Blaise C. Eckert, DDS

I was very worried about getting a tooth pulled, but Dr. Eckert and his group made the process as painless as possible. I’d made an appointment for Tuesday, but when the tooth started hurting more, they were able to take me that very afternoon. The staff were pleasant and professional; Dr. Eckert gave me novocaine and let it take effect. When he came back into the room, he pulled the tooth in less than a minute. Tracey then gave me gauze to bite down on; Dr. Eckert gave me a prescription for pain meds. I can’t rate this group highly enough.

I waited an hour and a half in a crowded waiting room for one doctor. It was clear patients were overbooked. Furthermore, no one ever apologized for the long wait or kept us updated. I watched several patients ask the receptionists for updates and every single one was spoken to dismissively. When I finally got in, a dental technician was very nice. She said a number of people had complained about the extraordinary wait and the lack of courtesy and professionalism of the receptionists and she urged me to speak to the doctor about it. Unfortunately, he was just as dismissive as his staff, essentially saying that he had «no interest» in improving customer relations. He also shot down the few medical questions I had and information I gave him about my own medical history. His arrogance shocked me. I walked out. The office is shabby and people are treated worse than cattle. This was a horrible experience.

Terrible place. You are better off going to a first year dentistry school. They also scam you on payments and even threaten to take you to court when they have agreed to take insurance as full payment. Horrible… stay away.

If I could give less then 1 star I would. He may be a fine oral surgeon but after 1.5 hours of waiting I left without being seen. This dentist needs to learn to manage his schedule better. His staff should not use the excuse they are a surgical site when clearly they overbooked patients.

Highly recommended! I’d been having problems with my wisdom teeth for a couple of years now, and finally gave in that I needed them (all 4) taken out. I came in for a short evaluation on a Monday, and scheduled for that following Friday, so that I would have the weekend to recover. In the evaluation, Dr. Eckhert was both very friendly and professional, explained what he would do, and set me completely at my ease. Then, in the days leading up to the surgery, my parents tried to dissuade me from getting out all 4, and told me I shouldn’t get the full anesthesia because of potential «complications». Well, I am SO glad I didn’t listen to them! Any of he bad reviews that are here on Unilocal are by people that decided to just go with the local anesthesia or laughing gas — and of course they were in a lot of pain! I came in early for my 10 o’clock appointment, they started on me ten minutes early, I was asleep for the whole thing and then less than half an hour later, boom, I woke up, and it was all done! Since then, I’ve been very rigorous about following my recovery instructions and haven’t had any issues with pain or swelling. Great doctor! Couldn’t recommend him more, but make sure to get the full anesthesia, even if your insurance may not cover it!

I had my four wisdom teeth extracted by Dr. Eckert on 1÷15÷15 following a consultation on 11÷17÷14. My anxiety about the procedure was two fold 1) The mixed reviews about this office/​Dr. Eckert made me feel uneasy. However, this was the oral surgeon that I was referred to by my dentist so I sucked it up and figured EVERY oral surgeon is going to have the amazing reviews and also may have some negative ones 2) I haven’t been having major issues with my impacted wisdom teeth and wasn’t sure if I really needed to have them out.
My consultation with Dr. Eckert on 11÷17÷14 was quick and to the point. He explained the procedure and talked to be about the pros/​cons about taking out my wisdom teeth as a preventative measure. I probably waited in the waiting room for about 20 minutes, but isn’t that usually expected? I found that Dr. Eckert was pleasant.
On 1÷15÷15, I was called in for my scheduled appointment about only 5 minutes after I arrived. An assistant (I’m not actually sure what her title was) led me back to the room. I explained to her that I wanted to call my fiancé from the front desk because he took my phone and I was hoping to listen to music and she assured me that I wouldn’t even need the music. I told her that I was under the impression that although I’ll be heavily sedated, I’d be aware. I further explained that I wanted to block out as much noise as possible (a lot of people had warned me about the nasty sounds of hearing my teeth being ripped out and I have vivid memories of having my adult teeth pulled out as a teenager before getting braces). The assistant assured me that the general anesthesia was actually strong and would knock me out. I was reluctant to trust her, but I remembered that a friend had told me this about her experience of having all four of her wisdom teeth extracted. The assistant got me all set up with heart monitors and a blood pressure monitor. Dr. Eckert came in, inserted the IV, and put on a mask that I believe was pumping valium or laughing gas; he told me I’d start to feel it within 15 seconds. Next thing I remember was waking up and being escorted to another room to lie down. A different assistant brought my fiancé in to sit with me. She explained the aftercare and I was on my way!
Recovery ended up being a breeze. I didn’t even need the vicodin 24 hours post-​op, I was totally fine just taking ibuprofen.
I would absolutely recommend Dr. Eckert. The experience was pleasant and painless!

