Dr. George Salem and Associates, PC

I did not «fail to show up» please read your reviews a little closer before responding, never mind taking close to two years to respond. I have since found a wonderful accommodating office and appreciate your feedback.

I never write reviews, but for the first time I had a great experience at a dental office and decided to share my experience.
Today was my first time at Dr. Salem’s office. I arrived to my appointment a few minutes early, and did not have to wait to be seen.
The staff were very pleasant and provided great service. During my exam, Dr. George Salem was very thorough, explained everything very clearly, and was extremely nice.
I also had a consult with Dr. Michael Kacewicz, who was just as pleasant and had a great personality.
I will continue to be a patient at Dr. George Salem & Associates :)

I think that most people write reviews about their dentist and of course other things mostly when they feel that they had a horrible experience. I was skeptical about Dr. Salem’s office when I read these reviews, but I am glad I got over that and went to him anyway. Dr. Salem and his staffs are very friendly. Dr, Salem is very thorough and explained everything very clearly. For the first time in a dentist appointment that I didn’t feel that I’m being judged about flossing and brushing (even when I do those many times a day). Laura is my hygienist and I absolutely LOVE her!!! She is super nice and easy to talk to and of course she does a wonderful job on my cleanings!

I love this place and even when i move out of state, will fight to stay a patient here! I have been going to this dentist for the past 2 years and my experiences there have been nothing but positive. Every single person from Dr. Salem himself to the receptionist has provided me with exceptional service and genuine friendliness. They pay very close attention to detail with your mouth, and Dr. Salem has always double checked the work that is done in my mouth before I am let go. The premises are beyond clean and it is a delight to even use the bathroom. They never pressure me to buy any products they carry and I am in and out always on time. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my teeth.

I used to go to Dr. Salem for all mine and my family’s dental needs. We had our teeth cleaned, xray’d filled, whitened, deep cleaned… I liked the «clean, professional environment» that many dentists like to project. We even religiously went every 4 months as he asked us to prevent dental issues
This was up until… years ago when I had the last cleaning and x rays. He informed me that he had to replace ALL my old fillings (over 10 of them) since they started to look bad and they MAY start bigger problems that could be prevented by replacing them all. I asked if it’s possible to at least have white fillings and not the silver ones (AKA Mercury). He replied that silver (mercury) holds better on the molars and is the way to go. I agreed and had the replacement done at his office.
Admittedly, he did a good job replacing all of my 17 years old fillings.
Incidentally after the fact I remembered that 1 – 2 of those fillings were just 2 years old, but according to Dr Salem ALL fillings were bad and had to be replaced.
Soon after, I found another dentist and moved my care. I visit that dentist every 6 months and have no problems with my teeth ever since. Unfortunately I have to live with my NEW mercury fillings that Dr. Salem sold me on and it infuriates me having mercury in my mouth when he could at least chosen the porcelain ones.
I have consulted with other dentists ever since about need to replace old fillings and it’s unanimous decision not to touch them until there are problems.
I am angry and disappointed that I was sold thousands of dollars in a procedure I didn’t need and not only didn’t improve my dental condition may have increased the likelihood of future problems.
I am well aware that Dr. Salem may respond and try to defend his reputation and practice from negative comments but the need to warn and protect other consumers is even greater. I wish the ADA would take a close look at his procedures and determine if they were all necessary (but won’t hold my breath on it).
And I wish Dr. Salem would change his practice and put his patients’ well being above his financial gains.

I hate dentists and I am scared of dentists, therefore I’m extremely picky.
I scheduled my cleaning here based on the reviews I read. The front desk was super nice, my hygienist was very nice, gentle and thorough, and Dr. Salem was amazingly nice and really put me at ease. I felt like I was talking to my friend. I feel really comfortable here and the office even has very advanced equipments. You can even watch a movie through a goggle during a procedure while getting a paraffin hand wax treatment. That is unbeatable! I love this dental office!!!
I would not hesitate to recommend this dental practice to my friends and families.

I also found Dr. Salem via Groupon. Seemed like a decent deal: $ 49 for exam, cleaning, x-​rays and teeth whitening. That appointment was fine. I’ve also had other work done… a few fillings that needed replacing and a crown that came off.
The crown was my first hint of dissatisfaction. When this happened before, my old dentist brought me in, examined the crown, put some more cement, pressed it back in place, and I was on my way in 10 minutes without even paying. Dr. Salem took more like 30 minutes, and maybe he needed to do all that fiddling around he did, but did he really need to bill me $ 79 just to re-​glue a crown?
My second downer was when I had some fillings replaced. At the end he checked the bite and I said it felt «heavy» on the tooth he’d just filled. He said it was the novacaine and the bite was fine. It wasn’t. Combined with my bruxism, the heavy bite made my tooth ache like hell. To make things worse, I left on vacation soon after and was gone for a week. By the time I got back, I was in *serious* pain, taking 800mg of motrin every 4 hours. Dr. Salem examined me, asked a few questions, told me I needed an immediate root canal. Further, I should do it before the end of the year because I had room left on my insurance for it.
The idea that he was aware of my insurance status left a bad taste in my mouth. I nodded but insisted he adjust my bite and give me some pain pills and I’d wait to see if an appointment the root canal opened up.
Thankfully adjusting the bite improved things and a friend of mine who’s a dentist recommended just letting it rest a few weeks. It has gotten to the point where, a month later, it’s fully recovered.
So, Dr. Salem seems like a very thorough and dedicated dentist, his office is great and the staff is very nice. But I also got the feeling that he’s hyper-​aware of making money, and that just didn’t sit well with me.

So I figured I’d fill you in on my Groupon experience. I went to the dental office, and was given the basic doctors office paperwork from a young looking Jennifer Love Hewitt (pre-​Jamie Kennedy…). The paperwork was the «I understand I am responsible to pay for the services you give me, and just because I have insurance it doesn’t mean it’s the dentist offices responsibility to collect» type of stuff…
From there I was taken back for the X-​Rays, and I swear I had more pictures from more angles than I’ve had in my entire life (I’m older than Justin Beiber, but younger than Martin Sheen). She (the X-​Ray girl) must have graduated that morning from the tech school, because she was EXTREMELY nervous, and put hat funky thing inside my mouth (that’s what she said) in places that were EXTREMELY uncomfortable! The X-​Ray process took about 20 minutes…
From there I waited about 30 minutes for the dental hygienist. (I was given an Architectural Digest magazine that had more advertisements in it than actual architecture…). I then move to the hygienist station, where I had the most detailed cleaning EVER! I mean, a paleontologist wouldn’t have scraped more dirt away from the site of the missing link… Was my mouth that bad? I get a cleaning every 6 months! The cleaning took an hour. An hour! During that time Jenny (the paleontologist on safari in my mouth) tried to up sell me into switching dentists to her office. I wasn’t upset, because I knew the dentist office didn’t offer the Groupon out of the goodness in their heart…
After the cleaning, Jenny handed me two packets of Opalescene Treswhite Supreme ($ 40 on Amazon for ten), which was a little disappointing. If it wasn’t for Jenny’s attention to detail, I would have felt ripped off…
Five Stars for Jenny — Three Stars for the dental office.

I bought a groupon for a dental exam, x-​rays and teeth cleaning. This was the most painful dental experience I have ever had. I had regular family dentist in NH I loved who recently passed away and bought the groupon because it was a great deal. The experience started off tramatic when they did 17 x-​rays!!! They literally x-​rayed every tooth!!! Every other dentist I have gone to has done 2 – 4 x-​rays I feel like I just ingested a microwave!
The hygienist and the dentist seem to be scamming patients because they mentioned about 40 things that are wrong with my teeth. I’m not saying my teeth are perfect but the last cleaning I had (at another dentist’s office in CA) 6 months ago went great. If they are not trying to scam me and I really do need all the SURGERY they were talking about then they need to work on their bedside manner. It’s better to explain things gently then to scare them fox news style. Maybe my teeth are as bad as they say but I definitely not going back and will be finding a less painful and more welcoming dentist.

I have been here for only a consultation and a cleaning so far. I have some more work scheduled. After which I will update my review. Let’s just say that I was so blown away by the professionalism of Dr. Salem and his Hygienist, I believe her name was Jenny. My consultation lasted about an hour and a half. I felt as though every possible nook and cranny of my mouth was checked. Dr. Salem also used a fiber optic camera to show me the cavities that I will need filled. This is something I never have experienced and I felt as though it really helped elevate the examination process to an above and beyond rating. I recommend Dr. Salem to anyone who is looking for a Dentist who truly cares about his patients.