment because he was crying and being uncooperative. I would be too if they started drilling on my teeth without numbing them first! Totally incompetent! I would not recommend them!

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, US
Mar 02, 2016 7:08 pm EST
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The picture below shows how I look now that Dr. Ronia Baker, of Beautiful Smiles in North Miami, Fl, corrected my denture.

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nurse
, US
Mar 01, 2016 5:42 pm EST
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I want to revise my comments about Beautiful Smiles in North Miami. I did have a bad experience, but since I have made my problems known to the owner, Dr. Ronia Baker, her and her staff have done everything to correct the problems I had. Dr. Baker has seen me on a regular basis to correct and adjust my dentures and thereby relieve the constant pain I had been in, . She had a new temporary denture made for me, and he made all the necessary adjustment. She promised me I would have a beautiful smile, and now I have been restored to my "original self". The attached photo shows my new "Beautiful Smile".

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nurse
, US
Feb 16, 2016 9:04 pm EST
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I would like to file a complaint against Beautiful Smiles in North Miami, Fl., specifically Dr. Nicole Lamb and the owner of the office, Dr. Ronia Baker. I have had the worst time in my life going to that place. I went there initially to get an full upper denture and a partial lower. I only had two "roots" left in the top gum from a previous "permanent bridge" that wore out, and I also had two teeth. They were going to pull the four teeth, give me a temporary "healing denture" and in a couple of months give me a permanent denture. I went in three times for moldings and fittings. I was certain my mouth would finally be restored to an acceptable look so I would feel comfortable again in public. And I am also a registered nurse in the Home Health field so I am in constant contact with patients and I wanted to look presentable. Well, I went there on Jan 28, Dr. Lamb supposedly numbed my mouth and proceeded to pull the four teeth. I was in such excruciating pain that I cry every time I think about it. I have had teeth pulled before and have never experienced such a barbaric extraction, she literally lifted me out of my chair, and I could actually feel the pain of the extraction, not just the pressure. When she finally finished, she inserted the temporary healing denture and passed me a mirror and told me to smile. When I saw how I looked in the mirror, I was horrified! All I could do was glare at her because I was too frozen to talk. I looked like a black Mr. Ed with these large horse teeth protruding out of my mouth. I was in so much pain and really "out of it" that they had to hold me up just to get me to the front of the office to leave and even then I had to sit down for about 15 minutes to try to gather myself. When I got home, I was in excruciating pain. They had told me to take the dentures out that night. When I did, I was horrified to see the gaping holes in my gums. Never have my gums looked like that after dental extractions. I have been in pain every since, taking pain pills every day. The dentures don't fit, I couldn't chew food cause the teeth didn't meet, the lower partial they put in had a hook on it that started burrowing into my lower good tooth, making a hole. I went back after the weekend was over, still in excruciating pain, they did some adjustments on the denture and promised me they would start making a new replacement on an emergency basis. Today is February 16, I am still in pain, I still look like a fool, I still can't chew food correctly so I have to swallow a lot of it in chunks, and I still haven't received the "emergency new denture". Every time I call, they "accidentally" hang up or just give me the run around. Please, everybody, be aware of these people, they can ruin your life. The way I have suffered since Jan 28 is inhumane. Look at the pictures of me, that's the proof! Do not go to Beautiful Smiles in North Miami, Fl. Do not let Dr. Nicole Lamb work on you, or you'll end up looking like me. I have submitted a before and after pictures!

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Mary Nehrkorn
, US
Jan 28, 2016 12:08 am EST

