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    Aspen Dental - Mount Pleasant, TX

    Aspen Dental - Mount Pleasant, TX

    1.7(19 reviews)
    0.6 mi

    Back Ground: I'm and 82 yr old retired emergency physician with limited income and poor dental…read morehealth, both due to neglect. My last contact with a dentist was 2012 for crown placement on implants. One of those crowns recently became loose - not off, just loose. No problem I thought. I'll just get it 'stuck back on.' Silly me. With my prior dentist 150 miles away, I called a number of local dentists, none willing to address the problem. ... I understand. Googling for help I encountered an "Emergency Dental" page which led me to Aspen Dental' and I got a same day appointment. Cool! The story begins: Arrival, registration, paper work, etc. all quick, fluid and easy. Office personnel, as well as all staff and doctor, friendly personable and (most important) smiling. Then assessment began with incredible 3-D imaging creating a manipulatable 3-D color image of my entire mouth. I mentioned my main concern with the aforementioned loose crown, and needn't IT be concentrated upon? The response was something to the effect of "no worries." Next X-rays. Not a specific X-ray of the offending implant/crown, but full mouth images. Enter the hygienist. Another extensive full mouth evaluation. By step 2 I was wondering, why all this? Last, the doctor who, after another thorough full mouth exam (with cursory attention to the offending crown), accompanied by show and tell with the aforementioned images, began to detail my problems: Extensive periodontal disease with accompanying bone loss, at least one (maybe more) cavities in need of filling, cracked teeth needing crowns, old/worn out gold crowns and bridges perhaps needing replacement, and one molar I was not even aware of completely decayed and needing extraction. Oh yes and, (paraphrasing) we can't deal with your implant/crown without knowing the exact type, and the bone loss may create a stability problem. I understand that too. A plan was developed to find out implant/crown info. Then go from there. But here's the kicker: I was then 'turned over' to Darcy, a very sweet girl, to check out. That went something like this. Estimated cost to complete all recommended treatment .... something in excess of $22,000 and something along the line of 'do you have dental insurance? "No," and 'how do you want to deal with this?' I replied all I wanted was my crown reset. She countered with some very amiable prodding along the lines of 'surely you want take care of your teeth because dental health is so connected with overall health,' as well as info that for a small (2 digits) fee a discount could be applied to the costs. And then, the very least that could be done would be the hygiene treatment and crown repair for $4,681.00 or absolute least of $2,254.00 for one quadrant hygiene and crown, because the periodontal treatment was necessary to assure stability of the implant. So, all these positive things to say about Mt Pleasant Aspen Dental: From front to back all office and professional staff, personable smiling, efficient and thorough and all diagnoses and recommendations accurate and well-meaning. And I received (2 1/2 hrs in clinic) a comprehensive dental assessment, including extensive imaging studies, for a total 1st visit charge of $29.00. Amazing! BUT Had I known 'up front' that my stated concern could not be addressed without more information, I would have declined the appointment and returned to my original dentist. And here's the real rub: Despite all the positive things I've had to say about Aspen and the receipt of multiple expensive services for a pittance, the appearance of extensive efforts to generate $22,000 worth of needed service is, at best, unseemly.

    I really enjoyed the service, the people here are very comforting, and the Doc was incredibly…read moregentle during my filling.

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