Shapiro Richard S DDS

One word! AWESOME!!! Great bedside manner. Explains everything. Quickest root canal I’ve ever head and top notch work. Really cares about his patients and team. Assistants are well versed and informative. They compliment him well. He’s been in biz forever and his high level service shows it. Would highly recommend him.

I’ve been meaning to write this review for a year, and am just now getting around to it. (Hey, I’m a busy person.) I have never taken the time to write a review for a dentist before, but my experience with Dr. Shapiro and his staff was truly exceptional.
I was referred to him for a root canal. I was having a lot of misgivings about this, having done a lot of research beforehand. When I arrived for my appointment, I began asking him a lot of questions. Rather than appearing rushed and annoyed, he calmly sat down with me and talked at length, as well as his hygienist. We concluded that I would be just as well served by removing the tooth, due to its placement, as I would with a root canal.
The real kicker here is that an extraction costs about $ 100, and is not even performed by Dr. Shapiro himself. (They sent me back to my regular dentist.) The root canal would have been about $ 1,400, performed by Dr. Shapiro. The fact that he was willing to tell me that I could have a cheap procedure, done by someone else, as opposed to just going ahead and saying, no, you need the root canal, BLEW ME AWAY. You can’t pay for that kind of honesty in a dentist.
So, even though I did not use his services at this visit, I would absolutely recommend him in the future for myself and my friends, based on his manner with patients, his hygienist’s manner with patients, and his willingness to TALK and LISTEN to a patient who was not at all at peace with the proposed procedure.

Hard to say, «Woohoo!» about a root canal (see 5 –star rating description), but this was a pretty good experience.
If you read my other posts, you’ll see that I am a loyal patron of my beloved Dental TLC. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to visit my friends there, and learn that I needed to have a (nother) root canal along with a tooth extraction. Yipee! After the staff at Dental TLC helped dry my tears (literally), they helped me schedule my root canal for the following day with Dr. Shapiro.
A member of the staff (her name escapes me, but I believe she is his main assistant) called me to see if I could come in a little early, and I was happy to do so. Upon arriving to the office building, Dr. Shapiro himself happened to ride up on the elevator with me, and he was really kind and just generally pleasant. He helped me find my way to the (beautifully decorated) waiting room, where I checked in and had a seat. It wasn’t long before the same assistant brought me back and the fun began!
No nitrous or TVs on the ceiling, but what matters most is the quality of the work that was done. This wasn’t my first rodeo, and I appreciated how thorough, meticulous, and honest Dr. Shapiro was. I was in a good bit of pain to begin with, and got tearful at one point when he was being a little rough. He immediately stopped, apologized, and made sure I was okay before he continued.
When all was said and done, I returned a few weeks later to have the finishing touches put on (different assistant — not quite as great as the first one). Dr. Shapiro himself walked me to the front desk to check out and thanked me and wished me well. Just a really nice man who happens to really be good at what he does. I hope to not be back, but if I need to, I wouldn’t hesitate for a minute.

Recently I was referred by my dentist to Dr. Shapiro for a root canal. Dr. Shapiro made the whole Root Canal not feel like a Root Canal at all — i felt as though I was in the chair for a routine filling. Dr. Shapiro and his staff are very professional and also reasonably priced when compared to most of the endodontists in the area. As the previous reviewer stated, they call and follow up the next day after the procedure. I haven’t had any issues since my visit, but wouldn’t hesitate to call Dr. Shaprio again if I needed endodontic work.

I was super nervous about this visit for a root canal but I must say there was no need to be. From the first friendly voice that answers the phone to the dentist him self, every one was extremely nice and comforting. Dr. Shapiro made sure I couldn’t feel any thing and let me know what every sensation was as he did his magic. The office called the next day to check my post procedure pain but I had none. I’m actually looking forward to my follow up in a few weeks.