I would like to fIle a complaint against Bonita dental care in Bonita Springs FL against Dentist Wallace he kept terminating me from his dental practice as a former dental customer of theirs here and would not ALLOW ME TO SEE THE DENTIST OF MY CHOICE THERE. I AM AN APPREHENSIVE ADULT TO SEEING DENTISTS SINCE I HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY WHERE I TRUSTED THIS NEW DENTIST NAMED DENTIST A THERE WHENEVER SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN THEIR OFFICE I HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOSE MY PATIENCE WITH THOSE DENTISTS IN GENERAL where I say things I don't mean to say in e-mails and on telephone answering machines. Dentist A was a nice dentist to me there. I wanted to continue to see Dentist A but Dentist Wallace sent me a termination letter through postal mail saying they do not want me as their patient there anymore. They broke a patient privacy act they had there see I am over 18 yrs of age and Barbara who didn't have my written permission to show my mom my e-mails I sent to them there and she allowed my mom to listen to the answering machine messages without my written consent either so I get frustrated with people that don't take my patient confidentiality privately here since I am an adult over 18 yrs of age and they refuse to finish the work done on my tooth there after extracting one of my teeth there where an empty space is still present there. a lot of their clients were cussing at them there in the waiting room for different reasons there and they were not terminated from seeing the dentist of their choice there. I would like to file a law suit against this bonita denta care group in bonita springs fl for wrongful termination and breaching the patient privacy clause there I am only willing to drop the law suit under this term below which is that they allow me to return as their patient where I can see Dentist A for my permanent dentist there.
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Gladys J. Samuel
, US
Jan 06, 2016 10:06 am EST

I have been going to Coast Dental, East Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, Florida to get a top partial completed. I have paid each time I had an appointment as well as pay $100 monthly on a credit card that they got in my name. To date, I have not received my partial and I am a speaker and having to speak before audiences without my teeth. That is embarrassing. I am not pleased with this action. This is not professional, nor is that business. When questioned, one of the assistants indicate that they want the teeth to be right. At Christmas time, Jolene indicated to me that I could come in and get them but gave me a call an hour before my scheduled appointment time to state that the partial had not arrived from the lab. The Dentist name is Dr. Cierra.

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Luz Helena Ballesteros-Andrade
, US
Dec 29, 2015 7:07 pm EST

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON DOCTOR ANA MARIA CAMAROTTI THAT IS CHARGING PEOPLE FOR SERVICE SHE DIDN'T DO.
My daughter Laura Andrade was born in Key West, FL and when she was 14 years old we decided to go to Los Angeles to live there for one year. Before going to Los Angeles, she had braces and continued having them in Los Angeles, California during 2015. In May 2015 she was getting close to be in the face of removal of the braces, Dr. Nicole Cheng, the orthodontics from Los Angeles, requested a name of a doctor rom Key West that could help Laura, my daughter to fix the canines at out arrival to Key West because they were little.
Dr. Camarotti did some work in the past for my family so I contacted her from Los Angeles and her secretary told me that that work was not going to cost too much and she could summit the bill to the insurance. I explicitly told her that I only wanted fillings, nothing else because I had had the worst experience with veneers and crowns in the past.
In August 2015 Dr. Camarotti saw my daughter and before she started doing work in her mouth, her secretary called me on the phone and requested a payment or otherwise Dr. Camarotti was not going to do the work. I told Marlene, the secretary, that I could pay when picking her up and she told me that it had to be done before so I gave her my credit card number over the phone. She charged me $1, 320.00 and I asked her why that price? It was so expensive for me and she said that because the veneers price was high. I said to her that as I told her since I was in Los Angeles, California I only want my daughter to have fillings and she said that I had to pay for that either way. I was working and I did not have time to discuss with her anymore. There was no authorization signed by me.
Dr. Camarotti office submitted to the Aetna insurance a claim requesting a payment for crowns and the insurance paid back $1070.76 and when I called the insurance to request an update on the claim, they informed me that Dr. Camarotti was charging for crowns. I called the office and I talked to Marlene requesting an explanation why the office summit a claim for crowns if I specifically told her since we were living in Los Angeles that I did not want crowns or veneers for my daughter due to her young age. She stated that I was insulting her so I called Dr. Camarotti to her personal phone given to me to talk to the orthodontics and she told me that she made a mistake of listening to my 14 years old girl and without an authorization from me decided to claim those to the insurance even though they were consider cosmetics but Dr. Camarotti presented those as necessary. She charged me and the insurance for something that she was not doing. Then, she told me that it was the first time in 27 years of practice that she had to pay a high price.
I called her several weeks ago and told her that I could not talk to her secretary because she felt insulted for asking a question about what and when are they going to rein verse the money to me now that Dr. Camarotti decided to give the money back to the insurance because she knew she was doing something wrong. Filling falsely to the insurance and over charging me for fillings that I told her were not professionally done because they were the base to put crowns, not a final work. She said that she was in an Family Emergency and she could not do anything. I told her that one of the feeling was high and my daughter did not feel her mouth right, the fillings were high and uneven.
I called her on 10/24 and informed Dr. Camarotti that one of the fillings broke and she told me that she does not guarantee her work. She also stated that she continued on the following on a Family Emergency and to call her office on the following Monday to fix it.
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On 10/26 I called and left a message in the voice massage machine of the office at 9:04 am and in the message I stated that I need to drop my daughter because I had to work. My daughter contacted my husband that works in the post office and he has to leave to go to the dentist's office, Marlene, the secretary, gave him some referrals and told my husband that the office will refund the money. I texted Dr. Camarotti and she responded saying that she is going to "charge for what I did and then you will receive the remaining balance. The lab work will not be included for obvious reasons" There was no lab in my daughter's fillings. The work she did has to be redo because they were just prepared to be veneers or/and crowns.
She mailed me a check for $20 dollars and charged $1300 for temporary teeth as she stated to the BBB. She stated that she never knew that the temporaries broke in less than 2 months, she did not refund the money even though she referred my daughter to another dentist to fix the broken temporaries. She still has the veneers and they are not in my daughter’s mouth. She is charging for something that she has in her office. I need my money back to pay the dentist that she referred us to be able to pay him.
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Louise@16
, US
Sep 14, 2015 8:00 pm EDT
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I would like to file a complaint on Dr. Trinh T. Nguyen, DDS, Cosmetic and Dental Implant Center, 1858 N. Placentia, Placentia California, [protected].

