Emily Bland DDS

Our previous dentist recently retired and the current practice was bought from him. He did excellent work and had reasonable and realistic prices and we will really miss him.
After going to the previous dentist for about 30 years, we thought we would try the new dentist.
This was a huge mistake. We went to the new dentist and assumed that it would be as good
as the previous practice and prices would be realistic and reasonable. We were wrong. The charges are neither realistic or reasonable for the work completed. It looks like she wants to get rich quick.
My wife and I went there this week and I had some dental work done (2 small cavities filled and teeth were cleaned. The bill for this was over $ 1400. I found this hard to believe since the previous dentist would have charged $ 200-​$ 300 (I am guessing this). This is pretty good payment for an hour of work.
Needless to say, I will never return to this dentist under any circumstances and if you choose to go there, get an estimate in writing (ours was a verbal estimate given but not in writing and was much less that the final bill). We got a lot of double talk as the explanation and I assumed that because this verbal «fee» is only worth the paper that it is not printed on.
There is no shortage of dentists in San Diego County so there is no good reason to go to this dentist. There are plenty of good dentists available in any neighborhood. Save yourself a lot of money and go somewhere else. Anywhere else would probably be much better.