Marianne Spamer, DDS

I have been here twice now since switching insurance, and my main reason choosing Dr Spamer was simply that it was close to work. I can say I’ve tried it now, however I’m not planning on going back.
During the first visit, I wasn’t impressed with all of the outdated rooms/​décor (mostly sports memorabilia). The particular room I was in was FILTHY, dust and cobwebs everywhere. NOT what you want to see in a place that is supposed to be close to sterile. The initial visit was… fine. I did not like that they had me take x-​rays again, even though I told them I had just had them done at the last dentist 6 months ago (I had even provided all contact info from last dentist). Her response was, «well your insurance company will let us bill them for one set a year, so why not?». Ummm, cuz that borders the line of insurance fraud?
This last time I was in a different room, dirty again. I did not feel like I got a good cleaning/​exam. I mentioned before she even looked in my mouth, that I still had the lower bar on the inside of my bottom teeth, left over from my ortho days. She kept pushing me about getting it off (even wrote up a referral form for «when you change your mind and want them off». I wont, I already told you I was happy with it for keeping my teeth straight.) The big red flag was when she briefly looked at my teeth, told me everything looked wonderful and they would see me in 6 months. EVERY other dentist I have been to tells me about this one particular SAME area that I am not good at keeping clean (it’s like a ritual that I expect to hear just as I have for the last 15 yrs of my adult life). When she didn’t mention this, I knew she wasn’t looking as closely as she should have.
I am only giving two stars for her staff. Marcel at the front desk is always friendly and helpful, and (Lupe? sorry…) who did the cleaning was very nice.

Dr. Maryanne Spamer is a horrific dentist, a liar and a cheat. Below you will read about many unethical and unprofessional practices. Not only did she try to convince me to have crowns costing $ 1500 on teeth that I didn’t need she did illegal and threatening billing and reported me to a collection agency. She charged my son $ 104.52 for a 15 minute consultation office visit in which he declined her services. When I received the bill I wrote to her to ask what the charge was for. I didn’t hear back from her and I called the office to find out what the charge was for and asked why didn’t she return my inquiry letter. Her office manager, Marcel, told me that Dr. Spamer didn’t see my letter. Then they claimed that he owes $ 1736 and a collection agency is after him.
Unfortunately, over the years I allowed Dr. Spamer to put many crowns on my teeth. She doesn’t know how to properly space the crowns so food gets stuck in between my teeth every time I eat. My friend that went to Dr. Spamer has the exact same problem.
I referred a friend to her and Dr. Spamer botched job root canal and drilled 3 holes into her jaw bone, leaving nerve tissues that resulted in excruciation pain. My friend has seen a specialist who tried her best to correct this damage but she still suffers pain to this day (7 years late).
I referred my brother to Dr. Spamer and she told him that his tooth was dead and that he needed a root canal and a crown. He got a second opinion and found out that was a lie — the tooth wasn’t dead and he was able to get a simple filling instead.
If you ever walk in to her office you can immediately tell that she doesn’t care about customer satisfaction. The waiting room has the ugliest leftover couch from the 80’s and her equipment is obviously dated. She is too cheap to give out new toothbrushes and dental floss so she packages them up in autoclave bags to save money. She also hands out unsanitary fluoride bottles and charges your insurance $ 50.00 for «fluoride treatments.»
Do not go to Dr. Spamer if you value your health, well being and your credit rating.

I find Dr. Spamer to be rude and overbearing. She talks over you, doesn’t allow you to fully explain anything. When I’ve called her office, she has now hung up on me twice. I wouldn’t recommend her to anyone.

My whole family has been coming to Dr. Spamer since we were kids. My father, sister, brother and myself and I am turning 30 this year. We all still go to her because she is good! I have had a few cavitys done by her and she took off as little tooth as possible and after the first few months of it being sensitive (like all cavitys are) I cannot even tell I had anything done. She is old school like dentists should be! When I had bad insurance I had to go to another place and a year later when I got to come back to Spamer she had to clean twice as long because the last place did a shoddy job. I have a son now and guess where he will be going? Dr. Spamer!
And on a side-​note, her staff rocks! Marcell is the main «man» and not only is he super nice and fast but he helped my husband and I applying for good dental insurance. He went out of his way to let us know what we should be paying and what to ask for, I have never had anyone at a dr. office do that!