I initially went to Dr. Trinh T. Nguyen on January 16th 2015 for a bridge for my left upper side of my mouth.

On January 16, 2015 I was approved for financing through Comenity Bank (Springstone Bank) for $3, 850.

On the January 16, 2015 visit, Dr. Nguyen stated I needed a couple fillings and a couple of crowns. Dr. Nguyen created an impression of my mouth, which were subsequently sent to the lab to create a bridge.

On February 13th, 2015, Dr. Nguyen received all of the Comenity Bank finances of $3, 800.

March 13th 2015 Dr. Nguyen created non-fitting temporaries and a non-fitting crown all of which had to be removed.

From March 2015 thru May 15th, 2015 I tried on many occasions for an appointment but was refused an appointment or service. Finally, on May 15th Dr. Nguyen stated he would not treat me, since they were already paid by Comenity Bank. He stated that he received the money and suggested I file a small claims suit in court. Shockingly Dr. Nguyen office told me that they would send my crowns back to me in the mail.

Dr. Nguyen and his office are very unprofessional, unscrupulous and unacceptable as a dentist practitioner. I highly recommend you review his dental license. I have also reported his office to the Better Business Bureau. I am walking around in pain with two very badly fitting temporaries and no crowns or bridges.

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Cicley Orangeslice McDaniel
, US
Aug 31, 2015 1:35 pm EDT

I feel like a bald head step child! I recently was schedule Gargiulo Periodontics in Chicago Illinois for some work to be done but had to reschedule my first appointment. I was told i would be charged $50 if they couldn't fill the spot. They did! then i called to confirm my next appointment and was told i was taken off the schedule. Why i asked? Because you don't make your appointments. Huh? The office manager continued on grilling me like i stole her mother's purse. Finally after being talked to very unprofessionally she reschedule my appointment but later called to say the Dr. needs you to pay UPFRONT to secure your appointment . What are you talking about lady i pay once service is rendered not before. She went on and on i Felt totally disrespected and a little like they were discriminating towards me. Take me off your books and i will never go there again!

