Suncoast Dental -Litchfield Park. AZ

The staff here is amazing! Dr Bob Balcar is very knowledgable with outstanding results. Thank you guys for everything that you do!

Patty is the best hygienist!

Unlike Cg’s review, my entire family uses Suncoast Dental and we first went there about 18 months ago. All 3 of us had Dr. Steven T Nguyen and we found him to be a very compassionate and understanding dentist.
We started going there because of their extended hours and being open on Saturdays. Now, their hours have been reduced and once or twice, they were closed during the week (and it wasn’t a holiday).
While they do take walk-​ins, an appointment works much better.
However, Dr. Nguyen left, there’s a revolving door for the staff. While everyone that I have met there is nice, they have gone through 2 dentists that I know of (I go the same day every time) and the desk staff, hygienists and assistants have changed several times since.
Since they don’t wear name tags, it’s difficult to remember names of people you see only every 6 months.
My biggest issue with them is that every time one of us goes there, they always find something that needs to be done. And, that usually ends up costing me from a couple of hundred to several thousands of dollars.
I think it’s best to stick with a Independent office.

I just came from my dentist appt at a different dentist office, in order to get a second opinion. All I can say is that the difference is night and day. At my second dentist’s office they knew I was coming in for a second opinion, (because I was hand carrying my x-​rays that were just taken), but I did not share with them what the other dentist office recommended etc. The lady who cleaned my teeth gave me a quick explanation of how she was going to use an instrument to measure the space between my gums and teeth. She did this on each tooth and came up with a number for each tooth. (This is what I am used to other dentist offices doing as well.) After she did that she said I only needed a regular cleaning and not a deep cleaning. I then told her that Suncoast Dental said I needed a deep cleaning — to make sure she knew I didn’t mind paying for it if it was truly needed. My new dental technician stood by her prognosis. (Interesting that the lady at suncoast dental did not evaluate my teeth in the same way — she basically just looked in my mouth, pinched my tongue on accident and said I needed a deep cleaning).
When the dentist looked at my teeth after they were cleaned, (at the new dentist office), he saw 2 teeth that he had a little concern about. He wants to clean them up and put a protective coating on the top. When the dentist talked to me about the teeth he first used an instrument to take a picture of the areas he was talking about and then put the pictures on a screen while he was talking. A little different than the hygienist telling you they needed to take care of two cavities and then saying they are too small to show you on the x-​ray. The most interesting part is that the two teeth that my new dentist wants to take care of are not the same teeth the suncoast dental wanted to take care of. After receiving my prognosis at my new dentist office I shared with him what Suncoast Dental said just to make sure those teeth that they said had cavities were fine and he said he saw no issues with those teeth.
Not that money means much when it comes to teeth but my bill at my new dentist will be $ 35 out of pocket, not $ 800. More important though is the piece of mind I have that my dentist office knows what they are talking about and care about their patients. You will not find that if you go to Suncoast Dental.

I have written a review for this office many times. It keeps getting removed!
This office employs Dr. Steven T Nguyen DDS. Who works out of this office and the Surprise office.
I have lost the last year and 2 months no thanks to him. He ripped out my front tooth after a scare tactic. He said I had an infection in my front tooth where an old crown was. He said that I had two choices. The implant. Or, the bridge, that would wreck the two teeth along side of the damaged one. I chose what I thought was the better route. He said the implant was a piece of cake and he could do it all himself.
My bad for not researching what extensive surgery this was. I was a complete idiot trusting him! I should have gone to a professional and had a second opinion.
He didn’t go into detail about what the consequences might be if he botched it! I really trusted him. My front tooth was pulled and he sewed me back up. The stitches fell out the next day. I went back to the office right away with concern. Another doctor covered for him because he was at this office that day. That Dr. said everything was fine even though I expressed concern about my gum line!
Month after month, I kept getting the «I don’t think you are ready for the new tooth yet» from Nguyen. As my gums receded farther and farther up over the months of painful healing. 7 months later, he said that he couldn’t finish the job and sent me on my way to a periodontist. HE WAS DONE. HE COULDN’T FIX IT!
The periodontist said that my gums were receded in that spot and the surrounding area. That I had significant bone loss there too. And he could try to make it better «BETTER» for $ 5000.00! Yes, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS! And that was not being able to correct the mess completely! Then, I would need to go find another DDS to put the implant tooth in for another $ 1000.00! So, $ 6000.00 all together and another year of healing!
Here I am without a front tooth. The impact on my life has been traumatic! Having to wear an uncomfortable, ugly, ill fitting, flipper to go out in public! Feeling ashamed and embarrassed. Seeking refuge in my home and suffering depression because there isn’t anything I can do about it!
I got a second opinion at another periodontist and they said they might be able to restore the area with a lot of surgeries. But no guarantees! Approx 6 thousand dollars to fix! The dentist noted that my front teeth have now shifted. There is gum loss around other teeth now. If I ever am able to afford to fix this, my teeth will be not be straight!
This dentist should not have a license to «practice» on anyone! That is what he did to me. PRACTICED and failed. I was just a guinea pig to him. My life is now a painful embarrassing mess thanks to him!
Nothing will ever be the same again for me.
DO NOT GO TO THIS DENTIST!