Had a great first visit, but after that things went downhill due to repeated administrative errors…read more I have dental anxiety (flagged in my chart), so unexpected changes and confusion are especially stressful. I scheduled fillings specifically around insurance coverage, but when I arrived I was booked for a completely different procedure that my dentist had never explained to me. I then received appointment reminders for visits I never scheduled, and when I called they admitted it was a mistake. I was also told I owed a balance that I had already paid in full (my insurance reimburses me after the fact), and the office could not clearly explain why the charge appeared or why they told me I had already paid. I was then told that they forgot to submit my claim to my insurance. My hygienists were great, but I don't recommend this office if you have anxiety or don't have time to constantly correct scheduling/billing issues yourself.

Always a stress free environment from walking in to getting into the chair to leaving. Everyone's…read moreso friendly and Dr. extremely informative and take the time to explain and go over all. Beyond worth my trip out of state to come back and get treated with Brookline Progressive Dental Team.

I've been going to Dr. Maria's office since I moved here in 2018 for grad school. I have never felt…read moremore understood or comfortable at the dentist; whenever I have questions they explain things to me and alleviate my fears when I have them. They are fast, efficient, and the hygienists and dentists are all very kind. However what puts them above and beyond is what they did for my wife who also goes here - she had horrible dental experiences as a child and it is remarkable how little she fears getting work done by Dr. Vasilakis and her team. They are very understanding and supportive such that despite having to wait for insurance reimbursement (I do not blame them for this insurance companies are bastards) I don't think I'll go anywhere else.

Dr.Maria is very professional, considerate and polite. Reasonable prices and provides an excellent…read morequality service . I have been going here for over a decade. Highly recommend.

Always great care - the best. A pleasure dealjng with the…read moreentire office. The best dentistry one can get.

Welcoming and friendly. Thorough evaluation, explanations and treatment options. Reasonable…read morepricing. Easy location with free parking. Highly recommend.

I'm honestly a bit shocked reading these reviews...I had a great experience here…read more Dr. Lin was wonderful, as were all of the assistants. I did have 4 cavities but it had been years since I'd been to a dentist and my teeth are horrible so that's not unusual, as well as one cracked filling. Dr. Lin took the time to show me some pretty cool up-close photos of my teeth, including the cracked filling. It was an old silver filling, which he explained are brittle and prone to cracking and even rusting, yuch! He did recommend that we do all the work in one sitting (about an hour and a half, yes) but I was completely on board with that because I don't have the time or patience to keep coming back for multiple appointments. He numbed the ever-loving life out of my mouth and I didn't feel a thing. I sat there happy as a numb little clam while Dr. Lin explained what he was doing as he did it. So far so good! My new white fillings look wonderful (aka you can't see them at all) and despite having so many fillings done at once, I experienced very little pain or sensitivity following the appointment and was back to normal within a couple days. Totally different from an experience with a different dentist when I had pain for weeks after the filling was done. The girls at the front desk are very sweet, and extremely helpful. I dropped about $400, but that was for the 5 fillings *and* a brand new mouth guard for teeth-grinding. My last mouth guard from my previous dentist? $428! That's not including any fillings at all! But, I have really good insurance, so there's that.

1. They told me I need 4 crowns and multiple fillings. They did 2 of the crowns before my insurer…read moreeducated me that only one was necessary. My new dentist confirmed. 2. The hygienist was coughing into her sleeve during the procedure. The next day, I had the flu. 3. After getting a temporary crown, I had to plead with them to give me the permanent, because my insurer was in the process of rejecting one of the claims (see point 1). 4. They charged me $60 to transfer my X-ray, even though the ADA makes it clear that the cost should only be for printing and mailing copies (they emailed). When I confronted them, they said I signed away that right when I was filling out new patient paperwork. As if that makes it ethical. Stay away from this place.

If dental phobia has been stopping you from going to the dentist for years, think no further and…read morecall this practice! I am absolutely amazed by everyone at this office. From the receptionist/ scheduler Karen, to the hygienist Alex, and of course the dentist, Dr. Chiou. Every point of contact I made has blow me away with their friendliness, professionalism and knowledge. We moved to Newton right before the pandemic and we have been looking for a dental practice for our family to call home. I came here after having not the best experience in another practice (which took all the courage in me to get to), I thought I'd give this highly rated practice a shot and get a second opinion. I am so glad I did. Dr. Chiou picked up the phone and spoke to me PRIOR to my appointment and gave me an overview of what dental work might be needed after looking at my X-rays. After learning about my absolute fear of Novocain, he reassured me that everything was going to be ok. The hygienist Alex was actually the one who gave me the Novocain, and performed my deep cleaning and she is amazing- skilled, patient and gentle. She made my whole experience beyond bearable and frankly, painless! The office is modern, clean, and awkwardly calming for a dental office. I have even sent my husband in and he couldn't be more happy and impressed. Thank you again, everyone at Newton dental group!

