Vito Lasusa, DDS

Outstanding work. Great skill on difficult matters. Professional. Kind. The right man for the job.

I’ve been going to Dr. LaSusa since around 2005. As many have said, he’s soft-​spoken with a gentle demeanor. Yes, I also think he’s pricey and at times wanted to switch but just too lazy to do the research to find a new doctor.
This year, I took a rotation to be the caregiver of my 95-​year-​old Mom. I can’t leave Mom alone at home so I take her with me wherever I go. I took her to my appointment with Dr. LaSusa. When Mom realized that she was in a dentist office, she wanted to have her denture checked right there and then.
It’s really difficult to explain to her that she needed to make an appointment especially she’s used to the on-​demand service she has been getting from all her old-​time doctors. Besides, it’s such a major ordeal to get her ready to go out and to convince her to be wheeled to places, it really would be nice to have a quick check while she’s already there. I had to ask Dr. LaSusa the big favor to squeeze in 10 minutes to check her out. Although he was very busy that day and probably didn’t want to do it, he gave Mom the 10 minutes to see what should be done with her denture.
We made a subsequent appointment to have the denture re-​aligned and Mom has been singing praises of Dr. LaSusa ever since. I was very appreciative of Dr. LaSusa’s flexibility at our time of need. I won’t be switching any time soon.

I was a patient of Dr. Buckman’s (he was great) and when he retired I was told Dr. Lasusa was taking over Dr. Buckman’s patients. Recently Dr. Lasusa told me I needed to have one filling redone and the tooth next to it had a small cavitiy he wanted to clean up. I could tell something wasn’t going smoothly on the «clean up» tooth as he worked on it a very long time. He kept saying it was no big deal and I’m still not really sure what happened. The next day I couldn’t eat on that side of my mouth at all and the pain wasn’t going away. I went back to him and he said maybe the filling was a little high. He shaved it down and said if it still didn’t feel better he would take out the filling and try again. At this point I went for a second opinion since the tooth was still hurting. The new dentist took an xray and was surprised to see that I had a silver filling on the back of the tooth Dr. Lasusa put the white filling in — he was surprised because he couldn’t see the silver filling when looking in my mouth because Dr. Lasusa had covered it will white filling stuff. So obviously the filling was still way too high. The new dentist shaved it down and my pain was reduced by 75%. Unfortunately, they think due to having the pressure from the high filling on my tooth so long I now have a cracked tooth that needs to be crowned. Talk about a basic cavitiy clean up /​filling gone wrong!

Best dentist I’ve ever been to. He has a great reputation both among patients and among other dentists.

I’ve been going to Dr. LaSusa for two years now. He’s gentle and extremely kind. The dental hygienists are also nice. However, I agree with the other reviews. He’s overpriced, and I have now received two bills for items not explained to me. If you’re not concerned about costs, he’s wonderful. If you are budget conscious — keep looking…

First appointment with Dr. Vito Lasusa was about 10 months ago. After several visits I found him thorough, with a pleasant personality. I found him to be extremely detailed. He is good, if cost is not an issue. Perhaps, shop around, unless you have «deep» pockets.

He’s great. Very informative and gentle. Staff including hygenists are nice and patient as well.
Update — had to take them down a notch. Billed me for a «procedure» they didn’t bother to tell me was anything out of the ordinary. I still liked him.

The fact that I’m even writing this review is way TMI, but after having seen 4 dentists in Chicago, I have to say that he is the best ever. He meticulously checks my teeth every time I go in and his assistants are super friendly. He’s very friendly, knowledgeable, and approachable. My only problem is the super high prices. But, when it comes to teeth, I won’t go cheap.