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Pat, Mahopac, NY
Stormville, US
Jun 27, 2015 5:03 pm EDT
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I would like to Place a complaint against Putnam Dental Arts in Mahopac, New York. the office staff and hygenist are very nice and professional. Dr. PURVI SHAH. W had been seeing Dr. Shah a referal from our insurance company. I had severe pain in my front tooth and was told I had a horizontal crack in the right tooth. We tend to trust a professional with the redomendations that they give. I started to cry being told I had to have a partial put in my mouth. Well the first approval came from the insurance company and I would be charged $300.00 per tooth up front. I like everyone do not have 1200.00 at one pop to pay. When I returned for my six month cleaning, I was asked about my decision and I only had a few days to make up my mind. I asked for an extension and for the work order to be resubmitted. When I was in the chair Dr. Shah very bluntly rudly told me my dental hygene s***** she said that, shocked I told her to get on a tredmill, needless to say when I went to make another another appointment for her to finish filling another tooth I was informed I can no longer be treated at the group. I asked to have all my records sent to me, I had to second request them and to this day have not received them. My Daughter, 23, student, working to pay for school, has had extensive work done by Dr. Shah. She has been paying to receive enamel fillings instead of the silver, she pays every visit. She needed to have a root canal performed. While she was traveling last year for a summer work program the cap came off she had to go to a dentist in chicago whom replaced the cap and she wasnt having any problems with it. She continued her treatment only to have that cap removed and she replaced it with another in her best interest. The tooth wasnt bothering her at the time. After she placed the cap she received a bill for $1, 552.00. When she called to inquire she was told it was denied be the insurance and she would have to pay it in two payments. What are they thinking. When I called the insurance company they explained that she had submitted the cap and work on the tooth the previouse year. When I then called the office she said she would charge her $625.00. I have since called back for her records to be sent to the insurance company and when I stated that the state requires all records, she mysteriously was able to write the charge off. I dont know who will see this or if anyfurther investigation will be done, but just so other patients are aware. DONT TRUST THE DENTIST! Follow thru with the billing and insurance submissions. Thanks for listening.

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Glynda Gardner
Statham, US
May 19, 2015 6:07 pm EDT
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Mine comment is more of a question. Is there not a dentist anywhere in the Atlanta area who does work on a "pro bono" basis. Are they all interested in the dollars? I am on a very limited income and have very bad teeth. I could list a dozen reasons, but will only give you a few: abusive husband who hit the mark several times, I smoked (quit in 1991), chemo and radiation, dry mouth from medicines, bypass surgery. The infection in my mouth is doing damage to my body, I have no doubt. If anyone knows of a dentist that is caring and not hung up on being a rich man, please reply. Thanks!

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Parveen Hatefi
Warrenville, US
Jun 18, 2014 3:00 pm EDT

I want to warn you or any suspecting client. Do not go to Dr. Beri in Wheaton at the Wheaton Cosmetic Dentistry. I went in because my permanent crowns fell out. I was emotionally upset but at no time did I say it was an emergency. All he did was make an upper plate impression and put 3 fake plastic temporary crowns and charged me $864.00! Now I don't know about you but that is an extravagant amount of money. I asked for weeks for an itemized bill/breakdown of the costs incurred for the work had supposedly done. I've gotten no response. What can you say to the truth>

They refuse to answer me and their assistant Debbie pretends to be helpful when in reality she lured me in to the trap. I have called the Illinois State Dental Society and am getting read to picket.
This is very WRONG! He is not getting away with ripping me off.

Also fake temporary crowns are part of the process of the permanent crowns so I never should have been charged until the end of the entire procedure.

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timothy i klein
, US
Mar 15, 2014 1:14 pm EDT

My wifes daughter who is 47 and disabled went to Aspen Dental, received plates because she had no teeth. She cannot wear her bottom plate denture paste/glue does not work there are no grooves in them to hold them in, they are almost completely flat . The daughter has difficulty in understanding and dealing with daily events. This angers me that a dental facility would charge a fee and "put off" on someone that is slow to grasp a situation such as poor quality of craftsmanship! How can I get her plate fixed so that she can wear them and have Aspen dental pay for it. Wife's daughter cannot afford to have another plate made "right" because she has very limited income from disability. Wife's daughter really needs to have dentures fixed at no cost to her, they should have been made correctly the first time.

