Cheats - get a second opinion before you follow their advice. I had an experience similar to Greg T. \r
My son was 5 when I took him to Michelle Stafford. The first two visits were just regular cleaning and most of the unwanted and unasked advice was given by the dental assistant (looked 16). They took xrays during both those visits. The third visit, they took an xray again and after the checkup which lasted all of 4 minutes, Michelle left and I was taken into an office where a lady (I dont know if she was a nurse or what her credentials were) told me that my son had cavities in his 2 back teeth and he needed to have fillings. She proceeded to explain about the 'anasthesia' they used etc. I signed the forms that she gave me and came back home thinking 'why did the dentist not take the time to explain anything to me. Is that not part of her job?' I then showed the xray pictures (i asked them to send me an email with the pictures) to a friend who is a dentist and he did not see any cavities. A few weeks later, world of smiles called and asked when I was coming in for the fillings. I told them that I was not going to get it done. The lady who called tried to convince me (she was not a dentist) and I had to put my foot down and insist that I was not going to get the fillings done. After about 2 weeks,I got a letter from them saying that they were not going to see my son anymore unless I agreed to do the fillings. So they terminated care for my son. \r
The funny thing is they called me again a few weeks later asking when we were going for regular teeth cleaning. So this was obviously a threat to pressurize me into getting fillings for my son. So I told the lady that they had terminated care for my son and it was completely unethical . \r
I took my son to another dentist today (more than 6 months after world of smiles terminated care) , no xrays were done, the dentists checked his teeth and said there was no sign of any cavities. So it is very obvious that Michelle either does not know what she is doing or she tried to con me. Good riddance! \r
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