Dentistry for Children

Reviews 10

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elise wright

I am very impressed with this dentist office. The staff members of this office were kind and extremely patient with my terrified 4yr old son. While I did my best to prepare for the dentist he was still scared, but the environment of this office helped immensely. The office walls are painted with fairytale characters and have video games in the waiting room. Also, the are mounted everywhere that play kids movies throughout the office. The most important factor is that they allow the parent to accompany the child throughout the appointment. I have a very inquisitive child, so troughout the appointment the dental assistants explained everything about the dental equipment to him. He did cry and get scared during the cleaning, but the dental assistant was completely professional and patient with my son. The dentist himself was the best part as he has a good demeanor with children. My son exclaimed that he liked him better than the dental assistants, but its probably because the actual dentist didnt clean his teeth ;). I will definitely be using this dentist for a while.

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lori smith

1st visit found Dr. Coulter to be very cold towards my child. 2nd visit was to get fillings and he was a tad bit nicer. I had to pay up front over $400 due to what they expected my insurance to pay. EOB stated that insurance paid 250 and I was responsible for the remainder, so I had a credit. This was in August 2011. I called in June of 2012 to get the credit sent back to me and found the claim for her 1st check up in Sept 2011 had not been paid due to their lack of putting tax id. So it had to be resubmitted before I could receive my credit. Called back and was told I had a credit of $44 and that the claim still had not been paid. After they "researched" I was then told that I actually OWED THEM A WHOPPING $1. They participate in the PDP and first billed 3 items that were not covered by insurance the PDP fee, but then decided that since they owed me money back that they would then charge me the actual fee. Yeah I wont be using this dentist again and would not recomend them to anybody else

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Kristen S

My children have gone to this dentist for about 2 years and we have had awful experiences with them every time. The staff and dentist are all very rude! This is suppose to be a pediatric dentist yet they all seem cold towards the children. My children were very easy to deal with so they didnt give them a reason to be rude. On two occasions I have been treatly horribly by the staff over the phone when calling to get my records sent to a new dentist and once when I missed an appointment they called harassing me telling me I would have to pay $35 for the missed appointment that I cancell well in advance! This location also had a dentist leave recently to start his own practice which tells me he probably had problems with them too! Very dissatisfied with the staff and dentist.

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Amanda Davis

The Dentist and staff are horrible and DO not need to be in the Pediatric Dentist. They way the doctor spoke to my child is unexceptable. He did not ensure my childs mouth was numb prior to removing the tooth. He just place the clamp in her mouht and while my child can not speak to say it hurts she starts crying. I stoped him and he got ugly and stated she needs to be put to sleep. This is not the case! I immediatley left their office and took her to my dentist Parrish and Childs in Gainesville (love love love them) and they were patient with her and did not use the awful Clamp and got the tooth out with any pain and crying. Based on all of the reviews this place needs to be shut down ! I am not even sure how they got a 2.9 rating.

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Melissa Lindhurst

Overall Im happy with them, but today I feel kind of disrespected. My son is kind of stressed about dentists so he likes for me to stay with him. I asked which chair i could use and was told they dont provide chairs for parents, if i wanted to sit i had to go back out front. Rude enough(especially with my issues with a bad leg) so i put my bag on a chair in order to put a water bottle away, as soon as my bag touched the chair the lady said "We will be using BOTH chairs" like i didnt understand the first time she told me not to use the chair. That was just the first issue, but it is definately the one that changes my rating.

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Amy Mendoza

Worst dental experience ever! I took my seven year old son there, in pain, to have his crowns looked at. He grinds his teeth badly and grinded right through them. Instead of helping him they cleaned his teeth since he was due and attempted to reschedule him for over a month from the visit to address his pain. He can not eat anything but mashed potatoes and cries on and off all day. Hopefully the NEW dentist we will be seeing tomorrow will help my boy. I am livid! I will not be bringing any of my children back to Dentistry for Children. - This particular incident was at the Dawsonville location.

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A Private User

My sons insurance didnt cover a procedure that he needed to have done..and no one thought to tell me this at his last visit or maybe call me and let me know before I checked my son out of school and drove all the way to Dawsonville from Gainesville. My sister has also had the same problem. After so so many times sorry dont cover it. Maybe giving me my gas money back that I spent would have helped. Just wondering when they are gonna pop up and say that I owe them $2000 for dentist bills that they forgot to tell me my insurance didnt cover. Done with this Dentist office.

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Nikki Norton

This is not specifically for the Dawsonville location but for the company in general. I called to make an appointment for my son as a new patient. They said they would not file with my insurance company because I would not provide my social security number. With the high risk of Identity Theft and Clark Howards advice, I never provide my social security number to a medical office. All they need is your insurance ID number to file. I will not be using a company whos business practices do not value their clients personal information.

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A Private User

I reluctantly give them 2 stars, for the simple fact that the design of the facility and actual dental service that my daughter received for her 2 and 2.5 year friendly visits, was good. However, the useless office staff neglected to notify me ahead of her 3 year appointment that they stopped accepting her insurance. Think they could have mentioned this when they called to remind me of her appointment 5 days ago? No, their solution was that I pay cash. Thanks for the heads up on that one.

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A Private User

I love this place! These people know how to handle children. My kids dont mind or get scared when they come here. One of my children would be so afraid of going to the dentist that they would actually throw up at each visit. Not since we started using Childrens Dentistry of Dawsonville, They are very thorough and quick.

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