Dr Eckert is amazing, please don’t read the negative review about him, I made that mistake and read them and was so scared to go and have 4 wisdom teeth out. Ok so I’m 33 and had 2 normal wisdom teeth fully through and 2 boney impacted ones and I decided to go under general anesthetic. I’ve had no surgery ever done in my life so being put to sleep and having 4 big teeth out I was petrified. I read the reviews on here and some of them were dreadful and I thought maybe I was making a huge mistake.
So the day of the surgery I went into the room, I told the nurse how scared I was she was great, she calmed me down and attached me up to heart monitors, blood pressure and carbon dioxide monitoring machines. Dr Eckert came in he was so calm with me, such a gentleman he knew how scared I was as I started to hyperventilate. He spoke to me and the nurse they told me to concentrate on my breathing and they calmed me down. I had oxygen mask on and they put the IV in my arm (I didn’t even feel it) and Dr Eckert administered the brevitol which is the general anesthetic. He told me in 15 seconds I would start to feel sleepy and I did and felt myself falling asleep.
I woke up and was taken down to the recovery room where the nurse made sure I didn’t fall asleep or put my head down, my husband came through and shortly after that Dr Eckert came in and told me how well I had done and I was really brave. Which I thought was lovely of him.
Dr Eckert is Chief of Oral Surgery for Mount Auburn Hospital he’s the best of the best. I had no swelling no serious pain and the my wounds look great nicely stitched up. He did a great job and he is such a nice man. I would highly recommend him and will definitely be going back if I ever need anything done.

Straight to the point and painless.

I went in for a double extraction. Scheduling was a breeze.
Unfortunately it was busy the day I went and ended up waiting a half an hour. As I was waiting I was thinking to myself «they’re gonna hear about this on Unilocal» but my mindset was quickly changed as I was finally allowed access into the restricted area.
I was ushered into my treatment room by a beautiful and very pleasant brunette woman.
Doctor Eckert came right in to greet me. I found him to be a gentleman. No anxiety, no bad vibes. He shot me up with novicane and let me go numb.
3 minutes later he was back. 3 minutes after that my two teeth were out and I was being stitched up with confidence. No pain, no problems.
He then gave me a script for penicillin and asked if would like a script for pain. I said «sure.»
I was then taken to a small room by a real cool, intelligent and confident woman (not sure of her title, nurse or assistant perhaps. I think her name is Tracey). She gave me gauze, thorough aftercare instructions and the ability to leave.
Synopsis: Quick, painless positive experience.
Also Cvs is right next door so I popped in and got my scripts before heading to the car.

It’s always difficult to have to go to the dentist, let alone an oral surgeon. I was completely dreading it as I had pain for a couple of weeks and I was absolutely not looking forward to the procedure. As a matter of fact, I was dreading it. big time. I’ve never been overly concerned about going to the dentist but the pain had me quite anxious.
From the moment I arrived, everyone had me feeling relaxed and cared for. Tracy, the nurse who assisted Dr. Eckert, is an absolutely sweetheart! She answered all my questions and was very caring. I so much appreciated her that day!
I mentioned that I was very concerned with the Novocaine shot as I had recently had a root canal done and the dentist (someone else) was not at all gentle. She said they could give me ‘laughing gas’ in addition to the shot. That relaxed me big time and the procedure was absolutely painless.
Dr. Eckert was very nice and answered questions that I had. After the procedure I sat in a small recovery room where I had the option to lay down or sit down. I was there for a few minutes only, as I had no bleeding and was ready to go. Tracy went over everything with me, answered my questions and escorted me out. She is really extremely nice.
I went back today, a week later, for my follow up appointment. Everything was fine and I was in and out in just a few minutes.
Keeping my fingers crossed that I do not need to see an oral surgeon again but if I do, I would definitely go back. You should not hesitate to go to Dr. Eckert, I believe you will be very satisfied.

