Djawdan Center For Implant & Restorative Dentistry

Best experience at a dentist — ever. I was recommended by a friend after seeing another dentist in town some time ago. She is afraid of pain and needs sedation. That wasn’t my main concern, but after enduring severe abscess pain and swelling from a broken tooth, the sedation was a godsend. I cannot recommend Dr. Djawdan and his staff more highly. I think they literally saved my life — or at least a trip to the emergency ward & I no longer have ‘dentist visit’ anxiety.

I had a terrible experience with Dr. Djawdan and cannot recommend him. It cost almost $ 30,000 and after 4+ grueling years of treatment I am worse off than when I walked into the office. Below are facts along with my opinion so you can make an informed decision.
First, he lied to me about the high-​end lab they were going to use, claiming it would be «Arrowhead Dental Laboratory to fabricate your permanent custom sculpted Elite™ porcelain restorations.» Instead, they used Precision Dental Arts which did a horrible job, & even after I repeatedly questioned the competence of the lab & complained about the ill-​fitting, unattractive, & painful temporaries & permanent crowns that lab created, he hid that he used a different lab — I found out when I asked for a copy of my medical records!
The crowns he put in from PDA were so bad they ended up being DRILLED OFF and replaced by another lab (then using Arrowhead), although several of the crowns where an inferior process than the Elite I paid for. I didn’t want the crowns from PDA permanently seated in the first place (I was forced too even after pleading to have another round of revisions, and being denied). They didn’t have any shine or translucency on them — they looked like blocks of chalk! They had numerous other problems which he claimed he would make the lab fix (another lie), as they were permanently put in with all the problems, and they still didn’t add any shine. He later admitted that adding shine was an easy process — when I balked at going through the trauma of having all the crowns replaced with a 2^nd lab & worried they would look just as unnatural as the first batch. When I said, «if it was so easy why wasn’t done the first time,» I just got a blank stare.
By this point my bite was ruined, it was so bad 2 teeth broke off — 1 that wasn’t even a part of the treatment plan. I had to have a root canal (at my own expense) on a once healthy molar that was pounded by the uneven bite, & I still need another root canal (which I couldn’t afford after $ 30,000). I was in some degree of constant pain during treatment.
I asked Dr. Djawdan to not have my front upper & lower teeth touch, and he did not honor my wishes, even though I was hitting my top and bottom teeth causing them to loosen and biting my tongue. He did the same thing on the 2^nd set of crowns, & then had to SHEAR off the backs of the top teeth to give the bottom teeth some room, but was not able to sand off enough so my teeth remain sore & loose. My bottom teeth are chipped and sensitive due to this also.
I was told by having implants I would have a more functional bite — which is a lie — because he TEMPORARY cements implant crowns. I wasn’t told this up front, I found out when a tooth flew to the floor while flossing. I would have never agreed to live with crowns that could come out at any time, and that you have to «baby» when eating — isn’t that LESS functional? I asked to have them permanently cemented, & was warned the crown would have to be destroyed if the implant screws came loose (why would the screws come loose?!)
Early on, when I could see how bad the process was going & that my concerns were being ignored, I looked into filing a complaint with the MD State Dental Association & MD State Board of Dental Examiners. Well, it was clear that wasn’t going to be helpful; the MDSA is an advocacy group for dentists, and if you file a complaint it is reviewed by a peer/​colleague of Dr. Djawdan, & you have to give up your right to sue even if they find in your favor.
The MSBDE also is peer review, & «If the Board takes formal disciplinary action, you will be entitled to a copy of the Board’s order by making a request to the Board through the Public Information Act.» They can take an informal action & you aren’t allowed to know, & you have to get a Public Information Act to find out if they take a formal one!
It was very discouraging & since I didn’t have the money to go to another dentist, assuming I could even find a dentist that wanted to fix another dentist’s problems, I felt I had no option but to keep trying to work with Dr. Djawdan.
In the end, I have a misaligned bite, 2 more teeth needing implants from the poor occlusion, a broken tooth, another root canal, severe gum loss & a less than desirable cosmetic outcome, especially when you consider the cost. Not one of the treatment goals were achieved — everything is WORSE.
I can no longer take Tylenol, etc. because of the excessive amounts I had to take during treatment, so just live with pain. I have to monitor what & how I eat. I love going out to eat, but it is an ordeal to make sure I don’t chew the wrong way & have a tooth come out & make sure I avoid anything sticky, too firm, or biting into with front teeth. Would you want to live like that?
Note –Besides possibly violating HIPAA, Rene is lying or has me confused with another unhappy patient — I never had & don’t have 4 root canals & have x-​rays to prove it. So unethical.

First Round Surgery
One of the best cures for any form of dental phobia is quite simply … drugs. OK, I accept that a reasonable and cost-​effective alternative is to have perfect teeth, but if that’s the case why on earth are you reading this?
These guys called in a list of impressive-​sounding drugs to my pharmacy in a militarily-​efficient lead-​up to Surgery Day. Anti-​infection, pro-​healing, and anti-​anxiety… A document was provided with explicit pre– and post– instructions. No question was left out — the word comprehensive comes to mind. The impact was a smiling awakening, a gentle ride into town and an entirely stress free experience.
Understandably, I cannot comment too much on the hour or so I was sweetly sleeping (omg I hope I didn’t drool or snore!) but the impressive part of this experience (apart from the fact I did not experience it) was the almost complete lack of post-​discomfort and the Gift: they accomplished at least four separate tasks while I dreamed.
That last comment is important to those of us who prefer to minimize dental treatment time. The Djawdan Center encourage those that are interested to block off time for procedures — such that in the future I can consider multi-​zone treatments in one ‘laying’. Works for me!
What did I have done? A front root was extracted and a titanium pin inserted for an implant and some bone restorative work on both sides of my lower jaw — plus a complete deep cleaning (I have had that in the past and that can be most uncomfortable with multiple injections and unmentionable scraping sounds … ugh).
These guys remain firmly at 5 stars. In this segment, for an experience that I am delighted I did not share. Watch this space — or perhaps, more correctly, the space that used to be there!

Worse experience of my life; flew in for a cosmetic dentistry procedure and was nothing but disappointed from the get-​go. Wife is the front desk manager, extremely rude, pushy and won’t answer any of your questions. Doctor was horrific, made a mistake during the procedure and ended up having a different specialist fix the issue. I would never recommend this dentist if my life depended on it, took 6 additional months for the damages they created in my mouth to heal