Ditmars Family Dental

I had a dentist who did a lot of harm to me without me knowing till it was too late. I came to see Dr. George Gatzonis for repair and everything is fantastic. I love the staff. Friendly and always there for me. Its been over year now and i couldn’t be happier with my crowns. I also had a very tricky implant done and it turned out fantastic. I can’t reccomend Dr. George Gatzonis and his staff enough.

I HATE the dentist… I mean who doesn’t. As bad as the usual experience is, Dr. G and everyone else that works here are really nice, patient, and do really good work!

I showed up for my 6:30 appt 10 minutes early to find out that my appt was for 6 and that someone called and left me a message yesterday to confirm. I showed the receptionist my voice mail log on my phone to show that no one called or left me a message. I find it especially annoying because I called a week or 2 ago to confirm what time it was for. The woman didn’t even act apologetic for the mistake. The least you can do is say sorry for the mix-​up. I stayed at work late and had to take the train twice for an appt that I never got.

I’ve lived in the city for over 6 years and had yet to find a good let alone great dentist. One of the only reasons I fell apon Dr. Gatzonis name is because my current dentist was shutting their practice down. I was recommended Dr. Gatzonis and WOW. this was one of the best experiences of my dentistry life! Everyone was pleasant and my cleaning was so amazing… my teeth literally came out cleaner than I’ve EVER seen… amazing. I can’t stress enough how pleased i was… i’m already excited to go back — that’s how good they are.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Gatzonis for at least 20 years. He has always been thorough, kind and great about explaining what to expect with all procedures. And everything he’s done has been first rate. He sure improved my smile. May I also mention that he is very gentle with that first shot of painkiller when working on my mouth. The staff are wonderful, friendly and right on top of everything. I wouldn’t change dentists for the world. He’s the best. Millie P

I am a patient of over 25 years, with GEORGE GATZONIS — and I can personally vouch that he is the greatest dentist anyone could wish for. I was diagnosed 25 years ago with an incurable gum situation — and 5 dentists told me I would first have to lose half of my teeth; then do major surgery on the rest — with no guarantee of results! George worked on me patiently and — judging from my terrific results — with great skill and knowledge, because here I am 25 years later: I still have most of my teeth and a great smile to boot!
All of this is because George Gatzonis is a caring, patient professional — who is constantly updating his knowledge with cutting edge techniques and information. And he has joined forces with wonderful professional associates — like Dr Demirdjan — who replaced my problematical teeth with wonderful, secure, trouble-​free implants… whichGeorge finished off with caps as beautiful as they are comfortable to use!
The office staff of Ditmars Family Dental follows George’s lead — with always-​kind and efficient interaction with patients. Finally, all of this can be summed up by listening to the «Emergency» instructions George has on his office answering tape: «If this is an emergency, call [personal #]…and the DOCTOR will get back to you as soon as possible.» George Gatzonis is a DOCTOR of Dentistry — and I trust him with my life!

I have been a patient of Dr. George Gatzonis and Ed Demirdjan for the last five years. I have had extensive implant surgeries. All of which has been more than successful. So now, at 70, I have a lot to smile about. In my five years at Dr. Gatzonis’ office, I have truly witnessed many acts of kindness to not only me, but especially to the elderly. Dr. Gatzonis takes a lot of time explaining what can be done, and he works very hard at piecing together their bridges to save them a lot of money. The office is a happy place. All of his workers are not only competent, but extremely good people. Who will go above and beyond to help each patient. What can I say? It’s always a pleasure to go to the dentist, no matter what I have done. Although all my work is finished, I will be looking forward to my six-month’s cleaning and seeing everyone at Ditmars Family Dental again. Hope to see you there.
–Written by X.X. on behalf of G.V.

This was by far the worst dental experience I have ever had. After chipping the bonding off of my front tooth, I desperately searched for a dentist to fix my not-​so-​flattering hillbilly-​esque look. After a frantic google search I found Ditmars Family Dental (supposedly the best in Astoria), called right away, and set up an appointment.
To start, it took the dentist 45 minutes to get into the room. In any other situation I would have excused the tardiness. However, after the dentist finally got there, she couldn’t even identify which tooth had chipped (literally a third of my front tooth had cracked off and she couldn’t identify it). After informing her of which tooth had been messed up she speedily jumped into «repairing» my tooth without any sort of obvious evaluation or questions. Throughout the process I was in extreme pain and on the verge of tears and yet she kept reassuring me that «I shouldn’t be feeling anything» because she «wasn’t touching my actual tooth.» The last time I checked when a patient that «Shouldn’t be feeling anything» is gasping and tearing up with pain it’s usually a pretty clear sign something isn’t going right and that you should probably take a step back and reevaluate the situation! But no reevaluations occurred.
As to the question of whether she touched my actual tooth or not; not only did she touch my tooth, she scraped the enamel in its entirety from the back of my tooth leaving me with incredible sensitivity lasting for weeks. In addition, in the process of reshaping my tooth, she scraped off the bottom of my actual tooth leaving it much shorter than the other as well and much wider. So, basically, I walked out of the office looking only fractionally better and in and in exponentially more pain than when I walked in.
When I went home a month later (with almost the sole purpose of seeing my regular dentist) he was absolutely appalled by how the dentist here butchered my tooth. Luckily, 2.5 hours and $ 306 later he had helped most of the sensitivity and fixed the shape and sizes of my teeth. Honestly, I might understand if the dentist had done an impeccable job procedurally and screwed up the shape of my teeth, and I might even understand if she had procedurally gotten it all wrong and left my teeth flawlessly symmetrical; but to completely flop both procedurally and aesthetically is completely unacceptable. It is safe to say I will NEVER go back to Ditmars Family Dental no matter how desperate I am.

I love this place!!! The staff members are very apt at what they do, and they make me feel right at ease. They are very friendly and kind, and make me feel good about myself/​my smile.
Even while having my teeth poked and scraped, the experience is always as pleasant as it can be.
I trust Dr. George Gatzonis with my smile (which is important to me) and I am happy to call him my family’s dentist.