If I could leave 0 stars I would have. Dr. Portale was banking on redoing my 87 year old mother's…read morebridge after they broke and she visited with him a few weeks ago. Dr. Portale explained that it would be necessary to extract 8 upper teeth, put posts for implants in, have a temporary bridge made, and then the permanent bridge would of course be last to be put in and adjusted. He requested a little over $19,000 for these services. A 10% deposit was made in haste, but after some thought, my mother decided that his plan to do all that work at her age was too much to go through and wanted a simpler solution to help with her daily living and of course for aesthetics. I called the office and requested my mother be refunded the deposit. After 12 days a portion was returned and it was explained by Dr. Portale himself that the portion he kept ($1100) was for the office visit (She was in his chair for 10 minutes while he temporarily affixed her broken bridge). Dr. Portale stated that my mother had infections in her mouth and that I would ultimately be responsible for the consequences and that he knows a few people that died from mouth infections (My mother had open heart surgery several years ago and is still on blood thinners, she also is suffering from Alzheimer's dementia, so any infection detected needs to be treated immediately). Ask yourself how and why, if she had infections in her mouth, he would let her leave his office with no follow-up or prescription for the infections? As a medical professional the responsibility to consciously not treat what he claimed to be infections in her mouth is a clear breach of any medical professional's ethics. Maybe it was because there are no and were no infections! I had this confirmed the next day by an emergency room Ph.D. who did her blood work and other testing. Dr. Portale's response to that was, "Well what medical school did you go to?, Was he an emergency dental doctor or a medical doctor?", and then proceeded to negate the doctor's findings and blood work results because he was not a dentist, he stated "they don't know anything about the mouth and teeth". Yesterday, it was confirmed by another Nj State Dentistry Board dentist that there are no infections in my mother's mouth. Dr. Portale is THE most unprofessional, unethical, pompous, rude, arrogant, money hungry, condescending liar I have ever had the unfortunate circumstance of dealing with. He speaks with patients and their families as if they are below him because he went to dental school. How he lays his head down on his pillow and sleeps at night knowing how he disrespects and scams his patients and their families is beyond my imagination. He should have his license revoked and never be able to practice dentistry again. I'm hoping to help this process by contacting the NJ State Dental Board and look forward to providing the recordings of Dr. Portale putting us down, cursing at us and finally hanging up the phone without a chance to respond after he felt painted in a corner with the questions we had regarding the infections he insisted my mother had in her mouth. This review is of no reflection on the office staff. The staff that works for Dr. Portale are a group of sweet, caring and professional individuals - a stark contradiction from Dr. Portale. Please research by checking all of the reviews, the NJ State Board of Dentistry complaints and the NJ State Division of Consumer Affairs complaints that were filed regarding Dr. Portale and then get a second opinion.

Rip off ! Ripped my father off for years! Never fixed his problem.. always found BS to charge for…read more Dragged procedures forever! Ughhhhhh!

Dr Zeifman is the best in the area. After many years of orthodontia as a kid, I feared going back…read moreto an orthodontist and was so pleasantly surprised by this experience. Friendly, kind, great patient interaction and my teeth look great. Also a clean office with nice staff which is not very common. Everyone had my best interest at heart while was there.

Oh wow! I have never been so excited about a doctors office before. This office is so clean and I…read morelove the sleek look. Also, you can watch netflix while you're in the chair. You read that right. TV while you have your teeth checked out. I came to Dr. Z because one of my bottom teeth needed to be put back in it's place after years of not wearing my retainers. I can be pretty nervous with doctors but she always makes sure I'm comfortable and she's constantly checking in. She is very thorough in explaining her process and your progress during all visits. I highly recommend this practice. Dr.Z and her staff are wonderful with both the parents and the kids. I've recommended a few friends here as well and they have been very pleased.

I rarely ever go to the dentist, but after having to have my top two wisdom teeth removed suddenly,…read moreI'm not so afraid to go back. Sharon (I think that was her name I'm sorry if I got it wrong) at the front desk is so sweet and calming. I had a lot of questions for everybody, and not one person I interacted with had a problem answering everything I needed to know. I was in great hands and even though I've moved an hour half south now, I might just make the drive anyway and continue going to Life Smile. Btw, they have a TV on the ceiling for you to watch while they're doing their thing. It's a great distraction.

