Gamba Thomas W, DDS

This dentist is a complete thief. He did very poor work on my mouth and his secretary lied about the money due and charged me over 2000. She did not even get me any insurance money due (did not know how to put in the paperwork –so I could be reimbursed like my current dentist) The experience with this «dentist» was disturbing. I was in pain and like a previous post had to grab the chair. He has no feelings for his patients and is curt and unprofessional. Please find yourself a more professional dentist! I recommend Dr Natoli in Blackwood NJ if you can get there. This is an excellent dentist and professional office!
ps: one star he is not-​more like a «0». He claims he does IMPLANTS. i WOULD NEVER allow this dentist to do an implant on me. I had them done professionally at a cost of over $ 50,000. What a shame he wasn’t competent to do the job. He would have made a lot of money. I think he may need to retire soon based on his unprofessional conduct and poor workmenship.

The last thing you want at the dentist’s is for someone to approach your mouth with sharp metal hooks and ham-​handedly jab your gums till they bleed under the guise of «cleaning». Unfortunately, offices like this are the reason for dental phobia. Never have I gripped the sides of my seat so hard on the brink of tears during a routine cleaning, and I’ve had enough to know that in the right hands, cleanings can be neutral, if pleasant, experiences, not a B-​rated horror movie. Dr. Gamba’s bedside manner was apathetic at best, cold and sneering to be more accurate, and the perfunctory e-​mail sent after my visit thanking me for the pleasure of serving my dental needs and how they’d love me to refer them to friends and family was laughable. True icing on the cake were all the phone calls, e-​mails and postcards I got in the following months telling me to come back for follow-​up.
Talk about leaving a bad aftertaste.
Well, here is a referral, Unilocal-​users: go elsewhere.

The sad thing about this review is that I doubt the office will ever see this or even care to change their ways because they still will have their customers at the end of the day.
My first experience with Dr. Gamba was not a pleasant one. While I can honestly say that he did the best cleaning anyone has ever done, his bedside manner because I was a Groupon customer, was not a good one at all. He didn’t speak much, and rushed through and then didn’t really follow up with me or treated me like a paying customer. If you don’t like Groupon, don’t use it right? This was in 2011.
Fast forward to 2013, I came in and got a cleaning from the other dentist. His job wasn’t that great but he ended up finding 3 cavities. Let’s just say that my teeth were better before I got these «fixed». I ended up not being able to chew on this side, even after a few adjustments to the filling. The final straw was when I went in to get my mouth guard from Dr. Gamba. I was happy to see him, and I thought he was with me as well. He wanted to refill my cavity, then when I pointed out this weird unevenness on my tooth, and he picked at it, he said it was my tooth (which I didn’t feel this before I got my tooth filled), and after seeing the pain I was, told me to wear my night guard (cause THAT would help), and then walked out!
I was shocked! No goodbye, no follow up, nothing, just walked away, and this reminded me of his horrible bedside manner from the first time. I guess I’m the crazy one for going back here. I shall continue eating my applesauce and mush until I’m able to go of a dentist that actually cares.

I’ve seen Dr. Gamba twice now and I disagree with the previous reviewers. I felt he and his hygienist were very kind, personable, professional, and last but not least, gentle. I had been a regular of Gentle Dental on 13^th and walnut (or was it 12^th?) and had no major opposition to them. Until I switched to Dr. Gamba! What a difference! He also charged significantly less than my prior dentist, AND allowed me to pay half up front and be billed the other half in a few weeks. I’ve found my new dentist!

Dr. Gamba’s office is warm and inviting and his staff are accommodating to all of my scheduling needs (they even came into the office 30 minutes early for me so I wouldn’t be late for work).
His bedside manner was professional and friendly. He explained exactly what he was doing it as he was doing it. In my experience, he is the only dentist who actually performs the cleaning as well as the work, which makes me more at ease that any and all problems have been found and properly addressed.
In fact, during my first cleaning, Dr. Gamba noticed some older dental work which wasn’t completed correctly. He explained what the cost-​benefit would be to correct it and let me make my own informed decision. I had been to two other dentists since that work was originally done and neither of them even mentioned a potential problem.
Needless, to say I was impressed with the quality of his work and felt I should counter the other experiences here. I finally found my permanent dentist in Philadelphia and I can’t say enough good things about Dr. Gamba and his staff.

I just had my teeth cleaned by Dr. Gamba. I didn’t have any problems with his professionalism. He cleaned my teeth, and granted it had been a long while since I’d had a teeth cleaning, but I felt he was not gentle. I’ve had probably 60 teeth cleanings in my life and never had to grip the chair before. When I was younger, I used to get fillings without novocaine and grip the chair to stand the pain.
Although he did his job, I definitely need a dentist with a lighter touch.