Access Dental

These guys seem fine. Not luxury dentistry, but competent, capable, able to get people in quickly, and seem like they know what they’re doing. Of course, as non-​dental-​professionals, we’re at their mercy, as we don’t know for sure what’s going on. You are a mouth to them; their job is to make your mouth healthy.
Trust is important, and Access doesn’t seem to have the world’s greatest chair-​side manner, as it were. They’re profit driven, aiming to get people in and out quickly. I expect that, but I was a little surprised at just how fast they are. I had to intentionally turn to the dentist and slow him down to get him to explain what was going on. Once he realized that’s my MO, he seemed fine with it – but the onus is on the patient to do that, they’re not going to offer it up.
Dental care is also expensive — really expensive — and even good insurance doesn’t cover it all the time. I paid $ 900 (out of pocket) for a crown four years ago from a high-​end dentist in a different state with really good health insurance, and $ 950 (out of pocket) from Access for a different tooth with nonexistent dental insurance. The crown Access had made fit like a glove; the other one I had to go back and have redone (at their expense) because of fit issues. If money is a problem, ask them if they can work with you, and if they accept Care Credit.
As for end-​of-​day appointments — well, any medical provider you ever see will be running late by the end of the day, it’s just how things are (don’t ever make a gynecological appointment after 3 p.m., just an FYI). Exams take longer than expected, problems are found that patients opt to fix that day, things go late. So if time is of the essence — and I get it if it is, my time is valuable too — make your appointment for the earliest possible time. For ALL medical things (doctor, dentist, eye doctor, vet), and that extends to hair appointments and lots of other things, too.
Probably they deserve a 3.0 on a truly objective rating scale, but they sure don’t seem «bad» to me, and I don’t want to drag down their rating. They seem to be of high integrity and honesty and get the job done quickly. That’s really all I need.

Dental Crowns are expensive. Even with insurance the cost is hundreds of dollars. So I have been to several dentists I would like to establish with. I am in my 60s, work to make ends meet and have had one bottom molar pulled for lack of ability to get it crowned. The molar next to it cracked and most of the tooth has now broken off. I have some credit I use for my pets. It is not much, less than $ 800.Geriatric Dental opened an office in Vancouver Wa. They are reasonable and non profit. They were even nice enough to reduce by a few hundred the down pmt to crown and save my tooth, and they would accept payments. I just have not been able to come up with this amount, with the health insurance I pay for, and jyst living paycheck to paycheck.
So…I received this flyer in the mail from ACCESS DENTAL, IN VANCOUVER WA. It was an invitation to come in. A coupon included listing a crown for $ 690 for new patients. I called and explained my situation, was given an appointment for the next day and had my records sent.
I left work early losing pay, to make this 5pm appt in Salmon Creek,
was pouring rain and I had to drive almost 250 miles the next day for my job as medical personal and I was tired. I got there and filled out the paperwork. The woman at the front desk was pleasant. A young man soon called me back, had me sit in the chair, put the paper bib on me and said he wantedv to go over the cost. Without even looking in my mouth he informed me that a crown would require a «build up» which would be another $ 290 as I recall, as these were seperate procedures.
I was really tired. I took my bib off, stood up and said,” why was this not mentioned, when I made the appt and explaining my challenges with the cost. I made it very clear I was coming to them specifically because they offered this coupon price I felt I could afford and since they also took this Care credit line I have. i
If they had mentioned this up front… I myself could have then called the last dentist at Geriatric Dental, who also understood my plight, and could have asked about and if I in fact needed a a build up, etc. I then could have made a decision to go to this appt at Access Dental. If I had known this truly was no good deal, I would not have wasted my time and energy, nor their time.
But what they seem to be doing is offering this coupon which sounds like a good deal, omitting information and details, hurry you in, get you in the chair then… inform you of Hefty additional costs.
If I erred in this I suppose it was out of desperation and frustration as this large molar continues to break apart and without help soon, leaving me without a biting surface on that side, once I have it pulled because I cant afford the cost to save it.
I strongly feel this Access Dental is quite aware their marketing practices appealing to those like me. I believe their main agenda was for me to lie there last night and say …“Oh, thats quite a bit more, but go ahead!“
I find it sad that people quietly must lose their teeth and compromise their health with bad teeth because they cannot afford the cost of dental care other than having these teeth extracted. But having companies that trick and bait these people, I find them despicable. As I said my thoughts to this dental assistant, another man gward the conversation. As i left they stood there like deer caught in headlights. They truly had no rebuttal except lame apologies. what a waste all around.

My first experience with this company went amazing, so of course next time I went ahead made a second appointment. My mistake. I waited almost an hour to be seen. After getting my teeth cleaned I had to make another appointment for a filling. Went in waited 30 mins before they took me back, my appointment was at 5 pm the end of the day they rushed though my service in 20 mins. I had a filling on the other side, so I needed a third appointment. They called me the day before my to tell me my time wouldn’t work asked if I could switch times, I did. I couldn’t end up switching my plans I had in the first place so when I called in the morning to reschedule she told me they charge for that. I told her you have to be kidding since they called me first to switch appointments, they let my charge slide. Then I finally got in to my last appointment again at the end of the day after I waited 30 mins they rushed through my service not to mention the dentist didn’t say a word to me. They cut my lip so bad during my last appointment that I had to go purchase pain meds and numbing meds while it healed for almost two weeks. I have crappy insurance I can only image the people they have to deal with but I’m not one of them. I take great care of my teeth I spent $ 1000s of dollars on braces for them to act like my smile isn’t important clanking their equipment on my teeth and cutting the inside of my cheek not saying a word to me is the worst experience at the dentist I ever had. If you care at all about your mouth I would strongly not recommend you risking it at this place.

Dr. sanjeev was great with my nephew and I would highly recommend working with him. when we left his office he said that he wanted to write him a review because he did such a good job. So cute, future Unilocaler in the works. They have a nice office and This 5 star is well deserved for the great communication, super nice ladies in the office, and my nephews response about the Dr. Thanks team!

I will start out by saying that everyone was very polite and my quibble is not against any one person. My daughter and I had an appointment at 5 PM. I was called back at about 5:15 but then left sitting for close to 30 minutes. Then they did x-​rays like they were running a race. Left me sitting again. Did more x-​rays. Finally at about 6 the dentist came in and told me that my x-​rays didn’t show anything. However after looking in my mouth for maybe a minute be told me I had 7, yes 7 small cavities that didn’t show up on the x-​ray. At this point I asked about my daughter. I was told they were just bringing her back. Over an hour after our appointment. I told them we had somewhere to be at 7 PM. They said they’d get us out by 6:30. We were both then left sitting for another 20 minutes. My daughter hadn’t even had her x-​rays done. At this point we walked out. Maybe they do a good job but I didn’t have a chance to find out. Nor will I. I’m not going back.

Iwork at Access dental. I am glad that I am part of this great clinic. I help provide great customer care and I love my team.
Dr. Juson and DR. Sharma are great doctors to work with.
AJ and Raid and Carrie and Stephan make a great team. Thank you Access dental for providing me great working environment.