The people at this office we're nice, but I was a little disappointed with their work. They were quite good in some ways as an office, but overall I wasn't confident in them. My visits took a long time, and although I specifically requested the female practicioner because I thought she was better I always ended up with the husband after the first half of my first appointment (they switched mid appointment because she was needed elsewhere, I understand that, but it pretty much confirms that she's the better dentist). He went too deep on a filling (I indicated it to him obviously at the time when it started to hurt but he wouldn't stop drilling... Just a little further for another minute or so). I feel that dentists should listen to their patients and stop when it hurts. It was almost unbearable when he stopped. He had observed that it might end up too deep before the drilling, I understood that, but he told me that he was just being extra careful and had already gotten the cavity before he continued to drill for a fee more minutes, including the painful too deep drilling. When you're too close to the root you should not be OCD about cutting just a little more tooth just in case, that is the time to err on the side of cutting less tooth because if you drill the root it doesn't matter if the cavity is gone or not because a root canal will become necessary. I also wasn't confident in his x-ray reading, I asked for another opinion, waited like 40min and his wife came and gave a totally different analysis. It went from no cavities (I knew I had 1 or 2 at least) to like 6. Not sure if that was overkill or not. It was at least believable because I have Celiac disease and always have cavities regardless of strict oral hygiene. I did end up needing a root canal, though it didn't hurt before the drilling. I was in pain leaving the office even numbed and they said to call back in a few days. I called the next day and told them that I didn't think I could take another 24 hours of that kind of pain. I have high pain tolerance FYI. They told me that they could see me the next day but I told them I wanted to see the wife only. They asked and she said that she wasn't comfortable doing a root canal on me because I was in the early stages of pregnancy. I kind of admired that consideration, but also felt that since they knew I was pregnant that should have been brought up before the questionable drilling started if that was a concern since he already knew it might be deep. They asked if it hurt any less than it had on the previous day and I said it maybe hurt a hair less in that I wasn't close to loosing my mind over it. They responded that any decrease in pain at all indicated that I didn't need a root canal because the nerve was probably just inflamed and it would fade over the next few months. I believed them, was in pain for another 5 months, and then went to another dentist because the pain was just wearing me down constantly. The dentist told me that this pain was not going away because I needed a root canal and referred me to a specialist who agreed. I had habituated to the pain (I do that) and didn't really how bad it was until it finally stopped hurting. Sweet relief. I could finally sleep again! I was so grateful for the other practitioner. So, no I don't recommend the office because I don't feel that the husband is a very skilled dentist and because they left me in the lurch (I did have to see a specialist who does root canals, so that last one isn't a big deal), but you could do a lot worse really. I had a bad experience, but the prices are good, the front desk and billing seemed very good. I think that the wife might be a 5 star dentist and it might even be a 5 star office for great prices, but since you have to see both practitioners and I'd give the other dentist 2 stars (very nice but not very skilled or wise in practice as of my visit in 2015) I don't recommend it personally. I will add the caveate that it's been 3 years, and if he was still in training then he might possibly be better now.
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