Affinity Dental

I wanted to update my review after the amazing work and care that Dr. Ema has provided helping me through my crown and tooth pain (in a different tooth) after the dreaded root canal. I must say that I am terrible in the dental chair and with shots, but Dr. Ema and Dr. K give the most gentle and easy novocain shots that I have ever had (I have been to a number of different dentists in many states). If you are looking for a friendly, responsive, gentle, and thorough dentist Dr. K, Dr. Ema, and the staff at Affinity Dental are as good as it gets!

Great Practice for sure! I had to cheat on my dentist because they’re «outta network» and found this place right near my house. I used a few «Trusted» Unilocalers to confirm this was the place/​they were right! First off, Dr. Kavetsis is great. very personable, knowledgeable and thorough. I had a diagnosis, x-​rays etc. done in a nick of time; all covered by the damn insurance co! The Assistants were good as well administering the x-​rays and such and all of their equipment is state of the art. Highly recommend this place! PS– Purple Rain interiors

This place is so great. I have had the same dentist since I can remember so when I moved to Chicago finding a new dentist was not somethings I was excited about and for 4 years now I continued using my dentist in Michigan but decided I needed to switch to where I live. Called affinity as they have great reviews and decide do give them a try. I got an apt with in the first week I called which was nice cause I was over due for cleaning.
The office is so nice. Very clean and the people are even nicer! My dental hygienist dos such a great job and the doctor was super friendly! For someone who was not excited about having to walk into a new dentist office in happy to say this place made me feel super comfortable and like family. I will be referring them to anyone in need. If your looking for a new dentist this is your place!

I recently switched dentists and I am glad that I did. From the moment I walked in, I received 5 star treatment. I was taken on time and all of my options were discussed thoroughly with me. Dr. Kavetsis was personable, professional and punctual with my appointment. They also have free parking! I will definitely return!

Been a customer for 4 years and am extremely happy. From cleanings to fillings to an implant, Affinity’s care and attention to the patient are first class. I’ve been afraid in the past to go to the dentist, but Dr. K and her team really work with you to ease your mind and anxiety and make sessions as easy and pain free as possible.
I’ve changed insurances while under care and they have managed this transition completely flawlessly with no impact to my billing or care.
I have recommended Affinity Dental to 3 people in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

I visited Affinity Dental for the first time last month! I can confidently say that this was the best dental experience I have ever had. The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable, I could tell they really care about their patients. They provided me with an honest and thorough dental plan that fit my needs and made me feel comfortable during my visit. I will definitely be coming back here for all of my dental needs! Thank you to the Affinity Dental team for taking such good care of me!

Scared to go to the dentist? Fear no more!!!
Dr Kavetsis is great. She put all my fears at ease. I had some cavities filled and she was gentle and best of all, super calming. I’m actually looking forward to dental work now!
Also, Dr Kavetsis was very up front about costs and gave me several treatment options. Her office was extremely tentative regarding billing and insurance questions.
THIS PLACE IS THE BEST!

I visited Affinity Dental for the first time yesterday. It was a really pleasant experience… the best I’ve had at the dentist. The space is beautiful and clean. I was helped promptly at my appointment time.
The staff is professional and nice! Dr. Kavetsis was very thorough and knowledgeable as well as friendly. She explained everything to me, and it did not feel rushed like many other dentists’ offices. It is also very convenient to get to since they have free indoor parking. All in all, a great experience! Would highly recommend!

No need to contact the office, the work has been corrected. I don’t care to hear about other patients business, or workers personal business.

Amazing dentist! I’ve seen Dr. Kavetsas three times now and each time has been a great experience.
First, the office is spotless. Like, if I dropped a slice of pizza on the floor, I’d be tempted to eat it. I haven’t even seen a piece of dust.
There is a tv in every room but I haven’t seen them turned on. I’ve also never asked them to turn one on though so not sure if they work or not.
I’m usually a few minutes late, which probably helps, but I’m always taken to a room and seen right away.
Her assistants have always been very helpful. I mentioned I never wear my retainer anymore and they’ve told me to stop by and have it cleaned for free, no appointment necessary. My cleanings have gone well and I always enjoy the goody bag I get when I’m done.
What I really love about this doctor is her attentiveness and proactive approach. She noticed from my last x Ray that a small spot on my tooth had grown slightly (indicative of a cavity) and decided it was time to act on it before it got any worse.
I had a root canal about two years ago and asked my old dentist about the same spot on my X-​ray and was told it was nothing. I’d rather have a dentist who tackles issues in their infancy than one who waits for things to get worse.
In the end, my filling took less than an hour and was not painful but my tooth was a little sore the next day.

