Baker Donald, DDS

HORRIBLE! Took my 8 yr old for a check up and he talked down to me the whole time telling me my son eats too much junk food (which he’s never even drank a soda and prefers carrots to chips and candy…) I was appalled by the way he treated us. He should not be practicing. I could go on and on, but I’m saving my anger for the phone call they’ll get shortly from me…

Normally I only write reviews for businesses with which I have direct experience, but considering my boyfriend lives with me and I had to repeatedly see him in pain, smell his terrible breath, clean the blood he spit into the sink and listen to the crazy tales he’d tell me of dentist woe, I feel this warranted. He, unfortunately for us both, is far more trusting and less suspicious of people than I and far less likely to complain, particularly where alleged professionals are involved. Not me. I feel justified in sharing some of the sadistic crazy that came out of Dr. Baker’s mouth. For instance, while drilling my boyfriend’s teeth without enough novocaine, he told him, «I’ve worked on 6-​month-​olds who squirm less than you do.» (Do 6-​month-​olds require dental work? Dude must totally be on the up and up.) And, the pièce de résistance? Baker also told him to use BLEACH in his water pic to help with his gingivitis. This is when I almost physically forced him to find a new dentist immediately. W… T… F!!! Now that BF has switched to a sane, compassionate, competent dentist, his years-​long gingivitis and previously seemingly incurable (thanks to Baker) dental issues are now gone thanks to a simple tooth scaling and root planing. Go figure.

I went here while I was in college and didn’t have time to make it to my regular dentist at home. I went in for the regular cleaning/​checkup and he said I had cavities in all 4 wisdom teeth, in addition to 2 other cavities. He told me the 4 wisdom teeth needed to be removed ASAP and the 2 cavities filled. I told him I’d schedule it at a later time. I went to my regular dentist 6 months later and she told me that my wisdom teeth were fine and getting them pulled was completely optional, given that they weren’t causing any problems (they weren’t, and still aren’t 6 years later). She also said I had no cavities. So basically Dr. Baker was trying to do work that I did not need so he could get paid. Based on that and reading the other reviews, I have no idea how this guy hasn’t been barred from practicing. My second issue with this «dentist» has to do with a small claim he placed against me. He claimed I did not pay the $ 20 copay the time I made the mistake of going to his office for a checkup, and went so far as to file a claim against me in small claims court. First, this claim was placed 3 years after I went there… so not really sure what the motivation was to place it. Second, it’s pretty tough to leave the office without paying the copay, plus I wouldn’t have been able to pick up my prescription that he wrote for some mouthwash that I’m guessing I didn’t really need. Just another attempt at trying to get yet more money. Basically, if you’re thinking of going to this guy, punch yourself in the mouth instead because that’s providing better care to your teeth than this guy will.