The most wonderful, kind and caring Dentist I've been to since my previous dentist retired…read more I had asked a lot of people where to go for my future dental care and Dr. Devries name was always at the top of the list. While he proved to be as kind and caring as everyone had expressed it was the overall attention by everyone in the office that made the experience so incredible. I am not the biggest fan of the dentist chair, but Jeffrey, the dental technician that took care of me had the gentlest touch and was so kind and so attentive.Truely, if you've been holding off on dental care because it's not your favorite place to be, make an appointment and trust that you will be in good hands.

This review is looooong overdue, I should have written a review years ago when it was still open…read more This review is more about the dentist rather than the place itself. I stopped going to her because she made going to the dentist a living hell. Each experience was traumatic. According to Google, this location is PERMANENTLY CLOSED. Thank god. This place should have never been open to begin with and Dr. Juliet Murphy was terrible. She now has an office in Rego Park somewhere, but honestly, just avoid her at all costs. Since my first visit with her, she gave such an attitude. With every procedure I had done, she manhandled me every single time. I understand that some procedures require a lot of pressure to really get in there, but the way she went about each out was horrendous. She even once said that my "teeth were too strong" and that I need to lay off the calcium because doing these procedures were tough. And no, she wasn't joking. What dentist finds strong teeth a problem? How does that even make sense? Allllllll of the work I got done from her years ago, now has to be re-done. I went to 3 different dentists since then and each one said that she did a terrible job. She gave me 2 root canals and both required crowns. But because she did not do a thorough job on removing all the infected parts, both teeth became infected and required extractions later down the road. Complete waste of time and money.

I recently moved to the area and was in need of a dentist. I found this place... Went there many…read moretimes and was totally disgusted by their customer service and bedside manner. Any time I went there I would always make sure to be there 15 minutes early and would always end up waiting over an hour to be seen. The ego of the dentists are so out there that you feel so bad about yourself. I would tell them the area where I was feeling pain was near an area they did work an was yelled at and said to me " your not a dentist... So don't tell me where the pain is or that it's where I did the work" I do not recommend this place even though from the outside it looks great and professional... It's far from it!

Always great care from Dr. Klipper and staff. They're warm, caring and so friendly. I always leave…read morea happy patient!

Dr klipper explains every step of the way what he's about to do, so I know what to expect…read more Best dentist I've ever seen

Service is terrible. Before I had three fillings on three cavities, each one of the fillings fell…read moreout in two weeks. Had to go back to dentist Li to get them fixed again. She had the nerve to question what I ate to have the fillings fall out. It's as if it was patient's fault. I went there years ago because it was cheaper. I just went back again for dental cleaning because that was the only thing that she was doing ok. This time, she did poorly with the dental cleaning, missing the upper back teeth around the molars. She was more concerned about doing as little as possible in the shortest amount of time so that she can take the next patient because she started late given the appointment(I got in early). Not to mention, now the price is 3x than before. I gave her plenty of chances because she's a chinese woman and seemed to be needing the help but now I think she's brought it onto herself with terrible service and high prices. No more.

Rudest and unprofessional receptionists who clearly doesn't know how to retain clients. There are…read moremany other dentist in the area. Avoid this run down office

What a pleasure. From the time you walk in the door, you are treated with professional, courteous,…read morecaring service. The staff is great. Dr. D'Arrigo is a exceptional dentist. Such care and attention to your needs. They are in the business of caring for your smile (teeth), and making good dental decisions with you. I am totally thrilled that I found Dr. D'Arrigo, and I am sure you will be too.

Dr. Farrington has changed my view on going to dentist. It used to be a chore. Now it's something I…read morelook forward to! An amazing calm exuberant engaged clinician. I thought dentists didn't have a sense of humor...until Dr. F. Highly highly recommend him.

I did not have a good experience here. It was my first time at his office. I come from a long…read moredistance and while I left with what I believed was sufficient time to get to his office I still arrived 30 min late. This Dr. Could not stop scolding and berating me although I continued to apologize and tried to explain the inconveniences along the way.i even asked if it would be better to reschedule but no he preferred to keep me there to continue his tirade. Needless to say I can't really value his workmanship when he had such horrible bedside manners.