Colleen S Carter, DDS

Hey, Denver! Who’s afraid of the dentist? Just got back home from a filling replacement and I have to say, every time I go see Dr. Carter, I have renewed faith that I’m going to have an awesome experience. If you don’t have a dentist or are on the fence with yours, give mine a try. She’s in the Cherry Creek area by Colorado Blvd and Alameda.

Doctor Carter and her staff are amazing with kids. I took my three year old to see her and he had a blast! Spaceship rides in the dentist chair, TWO motorboats from the toy box, the whole nine. Dr. Carter was very professional and knowledgable at the same time and gave me some very good tips on how to keep my sons smile happy and healthy. I highly recommend Dr Carter for your kids and your own dentist needs. On the way to the elevator my son says to me, «Dadda, I like the dentist.» Enough said.

I selected Dr. Colleen Carter when I moved to Denver based on some good reviews on Google. The staff were very nice and made me feel comfortable during my first visit — then they brought out a camera that is supposed to show cavities earlier than normal discovery… and they said I had six cavities. I had never had a single cavity before that day. I trusted the office and let them fix the six teeth, that was when everything started going off in my mouth. My teeth became extremely sensitive, to sweets, heat, cold, chewing (things as soft as noodles). It turns out that they had changed my bight, so they shaved some more filling off and it felt a little better… but not much. The sensitivity was so bad that I would recoil for about 15 seconds when biting into a banana; this went on for three months! I continued to communicate with Dr. Colleen Carter but was sometimes replied to by her receptionist? I was in and out of her office, I had teeth getting darker from the inside out, and all she kept saying was that this all because of a life of grinding my teeth and whitening my teeth… big coincidence I felt like so I continued to ask questions like, «could anything you did have caused this?» She never once answered those direct questions and once even told me that the sensitivity was «Good, from a clinical standpoint,» whatever that means. Then she just referred me to an endodontist.
I was polite but direct the entire time — that’s how one should be when you’re paying serious money for serious dental work, and I felt like I was treated like a child. I went to a different dentist and they gave an entirely different diagnosis and prognosis for improvement. The sensitivity is gone and also the mouthpiece I got for my bruxism was much cheaper but exactly the same.
In consolation, Dr. CC did wave the fee to snail mail my radio graphs to my new dentist… hooray.

Terrible!!!
payed down on a deep cleaning and was told it would be a extra
twenty dollars more, and received a lecture on top it.
This office is all about money!!!

Colleen and her staff treat us like family! We have known her for over 2 years, office times are flexible and the whole office dotes on the kids…

I’ve been seeing this dentist for about a year now and have been very happy with the service and friendliness of the employees. I’ve recommended Dr Carterto a number of people who have also been very happy.

The first time I was pleased I lost a filling they got me in and fixed the mess. I felt OK with them and proceeded to have the rest of my dental work done here; three months later my teeth hurt so bad. I can’t handle hot or cold liquids, chewing hard food is painful. I would have to say that maybe this was the worst health decision I have ever made. I would not use this dentist again.

On my first visit, I waited 30 minutes in an empty office. Once seen, they told me what type of new crown I was getting rather than give me a choice or chance to decide. Still haven’t follow up on treatment for a cracked filling. Very expensive!!! Thank heavens the staff is friendly.