I have been duped by this terrible dentist. She had done a filling on one of my teeth. But after doing the filling, she also recommended me fillings on 3 other teeth. I didn’t know I had this many cavities. Having cavities in 4 teeth should’ve made my life hell. But she said that she had seen the cavities and it was in my best interest to get a dental filling. Well, when I got there for the treatment, she handed my case to some other dentist. She did the 3 fillings as discussed before. I thought it was alright. But those unnecessary fillings made my life worse. After a few months, I began to face toothache in 2 of those additionally filled teeth. When I consulted Dr. Patel or this problem, she told me that I’ll need to get another tooth extracted. Apparently, one of my teeth with a filling was rotting. I went to another dentist to get a second opinion. I had already paid Dr. Patel a lot for simple dental fillings. But I wasn’t certain if I needed another treatment from her clinic. After all, I had gotten the filling done in her clinic. There shouldn’t have been any such issues. The other dentist, who I had visited for a second opinion that the fillings were done really terribly and had, in fact, left an opening on those two teeth. Those openings caused an infection and that was making my life literal hell. The dentist who had done my fillings at Patel\’s clinic had literally ruined my dental health. I needed a serious treatment for those fillings. I complained about it to Dr. Patel She said she didn’t take any responsibility for this issue because this problem might have arisen because of my lack of discipline. She was saying that I didn’t maintain oral hygiene and started giving me a long lecture about the importance of hygiene. She is not a professional. She is an arrogant and stupid dentist who is too full of herself. After hearing my complaint, she also asked me where I got this idea from. When I told her I had gotten a second opinion from some other dentist, she started saying that I was a moron to go someplace else. According to her, she’s the best dentist in the entire city and there’s no dentist who can understand his level of work. She started calling that other dentist names and that was enough for me. I realized this woman is out of her mind and she just doesn’t care about her patient’s health. I have heard of negligent dentists and I’m certain that Dr. Patel is one of them. If I were you, I’d stay as far from her clinic as possible. This place is just not worth visiting.
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This woman is con artist!
This woman in it to make a quick buck wherever she can, I was told I needed braces because of a slight cross bite and when I went to 2 other dentists for their opinion they said I don’t need braces at all, also said I needed to add a filling to the end of one of my teeth because it was too short and that was also confirmed false. Bad experiences with billing, customer service, and the dentists themselves. I don’t recommend her at all
Known for overtreating patients
I went in for a root canal and she pushed that I get 4 veneers on my front teeth!! She persisted that it would improve my appearance. Is she crazy? I’m not going to drill my perfectly fine teeth because you think they’re ugly. What an insane woman
Dr. Onika Patel, a dentist in Arizona, is NOT trustworthy
If I could rate this dentist office a \”0\”, I would! 1) I, along with my insurance, paid several thousands of dollars to replace my silver fillings with porcelain. The dentist who did the work, replaced my silver fillings with a cheap composite, that appears as a filling in all of my x-rays; it is hard for dentists to decipher if it is composite or a filling. 2) I made my daughter an appointment to be seen, and the day of her appointment, she was informed that she would have to pay a lot of money (up front). I advised them, I spoke with her insurance, and that she shouldn’t be out of any money (out of pocket). My daughter cancelled, and rescheduled to give the office an opportunity to get it straightened out.
No one ever called back to verify if they confirmed with her insurance, that there is no out of pocket. I made an appointment, for her, with Minted Dental. She got right in, they confirmed her insurance required no out of pocket expense, the same day, and notified her before her appointment. 3) Because the dentist screwed up my dental work I continued to go there for fear that a new dentist may mistake all of my bad composite fillings as cavities. I went to get 2 fillings. Since the day that I left, one of the teeth that I had filled has been bothering me, and gradually got worse. I called to make an appt. to see the dentist. My appt. was made and I was contacted by one of their (rude) office assistants, at 09:31 (the morning of my appt.). She called to advise me that I would need to pay $109, before being seen.
My insurance didn’t pay that amount, and the amount that was quoted was an estimate. Okay, understood, but I asked her why she waited to the day of my appt., to inform me of this, when I made the appt. almost 2 weeks ago. Her response was, I made the appt. and she just called my insurance, and found out that I owed a balance. So basically, I have to continue going in pain, due to the dentist’s error, until I have the balance paid (that I wasn’t informed about until the day of my appointment). These people are so unprofessional, used inferior products on my teeth, and probably billed my insurance and charged me for what should’ve/could’ve been used. I will make an appt. with minted Dental, and transfer my records there. I can\’t deal with unprofessionalism, especially when I am paying my money!!!