Scarazzo Robert M DMD

Beware. Doctor is not good with patients that show any anxiety. He gets really angry. After a second awful episode with him I had to change dentist. Makes me sad because he does beautiful dentistry but he doesn’t have the proper demeanor for a dentist.

I’ve been going to Dr. Scarazzo for years since my old (pediatric) dentist retired. All us kids had millions of cavities, and some of those are now failing. He has done a great job at determining which ones need crowns — but only as a last resort — and which ones can wait.
I also have a weird condition where the enamel is coming off my teeth, My former dentist said he had only seen it one other time. Because of that, my teeth a discolored and I was able to get veneers on my front6 teeth covered by insurance. Dr. S has helped maintain them very nicely and has replaced them once as the old ones started to fail.
He is also very good at keeping on top of what’s going on with your teeth and gums. He remembers who I work for even though I might see him twice a year.
He really loves doing the cosmetic stuff, so if you are looking for anything like that. please chdeck them out.

I called in advance to say I’m a phobic patient and was told that Dr. Scarazzo is caring and patient with people like me. This was not the case at all for me. After an hour of a thorough pre-​exam with the hygienist with no problems at all — in fact, she even commented at one point, «You don’t seem phobic» — the dentist hurriedly came in. He asked me, borderline sarcastically, what caused my phobia but then cut me off almost instantly to correct my dental terminology and tell me he’d give me Valium. He never did hear my reason for my fear; he became dismissive, curt, impatient, and actually told me himself he is «gruff,» and he can only give good care if he’s «given good circumstances to work under.» This went on for a bit, to which I said it was making me nervous, and he stood up, threw his gloves down with a look of exasperation, and said, clearly annoyed, fine, then I’ll come back after your cleaning. He was up and out of the room before it even registered what he was doing, much less having time to say a word. I had my cleaning but declined seeing him again as he’d made it very clear I was an annoyance and I certainly didn’t want his «gruffness» in my mouth with sharp tools and an angry demeanor.
Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses. Dr. Scarazzo does not have the temperament to work with phobic patients. That’s fine — I understand I could possibly take up more of your time by requiring a little patience — just have your receptionist say so when people like me call in advance, asking if you accept phobic patients, trying to avoid exactly what happened to me.
I also find it disturbing that although I never received an exam, my insurance company was billed for one, which they paid.