This was my first visit to this office. When I arrived the receptionist told me that I needed to go to a different reception room accross the hall. There was not a soul in that room although I waited almost ten minutes. While I was waiting I noticed that a patient's forms with his personal information (social security number, date of birth, address, and medical information) was sitting on the desk in plain sight... just waiting for some untrustworthy person to steal his identity. I went back to the first reception area to tell them that nobody was there and got a curt response that the receptionist was helping other patients but would be there shortly. I was finally brought in to see the dentist's ""assistant"", and tipped backward while asked to hold two metal hooks to pull my cheeks open so she could position a mirror in my open mouth and snap several photos with a point and shoot camera. (I thought this was very strange as I have never been asked to do this at any other dentist's office). When at last I saw the dentist, he informed me that I had ""several cavities"", including one tooth that needed a crown, and that all of my previous fillings were chipping and needed to be replaced. I thought this was odd, as it had only been about eight months since visiting my last dentist and everything was just fine at that time. I was then brought into a small office where a ""salesperson"" proceeded to tell me that it was going to cost $3000.00 (after insurance) to complete all of the necessary procedures. She had a diffucult time explaining why the procedures were necessary and why they cost so much when I had insurance, and said something to the effect that ""the dentist knows best what needs to be done, even if we don't understand it all"". She then proceded to tell me that I could set up a payment plan for $250 per month. I declined to make another appointment, and plan on requesting duplicates of the xrays so that I can find a different dentist. What a nightmare. Also, my boyfriend was in the waiting room while I was with the dentist and he said that the receptionist was on a personal phone call the entire time and actually put patients on hold in order to continue her conversation.
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