Melanie R. Rothberg, DMD

We had an awful experience with Dr. Bennett, he does not care about patient's interest at all and he is very rude. You will just be a number for him. My 5 year old got 3 cavities, two need filling and 1 needs extraction according to him. We had to wait for 3 weeks to get an appointment with him, we went to the appointment. He asked if they can use laughing gas, I said no, then he said he will do the extraction today, I told him we are not ready for the extraction yet, we would prefer to get the fillings done in this visit, for that tooth that needs the extraction, since my daughter does not complain about it, I need a little more time to think about it and will do it in the next visit. This is a tooth that will grow back in when my child will be 10 and half years old, and my daughter would have 5 years missing a bottom molar tooth and I consider that a big decision. Dr. Bennett immediately became angry and said just leave my office now and go to see other dentists, he asked his nurse to send us out. I was in complete shock, I waited 3 weeks for this appointment, I took my work day off just for this dentist visit, I had to take my daughter from the school just for this visit, and he simply kicked us out of the door within the first minute in his office. My 5 year old was originally lying on the treatment chair, she got up and looked puzzled and scared at the dentist reaction and said "mommy, let's just leave". Can anyone tell me why a doctor would force procedures on a patient that she is not comfortable with? Are laughing gas and tooth extraction making more profit than routine tooth filling? This dentist has such an unpredictable temper, and lacks professional morality for being a doctor. he does not care about his patients at all. Now I am ending up having to find a new dentist and may have to wait another two weeks to get my child's cavity fixed, by which time, the cavity condition may get worse...