Robert Peracchia, DDS

I was referred to Dr. Rob when my then 6yo was traumatized by her previous dental experiences. She needed lots of work that required her to be comfortable & most important, we wanted her to trust her dentist! Dr. Rob and his staff went out of their way to make that happen. She’s now 14 and our 3 younger children look forward to their checkups too. We’re really glad that they were able to bypass any bad dental experiences. The office is beautiful and child-​friendly, and they make a point to focus on the comfort of their patients. Waiting room has video games, books/​magazines… good experience very time.

If I could give higher than 5 stars, I would! I am older than most of their patients (19), and always have a great experience every time I come in. I actually like going to the dentist now — I’m not exaggerating! They have a variety of flavor options for the fluoride treatment and even for the laughing gas. I usually get vanilla — much better than inhaling the usual unpleasant sterilized smell of medical equipment. Best of all, they have hundreds of movies available to watch during your cleaning! Every hygienist I have had was incredibly friendly and pleasant, as well as all of the other staff — only one of the reasons this office is so comfortable. I had what was only my second cavity drilled by Dr. Aura. My first cavity, at my old dentist, was so unpleasant and tense that I was pretty stressed at the start of my visit with Dr. Aura. However, she was great with me — she made sure I was comfortable every step of the way. It’s not just kids who don’t like the dentist — adults don’t either! It was refreshing to be reassured and not have to pretend I was completely unaffected by the fact that I was about to get my teeth drilled into. There was zero pain and discomfort, and she let me know when she was almost finished. However, by then I was totally relaxed! The vanilla scent was very calming, and I was so immersed in Harry Potter that I didn’t even notice I was getting my cavity filled. She finished quickly and made sure the filling was comfortable before sending me on my happy way — with some fruity chapstick, too. They also have a ton of other prizes for kids. Love this place — I wish I went here when I was a kid, I wouldn’t have been so afraid of the dentist! The filling is very comfortable, too. Now, I don’t spend the night before a filling stressed and dreading it. A big thanks Dr. Aura & everyone here!!!

AMAZING dental office!!! Dr. Aura has been both my daughters pediatric dentist for the past three years and we absolutely love her! She is SUPER friendly and extremely professional and knowledgeable. She fully explains everything and keeps me informed of my girls’ dental health as she is performing her check up. The office is the absolute perfect place for children, they get to play the Wii and watch movies while they are waiting to be seen. But the fun doesn’t stop there, the kids get to pick a movie from a six page list of movies to watch while they get their teeth cleaned. When they are all done with the check-​up they get to pick a prize, which is the icing on the cake for my kids. They really do love going to the dentist because its such a great experience for them and they are a hard bunch to please.
Everyone in the office is professional and super friendly, I would HIGHLY recommend Dr. Aura.

I want to qualify this by saying that I came here with a 2.5 year old who is still pretty noise sensitive and needed a calm and relaxed experience. She did not get that here. I think this would probably be a 5-​star office for a five or six year old child who has more tolerance. They have a lot of great features:
— bright and scrupulously clean waiting room and office with warm and friendly staff
— lots of toys and books to keep a child occupied
— televisions over the dental chairs, you can choose from a huge array of movies and the video will play and keep your child distracted from what’s going on in their mouth
— pile of stuffed animals they’ll let a child hold in the chair
— a room where two children can get procedures done together
But here are the issues I had so you can figure out if these would be a problem for you and your kid:
— The office was busy and moving at a fast pace. I did not feel comfortable saying in the exam room, look, she’s going to need five-​ten minutes to calm down again before we can keep going.
— The exam rooms were good-​sized but the office space overall was cramped. Brushing demo station was in a narrow hallway outside several exam rooms, with crying kids audible and staff hurrying back and forth.
— A combo of unrealistic, contradictory, and just plain odd advice for brushing my child’s teeth. I should be above her, below her, I should have her in my lap with her head bent over my arm (?), and I should be flossing her back teeth (a two year old? we who are about to be bitten twice a day salute you)
— I did get one useful bit of info: DON’T rinse after brushing, you want the fluoride to stay on the teeth.
— Not shockingly, my child couldn’t handle having her entire mouth brushed by a stranger for 10 minutes with the whirring toothbrush and weird tasting toothpaste. Mommy is lucky if I get the brush in there for a minute in our bathroom at home. The hygienist apparently expected us to hold her down thrashing and screaming — she literally said, «When they’re crying their mouth is usually open and we can get in there.»
IDK, I don’t disagree with anyone who feels differently, but if she was complaining of tooth pain, I’d hold her for the dentist to look inside and see if there was a cavity or infection. I am not willing to hold her down screaming and thrashing for fifteen minutes to have her milk teeth polished.
My goals here were, I wanted my child to have a positive first experience at the dentist (FAILED), and I wanted to make sure there was nothing seriously wrong with her teeth (FAILED, dentist didn’t even get to see in her mouth). So, I’m pretty frustrated. It felt like letting some unrealistic script of perfection (and the convenience of the office) trump the big picture of improving her dental health and helping me move her in the right direction.
Will try again somewhere else in six months.

Great dentist. Both of my kids were in there this past week… staff is super friendly and dr. rob made my kids feel very comfortable. Unfortunately, both of my kids had to get a little something done which required a little laughing gas. But everyone made the process very easy and my kids left smiling… with TONS of prizes.