Unfortunately Dr Paul Petrungaro has abandoned many of his patients That had prepaid for dental Procedures. Now he is nowhere to be found so none of his patients can get their money back or dental records . Yet he is still allowed to give seminars for ICOI and also his seminars under implantmentor. If any knows where to reach him please let us know.. read more

I'm glad that his license has been permanently suspended. In summer 2022, I secured a $22K loan for 4 metal-free implants, but I am still wearing temporary ones. He demanded an additional $3K which I paid and my appointment was rescheduled by the office 3X until finally on July 10, 2024, was going to be my final crowns, but he closed his office, permanently without a notice... took my money, and absconded. A police officer told me there were several complaints about the same situation!! Complaint was referred to professional and regulation .. read more

I'm assuming these "happy" patients have received some type of compensation for their review. There are many more patients that have been screwed over royally. All loosing in excess of 50k + Dr Paul is considered an "Abandoned Dentist" Dr Paul required full payment upfront, and then shuts down the office & goes in hiding. Sounds crazy, right? Contact the Better Business Bureau. They have all our complaints in file. Be smart! read more

Did not finish treatment after I finally paid in full. Stuck with temps that no one wants to go behind and provide final implants due to Dentist background and other patients they have come across from Dr.Paul. I am left paying more money. I look like Freddy Kruger by the mouth due to temps breaking. I am sadden because I really thought Dr.Paul was one of the good guys in the medical/Dentistry field. I was sadly mistaken. read more

He is fraud! Dental malpractice! Damaged bones, implants wrongly placed. He stole ppls money and fled. His accomplice Karolina Nowakowska was lying to his patient's that they are expanding practice, that they are busy and that's why they have scheduling problems. Jail is were they belong. There is no care, no humanity anymore and somehow he managed to practice - corruption 100%. Rating scale should be negative!!! read more

Dr Paul and his staff were great, until they disappeared and I never got my permanent implants. All phone numbers disconnected. Emails don't exist anymore. I paid 29k and got ghosted. Left with temporary dentures that are busted and broken with no idea where to find him. Very sad. His office could have at least reached out to his patients. read more

Dr. Petrungaro will put greed over the safety of his patients. Be careful.. he lost his license in Minnesota and I am convinced it was for a very good reason. A greedy doctor cannot be trusted, and can be dangerous. As was proven by my wife's early death in his chair. He knew she was in danger when he put her under anesthesia which he wasn't supposed to do. read more

Paul Petrungaro,DDS - This is the last thing my wife saw eight months ago when she died because of this guy's negligence. My advice to others; look elsewhere. - Cosmetic Dentists Near Me - Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

Fraud , Fraud, Fraud. Don't pay for the implant. They will take your money, and disappear. You have to call them a lot of time to book an appointment, and they always cancel it. Be careful also when you fill application for work, they will not pay your money. read more

This grifter would get negative stars if possible. I paid over $45K back in October of 2022 for 6 on 1 zirconia teeth which were promnised to be finished in 6 months. Two years later all i was given was cracked plastic teeth and broken promises and lies. Many previous patieints have similar stories and we are looking at joining forces to sue this fraud. read more

Dr Paul Petrungaro, owner of Start Smiling Dental Implant Center accepted $40K for Full Dental Implants in August 2022; completed the Surgery portion of the Contract; then the excuses and office closings started; first Oak Brook Terrace & then Hoffman Estates, leaving me (Wanda Klosowska Nowell) abandoned as his Patient with a set of broken & misaligned Temporaries; then my numerous unanswered calls, emails & texts requesting a Resolution or a Refund have not been answered; I see Dr Paul has Numerous similar negative Yelp Patient reviews who have also experienced pain, suffering and loss of huge dollar amounts for contracted & prepaid Implant Procedures never completed by Dr Paul; how can he keep doing this & why hasn't a government agency stepped in to force Dr Paul to reconcile with his Abandoned Patient's; Dr Paul, in my opinion, is a Disgrace to the Dental Implant Profession read more