In today's world, where everyone wants to maximize earnings and rush into things, I feel blessed to…read morehave a dentist such as Dr. Chiou. He is extremely talented, and truly cares about his patients. He's one of a kind! The office space is inviting. He's staff amazing. Thank you Dr. Chiou! ​​​

Avoid. 2 of the fillings they gave me fall out and they didn't offer any discount to get those…read moreredone so I had to pay for them twice. Dentist did make me feel bad about my teeth, even though I brush and floss 3x/day he made me cry on a couple occasions. Update: another filling fell out and I needed to pay another place for a root canal.

Dr. G and his staff are consummate professionals. I trust Dr. G completely and absolutely…read more Recently, he installed a brace behind my lower incisors to stabilize them. I can barely tell the brace exists, and my teeth feel strong and secure. No doubt about it, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more competent dentist than Dr. G.

I am leaving this review only because it seems like maybe there is someone here who responds and it…read moreis a last resort to try to get in touch with this practice, as I have had a MASSIVE headache this week trying to get in touch with anyone through email or phone. Gentle Dental, please take notice and fix your communication practices! Although I stopped being a patient at this practice about 6 months ago, I started receiving emails of an ortho consult I previously scheduled a little over a week ago. [Side note: the reason I had to make this ortho consult is because on my first ortho consult, they didn't use my insurance information I had on file, so I couldn't get an estimate through my insurer (even though the office clearly had my insurance for the cleanings). No idea why this was missed on their end, but for some reason the only solution offered was for me to take more time out of my schedule and schedule a second ortho appointment due to their mistake to get an accurate estimate.] The ortho consult emails looked like spam as they had no confirm/cancel information, so I initially ignored them. As I continued to get emails (still with no clear ability to confirm/cancel), I decided to call to confirm. Below is the saga that ensued: 1. On the first call to Gentle Dental Brighton I had to hang up to get to a meeting after being put on hold for 5 mins. 2. I called back later but got voicemail, so I left a message to please cancel the appt. This should have been sufficient. 3. I also tried to email another address I had on file for Gentle Dental with a request to cancel for good measure and asked for confirmation, but got no reply. 4. The following day I got a message from a new number reminding me of the appointment. Frustrating, but I tried to call the number noted in the message (which was different than the number that called me) to double confirm. Unfortunately, the number they left in the message was for different Gentle Dental office (in JP) than where my appt was scheduled, so they couldn't help. 5. I then called the Brighton Gentle Dental again, but their voicemail box was full and I couldn't leave any more messages! This was starting to get really upsetting. 6. I then called the original number back, which was for a Gentle Dental in another state (NH?!), who also said they couldn't help. I shared that I was really struggling to get in touch to cancel this appt and they advised replying to the emails. 7. I did get another email message from the strange looking email, so I tried to reply cancel, but I got a bounceback! This was getting ridiculous. 8. I tried again calling Gentle Dental (for at least the 4th time) and finally got a person who seemed nice and said they'd cancel my appointment and remove me from their records. The end of the saga, I naively hoped! Today, the day of the appointment, I get another text message confirming my appointment, with no ability to cancel. I thought maybe it takes some time to remove me from the system. I did unsubscribe again to the text message. I then got a voicemail from Gentle Dental saying that I missed my appointment!! 9. I left another voicemail saying that I had tried to cancel and to please remove me from their records. I sincerely hope this is the end, but who knows. It's been a few days since I wrote this review, and am now adding: 10. The day after the appointment, I got an email asking me to fill out a survey about my experience, which I did--pointing them to this yelp review. 11. The same day I got an email my appointment that I missed and asking me to reschedule. I got the same email days later. How can I get removed from this listserv? Updated a week after writing this review: 12. Today I got an email survey and a text survey asking me about my experience, even though I had already opted out of text notifications (this survey came from a different number) and had asked to be removed many times now. This may be the most disorganized practice I've ever seen. I am so frustrated that this much effort was spent to cancel an appointment, and it was STILL not cancelled. Please fix this, Gentle Dental! Separately from this, I did have some concern that I was getting asked to change fillings and had cavities too frequently, because even though I always went every 6 months religiously, one year I had to have something like 6 fillings all of a sudden. On my last visit, I was flagged to have another filling replaced, but when I saw my new dentist (6 months later) they said it was fine? On the plus side, I will say that my dental hygienists were always been incredibly nice, and Dr. Meyer was as well.