I was there today and had the upper and lower right Wisdom teeth out… I was freeked out but the Dr was nice and the nurse was awsome… Anyone who says they had a bad time in this mans office is crazy… I do Auto Body for a living and it cant be easy for the Dr to get these teeth out so unless you plan on going under where ever you go expect some pain. I was there at 930 this morning and i feel fine and one of mine did not come out easy but i am very pleased with this office and if i have to do the other side ill be going back to Dr Eckert…

My dentist referred me to Dr. Eckert for a dental implant. I paid $ 175 for an assessment to realize that this practice was a poor fit. Here’s why:
1) Didn’t tell me that they needed to do a panaramic x-​ray, and that it was not digital. Was ordered to stand on the x-​ray machine right after they called me, and the assistant was impatient with questions. (By the way, digital x-​rays deliver half the radiation. See research by Dr. Claus at BWH showing correlation between dental x-​rays and brain tumors if you believe the line «it’s as safe as riding an airplane» which is what the assistant told me.
2) Dr. Eckert was efficient, but thought I might need $ 8000 of work, that he wouldn’t know for sure until he began his work. I thought he might ask me to just leave a blank check for him to fill out.
3) The dental rooms were old. The room I was in had a hole knocked in the wall where they ran an electrical cord from the hallway. Who does that? He can’t afford to have another outlet installed in the hall? Even the outlets in the room weren’t grounded. If he’s taking shortcuts on updating his dental rooms, he may take short cuts with me, I reasoned.
I went to a different oral surgeon in Lexington and got a confident diagnosis and estimate and it was about $ 2400. Much improved experience.
It pays to shop around!

If you’re looking for a compassionate and skillful oral surgeon, keep looking. I was limited in my selection of oral surgeons by my insurance policy and based on this one experience, I’m changing my health plan immediately: this is calloused warehouse medicine at its worst.
Last summer, I had a consultation about my one remaining wisdom tooth and booked an appointment for a date in October. During that evaluation, I made it absolutely clear that I have difficulty keeping my blood pressure up when required to fast in the morning and that I’d had two fainting episodes for standard cholesterol testing.
This was passingly acknowledged, and I was told *not* to have anything to eat the morning of my surgery. When I arrived there yesterday, having fasted, my blood pressure was indeed too low for the prescribed «twilight» cocktail of intravenous drugs that might have made the procedure tolerable. The doctor suggested that I reschedule for another date, and eat a full breakfast. I explained that I couldn’t readily schedule another day off of work due to this mistake, and that my insurance authorization would run out in two days’ time. Had the doctor listened to me during the initial consultation, what ensued might have been avoided.
I was given a soda to drink in the recovery room, which I was given to bring my blood pressure back in line. It did, but I was forced to wait within blow-​by-​blow earshot of another surgery on a 19 year-​old whose Unilocal,screams, and plaints I could hear very audibly alongside the loud buzzing of the surgical saw. Honestly, I think it was sheer terror that brought my blood pressure back up. At some point, I heard one nurse say to another «be sure that door is completely closed.» Hearing another patient’s distress was horrifying.
Having endured that episode, I was not willing to reschedule and relive this event a second time, so the doctor attempted to complete my procedure with laughing gas and novocaine, which were, in the end, grossly insufficient. When I cried out in pain, the doctor told me I was being a «nervous nelly» and covered my mouth so that I would not, in his words, «scare everyone out of the clinic.» Was I stuck in a horror film or a Moscow medical clinic in 1970?
I ended up having the extrication done in the most primitive way possible– with a nurse holding me in the chair and far too little anesthetic. I was faint after wards, but they would not let my mother into the recovery area until she asked, pointedly, a fourth time. I was cold and trembling, but there were no blankets offered. It seemed that the nurses just wanted to keep me quiet and clean me up before I went back to the waiting room, where all the other patients awaiting procedures were seated.
The recovery area, by the way, is one that all patients, in route to surgery, must pass and see before their own procedure, which is as poorly designed as the non sound-​proof surgical rooms. Don’t want to hear cries of pain while you’re waiting for your procedure? Look elsewhere. There is nothing like seeing bloody, drugged, weeping patients lying in self-​protective fetal positions in route to your own surgery.
It seemed that there were several patients scheduled for the same time, and the nurses seemed wearily perfunctory and jaded. This practice is not run with the modicum of kindness and compassion one would expect, and I would not recommend it to anyone under any circumstance. Look elsewhere; I certainly will.