Please don't ever use Dr Paul Petrungaro. He has completely abandoned his patients, taking all our money and trust. He has left me with incomplete work. Not only did I pay him an exorbitant amount of money, I will have to pay someone else to finish the job. I will be contacting the states attorney and IDFPR about this sham of a dentist read more

RUN. Make sure you don't pay upfront. Worst service. Never get a call back. Wait 2-4 hours in a waiting room. Worst experience in a medical field I have ever had. Had to go to a different office to redo everything. read more

It's October now and no final set delivered and nobody answers phone at office or replies to emails. My wife drove to the office in Hoffman Estates hour and a half each way and doors were locked lights off. Real professional, patient beware...... Basically lit money on fire with this one and will have to spend a lot more to fix the mess created by this "doctor". read more

The man is an absolute fraud. He charged me for my full treatment but was suspended by the Dental Society before he completed his work and never returned any of my funds. He dragged out my dental work for over 3 years. On top of that, he did terrible work, as the temporary dental implants he placed in my mouth would continually crack. I have now seen and been treated by another dentist who did excellent work. I will see Dr. Petrungaro or his lawyer in court as a former practicing attorney I intend to make a public record of his sham. If you have not seen this dentist, my advice to you is void like the plague. read more

This person is an absolute liar! Maybe at first glance the office seems beautiful, and its fairy tales and promises are very encouraging, but I warn you there are a lot of lies here! They lie to everyone and about everything! Their patients who pay the full amount up front are left with only promises, no teeth and no money! Absolute unprofessional and liar! This "doctor" has already had his license taken away (in the reviews there is a story of a man whose wife died during the appointment from anesthesia). If you want to be cheated, spend money and ruin your nerves and health then welcome to Petrungaro Paul S DDS!!! Employees here are deceived as well as patients. They tell fairy tales, and then they don't give a salary! And all you have to do is just leave without money! Complete deception and fraud! Maybe my review will now be answered with something like "it's all a lie, the employee did not fulfill his duties" and blah blah blah...I the quality and professionalism of my work and People be careful, read the reviews! And for your safety never visit this place!!! Take care that you, your relatives and friends do not become victims of these fraudsters!!! read more

this guy is a quack and a scam artist. he did my mom's implant that failed in less than 5 years! she had an appointment for him to fix it and when she arrived the office was closed!! implant is still not fixed and when you call the office, they do not answer. we showed up today for the refund that she was promised to have april 25th, and they put us off with story that it would be refunded on 15 may. we called the cops and had them show up so we had proof so when we show up on the 15th for the refund check of $3500, they actually pay her. do not go to this practice because he is a scammer and clearly the people that he employs are aware if the shoddy work ands scams he is pulling and continue to work for him! the eastern-european receptionist with the bad dye-job and light blue eyes was incredibly rude! she tried to usher us into a room so the three people in the waiting room wouldn't hear how criminal these people are!! i went outside and called the police and when i returned to the waiting room all other patients were in rooms. coincidence?? i think not. if you want to throw your hard-earned money away, this is the place for you!! stay away from this place!! read more