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knande
Statesville, US
Feb 28, 2014 1:26 pm EST

I agree with the consumers and feel that most dentists do not give a damn because they know they can get away with overcharging as well as committing surgical errors with little to no consequences...BEWARE OF DR. JEFFERSON SIMS, JM KEYNES DRIVE, CHARLOTTE, NC. This is one of the most deceiving dentist or person I know. His surgical error landed me in the hospital for 4 days. He has refused to render dental xrays which the NC Dental Board knows about. So many of my facebook followers have warned me how the board or peer review sides with the dentist regardless of truth or facts. JEFFERSON SIMS is a dishonest person with a staff that backs up his lies and shortcomings. I truly regret the day that I met him. I truly hate liars and people who rip off others without conscious. DR. SIMS ABANDONED me as a patient as well without any regard to my mouth health after receiving $7780...this is not a misprint...$7780 and I end up with a hospital bill, mouth sores, poor fitting denture, mood/diet changes...DO NOT GO TO HIM!

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Ray Mac Dowell
Indian Shores, US
Dec 23, 2013 4:32 pm EST
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DR Brian D Karriker Mooresville N.C.
While visiting family in North Carolina my upper bridge came loose. I went to Mooresville Family Dentist located at 484 River Hwy. Dr
Brian D Karriker cemented my bridge in place on Wednesday 11/27/2013. On Thursday my bridge came loose again. Friday 11/29/2013 I was back in the dentist office to have it cemented again, next day it came loose again .Dr Karriker charged almost $600.00 for a repair that did not last 4 days. I had the bridge cemented again in Florida on 12/3/2013 and it is still in place 3 weeks later. I would not recommend Mooresville Family Dentist to anyone as I feel that Dr Karriker does not do quality work and over charges for the poor work he does.

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Donnie Bob
Grand Rapids, US
Nov 21, 2013 9:56 am EST
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I would like that all dental surgeons, justify their cost of $ 300.00 per tooth for extraction. The entire time spent in my mouth is 20 minutes or so. That's $15.00 per minute. Then to top it off my insurance pays 2/3 to 3/4 of this cost and the balance is left up to me. In today's world, the average citizen, being beat down by inflation and the professional thieves espesially those in the medical profession, just don't have bank accounts to support these terrible costs. I'm sure that there are a bunch of those people that once their pain is gone and being trusted to pay the balance of the much inflated bill would take "catch me if you can" attitude, but most of us senior citizens aren't.

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Richard Ruane
McDonough, US
Nov 17, 2012 7:51 am EST

Dr. Frank Butler, Jr. Family Dental Clinic, College Park, Ga. Charged me $10K to cap 9 lower front teeth. They were temporaries and started coming loos and coming off within a month. He changed them to another set of temporaries and soon they loosened and came off. The caps are 3 groups of 3. After 18 months when I returned again for this problem he said that the little teeth he placed the caps on had split and rotted and there was nothing he could do. He then went into a hard sell of sending me to his associate where I could have 4-5 implants installed and then either new caps or a permanent lower denture plate. The cost would be between 20-25K. I told him I had to discuss this with my wife could he help me by cleaning and cementing the 2 sets of 3 caps back in. He re-explained there was nothing he could do so I left with my caps in my hand bought some fix a dent and re-installed them myself. I was also experiancing constant pain from one of the rotted stubs. He said he'd call something in to my Drugstore. He called in 20 Ibuprofin which won't kill that type of pain. This is the third time Butler has left me hurting. Last time he did 3 root canals using Novocaine and I asked for a perscription. He said since he removed the nerves there shouldn't be any pain. He was wrong, I hurt for 4 day's! He's Army trained and did Army teeth for years so he doesn't care about patient discomfort. I work at Polo/Ralph Lauren and a dentist who shops there reguarly let me remove these 2 caps and view the teeth underneath. He said he would never let a patient with an appointment walk out with Nothing being done, and suggested I report this to you. Thanks for your time and consideration in this matter as I feel (asmy wife) that we wasted 10K, and he's trying to get 25K more. Sincerely, Richard Ruane bluesrr13@msn.com