The good: The care I received was fantastic. The dentist and hygienist was wonderful…read more The bad: The office staff however was horrible. I had a cleaning and exam scheduled yesterday, was informed during my xrays that there was no hygienist available for my cleaning until the afternoon, which confused me. I ended up needing a filling so I booked a cleaning and filling for this morning. Checked in as usual, got my cleaning was brought into the doctors chair. The doctor was about to come in and numb me when the front desk person stopped the dental assistant from setting up and make me pay for my filling. I signed an agreement the day before agreeing to the estimated payment. I was frustrated paid and got my filling and requested to speak to the manager after. The manager Ashlyn was less than professional. I told her about my frustration with yesterday and now today getting taken out of the chair to pay for a filling that I was already set up to get sitting in the chair. Then I told her I was frustrated that I booked an exam and cleaning online and wasn't informed until during my appointment yesterday that I wouldn't be able to get my cleaning. She told me since I made the appointment online it only shows up on the doctor schedule and I should have called to confirm the hygienist availability for the cleaning. I received text and emails confirming both my cleaning AND exam for weeks prior. I asked how to avoid this for future appointments and she told me I need to call to confirm hygienist availability... because thy have a hygienist on maternity leave. I don't know why myself as the client should have to call to confirm they have a hygienist available for an appointment I already received confirmation for. I then tried to book my next cleaning and she continued to argue with me including as I'm walking out the door cause I had to leave I was so frustrated with the interaction. Make sure you CALL to book your appointments and clarify they actually have staff available for the service you're booking for

I have gone to this office a few times and the doctors & staff were really on top of things! I…read moreliked the place and the care I received. My whole family has been regular patients in this place. Recently, we received a very rude reminder about dental cleaning and a threatening message that if we don't schedule our last cleaning for the fiscal year, our account will be deactivated! What is that supposed to mean? I don't understand what kind of business this place is running if they think these kind of messages are going to bring more clients?! Quite the opposite! It is unheard of hygiene appointments to be required so patients can keep their account active! Usually, dental facilities and private offices send friendly reminders for the patients to take advantage of a covered by insurance dental cleaning since there are only 2 per year. The manager needs to really apologize to all patients who received this kind of unpleasant email or text message as this is really unprofessional and totally unacceptable! After all, there are at least 30 other dental offices in the areas near by Newton Corner, Watertown, Brighton and Waltham. This kind of treatment of the patients would completely drive them away! Unbelievable!!!

The dentists here are fantastic. I have a complicated health condition and they were on top of…read morecurrent treatment, protocals and care. They're gentle when they need to be and compassionate. I so appreciate their excellent care.

My family and I have been coming here for years since my childhood, and we couldn't be happier. The…read morestaff is friendly, professional, and always makes us feel comfortable. Dr. Hunter is gentle, knowledgeable, thorough, and he takes the time to explain everything along the way. I truly trust his practice my with my dental care -- highly recommend!

I came here on a recommendation from a friend that also has problematic teeth. As someone who's…read morereached the stage where the childhood dental work is all cracking and falling out, I needed someone I could trust. I've seen two different hygienists, and let's be honest, they are one of the biggest reasons to choose a dentist office. You see the hygienists the most and they are the difference between a sore mouth, a gross facial, and a pleasant experience. I liked both the hygienists and found them friendly, gentle, and left me feeling clean.

Dr. Friedman is the very best at what he does. As someone with substantial dental issues, I've been…read morearound the block a few times, visiting several dentists for work before seeing Alan. I can say with no reservations that no practitioner I've encountered comes close . The fact he's highly skilled is only half the equation. It's also apparent he enjoys his work and what's for sure is he takes pride in it, and he goes all out to get the best possible outcome for his patients. He's also a great guy, very engaging and funny. He's the kind of person that brings a smile to your face!

I went to Dr. Friedman when I was vulnerable and in pain. I told him I had started a new medication…read moreand I wondered if that was causing nerve pain in my mouth. He ignored me and recklessly filed down my front tooth without explaining that my looks and speech would be effected. Now my front teeth don't match, and one is shorter than the other. If I had just stopped the medication, the pain would have gone away. This was totally unnecessary treatment based on is misdiagnosis and so upsetting. Stay away.