BEWARE!!! Dr. Paul S. Petrungaro lost his license in Minnesota and moved down to Illinois. He is a greedy person and can not be trusted. He will take your money and leave you in poor health. "Dentists May Be Drilling For Your Cash", he wasn't mentioned in the CBS investigation for nothing, please see attached link. DO NOT TRUST "DR. PAUL"! He is good at making you believe he is the best. A real con-man. "Dr. Paul" did surgery on me when it should not have been done. There was not enough bone for the surgery to take place, he knew this, but he did the surgery anyway and charged me a pretty penny to do so. He put the dental implants (I have two of them) in too close to the real teeth, which causes damage to the real teeth's roots, with barely enough bone to support them. I know this now, because I am having to go through surgery to have the two implants "Dr. Paul" put in removed and have both a bone and tissue graph to repair the damage that was done by "Dr. Paul" , only to get me back to where I was before my fateful vistit to "Dr. Paul's" office. I have had three periodontists look at his work and they all agree it should not have been done. Now, if I want to get new permeant teeth after going back through all the surgery, pain and waiting, it will cost an additional $10,000, after the $5,000 repair surgery, coming to a grand total of $15,000, to get me back to where I should be. After spending (with interest) close to $20,000 with "Dr. Paul", money that he is walking away with and leaving me with health issues to take care of and no teeth. Also, I was told by "Dr. Paul" that my new permeant teeth, would be done with a computer scan and I would be able to ok the final teeth on a screen before they were made. I was also told that the new teeth would range between $1,000 to $4,000 (quite a range), which by the way is a rip-off, as with all of "Dr. Paul's" offerings. What I got was choked by the mold material in my mouth and handed teeth that didn't look good and hit my top teeth as they were too long. I had to ask for many visits to get the teeth filed down and they filed one of my real teeth to try and get the fake ones to work!!! They left the part that is supposed to represent my gums white, I had to request them to fix that in order to have that area be pink. Oh and the price, he quoted me for making these teeth...$6,000! When I protested, he said, alright $4,000! At the time I thought it better to stick with the person who had done the surgery...wrong! I had a set of teeth made for a previous issue, not by "Dr. Paul", that cost me $1,000 and they were perfect. After my surgery he didn't once set up an appointment to check up on my progress. Which I was surprised by at the time, but didn't know any better. Dr. Paul did surgery when it should not have been done, I didn't have enough bone, he placed the implants too close to my real teeth, which will damage their roots, charged me more than he should and never looked back. Dr. Paul S. Petrungaro is only out for money, he is greedy and he is a poor choice if you are looking for a trustworthy person, he does not care about your health. CBS Investigators: Dentists May Be Drilling For Your Cash read more

How do I give NO stars??? Paul is a THIEF and a FRAUD!!!!Please do not use this implant center!!!! I started my journey with them over a year ago. They pressured me for funds upfront ($25,000)saying that they were "using me as a case study" The procedure was cancelled 3x by the office and then to find out (as I was putting a complaint with IDFPR) that his license was suspended and could not do the work that he promised!!! Working diligently to try to get some of my funds back that he stole with other avenues and working with actual reputable surgeons. And the office staff...shame on you for knowing what he is and still working for him....I feel sorry for you. I am a nurse that works in the healthcare field and embarrassed that there are people like this taking people's hard earned $$ pure greed!!! read more

Please please , take warning now. This man should never practice dentistry ever again. I hope all of you that have had a issue with him take him to court. I was almost a patient of this scam artist and yes that is what he is. I had my all on four done by another clinic, dr. scam had done some grafting for them on my mouth. I went to see him because I had a small infection again. Well he said my entire mouth of implants were failing and he needed to do reconstruct my whole face. Well I was shattered at this so I reached out to a doctor who runs a larger scale operation has the best of the best. HE WAS SHOCKED.. none of my implants were failing.. He assured me what I had going on would be taken care of by antibotics and a scaling of the implant.. He was correct, they wanted 60 grand to do a procedure I never needed.. I am not 5 years later and my implants and teeth give me no problems.. THIS MAN IS THE DEVIL IN A WHITE SUIT. Please dont let his actions to others go unanswered. read more

I had 6 implants, bone grafting and sinus lift around $30k in total. paid cash for a large portion of my treatment and mistakenly did not get a receipt, when I asked for a receipt for tax write off, his offices refused to give me the cash portion receipt and would only give what was paid on my credit card. When I pushed the issue, the receptionist told me that Petrungaro denied performing that surgery and that I was just "seeking pills" He's a thug and a terrible human. Along with the surreal experience ALL 6 implants failed 5 years after surgery. I filed a formal complaint against him but he moved out of MN. read more

