Elmira Gadol, DMD

It is rare to find someone to go the extra mile to make a replacement crown work… and even rarer to have the work down with integrity, aesthetic sensitivity, and professionalism. arlen d

This is my second time seeing Dr. Gadol, she is absolutely a great dentist. I had gone to another dentist for a cleaning in between my two visits because he was much closer to my apartment, and I had an awful experience, so I decided I had to come back to see Dr. Gadol.
I was having pain and gum recession on one of my hind molars and she knew right away it was due to poor dental work I had previously done a year ago. She fixed it the same day and the pain and sensitivity went away!
The hygienist is absolutely amazing when she cleans my teeth I actually feel a difference, it’s exactly the way I like my cleanings.
The front desk lady is always pleasant and cheerful when I call for an appointment and even squeezed me in when I told her I was leaving town and needed to be seen before my insurance was gone end of the year!
I’m so grateful I found Dr. Gadol and got to see her one last time before I move back to Miami !

The only thing holistic about this practice is their website.
Also on their website, it says the first visit and consultation is free and this is total bs! They charge.
I had the same experience here as with any other dentist and even more fascinating is how I had to ask Dr. Gadol to tell me about holistic dentistry and their protocol vs the conventional ways of dentistry. She referred me to a meridian chart and that was it. Lol!
Ok so after being rushed although they were running late on my appointment and told me what any other dentist would tell me, I do not understand why on their website they claim to do such a thorough checkup when all they do is check your mouth. Holistic in words but not in practice.
Skip this office…

I have held back from writing this review for a year now. I don’t like writing bad reviews but feel people should know about my experience. I went to Dr Gadol because she is a holistic dentist, close to my residence, and had good reviews. I agree with the other reviews regarding the overall attitude in the office, at times, they are cold. every appt I had I spent 30 – 40 minutes sitting in the waiting room before being called in. Dr. Gadol is very knowledgeable and good at what she does, here comes the catch. From my experience, they use up the insurance so quickly that you don’t know what hit you. I was also charged for a cleaning that I never got. When I asked the office admin why I was charged she said «I thought you were going to get a cleaning». If I didn’t keep tabs this would have slipped through unnoticed.
I needed a filling on a tooth and got a temporary to make sure it wouldn’t need further attention before the permanent. I paid for the entire filling upfront and was told to come back to have it finished in a couple of months. When I went back I brought my receipt as well. I sat in the dentist chair and while speaking to Dr. Gadol about the tooth, furnished the receipt so she knew that I knew it was paid for. the entire time she is bragging about how much detail went into the filling, how great it looks, and how expensive the material she used is. all this was setting the stage for what’s to come, you guessed it, A DOUBLE CHARGE. After the procedure I went out to the desk and the admin said «see you later», Dr. Gadol also came out and TRIED GETTING A DOUBLE FEE FOR A FILLING I ALREADY PAID FOR.
This is exactly why I brought my receipt from the last time. She felt she should be paid twice because she «worked» that day.
Obviously I’m not going back to her and you should consider this review, and the others, before making your appt. If you don’t stand up for yourself people will try to take advantage.

I love Dr Gadol! She is everything I could dream up for a holistic dentist to be and much more.
I think she is a genius. She is an artist of the mouth for one thing. I have seen her lightening quick mind at work solving problems in my complicated case. And I feel such great relief and gratitude being in the hands of this master. Really, she exudes this power of sureness and knowingness which must come from years of experience, but also I believe from highly evolved intuition, the genius part. I feel so safe with her that I often almost fall asleep now in the dental chair, and I was the most terrified, ridged person ever when I first sat in that chair. Dr. Gadol is also an honorable person. She honors her word, no matter what. When I first started treatment, early last November, she agreed to treat me for the amount my insurance and health savings account, accumulated over the years, enabled me to pay. Even though later my dire dental condition turned out to need thousands of dollars of more work. She still honored the original financial agreement. Her word is her bond. .
I am in my early 70s and I had been terrified for years to go back to a conventional dentist. I learned first hand how destructive to the whole body conventional dentistry is.
The holistic dentists I did research on did not take my insurance, were very expensive and had some really scary bad reviews. (Doctor Gadol’s rates are low and she had only good reviews when I found her) I had not smiled with an open mouth for 7 years. I did the closed mouth Mona Lisa smile. I am an actress too. I really did not know how to get my teeth fixed and stay healthy at the same time. I have eaten organic for years, am a member of
Weston Price as is Dr Gadol and she contributes to them as well. .
I have a little more to be done, but I can now smile fully again, my restored mouth is so beautiful, and I have nothing toxic left in my mouth. Donna, the dental assistant has been
so supportive and funny and kind and Angela who does the business side and front desk is so professional and so supportive and dear as well. And Dr. Gadol is a very big hearted saint and of course a genius! Oh, and she gives he least painful Novocain shots I ever had!
I read «Oliver’s «negative review, such vicious lengths to try and demean Dr. Gadol,
over, an insurance policy misunderstanding. Boy, has he missed out on the best treatment he could ever hope to have.