Oral Surgery in general is never pleasant experience. Whether you have to get those annoying wisdom teeth as a kid or in my case, in your late twenties, you may not have the best time. You don’t know what to expect.
I recently had to get mine out and of course, I was kind of terrified. I had a quick consultation at Dr. Blaise’s office and found out I had to get the bottom 2 out. His schedule was pretty open so I was able to go in the following week.
The day of the surgery, his staff was very friendly and the nurses there put my fears to rest. The office was nothing spectacular, but with a Oral Surgeon’s office, what do you expect? As long as they have plenty of magazines and a «Wheres Waldo» book, I was set.
Everyone there, including Dr. Blaise, was easy to talk and very friendly, keeping everything really informal. It was a good experience. I had to wait in the chair a bit before the procedure, but once they started, they gave me oxygen and some Valium as they started to go to work. I didn’t have to go under which was kind of a relief. While I was «under the influence» the nurses chatted with me as Dr. Blaise worked to get my teeth out. Granted, it was semi-​uncomfortable, but it was quick. The whole procedure lasted about 10 minutes.
After it was over, I chilled out in the recovery room. Granted, it was just a tiny little pantry-​like place with no art of the wall, but having a place to lie down was really nice. I was too busy focused on how uncomfortable my mouth was. The staff made sure I was ok and checked on me ever so often. They brought my gf in and gave me the breakdown of what I needed to do after the procedure. They made sure we understood what I had to do and explained everything fairly well.
All in all, I definitely recommend Dr. Blaise as a good Oral Surgeon. The whole notion of getting your teeth out is very unpleasant, but he and his office make it less difficult, especially since the physical pain is all you have to worry about.

I woke up one morning in excruciating dental pain. Being super stubborn, I waited several days to see if the pain would get any better. In fact, it got worse… way worse. I knew it was my wisdom teeth. I have been told on several occasions to get them taken out but never listened.
When I couldn’t take the pain anymore, I call my regular dentist who was on vacation and none of the people covering for her could see me for several days. I call Dr. Eckert’s office and was given an appointment the next day. After the evaluation, he confirmed that it was indeed my wisdom teeth and he could take them out as soon as the next morning. His office took care of my insurance referral, explained my benefit and what would be my responsibility for payment, and I was on my way. The next morning, I was in the exam chair. The nurse was very caring and understanding that I was pretty nervous about going under anesthesia. Before I knew it, I was out, had my wisdom teeth pulled, and the pain was GONE. I was back to work 2 days later once the swelling subsided and healing was a breeze. I didn’t need more than a little Tylenol the first day. I highly recommend Dr. Eckert and his office. Very friendly, informative, and accommodating. I couldn’t have had a more smooth procedure.

He charged me $ 650 for a 5 minute visit. He said the bill would be covered by my insurance. It wasn’t, and I was stuck paying the bill. I would not go back.

Ok, so I had an emergency extraction done here not too long ago. I’ve had this done before so I thought I knew what to expect, but this guy
1)Left me in the procedure room for almost 50 minutes after having popped in, shot me with novocaine and telling me to sit tight while he «gave it a few minutes to work».
FYI, novocaine takes about 5 minutes. It did give me enough time to notice that all the equipment in the room looked like it hadn’t been replaced since 1975.
2) When he did come back, he got right to work… which is nice except that he didn’t check that the novocaine had indeed taken effect (sometimes they miss the nerve, and I’ve never had a dentist NOT check!) before coming at me with the forceps.
2) I saw both him and the nurse for a total of 5 minutes while they rushed in, tooth the tooth out, and then hurried me out. Oh, but the nurse did say «Well, that could have gone better» since it was a bit difficult. I stood up too fast and was blacking out until I managed to sit down, and instead of being concerned the nurse just gave me some gauze and a paper with some instructions and said I was free to go.
And no, I didn’t have anyone check on me to see if I was still conscious and ok to drive away.
3) He gave me no antibiotics, saying he didn’t think I’d need them. Well, I got an infection, which I got diagnosed with after being in INTENSE PAIN starting a week after the extraction that wouldn’t go away or respond to ibuprofen.
So…take your chances with this guy. Just be aware that you might get more than you bargained for. If you are skittish about the dentist this is DEFINITELY not the place to go as he sure won’t put you at ease!