Dr Petrungaro ruined my mouth. And I paid $ 39.000 but now it's suppose to pay another $ 45.000 to replace the implants performed by him in less than 1 year. My implants are falling out , I asked other doctors for a second opinion and all of them confirmed me that is a result of malpractice. They explained me everything that Dr Petrungaro did wrong. Even my mandible is destroyed now. There's no guarantee for his work, he has been ignoring me but finally he took another x ray. Than he mentioned that is necessary to replace the previous implants that he performed in summer 2022 and now in in 2023 august he asked me for another $ 45.000 . Somehow just to replace the failure implants he did in my previous implants . read more

Last year , Dr Paul Petrungaro charged me $ 39.500 for up and down-all on six , taking 9 months to finish the procedures. The lower dentures was improper fixed without any space for deeper cleaning with water floss. As a result, I have a severe bone retraction and lower teeth implants are falling. I have been complaining about the discomfort for 8 months and he ignored me. Another specialists in implantology confirmed me that is a medical dental malpractice and I have to sue him. Because of his improper work, I have to pay other $ 40.000 to remove his failed implants and replace it. What can I do in this situation? read more

This person is an absolute liar! Maybe at first glance the office seems beautiful, and its fairy tales and promises are very encouraging, but I warn you there are a lot of lies here! They lie to everyone and about everything! Their patients who pay the full amount up front are left with only promises, no teeth and no money! Absolute unprofessional and liar! This "doctor" has already had his license taken away (in the reviews there is a story of a man whose wife died during the appointment from anesthesia). If you want to be cheated, spend money and ruin your nerves and health then welcome to Petrungaro Paul S DDS!!! Employees here are deceived as well as patients. They tell fairy tales, and then they don't give a salary! And all you have to do is just leave without money! Complete deception and fraud! Maybe my review will now be answered with something like "it's all a lie, the employee did not fulfill his duties" and blah blah blah... People be careful, read the reviews! And for your safety never visit this place!!! Take care that you, your relatives and friends do not become victims of these fraudsters!!! read more

I can't say enough amazing things about Dr Paul he is top of the line if you need dental work done. I went to so many Dr's and Paul made me feel the most secure. His staff is amazing and accommodating to all of your needs. I am so glad I went to Dr Petrungaro and I recommend him to all of my friends and family. If you are searching for a great periodontist go see Dr Paul read more

Dr. Petrungaro is the greatest dental professional I ever have the privilege to be treated by. His surgical skills are amazing. I came to him because I had severe bone loss, wearing denture that would not stay in my mouth. He placed 4 zygoma implants and immediate bride . In less then a month, Dr. Petrungaro will place all on 4 on my lower jaw, since the implants there were failing for a while (bad implants placed by different dentist). Dr. Petrungaro is the only one I trust with any dental procedure. Additional to being the best in his field, he is also have a lot of compassion for my situation. read more

no stars for this thief! stay away! this guy is a scam artist that makes people pay up front for work that he either doesn't perform or fails within a few years. when requesting a refund, you are given the runaround by office staff that are fully aware of what is going on. the license on the front counter expired in 2022. do not give your hard-earned money to this thief. read more

Worst. Experience. EVER! Anytime, anywhere, any doctor. Ever ask a professional in any arena if they guarantee their work and get yelled at? I have, thanks to Dr. Paul Petrungano. And, did he guarantee his work? NO! When the implant failed, he did not finish the work (remove it from my gums). I then had to go to another dentist and pay more money out of pocket (after the cool $17,500.00) I paid this "specialist." Are you a fan of communication? You won't get it here. Never, in 4 years, did I get an email, text, or call to remind me of an appointment (even when made months in advance). But cancellations? They're good at that. To avoid finishing the failed work, my appointment was canceled at least 4 times, for weeks at a stretch. Around the 3rd appointment I got a call at 4:30 the day before (after taking the prescribed antibiotic) thank you very little. The last time was at 6:30 in the morning, day of appointment, by email no less. At that point, I got the message and gave up on him. No compassion, no respect, not willing to have a conversation. Like I said, the very worst experience of my adult life. If you're game, give him a try. I wish you luck! read more

Dr.Paul is something you hear about in tales of lore and legend. He has literally saved my friends smile! If you are reading this and need ANY kind of dental work, this magician of molars is the man to see. read more