Dr. Elimira Gadol is a great dentist!
She literally gave my health and my life back to me.
I am a university professor who has had a lot of dental and health issues,
and I spent so much of my life in dentist offices until I met Dr. Elmira Gadol.
I was quite ill with a number of health complications for approximately
a decade, and I was treated by so many of the best doctors
and dentists in New York City, but no one could get to the bottom of my
problem except for Dr. Gadol, who immediately diagnosed the
source of my severe health issues and gave me excellent care.
I have been Dr. Gadol¹s patient for more than fifteen years
and now have excellent health. I also have had quite a bit of work
on my teeth through the years and all of Dr. Gadol¹s work has been excellent.
I feel I must comment because I see a long review by
«Oliver,» which I believe completely mis-​represents Dr. Gadol and her
Office. If you read that review carefully, the author admits to being an
especially stressed-​out person in general, and then there seemed to
have been some mix-​up due to his health insurance company – but
this is no reason to write in such a way about an extraordinarily great dentist!
I will add that Dr. Gadol¹s office is really a beautiful and
calming space and the office staff is professional and helpful.
Dr. Gadol is not only brilliant and wise, but she is a great holistic healer.
I have experienced this for years now, and her office is an
oasis for healing. I recommend Dr. Gadol to all.

An overall bad experience. I do not recommend Dr. Elmira Gadol to people looking for a reel holistic (body-​mind-​health approach) and respectful approach.
1. Before the Appointment:
a) First contact over the phone to make an appointment: Awful.
The employee wasn’t kind at all. She wasn’t helping me to figure out how the office was working and how they were working with insurances. Very bad first impression. But encouraged by other positive reviews, I put this first impression aside.
b) No reminder, you have to call yourself to get confirmation, and get a cold answer.
2. The Day of the Appointment:
a) The welcome at the front desk: cold, not friendly at all.
Plus, other employees were passing front of me without saying nor an «hello» or not even sharing a smile with me. They were not smiling at all.
b) Cleaning: The hygienist has been kind and sweet, but her cleaning has been a torture, it was harsh. She wasn’t delicate at all. My teeth are still sensitive since then. I guess this cleaning went a little bit too far.
c) Consultation:
i. Even though I am taking good care of my mouth, teeth issue are one of my weaknesses, I am then easily offended about that. This is why, hearing the doctor reactions while reading the Xray in my back was really stressful and not respectful.
Then, the tone she used to announce the work to do was really tragic and not encouraging at all. Once again very stressful and without any kind of empathy at all.
Then she was criticizing the work of all other doctors without any consideration. I felt this really disrespectful for the patient I was. I felt weak because I depended and I am still depending on dentists to treat health issues in my mouth. Learning that the work wasn’t been done correctly is really devastating.
ii. On her website, she presents herself as Holistic Dentist:
I had to remind her that I came to her office to receive an holistic approach.
She then brought a chart with the relation between organs and teeth. For me holistic means more than a chart.
Her website lets hoping more than a chart reading, actually.
Once again, the way she used the chart with me didn’t help to feel confident. At the contrary, she announced me that if I had a problem on that or that tooth this meant that I had a big problem on the related organ. Which is actually a good way to make the stress goes high.
For 15 years I am studying holistic techniques; I know that the connection between organs and teeth is more complex than she actually exposed it to me. There are ways more constructive to announce disease, health issues and possible actions to a patient.
3. Post-​consultation and Insurance Issue:
a) Request before and during the consult ion:
I was clear as much as I could over the phone, with the front desk employee, then with the doctor and her team that I wanted that my insurance covered the totality of the work done, otherwise her office had to inform me in advance to allow me to make a decision and this even before the first appointment.
When I left the office, I asked again to the front desk employee to check if I had nothing more to pay. She told me that everything was in order.
Then, I got a mail from my insurance, followed by an invoice from Dr Gadol’s office claiming a balance due. This really upset me.
c) Reaching someone to clarify the situation:
Once I got the invoice, I had to call 5 times to finally being able to expose to and discuss with someone that knew how to manage the issue. In this case it was the Dr. herself. Customer service not really efficient.
d) Explanation over the phone: Dr. Gadol told me that her front desk employee was dealing with insurances for 20 years. Well, she should have been able to inform me the same day that, with the plan I have, I would be responsible for a balance, shouldn’t she?
I would have appreciated that she and her team would have looked for a solution since her front desk misinformed me.

Made an appointment and called to confirm the day of the appointment and was told I had no appointment. So I made an appointment with another Dentist.

I had such a great experience here for my cleaning and exam. I was more than impressed with the kindness and professionalism of the staff. I hadn’t been to a dentist in almost three years after a bad experience. I was thrilled to know they use holistic methods. It made such a difference in the quality of care I received. The cleaning (by Lenka) and exam we’re very thorough and thoughtful. She did not recommend anything beyond what I truly needed. I will be back for sure and I highly recommend this dentist to others!

Holistic dentist! What does that mean? It is dental care which consider the patient’s dental health in the context of their entire physical as well as emotional or spiritual health in some cases. It is part of the alternative health movement.
So basically they look at how your teeth effect your whole body– as a whole! They also don’t use toxic materials like fluoride and mercury fillings.
For example: they don’t use amalgam which contain mercury and other potentially toxic materials in dental fillings, nonsurgical approaches to gum disease, and the belief that root canals may endanger systemic health of the patient through the spread of trapped dental bacteria to the body.
Dr Elmira Gadol, DMD and her hygienist were great — I haven’t had a cleaning like that in a LONG TIME… I had pain in my tooth after a filling gone wrong and she told me my bite needed to be addressed an fill follow up in 3 days!!-which made sense and she checked on my root canal and associated it to another part on my body which I didn’t think of! Very cool!!!
The office was clean and modern– in the treatment area .
The waiting area needs a REDO… They had calming music playing throughout the office…
They also took there time with me… I felt taken care of. Also when I washed my mouth out — no fluoride !!! It was a natural mouth wash. I didn’t ask what it was but I will next time!
Came in for a second opinion !! And it was great! I received a understandable answer to my problem!
I am truly happy with my visit! ;)
I plan on going again !!!

Doctor Gadol has empathy, a sensitive touch and really gives a damn about her patients: Nope, doesn’t get any better than that! My only regret is that there aren’t others out there like her.

I’m battling several health conditions at the moment, so I was looking for a dentist who reframes from using harmful toxins. I’m so glad I found Dr. Gadol not just because of her knowledgeable holistic approach, but because of how warm and lovely she and the staff are as well. I wish I found her sooner since I’ll be moving out of state next year, but I definitely plan on following up with a cleaning before I head out!

Yet another reviewer with a tooth Dr. Gadol saved from root canal.
I went to a different dentist with a toothache. X-​ray showed a deep cavity, and she told me I needed a root canal. Dr. Gadol suggested removing the decay from the cavity and seeing if the living part of the tooth would heal on its own. She did an emergency filling that week, and, months later, I haven’t had any problems with the tooth.
I’ve had a few fillings with Dr. Gadol (I took a few years off from the dentist — remind me not to do that again), and she is a perfectionist. I’ve never had a dentist troubleshoot a new filling so much to make sure the bite is perfect.
Dr. Gadol is out of network, but the office manager worked with my insurance to get my treatments covered, and was open and honest in giving me a heads up when I approached my maximum coverage so that I could choose to wait until January for additional procedures rather than getting slammed with out of pocket expenses.

Short and sweet: If you’ve had a bad experience with dentistry and you want to believe in it again, go see Dr. Gadol.
After not making a dentist appointment for years, I finally went to one around the corner from my office. The cleaning was fine, but after an entire exam I was blindsided with the truth that I had 3 cavities, one of which potentially could require a root canal. This news was very disconcerting and after I showed concern, the offer to take a better x-​ray was not given and he would just «wait til he got in there to see how bad it was» then pushed for an appointment next week.
Already with a bad taste in my mouth and the fear of forcing a root canal even if it wasn’t necessary I desired to get a second opinion. My father suggested I find a holistic dentist as they use better quality products and have alternatives to major procedures. Dr. Gadol was at the top of my list after reviewing her online and I was able to get an appointment at a time appropriate for my hectic work schedule. In our first interaction she was very kind, gentile and attentive to my hesitations after dealing with my last dentist. She assessed the problem her own way and made sure of her conclusions with further, more focused x-​rays.
Upon examination and use of Dr. Gadol’s unique techniques perfected over the span of her career, she correctly determined there would not need to be a root canal. In actuality, it wasn’t even close. I booked an appointment the following week and with absolutely ZERO PAIN she perfectly filled 2 of the cavities and sent me on my way as a resurrected believer in the dentistry profession.
Conclusion: don’t go for the quick fix, what is convenient or just because someone takes your insurance. Dr. Gadol is worth the trek from wherever one may live, was worth researching and will provide an excellent experience for your dental needs. Plus, even as a holistic dentist, the office took my insurance with no problem. She is good enough to give reason for you to change from whatever dentist you’re currently seeing.

Dr. Gadol is amazing! She has saved at least four of my teeth from root canals or even crowns. I am so thankful that she was referred to me by a family friend. She did a fantastic job on my dental revision. removing mercury fillings and replacing faulty composite fillings done by previous dentists.
She is really excellent, thorough, and has a gentle touch. For a holistic dentist, her prices are quite reasonable and not inflated. Her staff helped guide me through the heavy metal detox and after a month I started to feel so much better. I’ve recommended her to so many people and will continue to do so. She is really, really the best and I’m so glad to have a dentist I feel that I can trust. I know she takes good care of me and that is priceless.