Rabice Louis D DDS

It had been quite a while since I’d been to a dentist and I went to Dr. Rabice after seeing a commercial advertising pain-​free dentistry with sedation etc. I knew I had problems with periodontal disease, but needed cleaning before dealing with it. The offices are in a converted old house. Overall, it is fine, being relatively modern and clean. But, it did kind of bother me that they didn’t plumb the rooms for the examinations. Most dentists have the set-​up where you can «rinse and spit» into the bowl on the machine right by the chair, but here I had to actually get up and walk across the room to use a sink that had been put in against the wall. Going back and forth to the sink during the process seemed odd. The woman who worked on me was very nice and professional, and I have no complaints about her. But, near the end of the visit, Dr. Rabice came in. He looked at my x-​rays and promptly declared «They’ll pull three to four teeth. We can get you set up with our periodontist.» He literally spent less than two minutes in the room. Needless to say, this was not good news but I didn’t really question it. However, I did not go to the periodontist they wanted to set me up with because my insurance wasn’t accepted there. I went to a great periodontist in Syracuse, and what she told me is what prompted this review. She says that there is an excellent chance I won’t lose ANY of my teeth, and the worst case scenario is that I might lose ONE. Dr. Rabice’s set-​up seemed far more concerned with volume, than with rapport or accuracy. And while I have nothing to base it on, I also now wonder why they wanted me to go to that one periodontist so badly as well.

An extremely clean and professional environment. They have invested in some of the newest and best technologies availible, they even have a pain free needle for your novacaine.