Made an appointment with this place over a month ago because of Dr. Turnier's reviews-5 star! Upon arriving today, I was told he was no longer there and I would be seeing a Dr. Caledron, they never bothered to call and let me know and they had weeks to do so. I had arrived half hour early by request. I didn't care for the assistant that did my x-ray, she seemed kinda spacey and not very friendly. She attempted to take my BP and I almost laughed when she put the cuff on my arm upside down and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working, so I had to correct her. I was asking this assistant about the new dentist as I had passed an exam room on the way to mine and a very young, tiny, Indian looking female was in there talking a mile a minute with a patient trying to convince him to have some kind of procedure done. I had thought to myself that I hoped she wasn't the new dentist! The assistant reassured me telling me that she liked her better than Dr. Turnier. I remarked that I hoped she wasn't one to try and convince me to have a root canal or some other expensive procedure as I had noticed lately that that was all dentists wanted to do, instead of a simple filling. She reassured me that they didn't even do root canals there.
The first thing out of the dentists mouth upon entering the room was that I needed a root canal, I actually laughed out loud. I asked why it couldn't be filled and her response was that the nerve was exposed and decayed to which I responded, "then why isn't it hurting if it is a decayed raw nerve that is exposed?" I also added that my insurance did not cover root canals. Her response was,' people are different, maybe your tooth wouldn't hurt!' WHAT??? I have never known anyone with a decayed nerve that it didn't hurt. This is a scam a lot of dentists are doing to soak people for money. I told her if I was going to spend money out of pocket, I would go to my childhood dentist in Alabama who I knew was honest. This seemed to make her mad, so I told the assistant that I disagreed with her about Dr. Turnier not being as good a dentist from his 5 star reviews and I wouldn't be back and I would be leaving this review!
My appointment was also at 3:30, arrived at 3:00 and saw the dentist at 4:15 and there was hardly anyone there, about two other patients.
STAY AWAY from this clinic! I have seen many bad reviews on here about this clinic on everything and everybody except Dr. Turnier and he is gone.
Gary Turnier is an amazing dentist! I was scared to get work done but every single time he is attentative and goes out of his way to get me the help I need.
Both recent procedures I felt NO pain whatsoever . I was astonished and am looking forward to having him do all my dental work.
He alone is worth the trip
I just left from my 2nd dentist visit with Dr Gary Turnier and I will be going back for a filling next month. Today during my visit, Dr Turnier was fantastic! He took care of 2 issues when I thought it was just 1, I was very happy with that outcome. He's really personable, kind and has a great attitude. He knows how to put people at ease. He took his time and the experience was actually calming. I was a little freaked out at first, shaking and all but he help me calm down and in all honesty I did not feel a thing! I did not even feel the injection in my mouth. He stayed in the room while it numbed my mouth, which is a 1st. Others doctors usually leave the room. It was really nice that he stayed. I felt as if I mattered & just wasn't another patient to fix and get on with it. Definitely glad I found him! Absolutely recommend!