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Cynthia Tatum
White Plains, US
Oct 28, 2012 7:45 pm EDT
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I would like to file a complaint on Dr. Courtney Walker, DDS full time contract general dentist for Charles County Health Department
4545 Crain Hwy white plains Maryland 20695. In reference to workplace harassment Event #1 On June 27, 2012 4:20pm, I was informed by a co-worker that I had been summoned to Ms. Manjula Paul, Director of Nursing, office. Upon my arrival to Ms. Paul office, two dental dental coworkers were present, my immediate supervisor Ms. Celeste Camerion, Dental Office Manager and Dr. Courtney Walker DDS Resident DHMH Dentist. I was immediately told by Dr. walker the purpose of my visit was to conduct a mid-term evaluation. I was immediately told by Dr. Walker" I was very irresponsible in my duties as a dental assistant and that I was the most horrible dental assistant she has ever worked with!" The doctor continue her comments in saying my duties have changed and I was no longer allowed to input patient information into the dental office computer system, furthermore Dr. walker stated "her recommendation I should be dismissed form employment but that was not her decision."My supervisor nor did Ms. Paul intervene or take issue in the manner that I was address by the doctor. At the end of the doctor harsh comments, Ms. Paul spoke and said my supervisor will conduct my mid-term evaluation. My supervisor then provided me with a copy of my mid-term evaluation form. leading up to this event at no time was I informed by my immediate supervisor of a schedule plan to conduct a mid-term evaluation. In addition, Dr. Walker has a permanent assigned dental assistant, therefore I do not provide direct chair side dental assistant duties on her behalf. Event#2 On June 29 2012 the dental staff was kind enough to host an inner office birthday party for me, at the conclusion of the party while thanking everyone Dr. walker verbally stated out loud in the company of others" she did like me" which totally caught me off guard. I responded to the comment by" saying did I hear you correctly?" the comment was not repeated, I left my office and went back to work. There are other events that has taken place and this issue has been discuss with Deputy and Human Resource Department. Harassment has not been addressed. However another incident has occurred. Doctor accused me of exposing co- worker to radiation, and suggested that I sign a letter reprimand for termination. May I get assistant with this situation. Thanks. Respectfully Cynthia

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SHARON BANYON
, US
Jun 08, 2012 10:52 pm EDT

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON DOVE FAMILY DENIST. THEY ARE CHARGING PEOPLE FOR SERVICE THEY DIDNT DO, SO WHEN I CALL THEM ABOUT THE ERROR THEY SAY GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT BACK ITS BEEN THREE WEEKS HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM YET. THEY ONLY DID ONE X-RAY OF MY TOOTH, BUT THEY CHARGE ME FOR SEVERAL X RAYS, ADULT CLEANING AND SOME OTHER MESS I NEVER HEARD OF. I CALL MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND TOLD THEM THE SITUATION AND THEY TOLD ME YOU GET TWO FREE CLEANING, SO THAT MEANS I WILL MISS ONE OF MY CLEANING, BECAUSE DOVE ADDING JOBS THAT THEY DID NOT DO.THEY ARE ROBBING PEOPLE AND THERE INSURANCE COMPANY. CIGNA TOLD ME TO CALL DOVE DENTISTS BACK TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVE AND GIVE THEM A CALL BACK, CAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND IF THEY DIDNT GET THIS MATTER SOLVE THEY WOULD REPORT THEM AND HANDLE THEM. I WOULD NEVER VISIT ANOTHER DENTISTS OUTSIDE MY OWN NEVER AGAIN! I ONLY WENT THERE, BECAUSE I WAS IN PAIN AND THEY WAS THE ONLY DENTIST OPEN ON WEEKENDS. I SOMEBODY NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER, I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GIVE AWAY I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT. DOVE DENTISTS IN MEMPHIS, TN ARE HIGHWAY ROBBING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE. IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT YOUR CLAIM OR BILL GOOD YOU WILL GET ROBBED BLIND.

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No More Gentle Dentistry In EA
East Aurora, US
Apr 19, 2011 8:03 pm EDT

I had the same problem with my parents and I had to go to the AG of NY to get their money back! DONT GO TO GENTLE DENTISTRY OF EAST AURORA! THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF