Palm Springs Dentistry

People go to the dentist when in pain, right?
Then if so, why the bloody hell I can’t even get some pain pills, a prescription!
I am not a doctor/​dentist shopper for multiple pain meds.
Who is at fault here? Not me.
Is it the DEA or is it because of Mr. Propofol Michael Jackson or Prince.
No wonder people go buy drugs on the street.
Pissed off beyond words can describe.
This is bullshit.
Maybe a situation of CYA– cover your ass at any cost.

If I could give a negative 500 I would. This dentist is dishonest and a cheat. He will tell you that you have cavities when you don’t. I will be suing him. DO NOT GO TO THIS DENTIST. His receptionist, i believe, is in on it too. His hygienist sold my wife some nonsense anti-​bacterial for over $ 100. THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE.

I HAD TO SUE this dentist in order for him to refund me my money & I also reported him to the State Board & the American Dental Assoc. (who later contacted me regarding this) My experience was horrific! I waited more than 6 months for a bridge to be completed. There were many excuses, «I had to change companies where they are molded at», «It wasn’t right & I had to send it to be re-​done», these are just some of the excuses he used. He charged me $ 5000.00 and I had finally had enough and said I wanted to find another dentist to do the bridge and wanted my money back. He looked straight at me and said, «No I do not give refunds, I don’t have the money,» and then turned away & started walking out of the room I was in. I then shouted, «Well then if you won’t give me my money back, I will sue you for it!» He laughed. I then contacted an attorney (who charged me $ 100 after hearing my story) who then contact this dentist (I refuse to call him Dr… as he is not. He was heavy handed, even cut my mouth with his extra large hands, not sanitary and RUDE) and after a week I was told by my attorney I would be getting my money back, but that the dentist wanted the temporary bridge he had put in RETURNED TO HIM! I made an appointment with another local dentist, highly recommended, and he could not believe that I was told to RETURN the temporary and that was very unprofessional. By the way the new dentist only charged me $ 2500.00, half of what I was originally OVERCHARGED. I know he’s been in Palm Springs forever, but please be aware of his tactics.

Terry Guzak has a huge ego for being an average Dentist. And he charge$ more than the competition, which he talked bad about during my dental procedure. I’ll never go back there.

I was a new patient and was offered the NEW PATIENT SPECIAL… Cleaning, X-​Rays and Evaluation all for $ 79. I said O.K. The cleaning was fine, and the X-​Rays were taken. Then the evaluation. I was told I needed $ 1,800 worth of work. I went to another dentist for a 2^nd opinion after I sent without ever receiving a bill the amount previously agreed of $ 79.The next problem was getting the X-​Rays released which they finally did and the 2^nd opinion was I needed only $ 600 of work. They then billed me for all the services and billed my insurance. They collected the originally offered fee of $ 79 and $ 73 from my insurance and have now billed me for a remaining balance of $ 25.Not what I signed up for or what they offered. Now for the bad news! Dr Guzak was arrogant and did not wear a mask so I was subjected to his bad breath and now am subject to his bad business practices. He wanted to do $ 1800 worth of work and another DDS wants to do $ 600.I can go on and on but what is the point?

absolutely the wrong decision. a crown cost me two stitches that the staff seemed to have «left off» my record. and three fillings i probably didnt need, in the same tooth. oh, and what a nice guy trying to get me to agree to all kinds of «cosmetic» work that my new dentist confirmed was completely unnecessary. Terry, you have no business being in your field and for the love of god, check your damn breath before you sit over a client for three hours. and for the record, if i had my way i’d sit YOU in a chair and cut open your mouth, TWICE. and see how you’d like it when i tried to blame you for it. («oh you shouldnt have moved your tongue» really? why not go back to school and learn how to do your job?). incompetent windbag.

I am very upset that I didn’t read #1 or #2 reviews. I informed them that I would be paying cash since my insurance was maxed out and I paid for everything ahead of time, yet still got a another bill afterwards!