Sinaida Kniter, DDS

Sinaida Kniter aka Hollywood Smiles.
My humble advice… don’t do it!
The front office staff here is by far the rudest I’ve experienced in the service industry in a very long time. This alone was a deal-​breaker for me.
My initial visit was with Dr. Kniter, who I felt was pretty competent. However, when I returned to have some pretty significant work done, it was with another dentist. Although I had initially been told there was very little decay around the cracked tooth I was being seen for, they ended up drilling away almost my entire tooth. For some reason, Dr. Kniter kept coming in to check-​up on and direct the other dentist as to the work he was doing. It made it seem like he might be in training or for some other reason need to be supervised, which made me nervous and apprehensive. The same was true of the dental assistant. Dr. Kniter and another assistant kept coming in to oversee her work. At one point, after having my mouth pried open for a few hours and being very uncomfortable, the dental assistant could not seem to get good final x-​rays. She kept trying and trying, until the other dental assistant stepped in and took over.

It’s not even worth giving them one star !!! The actual dentist is rudeeee and cares about money rather then your teeth !! I have never seen such a rude dentist in 20 years!!! She only wants to rip you off. And charge you double !! Horrible place!!! Don’t go!

This is the most unprofessional sleazy outfit that I have ever encountered. They invented some problem with my gums because they bled. They said that I had to come in every few months for some treatment. I went home and began flossing more regularly and surprise surprise, my gums stopped bleeding. Sorry pal, no pay off for the fantasy problem with my bleeding gums.

It is not in my nature to bash a business, but I am extremely angered by the way I have been treated by the staff at Dr. Kniter’s office. I went there to have my $ 400 retainers replaced. They did so, but the top one did not fit correctly. I was immediately shoed out the door by a staff member saying if they still felt like they didn’t fit after a few days to come back since they were under warranty. For reasons beyond my control, I could not come back for several weeks. When I was finally able to come back for them to re-​do my impressions, I specifically asked before my impressions were taken if they were still under warranty — to which I was told yes… Until I checked out at which time I was told I would have to pay AN ADDITIONAL $ 400 for their SHOTTY WORK.
Mistakes happen, but it is so wrong not to stand by your work and make it right. Needless to say, after being deceived several times by the staff here, I will be paying for new retainers at a different dentist.
I WILL NO LONGER BE ASSOCIATING WITH THIS BUSINESS, AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU!!!

I been to 7 Dentist in my entire life this was the worse experience I ever experienced, they over charged my credit taking $ 300 extra after saying I need a deep cleaning that will cost $ 150, then they broke my back tooth off from the deep cleaning and the hygienist dropped the utensil on my face leaving me swelled with a bruise, and the left side on the top of my Gums turned black, after bringing my mom back with me the next day Dr. Sinaida Kniter, cursed us out calling us every bad word you can name then got all the ladies working in the office with her, to scream and yell at us, I cried for 3 days straight. It’s not professional place,

I have nothing but excellent care and experience with Hollywood Smile and Dr. Kniter. I have been going there for several years. Their prices were better than Western Dental. I needed to have a lot of work done and Dr. Kniter worked with me

I find all these bad reviews crazy. I have had nothing but a great experience with the doctor and the staff. They are very helpful and they really want your teeth to look great. Now if they offer something extra, you may have needed it and they are working to make a living. Would you work for free. They are good people. Give them a try you will like them. My teeth have never looked better!

Don’t. Do. It.
Initial consult was fine. Dr. Kniter was relatively pleasant & gentle… Until she looked at my x-​rays, determined I had «several» cavities and immediately began to question my diet… I’m a VEGAN; totally healthy, in shape, clear skin, etc. I was pretty offended for her to assume that sugar/​soda was the issue here. This information in itself is beyond outdated & in LA, when you’re surrounded by health junkies, it’s just not relative. (Lemon juice is the culprit here, FYI).
I scheduled my second appt. shortly thereafter (pressured to do so by the fear Dr. Kniter instilled), only to find out upon arrival some different dentist would tend to me. She was NOWHERE to be found, nor did anyone ask, nor tell me someone else would be drilling holes into my teeth. I decided not to say anything, as I didn’t want to seem difficult, though I should have left then. Upon finishing, now not only did I have «several» cavities, but TWELVE. TWELVE!!! I couldn’t believe it. I asked where on the x-​rays, as my oral hygiene has always been exceptional & I’ve never heard of anything so outlandish. They COULDN’T specifically point them out either! LIARS!
Third appointment? I canceled, thank God. After visiting a far more reputable dentist (happy to refer if you private message), turns out, NO cavities.
Makes me furious to realize how many deceitful «doctors» are out there, only to make money at the expense of their patients.
Above all this, the office itself is a dump, nestled in a dingy strip mall with outdated equipment and furnishings.
Just don’t go.

I have been a client of Sinaida Kniter since 1997 as i am getting older you want to see and you need to see your dentist! She and her team has always been very friendly and always cared about my needs. She has the latest equipment and technology and always been impressed with all her experience, believe its going on 25 yrs of service. I will always refer her to any body looking for a dentist. Shes on Sunset and Crescent Heights, great location. Tell her Paul sent you! thanks

I recently received a cease and desist order from Dr Kniter’s lawyer’s office telling me to remove my review from Unilocal and pay her $ 7500 for damages. I wonder how many reviewers got those and took off their reviews. I am editing my response in return. I went for a complimentary teeth cleaning offered by my insurance company. The people at Dr Kniter’s office used scare tactics to convince me that I needed deep cleaning which would cost $ 300. Furthermore, they told me that I needed fillings and charged me more money. They also fixed a chipped tooth for over a $ 100 which broke exactly after a week. In total Ms Kniter’s practice charged me $ 976. Less than two days after my visit, my tooth no. 19 starting hurting like nothing in my life has before. I called their office several times and was prescribed Vicodin. I was also told that the dentist was going to call me. He did call me once and left me a voicemail. I returned the call but never heard back from him ever again. Furthermore, my subsequent complaints were met by extreme rudeness from the women answering the phone. I had to leave for NY soon after, where I had to visit another dentist for $ 195 who told me that I needed a root canal. A few days later, unable to bear the pain, I had to go to dentist found on Unilocal in Fort Lauderdale who took the nerve out for $ 900. Upon returning to LA, i visited Dr Kniter’s office where I was told that my tooth was my fault. They also threw me off their roster after I this visit. I had to get the tooth fixed at another endodontist in LA for more money. I am now waiting for a crown that will set me back another $ 900. All for a tooth that never hurt before I went to Ms Kniter’s practice. Beware of this place. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

Visited for the frost time today was seen very quickly with little to no wait, staff was very friendly.
Awesome technology to do a checkup and create records with digital in mouth cameras and digital X-​rays!
Got a cleaning as well and was quick and painless.
Defiantly going to make her my normal dentist.

Most patients honest and caring dentist! I have tried a lot of dentist none can compare to Dr Sinaida Kniter! She really cares about her patients. She made my smile look amazing! And fixed all my teeth with hardly any pain. No one can tell i have veneers but i get compliments about my smile everyday!!! Thank you Dr for your beautiful work! I totally recommend her !!!

I don t have enough words to express how horrible Dr. Kniter’s service. I have to agree with the previous comment on her rudeness not only to her staff personnel, but to her clients as well. I was her new client and she was so rude to me!!! Her prices are so high. She was asking me to pay $ 150 for the simple filling, besides that she will charge another $ 280 from my insurance, which is unbelievable. Moreover she was threatening me by saying if I wouldn’t do it right now, I will end up having a root canal. When I stated to her about the right to have second opinion about my filling, then she become even more rude and unprofessional. My teeth cleaning was less than 15 minutes. My front teeth has been barely cleaned and polished for less than a minute and she didnt even touch the rest of my teeth. HORRIBLE SERVICE!!! Don’t waste your time and insurance money, because those guys doesn’t deserve a penny!!! I am Russian myself and honestly I feel so shame about my people and service they provide.

Hollywood Smile should be called Hollywood Frown.
This place is the WORST!
The receptionist, Aubrey, is RUDE! That should have been my first clue.
After going in for a cleaning, the hygienist «wasn’t sure» if I had a cavity or not, and asked me to come back in 2 hours so the dentist could check. Since I was unable to come back the same day, they made me an appointment a few days later.
When I came back for what I thought was a «check» to see whether or not it was a cavity, they sat me down and they were all prepped for what looked like surgery, WITHOUT having even LOOKED in my mouth…
(This was after having been glared at by Aubrey again.)
As I sat in the chair confused, I told the assistant that I was a little confused as to what I was scheduled for. She looked at my chart and said that they had me scheduled for a filling. SHADY!
Then the lady dentist (Sinaida) came in and said if I got a metal filling it would be free, but if I got composite it would be $ 100. Who the hell gets metal anymore? I just scoffed at her because it was just so ridiculous. They just scammed me for $ 100. I should have just gotten up and left.
Sinaida did the anesthesia, and a male dentist (I hope he’s a dentist!) did the filling. No introductions from either doctor. Just open your mouth and get raped!
I don’t know what he did, but he left my gums cut up and 2 ½ weeks and TWO adjustments later, I STILL cannot chew on my left side. Excruciating, unbearable, horrific pain… The assistant had me chew gum after the first adjustment, and when the assistant went to the next room over to tell him I was still in pain, his response was, «that’s all I can do for her.» AND I QUOTE!
When I went in for the 2^nd adjustment, Sinaida did the adjustment, and the last option is to go back in, remove the filling, put some medicine on the nerve, then do the filling again.
DO I LOOK STUPID? Do they think I’m really going to let them go anywhere near my mouth?
My tooth was NOT hurting before they did the filling, so it definitely should not be hurting after. This is a HORRIBLE dental office; I have no idea how they are even in business.
I requested my xrays so I could get a second opinion. Don’t even get me started what a nightmare THAT was! I was thrown on hold multiple times, tossed around from different receptionists, told to call back because they couldn’t find my file, cut off, and then Sinaida was grilling me as to why I wanted the xrays as if I was a criminal in questioning the list goes on…

