More spa than dentist.\r
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Summary: Dentist spent maybe a whole 5 minutes on the actual teeth cleaning, so be warned the $139 teeth cleaning only counts on the teeth above the gums, apparently teeth below the gums isn't considered teeth unless you wish to pay extra around $230 per mouth quadrant 4 quadrants so $1000 for a deep cleaning.\r
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Now I've only had 3 dentists in my life so can't compare a lot of them but the 2 previous dentists when I went in for a cleaning spent at least an hour with lots of high pressure water spraying, surgical steel scraping, rinsing, spitting, blood more scraping, spraying, rinsing, spitting, sore gums....repeat.....repeat...... I think you get the picture. Unless this dentist is superman there was none of that again he spent maybe a whole 5 minutes, did minimal scraping (I can still see spots above gums that he didn't get) so the above gum cleaning wasn't even completed in my opinion. No high powered water spray was used just spray to clear away what he scraped.\r
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The $139 basic cleaning consists of 2 visits which I've never experienced usually you go in come out 2 hours later but 1st visit consists of a bunch of x-rays, then dentists tests for periodontal disease, examines doppler pics of each tooth, screens for mouth cancer and goes over what you need. Then you come back for the cleaning 2nd visit. He spends the above mentioned 5 minutes doing a quick & poor job above gums only then an assistant polishes & flosses teeth.\r
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The overall experience I got was a conveyor belt puppy mill used car saleman vibe from the dentist, seemed like he only wanted to get money not take care of teeth. The final bill for what I needed came to like $4,000, $1,000 for a deep cleaning which is ""under gum cleaning"" but every other cleaning I ever got included this, like I said I may not of went to dental school but I know the difference between 5 minutes no work and almost an hour of constant scraping, spraying, rinsing, spitting, and repeating which I always have received for around $100 per visit. They schedule 2 visits they said the 1st one takes about 2 hours for xrays and consultation then 2nd one takes 2 hours in my experience the 1st one took about an hour & a half and the second one I sat in a chair for maybe 45 minutes watching TV (I was more than 30 minutes early so that was acceptable) but then 5 minutes with the dentist & another 10 with an assistant so less than 3o minutes and I was done. \r
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The paperwork they have you sign says if you cancel without 48 hours notice your billed at $100 an hour. I would of been happy with an hour actually spent cleaning my teeth.\r
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Anyhoo staff was very friendly and if your into hundred gallon salt water fish tanks, tvs in every room, fancy fixtures and such knock yourself out but if you actually want your teeth cleaned I would look somewhere else. I only selected this dentist because it came up in an online search & I'm out of state from my regular dentist. Would not repeat. Received much better cleanings from dentists for less but then they didn't have such a big property or fancy eye candy.\r
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I think I will try to get a refund on my credit card since the above teeth cleaning wasn't even done to completion and they don't advertise it as a basic above gum cleaning till after you have paid, after all the xrays, & only after they tell you, you need the $1000 deep cleaning of course. But I doubt I'll see a refund. I wouldn't be so upset if I didn't still see tarter/plaque above the gum line but what you gonna do?
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