DR Matt Reese

I had a filling fall out of my tooth. Then I noticed sensitivity to a rear molar at the gum line. It was the 3^rd time the filling fell out from another dentist who was quite nice but I guess wasn’t able to do fillings very well.
So I went to Dr. Sims and encountered Dr. Reese who was soft spoken, calm which is very nice but I had the immediate sense of a somewhat sophisticated salesman. He said he needed to have X rays. I told him I didn’t want xrays and that the dental literature was contradictory on the safety of X rays. And that I had, had my fill of Xrays already having contracted cancer once. He was unmoved.
Thyroid cancer has increased dramatically. Almost all dentists want X rays.
He looked at my teeth rather perfunctorily and said he didn’t see anything. But that I ought to have a filling that he says «looks like it was put in in 1986» re done. He said he wasn’t going to try to convince me to have X rays… yet he then said he wouldn’t work with me unless I did. In other words he told me to get out of the office. That was the subtext of his message while delivered in a calm, reassuring manner.
I thought this is interesting. He’s demanding that I get an Xray or I should leave.
I got up and left the office. I was furious. He wasted my time. And didn’t even expend any effort to find the filling that fell out into my mouth that I picked out with my fingers. I offered to pay for whatever it was that was done and he said «that’s ok, let him go».
Dr. Reese is a person of interest. He’s one of these people you encounter who imagines himself to be a bit of a psychologist. Those kinds of people are always boring, tiresome and never willing to simply talk in a straightforward manner. In sum, he’s a salesman and he’s successful at being a salesman. But not with everyone.
If you haven’t noticed most dental and medical offices are built around the idea of sales. There is the greeter at the door, the dentist and then the person who tells you what it all costs, the estimator. THe dentist is insulated from talking about «money».
The worst thing about this is it was a total waste of time.
It’s all manipulation.
Just give me a goddamn dentist who can speak plainly, tell the truth as best as they can and who is interested in the work they do.
Dr. Resse is bad news.

I met Dr Reese about a year ago through a referral from another dentist. I needed a crown and some fillings. I am a real scardy cat when it comes to getting my teeth worked on (It’s really the shots I hate most).
When I met Dr Reese (I hardly slept the night before the appointment), the first thing I noticed was his calm and relaxed demeanor. This helped to relax me too. He carefully and thoroughly explained everything I needed to know and answered all my questions. He put this cream on my gum and let it soak in. He said I was going to feel a pinch when he gave me the shot, but I hardly felt anything-​NO LIE. Every other time a dentist gave me that shot I felt it! Not Dr. Reeses shot.
It got really numb and fat feeling. He explained everything he was doing as he was doing it-​I liked that. Before I knew it, he had my temporary crown on and said we were finished for the day, but I had to come back for the final crown.
The second visit was easier than the first, even though I lost some sleep the night before. I could not believe how easy the whole process was. I have had fillings done that were way more difficult than this crown.
If you are as afraid of the dentist as I am (was) then Dr Reese should be your new dentist. I have been to probably 6 or 7 different dentists and DR Reese is by far the most gentle, calm, and thorough one I have been to, Thanks Dr. Reese!