I love this office!
I have a permanent bottom retainer. I’ve had it for about 20+ years and have, surprisingly, never had it break off/​come loose in all those years. However, the Sunday after Christmas, I tried eating an old hard Kind bar I bought from Walgreens five days prior. Much to my dismay, it was hard as a rock and alas, my bottom retainer snapped off. Luckily, I was able to find and save it, but I’m not from Chicago. I didn’t have my orthodontic work done in Chicago. My ortho back home no longer practices. Gaaaah… so what to do? I knew it wouldn’t take long before my teeth started to move so on Monday I got on the internet and started Googling orthodontists. I called a number of places who had rude, unhelpful, unintelligent (FYI — you don’t need an impression for a permanent bottom retainer) people answering their phones (Get It Straight, Windy City Orthodontists and Dr. Spector, I’m looking at you!). My fourth call was to Affinity Dental and the person I talked to there was incredibly nice and very helpful. It sounded like she actually cared about my problem (even if she didn’t)! I was hoping to get an appointment for that week, but it was during the holidays (New Year’s week) so it wasn’t possible, but they did get me in the following Monday morning (today). I was just there and they were great. I was in and out in about 30 – 40 minutes and they saved me from jacked up teeth! Everyone was awesome — the doctor, the front desk staff, the assistant. I’m really hopeful I don’t need another ortho appointment for another 20 years, but I know where I’ll be going when I do!

They are awesome!
Dr. Kavetsas and her staff are great! I honestly feel like the care that I get from her and the staff is the best it can be in the dentistry practice space. I have been to a lot of dentists and it always seemed half-​assed and rushed (which it was) because they were always trying to turn over the seat. However, with Affinity Dental I always get great service and they take their time.
This is extremely important to me because I actually have 6 resin fronts on my teeth, and depending on what dentist I have been to determined the quality of the procedure. All of the other dentists I go to usually knock it out in about 45 minutes. Lana spent over 4 hours making sure they were perfect and it still cost me around the same. Honestly, it may have been slightly higher but when it comes to my health and Doctor this is one area, I am not going to be cheap. Both of my last two procedures from the other dentists broke off or chipped.
Highly recommend… If you live on the North side of Chicago and you need to see a dentist you need to come here.

I’m sure they do great work as all of the other Unilocalers have reviewed. Yet I am feeling ripped off because I had to pay $ 50 for no service. Since I don’t have dental insurance I was going in for just a teeth cleaning, which was quoted at $ 100, today I found out that I had to pay an additional $ 100 for a comprehensive exam. I understand that the comprehensive exam is a good idea, and that is their policy but I should have been told that this was mandatory when I set up the appointment, my quote should have been $ 200. I cancelled the appointment when I found this out because I don’t need a comprehensive exam (I’ve had a lot of work done on my teeth the past two months). They made me pay the $ 50 cancellation fee. I am in the service industry and when the business makes the mistake the customer is never charged. Essentially they charged me $ 50 for giving me the wrong quote, that is bad customer service.

I hate the dentist. So far, I love this practice. Clean, friendly, efficient and caring. Highly recommend.

They are very flexible with rescheduling appointments. They also do a great job with answering any billing related questions. Staff is great, their facilities are nice and they have free parking!

Who would rate a dentist 5 stars? I’ve been to plenty of dentists in my life with little to excite me. It’s an annoying thing you have to do every few months to make sure you don’t end up like a toothless granny in your old age. But Affinity Dental was great. The new patient form was online, and could be submitted online without needing to print, convenient for a person with no working printer at home. The hygienist was awesome. Knowledgeable, thorough, chatty, funny, and practical. The dentist when she arrived was low key, understanding, decisive and friendly. I wanted her to stick around so I could just hang out with her! She knew her stuff too and gave me some good information I’ve never heard in all my years of seeing other dentists. Highly recommended.

This is my all-​time favorite business and experience. Better than any place or service, including a massage! I am serious. I had chosen to go here primarily because of Jenna S.‘s review. I was completely blown away with my experience. This should be a model business in an entrepreneurial class. Affinity Dental should be the model for businesses everywhere.
When I made the appointment for my daughter, I was thrilled to learn they had a $ 99 special for new patients. My daughter was able to get in on that very Saturday which was great (last minute cancellation). They have a parking garage on Seeley, which is a one-​way northbound, so you just loop around the alley to get to it. The office is beautifully designed. You can tell that attention was paid to the minutest detail. For example, most people don’t think about waiting area seats. Not only were the seats beautiful, they were designed well. I have bulging discs and generally can’t sit for more than 10 minutes without pain. These beautiful chairs offered a lot of support, especially in the lumbar region. I was seated for over an hour and had no trouble afterward. I did get up to use the Keurig. They have a lovely offering of teas and coffee.
It was extraordinarily clean also. Even the bathrooms are beautiful and very clean. Even the window ledge had not a speck of dust. It turns out Dr. Kavetsis designed everything herself, when I learned that I knew that I would also be making an appointment for myself. If Dr, Kavetsis paid that much attention to detail in an office, I knew my mouth would be in supreme hands.
The staff was phenomenal. Gabrielle was wonderful company while I was waiting for my daughter and she gave me fantastic advice when I asked about the Sonicare toothbrush. FYI-​they sell them for far less than retail. I can’t recall the name of the hygienist, but she gave me the most comfortable experience with x-​rays, ever. She let me know what was going on, how many to expect, how the number of x-​rays would change depending on the visit, that a full set was required every 3 – 5 years (I may have misquoted here), and she was super caring. I have never had such service. No one ever explained about the dental x-​rays or even cared if my mouth was in discomfort.
Then Dr. Kavetsis came for the exam. This was the most informative exam, ever! She has a wonderful bedside manner. In fact, it’s like talking to your caring, smart friend. Then comes the surprising, shocking twist of events… Dr. Kavetsis, herself, performed the cleaning! When I say this was the most thorough cleaning of my life, ever, ever… it was the most thorough cleaning of my life, ever, ever, ever!
I love this place and I don’t care where I move, I will drive, fly, or get on a train to come here.

