Dr. Smutka came highly recommended to me as I was looking for a pediatric dentist for my 2 1/2 year old. She did not have a good experience with her first dentist, so I looked long and hard. I drove over an hour to see him with my daughter and we paid cash $180.
I was disappointed to say the least. The office was nice and the staff was nice to me, but they did not establish a re pore with my daughter...therefore she was terrified!
Basically they held her down while she cried and they cleaned her teeth, I was almost in tears myself and made them stop several times.
I will keep looking for a pediatric dentist that actually is good with kids. I don't think that is too much to ask.
I will say he did seem to know what he was doing, but if your kid is absolutely terrified to go, well then what is the point?
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