Tompkins Dental

Terrible experience. The nurse was very nice, helping clean my teeth carefully. But the dentist was the most arrogant doctor I have ever met. She did not want to spend one extra minute with me, just talking to the nurse and staff. I have to ask the nurse and the staff for her opinion. She was too busy hopping among different patients. I was not given even a second to ask one question. What you can only do there is lying down and let the dentist do whatever she wants to do with your teeth and pay the bill! I am so glad that I walked out of that place and am searching for a new dentist now.
BTW, The dentist even talked to the staff in front of me about my case in another language (probably Spanish) which I do not understand. That was totally not professional!

This place is absolutely terrible, its dirty and the receptionist are rude. I have went here for years and have finally found a new dentist office. They told me that I had 6 cavites I didnt go back because I was tired of it. Went to my new dentist and had absolutely no cavities. They told me my wisdom teeth must come out but every dentist I have asked said they are fine. Just out for the money makes me wonder how many cavities they have done were cavities. I will never go back here its the worse place I have ever gone to! The dentist was a jerk and was quizzing me on why I have not been back to get my fillings. Worse Place Around!

Friendly staff, and generally nice people. Takes insurance.
But they overbook. Work on a belt conveyor operation. Every time you go, you see a different dentist. Hygienist remains the same — she’s nice.
But the dentists — they drill too much. The more they drill, the more money for them. Of course, that’s the nature of the business.
Once they insisted that my wisdom tooth needed to come out. I didn’t like the idea, but they forced it on me. After the extraction, I asked to see the tooth which was supposed to have a terrible decay. They said it was biohazard and thus I cannot. My own tooth, biohazard? I’m not sure about that. .
My molar next to the extracted wisdom tooth is hard to get to with a toothbrush, calling for more work and attention getting it clean. the removal of the tooth also made the molar a little more «free» standing, creating a new space between teeth there, making food stuff to get stuck. I have to floss more often and I’m not happy. My other wisdom teeth is still there after 2 years and I have no problem with that one.
I asked for a copy of my x-​ray and they gave me such a hard time about giving one to me. I requested a year ago to have it sent to a new dentist. They said they would, and I recently learned that they haven’t done so. I emailed, no response. I called, and they said the printer is broken. Great, broken like a whole year? Right. I finally got a copy, but it doesn’t seem to be of the whole teeth set. I’m going to go back if that’s the case.
You have a right to obtain a copy of your x-​ray. The American Dental Association has stated that it is unethical for a dentist to withhold x-​rays even if a balance is due by the patient.

UPDATE:
I just returned from the latest trip to my new dentist; it took two visits — and more than $ 600 — to repair the damage done by Tompkins Dental. New doc said I have a case for professional misconduct, but that would have required further delay to obtain photos and other proof of the damage, and I just wanted everything fixed ASAP.
The broken tooth (ie: the one that likely did NOT need work and was further weakened by TD) is very damaged, and ideally would have been repaired with a crown, but that would have cost me $ 1,300, so I went with a filling instead. It may still need a crown within a year, apparently. Hopefully I’ll be on a different insurance plan by then (have I mentioned how much I detest GHI too?)
The other tooth, the one with «bad contact» that TD claimed was fine, was even a bigger nightmare to fix. I was in the chair for an hour. Once he got in there, new dentist discovered that in filling one tooth, TD had gouged into the adjoining tooth, requiring two fillings to repair, both in really awkward places.
There is little I regret in life, but going to Tompkins Dental is definitely high up there.