Lowell B Davis, DDS

I have been going to Dr Davis for over 10 years. I was initially referred for periodontal disease. I have to say that initially, for the first several years I did not always follow through on all of his recommendations and so did not do as well as the past several years when I have been a better patient and faithfully follow his advice. One recommendation that I think has made a world of difference is having 3 cleanings a year instead of the customary 2. I have always found Dr Davis to be knowledgeable, up front and straight forward, which is to my liking. I always know what I’m dealing with and what are my options.
I would describe the office atmosphere as informal but I’ve gotten used to it and it has not compromised the level of trust I have in his work. For me the proof is in the results, which for me have been very good.

The visit and experience of crown lengthening with Dr. Davis is just about enough for me to thoroughly brush and floss and deep clean the living daylights out of my teeth for the rest of my life OR pray that my insurance has a different periodontist available.
Dr. Davis was tolerable, but it’s his staff I have a bigger problem with. The doctor was well versed and obviously knew what he was doing — I have no qualms with the quality of his work. He’s very up front about what is to be done and that it would hurt to some degree (I was having work done on — of course — the tooth at the very back of my «small» mouth).
During the procedure, his assistant was doing SOMETHING wrong. I’m not expert at dentistry jargon, but I know the sound of irritation in someone’s voice when something is not going properly. When your mouth is WIDE OPEN and there are MULTIPLE tools protruding from it, it’s not a good feeling. I had been poked and gagged with a small metal suction tool by the assistant MULTIPLE times. She also used the tool to keep my lip out of the way which resulted in a cut on my lip.
My follow up appointment was uneventful, a two minute check to make sure there was no infection and healing was in progress. My second follow up, Dr. Davis wasn’t at the office until about 9:50am. My appointment and another woman’s was at 9:30am. She left upset and irritated. Luckily for the next gentleman who showed up, my appointment only took 2 minutes, so he wasn’t set back too badly. The doctor told me that my gums were coming back in too fast and I’d have to move up my crown prep with my regular dentist.
I called the dentist and told them I needed to move up my appointment — no problem. Unfortunately, they needed this in writing from Dr. Davis (for liability purposes, I understand). I called Dr. Davis’ office and midway through explaining the situation to the already poorly tempered receptionist, she interrupted and exasperatedly said they JUST FAXED IT. Well EXCUUUUSE ME.
No one’s asking for rainbow farts and sunshine, but I definitely did not feel comfortable with this periodontist and his staff. I will be requesting a different one if I ever need that kind of work again.