Robert Goldsmith, DMD – West Side Kids Dental

Dr Goldsmith is amazing. Our 6 year old twins have been his patients for several years. They have totally different dental needs and personalities and he is great with both. I am also so impressed by how he or is staff answer the phone into the evening. Yesterday he came in early because my daughter was in terrible paing the night before.
Our daughter has had to have a tooth pulled twice — and it was unpleasant — but I cannot imagine having her go through this with a better more gentle dentist.

I took my almost 3 year old here for his first check up. The dentist (a woman can’t remember her name) told me he has to come back when he is 3 after telling he was getting cavities on his front teeth (I brush my son teeth 2 times a day). My son had all his teeth by this point. She couldn’t tell me why he was still getting cavities. She was not only nasty when I questioned what they can do to prevent them from getting worse. All she told me was keep brushing his teeth. Now my son’s cavities have gotten worse. I do not recommend this dentist. I will find her name and update this review. My 10 year went there and Dr. Goldsmith was amazing which is why I took my other son there. But after seeing this other dentist I refuse to go back. She was horrible. Not only made me feel like a crappy mother because my son got cavities but she didn’t do anything to prevent them from getting worse. I read that dentist put some kind of sealant to prevent cavities from getting worse. Now my son has full blown cavities and all I can do is wait until they fall out. If I could give this place zero stars I would. Just because of this dentist. If you still choose to get there only see Dr. Goldsmith. I certainly hope this woman does not still work there. She should be let go.

Dr Goldsmith was very kind and gentle with my children. He had to pull my daughter’s tooth (infected and a massive cavity) and promised it wouldn’t hurt and would take 10 seconds. Literally, the tooth was out in 10 seconds. He was very honest about everything he did leading up to the extraction. My daughter walked out saying how nice he was.
I highly recommend.

Dr. Goldsmith is a wonderful kids’ dentist. He took excellent care of both of my kids. Highly recommend. His hours are flexible and he has some weekend appointments.

We took our son to Dr. Goldsmith today and were extremely impressed. He was thorough, patient, and kept his promise to our son that he would not hurt him. We really appreciated the fact that he took time to explain our options and his recommendations, and the appointment was more affordable than we anticipated since we don’t have insurance. In fact, when I called to make the appointment this morning and inquired about the cost, I spoke with the dentist directly and he told me what to expect and gave us an appointment the same morning. Our son had never been to the dentist before and Dr. Goldsmith made him (and mom and dad) completely comfortable. He even did magic tricks at the end of the appointment. Our son was afraid when we first arrived, but did not cry or complain at all during the appointment. I highly recommend Dr. Goldsmith.

My children have been going to this Dentist for a few years. The office is clean, bright and child friendly. The doctor is very good with kids and his staff is efficient and friendly. You may ask then why did I give him two stars?
Two stars is due to the lousy people he has working at his front desk. Despite me confirming an appointment with them not once but twice. I get bombarded by them to confirm the same appointment again. Then on top of that they never seem to have proper telephone numbers to reach me. Despite me giving them the numbers over and over again.
I just got fed up and decided to get another Dentist who has decent front desk staff. All of my doctors and my children’s doctors call me at home and on my cell phone to confirm appointments. I guess this is done so that they know that they tried all available telephone numbers to reach you. For some reason that I shall never understand this Doctor’s office lacks this basic skill. Take your children there if you are willing to be treated terribly by his front desk staff.
West Side Kids Dental and Dr. Goldsmith need to expect and get more from their front desk staff.