I think we’ve found our new dentist!
My husband and I have been searching for a new dentist for quite sometime and getting picked and prodded on in doing so is not so fun. In comes Affinity Dental. Dr. Kavetsis and her entire team are thorough, yet gentle, and make the experience of visiting the dentist as pleasant as possible. The office is bright, new, and spacious, with TV’s to watch while getting worked on.
I can attest to her fabulousness because I had a marathon of two appointments this past spring (aside from my initial cleaning and X-​ray visit), with each appointment approximately 3 hours in length. I had some rather hefty dental work done and ZERO pain afterward. Dr. Kavetsis worked hard to ensure my bite was perfect and my new beautiful porcelain crowns fit perfectly. I couldn’t be more pleased with Dr. Kavetsis and her staff.

Visiting the dentist is not exactly a pleasant experience, but finding a nice place /​staff /​hygienist /​dentist sure helps a great deal.
I was looking to switch dentists because for the past several years, I was going to a place where the hygienists and dentists changed almost every single time I made an appointment. My childhood dentist was a constant — I saw her year after year after year. With doctors and dentists and such, I enjoy trying to build a relationship with an individual so they can get to know my history (not a rotating cast of people who don’t know me whatsoever).
Affinity’s staff — the receptionist who answered all my questions, hygienist who did a very thorough job cleaning my choppers and taking full mouth x-​rays, and Dr. K herself — was very diligent, professional and friendly.
I did not get a complimentary toothbrush on my way out, as I’ve always been accustomed to at other dentist offices (boo hoo, not really…), but I did leave feeling like my chompers got the TLC they deserve from a very competent and caring staff.

Dr. Kavetsis is awesome. Let me run down my first experience at Affinity from start to finish.
First call:
The receptionist is amazingly friendly and helpful. She took all of my information, made sure they took my insurance and got me in for an appointment a few days after my initial call because I was having some mouth pain. She was very concerned and said they could squeeze me in the same day, but I said I’d wait until after the new year. She gave me directions to the practice and I was all set up for my appointment.
Their online paperwork is also great. I love that I don’t have to print my own forms and bring them — the entire form is just online so you can type in all of your stuff and send it to the doctors before your appointment. Why aren’t more doctors and dentists doing this?
First appointment:
They have a parking lot. For people in Chicago, you know how important this piece of real estate is. Since I visited on a day it was snowing like crazy, there was no street parking available. I called and asked where I could park and the receptionist said «Oh, we have a parking garage behind the building!» Sweet. Enter on Seeley and park in a nice, covered garage.
The office is beautiful and comfortable. Everything is clean and there are top-​notch amenities including TV screens. Each room had a blanket in case you get chilly during your procedure and all of the equipment is new and state-​of-​the-​art. Dr. Kavetsis’s hygienist is really nice. She ran down my medical history, made sure I had no allergies and explained a bit of what would happen during my procedure. She listened to me carefully when I explained what was going on with my mouth and she asked a lot of questions to get all the information she needed to pass on to the doctor.
Dr. Kavetsis is really, really great. She is nice, funny, talkative and someone I enjoyed interacting with n the office. She took the time to sit near me in the office, listen to my explanation and asked questions before even approaching my mouth. She spent several minutes looking around, poking, etc. and determined that I have a bone fragment sticking out of my gums, which is why my bottom right molar feels painful.
She very honestly determined she would not be able to extract the fragment and recommended I see an oral surgeon that she likes in order to have that done. She then asked if I wanted my teeth cleaned or wanted to come back, but said that the cleaning wouldn’t really irritate the sore area, so I opted for the cleaning. I think it’s awesome that the dentist completes the cleaning instead of just pushing it onto the hygienist. Dr. Kavetsis is clearly interested in knowing about her patients and ensuring she is informed so she can provide the correct services.
All in all, a fantastic visit. I usually don’t *hate* the dentist, but I certainly don’t enjoy going to have my teeth cleaned or whatever unless I absolutely have to. If you’re the kind of person who is anxious or fearful of the dentist, Dr. Kavetsis is for you. She’ll assuage your fears and make sure you’re comfortable and informed before performing any procedure.