Burak Taskonak, DDS PhD

After suffering over the holiday weekend with a terrible toothache, Dr. Taskonak’s office was very accommodating with fitting me in short notice to be seen and I was instantly put at ease with the receptionist’s genuine concern for my pain.
Arriving for my appointment, I was actually greeted upon arrival by Dr. Taskonak, and was very impressed with his friendly demeanor and the warm office staff. The office itself is also extremely bright, clean, modern, and inviting. Although I am sad I can’t recall her name, his assistant who listened to my concerns and walked me through what needed to be done was incredibly sweet, knowledgeable, and sincere. I was in a lot of pain, but she took her time and was very gentle while examining and getting X-​rays completed, and I appreciated that she showed me the X-​rays and explained the cause of my pain in detail.
When it came time to do my extractions, I was super happy that I was being taken care of that day despite it being a late afternoon appointment. They offered multiple options for the pain management, and the Dr. was very quick and efficient with the numbing shots — I barely felt them, and appreciated him ensuring I was fully numb before beginning the procedure. He was also very personable, and we had a great conversation after realizing we had both previously lived in Indiana! I had zero discomfort during the procedure, and was fully educated on after-​care, as well as booked for a checkup appointment. As I am writing this the morning after my procedure, I am extremely pleased to not have any lingering pain or discomfort!
Working in the health insurance field and having heard horror stories about other dental offices in the area, I am very happy to have found Dr. Taskonak and will be referring him to everyone I know. Thank you again, East Broward Dental!

I’ve always had a great experience at Dr. Burak’s office. Everyone is always friendly, upbeat, and engaging. Lotti always has a smile on her face and Gina always makes me laugh. The office is small, but modern and clean. Highly recommend trying East Broward Dental!

Did a terrible job on my veneers that I am now redoing at another dentist, this dentist causes lots of pain, suffering, stress, and tears.
Dentist also deleted an X-​ray my daughter posted here of a root canal he completely messed up and caused her to have an infection, where she now has to repay another dentist to fix her crown.

Overall great and friendly staff! Gena is the best! Very gentle with her cleanings. Dr Taskonak is very nice and gentle. I always have a great experience at East Broward Dental.

My family and I had the worst experience with Dr. Barak Taskonak. He attempted to do a root canal on my tooth and after it was done he placed a crown on it that never felt right. His shots were so painful, it always left me in tears and gave me incredible anxiety, the Doctor never did anything to help with this except sadistically laugh as he administered tremendous pain.
I still had pain in that tooth and had to go get a second opinion, dentist said something was wrong, so I went back to Dr. Taskonak and he tells me I have to go see a specialist and after that’s done that I would have to go back to him and he would redo my crown as well. This specialist did end up doing the root canal properly and showed me the before and afters and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I couldn’t believe how badly filled my root canals were, the infection that was growing in there, and just how negligent or unexperienced Dr. Taskonak was.
After this horrific experience, I asked for him to give me money back for the crown so that I can go to another dentist to finish the work because I no longer wanted to have pain inflicted into my gums, nor guess if this new crown would come out okay or not. He refused to refund the money and thinks he has done nothing wrong. My gum is inflamed and I have to floss this tooth every single time I eat and now have to spend another $ 1,100 to have a dentist that knows what he is doing replace this crown.
I hope Dr. Taskonak enjoys my hard earned money and knows how much pain and suffering he has put myself and my family through.
Stay away from this dentist!

It had been a while since my last visit to the dentist. About 4 years, to be exact. I just kept postponing a long overdue visit not really looking forward to hours of staring at the ceiling and impersonal, automatic attention. East Broward Dental proved to be the exact opposite. The service was extremely professional and friendly. Dr. Burak and his team are really dedicated to making you feel comfortable and at ease. You can tell this clinic bases its practice on the authentic vocation of helping and assisting you with the best technology and service available. My hat is off to Gena and Doctor Guevara for a job well done. I’m not one to write reviews very often except when the quality of the service received truly surpasses expectations. If you are looking for a new dental clinic or are planning on changing your current provider, this is the place to go.

Staff is friendly and very pleasant but they will upsell you like crazy. They pressured me to have my son’s wisdom teeth removed even though they weren’t giving him any trouble and weren’t impacted. Wisdom teeth removal isn’t without risks and in reality, only 12% of people will actually need to have their wisdom teeth removed. See link below:
Furthermore, in decades of going to the dentist I’ve always been told I had great teeth and have in fact been told I would probably never get a cavity or need a deep cleaning. This office gave me a «deep cleaning» on two consecutive visits. The second time, they didn’t even inform me – just billed me afterwards. The cleaning took just 30 minutes and the dentist didn’t even come in to check on me.
We were also pressured to buy invisalign for my son’s teeth (he just had his braces removed by another dentist a few months before and was still wearing his retainer). I was also told I needed a night bite guard. My last two dentists advised this was not necessary since I’ve had the same condition for 40 years and it hasn’t worsened. This dentist, however, told me my condition would worsen and I would suffer permanent disabling consequences.
Again, the staff is very nice but if you have great insurance they will take full advantage of it and do everything they can to bill your insurance company for everything they can and try to get you to pay out of pocket.