This needs to be posted! Unilocal,how is this a personal attack on this dentist? Reader beware! Sinaida Kniter, DDS chose to not supervise an unnecessary gum surgery, and allowed a Dental Hygienist to perform it. Please read other reviews that mentions that she has failed to supervise procedures. I am still in pain although the surgery was done a month ago! Initially, I contacted this dentist about the pain I was feeling, but she did not seem to care and was only concerned about the following week’s scheduled appointment to have more surgery on the other 2 quadrants of my gums, which would have cost me another $ 150 as the procedure was not covered by my insurance. She also reminded me about the one amalgam that needed to be re-​done. She never said come on in and let me look at your gums! I immediately changed dentist, but had to wait until the beginning of June for the insurance to cover it. She is now refusing to cooperate with the office manager of my present dentist, Dr. Laska, by not forwarding photographs and X rays taken and fully paid for by my dental insurance.
This dentist is very unprofessional along with one of the receptionist, Aubrey, who kept yelling and hanging up on me when I called questioning the procedure and the outcome, my pain. They didn’t care!
I have contacted my insurance company and have filed a formal complaint on this dentist. They have been very supportive and will allow the new dentist to take new photographs and X rays (although I am being exposed to more radiation), without any additional charge to me.
If this dentist does not want any negative posts from patients she has treated, perhaps she needs to be more compassionate, provide better treatment along with customer service. Apparently we are in an age where there are no consequences for ones actions. She certainly feels entitled.

I’ve been to this dentist twice — I will never go back! She is pushy and uses scare tactics so that you will spend more money. I never heard options and she was unwilling to educate me on the reasons why the procedure was necessary.
You’re forced to watch commercials when you sit in the chair. Her staff is inexperienced and it seems there is high turnover.
I’m requesting my records from her office and going elsewhere!

Have been coming here for 15 years now and very happy.

Because my visit here was such a negative experience, I decided to find another dentist (on Unilocal) to perform the work that the doctors at Hollywood Smile told me I needed. My new insurance kicked in on January 1^st, hence the wait. After two requests, Hollywood Smile sent over my x-​rays to the new dentist, and I went in for an exam this morning. The new dentist looked at my x-​rays, checked out my mouth, and informed me that I actually need ZERO fillings, compared to the EIGHT that Hollywood Smile had recommended. He just cautioned that I had a couple of spots to watch and should come back for a cleaning in a few months. He even went on to say that while it’s possible that he could miss something on an x-​ray once in a while, it was extremely doubtful that he was overlooking eight cavities, especially since my mouth has not been bothering me. Furthermore, he didn’t charge me for the visit. I was much more comfortable with this dentist — he struck me as honest and his declaration of my clean bill of health made me wonder whether Hollywood Smile was trying to pump me for cash by recommending work that was not needed.
Suffice it to say that I’m glad I followed my instincts and high-​tailed it out of Hollywood Smile before allowing them to drill around in my mouth unnecessarily and charge me for overzealous fillings. No thanks! I would rather spend that time at work.
My one last note is that Hollywood Smile did send me an email apologizing for my unpleasant experience, and while I appreciate it, it doesn’t change the facts of what happened during my time there.

This wasn’t a great experience for me. I saw this dentist a number of times to get a number of teeth fixed and there were a number of things I could mention. You, the reader, could be the judge.
–I had a number of set appointments, but no matter what day I still had to wait extra 30 mins in the waiting room to be seated. I am ok waiting outside a bit because they do get rushes, but i don’t expect to wait 30 mins to an hour MORE while sitting inside staring at the ceiling.
–Now, I understand they accept WALK-​INs (which is pretty much if my teeth are hurting or something comes off I am allowed to just walk into the office without an appointment), but in my opinion if they are an amazing dentist rarely would they have any. From what I saw AND experienced it shows the they are not the greatest. Throughout my waiting experiences I would witness people coming in as a «walk-​in». Not only that… there were a couple of times they would place a metal cap over my tooth (which i didnt even know this century still doest that) and after a couple of hours after leaving the office it would come off. If not after a couple of hours then after a couple of days. which is still UNACCEPTABLE.
–More of the work is done by the assistants then the doctor, and in my opinion it would be better to get the teeth done by them then the doctors because the doctors would pull and shake the tooth and dont think a person is feeling the pain.
Some of readers are thinking «Oh wow you are blaming the dentist and its your fault for your bad teeth and such» but if they are «rated the best» then I should be able to witness the best.
Plus I find it strange that these people that rated this place only have one review and guess what. its only this dentist place… weird no? haha
Another personal experience, a piece of equipment broke off when they were working on my teeth. Still in my gums and they couldnt remove it because it requires surgery. Say WHAT!?!
Lastly to be fair, I went to this place about 2 years ago so some stuff might have changed over time.

Dr. Kniter and her team provide the best service!
I’ve been searching for a dentist for a while. Dr. Kniter changed my life.
The most prefessional dentist I’ve ever had (and with my dental problems I had a lot), great equipment, friendly stuff. I feel very comfortable with this doctor.