Augusta Dental Center

In the hunt for a new dentist, I found Augusta Dental Center… close to my apartment AND they accepted my insurance. After confirming with the original person I made the appointment with that I was a new patient in need of xrays, a cleaning, and the whole nine, I made my appointment. Unfortunately, due to my work schedule, I found out I needed to reschedule.
When I called back to reschedule a few days after I made the initial appointment, the receptionist I spoke with was incredibly rude. When I introduced myself and explained that I was a new patient who had an appointment with Dr. Pressling and simply needed to reschedule to later in the afternoon on my appointment date or another date, she rudely stated that I had an appointment with the dental hygienist for a cleaning. I was a bit confused as typically in my experience while yes, new patients do see dental hygienists for cleaning, they also see the dentist after the cleaning and also get xrays taken. When I attempted to clarify/​confirm, the receptionist was once again rude and had the attitude that I was wasting her time and was an idiot for not knowing.
Trying to reschedule for later in the afternoon of my appointment date wasn’t possible as appointment times were unavailable — no problem. I asked for another time that week. The whole conversation, I felt like I was pulling teeth (hah hah hah puns) to just try to reschedule an appointment.
While I don’t need anyone who I schedule services with to kiss my ass, having some manners and at least a modicum of a friendly demeanor would be helpful… as a result, I cancelled my appointment and will be looking elsewhere for a dentist.

I have been in pain since New Years Eve eve. I was so nervous that I wouldn’t find someone to pull my tooth on a holiday weekend. I called at noon on Saturday and they said we can see you at 12:30. The front desk and the dental assistant were sweet and helpful. I had high anxiety and was shaking, the dentist made me feel less stressed and pulled my infected tooth out in less than 2 minutes. I didnt even feel it or notice that he was done. He gave helpful tips and was just simply amamzing. I would definitely recommend him to anyone esp if you high anxiety. (My tooth was infected with a cyst and my root was at an angle. I had to see a specialist.)

Called for a dental emergency, office took a message and said I would get a call in no more than 30 mins. My call was returned in 2 days. Needless to say I already had it taken care of somewhere else.

I wanted to listen to the comments and like this place but it was a terrible experience. Went in for something stuck between my teeth. Waited 30 minutes after my scheduled appointment time. Finally got into a room, got an X-​ray taken and a few minutes later the dentist came in. He seemed nice enough but he was in a very big hurry. Told me my filling had cracked. Talking and moving very fast He then proceeded to shove a cotton swab in my mouth to numb me. I was confused and actually had to tell him to stop and tell me what was going on. He said he was going to numb me and fix my filling. Ok, awesome. That would be great. Numbed me with the needle, told me he would be back in 3 – 4 minutes and left me there for about 25 minutes. At that point my mouth was only about 10% numb and I was no longer comfortable waiting for a dentist to drill on my no longer numbed mouth. I went to the receptionist and told her I was leaving. She was very sweet about it.

I have been referring to Dr. Pressling as the «magician» all week. When I first called him last Saturday night, I was experiencing pain in a tooth that was more painful than anything I’ve felt in my life. Dr. Pressling would have seen me that night if I wanted to but I asked to see him on Sunday morning. He agreed. I had never had a tooth extracted and was terrified. He is personable and confident which put me at ease. He pulled my nasty tooth out in just a matter of minutes. I hardly felt anything and had no pain or complications after. I’m switching to him as my primary dentist and having him do my bridge. I highly recommend this guy.

I’ve had tooth pain for about 2 weeks now. Had a partial root canal done with my regular dentist. I saw him 3 times because the pain only increased after the root canal was done. I called Augusta Dental Center at 9pm last night and spoke with the receptionist who informed me the doctor would call me back. The doctor literally called me back in 3 minutes. He gave me great medical advice over the phone to help me sleep and buy me some time to see him the next morning (today). The tooth ended up getting pulled as it was just a painful mess but he was ridiculously nice, patient, sincere, accommodating, and compassionate. The staff was so super nice and not your typical brush off attitude. These folks really care and see you as a person. I’m about 100% sure I will have a new dentist. They are great!

My boyfriend had excruciating pain in his tooth on sunday and it was difficult to find a dentist. We found augusta dental online and tried them out. The Dr called us back within minutes, we explained the situation and he told us to meet him in his office in 30 minutes. I was shocked! We rushed over and he had to perform an emergency root canal on my boyfriend. The procedure was quick! Dr. P was amazing through the whole process and we were soo lucky to find him. I’ve already recommended anyone I know to him! And now we will keep him as our primary dentist. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience! Thank you!

Dr. Pressling and his staff are amazing. I received great service, great treatment, and had no pain through the treatment process (i’m not good with dental pain either). He also was available during super late hours for my emergency needs, not only returning my call within minutes of paging him, but offering to come in post 9pm to deal with my pain. If you want the best dental office in the Chicagoland area, This is definately the place.

I woke up to the left side of my face being completely swollen. I called Augusta Dental at 10am, they saw me by 11am. By noon I was wisdom tooth free! The staff was amazing. Everyone was super friendly and made me feel at home. I highly recommend Augusta Dental!!!
Oh! Also! The dental assistant made me the most adorable hummingbird balloon animal. So so so adorable. Love them!

It was Labor Day weekend and I was on vacation in Chicago. I woke up with terrible pain in my mouth and googled emergency dentists. I was lucky to Augusta Dental Care. One quick ride to his office and they got me in immediately. They assessed my condition and within 1:30 they had done a partial root canal and relieved all of my pain. I was able to continue my vacation in Chicago and fly home with ZERO pain! Thank you so much to everyone at Augusta Dental!

THE place for fast, expedient work in an emergency situation. Dr. Pressling is a competent, good-​natured, mild-​mannered dentist with wonderful chairside humor, and a Chicago native to boot!
I have had many negative experiences with other dentists, but Dr. Pressling is AWESOME!
We called the morning after a holiday weekend, he saw me 5 hours later, and I was in and out within 30 minutes. His office staff was extremely helpful and knowledgable regarding my dental insurance (substantially out of network as we are from Alaska) and guided me to the best way in which pay for the root canal I ended up with.
I highly recommend this dentist!

dr P and his whole crew are amazing.
My boyfriends tooth kept chipping away so we needed an emergency dentist. Obviously not looking forward to having to go to the dentist at all … We were both apprehensive.
All for no reason! dr P is gentle, friendly, and him and Sue are so funny to be around. Literally my boyfriend and I had FUN at the dentist.
Not to mention the actual work being done was quick, precise, and painless.
I was so impressed I went back to get my own stuff done! Same experience, just amazing.
If you need dental work look no further you have found the Mecca!

Thank you random guy on Clark/​Lake platform for recommending this place! I was in pain really bad. Aforementioned random guy saw me holding my jaw in pain and mention a time when he too was in pain. Told me about this dentist right off the Paulina stop, Now, I normally don’t talk to strangers and I really didn’t encourage conversation, but the brown line was coming and green line was taking forever (as usual) i and I was in pain and so I went. I’m glad I did! I got there right before they were about to close. They took me right on in. Pulled out my wisdom tooth in what felt like 30min. May have been more, but definitely under an hour. I am extremely grateful!!!

BEST experience I’ve ever had with a dentist. Dr. P is very knowledgeable and really cares about his patients. When I was confused about what the game plan was for my tooth he drew a detailed diagram. Any time I’ve had an issue he is always available to see me right away. Very friendly staff. Would absolutely recommended him, especially to those who haven’t had an overly pleasant experience with a prior dentist.

I been to many places before going to Augusta Dental Center. Dr. Pressling is very friendly and professional. I know, it is not a pleasure to go to a dentist, but I enjoy being with a great personality man and an professional dentist. I would highly recommend him to everyone.

I had a great experience at Augusta Dental! The waiting room is clean and has a ton of magazines to read while you wait. The receptionist is great & helped out with checking out my insurance right away. Dr. Pressling & I spent a lot of time talking about why I was there. He found a huge cavity, which I suspected I had. He showed me the x-​rays and where the cavity was. I used to work for a dentist & know how to read an x-​ray so I knew he was telling the truth. I needed a root canal. He talked me through everything. I am not happy getting needles, who is? He made it very comfortable & Su, the dental assistant rubbed my shoulder to comfort me. The root canal went perfectly! We discussed all future treatment and set up a plan for moving forward. Everything about this experience was great! I have already recommended him to my friends!

Professional, compassionate and fantastic service!!!

Excellent service I’m here on vacation and needed emergency dental care because I was in such extreme pain and all of the so called 24hr emergency dentists either weren’t available or wouldn’t see me because I wasn’t a former patient. Well I called Augusta and the Doc said I can be at my office in a few minutes which was great considering it’s Memorial Day. He’s very thorough. He saved my tooth and gave me a root canal I was in and out in less than hour. Thanks Doc.!!

Dr Pressling is on point. Have had a couple root canals and he’s thorough.
Always let’s you know what is wrong and what needs to be done to fix it, reasonably quickly. All around professional and nice guy.
He even caught my Marathon Man joke.
¹⁰⁄₁₀ would get drilled again.

Dr. Pressling,
I’ll let your other reviews speak for themselves, since it doesn’t seem that my fiancé’s was an isolated issue.
I just hope I can save other people from being cheated by you:
«He of course told me I had 8 cavities which I now realize was a joke.»
«One coworker went to him and was told she had 11 cavities. She was shocked having only had a few cavities in her life. She began having him perform the fillings for $ 100 a pop.»
«Yes, he called me himself for billing issues, so you can see that he is clearly after money and trying to do procedures so he can charge you.»
«I think I’m filng a complaint with my insurance about Dr. Pressling.»