I’m a big Unilocaler and found East Broward dental here. Decided it was time to have my first teeth whitening since I drink so much coffee.
They have you do a consultation first to make sure your teeth are healthy enough for the whitening. Turns out I needed a cleaning but the price difference was reasonable so I had them do it, 89 for just the whitening vs 145 for the cleaning and whitening, which was super realistic.
Four stars not five only because they booked my friend and I at the same time only to tell us we had to do the appointments one after another. Thought I would only be here about an hour but turned into 3 hours quickly. So just make sure you have plenty of time.
Could be a little more gentle with the cleaning but my teeth look great, just ask the lady to go easy and maybe get the desensitizing gel since it hurt a bit during the cleaning.
My teeth are so much whiter though and I will be back to have more work done, the doctor was extremely pleasant and I feel comfortable with him working on my teeth again!

I had a great experience at East Broward Dental. I was greeted with smiles from the moment I walked in to the moment I left. I’m very picky with any service that I get done and was so happy to see their offices are modern and kept very clean. All their equipment looked new. Lotti and Dr. Taskonak were informative and talked me through the entire process, from the x-​rays to the cleaning to the teeth whitening. They really care about building relationships with their clients. I live in the heart of Fort Lauderdale and am happy they are so close to my house. The day after I got my cleaning they made a courtesy call to check in with me to see how I was doing. This dentist really cares!!! It gave me the chance to ask a question about my follow-​up visit. Their level of professionalism and friendliness gave me the reassurance to make an appointment for my 12 year old and will be switching her to be seen at this office now. SIX STARS!!!

Friendly staff, amazing doctor, overall great dentist. Very helpful and work with your finical status. And they walk you through every step as your getting it done. Very clean facility. I would definitely recommend anyone here! Amazing place!

Love this office and friendly staff. Modern clean facilities. Makes going to the dentist a pleasurable experience. I’m glad I found this office and will certainly refer all friends and family.

Great dental work and friendly service by Dr. Taskonak and his team at East Broward Dental. I’d recommend them to anyone in Fort Lauderdale or Coral Springs.

Dr Taskonak is so caring and honest. I was tired of going to dentist that just wanted to take my money without giving me proper care. I found the place that I can bring my family and friends to. It feels like a spa without the high fees, they also work with my insurance and offer financing. Dr. Taskonak is so nice and made my family feel at ease when doing their cavities and crowns

I was highly recommended by 1−800-dentist and I was not disappointed. I went in with a painful emergency, they were able to get me an appointment in under 24 hours and relieved my pain. After multiple procedures and visits I have met most of that staff and they were all extremely pleasant. I would highly recommend Dr. Taskonak!

I go to the Fort Lauderdale location. The location is convenient and the office is very clean. Everyone is always so friendly, the whole office knows me by name. It really feels like a family atmosphere. Shelly at the front desk is very accommodating to my schedule, which I really appreciate. The office even stays open late 1 night a week to accommodate the after work crowd which is think is a huge plus.
They truly have excellent customer service and really care about their patients. Dr. Taskonak is very knowledgable and honest when it comes to a treatment plan. This is a great dental office.

This is a state of the art Dental Facility. The interior is bright, white and beautiful!
I have never had a cleaning as good as this one. The technician who cleaned my teeth was very experienced and I was so impressed with her, I told her how great she was and I let the front desk know that it was the best cleaning I ever had.
I was also very impressed with all the modern technology they used to make my procedures easy and simple and fast! I really apprecicate it. They took pictures of my teeth and seeing the pictures when they were explaining to me the treatments, made it so much easier for me to understand what needed to be done.

This office is nothing it seems to be at first. I went in knowing I need work done, crowns and fillings. Not even a year after having 3 crowns put in by the dr. I found out they all needed replacement. So I went for a second opinion and a third, due to sensitivity around the crowns. The sensitivity was because one of my teeth got infected, after the crown wasn’t sealed right and food particles could get in. That’s $ 1700 I could have spent else where. Also after still having pain when one of my crowns was put on, it was filed down until I had a big black spot on it. Yes I absolutely just payed almost $ 600 to have something in my mouth that looks like a huge, nasty cavity. In my opinion, don’t be fooled by the front, stay away. Also if you gave dhmo double check your estimate with the insurence!