Pirbazari Mike PHD

I visited Dr. Pirbazari at his Santa Monica office and was so traumatized by my visit that I was impelled to leave this review. I’m sure Dr. Pirbazari is a competent endodontist, but he comes across as a very cold person. When he told me I had to get my tooth retreated for a root canal, he didn’t understand why I was upset. I was upset because I’ve been dealing with this stupid tooth for 18 years and I just want the problem to go away.
My real beef is with the front desk staff, in particular, Ida and Claudia. For some reason they make it incumbent upon themselves to give patients clinical diagnoses when they are just secretaries. After the consultation Dr. Pirbazari offered me his card and told me to call if I had any more questions. Claudia started to confuse me by explaining to me what the retreatment process entailed, which was different from what the Dr. Pirbazari told me. So I called the him back and was told by Claudia that he would return my call. A week later, I STILL have not heard back. To confuse matters even more, I went to the office in person the other day and this time Ida told me I should just get an implant because my tooth would eventually fail anyway. Again, offering unwarranted clinical assessments! Then she told me if I wanted to talk to Dr. Pirbazari I’d have to pay another consultation fee of $ 150. This morning I received a call from Claudia — she said she wouldn’t charge me the fee but I’d have to come in person if I wanted the doctor to explain the treatment to me. I don’t understand why this is so difficult. I have a simple question that can be answered simply over the phone. This endodontist is playing keep-​away from me, and Claudia and Ida are getting off on some strange power trip. Please, just stay away from this office. If you’ve already been here without any incident then consider yourself lucky.