Satloff David

A very competent dentist, and a rare individual who practices holistic medicine, and is very knowledgeable. I had some composite filling placed in my teeth, and the process was carried out to my satisfaction. I would recommend this dentist to anyone with an interest in alternative dental practice, alternatives to amalgam fillings, holistic dentistry and the associations between a healthy mouth and an overall healthy body. Listen, become informed, get healthy again!

Update**** he has been so awesome. All of my (3) mercury fillings are now out and my decaying tooth is filled. It was so quick and painless! Honestly in all 25 years of living I have never been to a dentist where I wasn’t somewhat miserable part of the time. Not here!
Original review***
First off you must realize this is a holistic dental practice. So would you expect him to be totally normal compared to what you are used to? I hope not. I had some decay on a back tooth related to a filling that fell out and I wanted to get three fillings from when I was younger taken out and replaced. He knew what he was talking about. Never tried to sell me on anything, told me my teeth were in great shape with little plaque at all. I do floss twice a day and brush without fluoride, I take some herbal supplements so I keep my gums in really good condition. Nothing about lymes disease for me… He was not rude but definitely from this area… Being an outsider I see seriously abrasive people from this area and I didn’t find him to be one of them. My bf went in right after me and he did hand him a paper about lymes (from dr mercola who I actually really like) and asked him to see his dr about it. Apparently my bf had seizers when he was a toddler… I am not sure if the dr realized it was that long ago and was related to his ears or something, so he said that was a symptom. So either way we will humor him and set up an appt with our dr out here. He did not say he had lymes, he just advised to get tested. I set up an appt to get the fillings removed in march so I guess my review will really have to end there instead. As for what I experienced today I felt really good in his office with really talkative and friendly staff. The office was insanely clean and they were so gentle with my teeth and gums.

EVERYTHING down to the detail that LIZ M. said was true. Yes, I AM familiar with energy medicine, ‘Borrielia Burgediferi’ (the little bugger that causes LYME). Homeopathy.etc. YES I am open minded. I am almost 50 and been there, done that holistically. HOWEVER… when I go to a dentist to safely remove the amalgam from my face DO I WANT to sit for almost an hour listening to his philosophy and refusal to do anything until I follow his unclear, scattered and confusing information purchasing products from him BEFORE he does what I need to have done? Yes, my ‘home’ research revealed not much supporting evidence for such practices. IF I needed a Chinese herb I’d go to a Chinese herbalist or a holistic doc. I may even have continued to be a patient of Doctor S’s. IF he’d done what NEEDED to be done first and then created further health for me… because apparently I have ‘MOLD’ in my scalp, which he could take a picture of and tell? He couldn’t explain HOW he knew and what ‘tests’ were done, he seemed to know everything from a photograph. He and others in his office didn’t seem very healthy to me, a bad experience all around.

Dr. Satloff is an excellent health care provider. I say this because he is more than just a dentist. He treats his patients in a holistic manner, employing various, effective techniques. His approach to dentistry is very conservative as there is ample evidence to suggest that the highly invasive techniques conventionally used do more harm than good. I would recommend you see him if you are suffering with chronic, debilitating conditions that are difficult to treat.

This is the best dentist in New England.
He really knows what he is doing and is the only medical professional I trust to prescribe antibiotics appropriately. Why? Among other reasons, because of the Autonomic Response Testing. The ART is the most sophisticated technique I have ever witnessed in my life. Highly trained and educated, Dr. Satloff goes the extra mile to learn more than the average, employing cutting-​edge safe, non-​invasive techniques from around the world. His breadth and depth of knowledge and skill is so extensive that I had Dr. Satloff visit as a guest lecturer in a class I was teaching through MITHSSP, and the students and I all learned a great deal.
I agree that his personality can be a bit abrasive at times, but in a caring way, not a rude way. He only gives me a hard time when I deserve it for neglecting my oral health so badly. I don’t mind it, the same way I wouldn’t mind a gruff mechanic lecturing me about neglecting my brake pads and how my negligence could result in my death. Neglecting infected teeth can be fatal as well.
I would not recommend Dr. Satloff to very closed-​minded persons unable to trust any technique that isn’t already widely used in America, but other than that, I would recommend him to anyone. Very highly educated and skilled. I have tried several other dentists over the years, and none of them comes close to the quality of true health care available from Dr. Satloff. I have been a patient for a decade or so, and I have never once had an experience in which my care was anything less than perfectly capable, professional, and courteous.

So, I’ve had a cavity for a while now and finally decided to go to a dentist. I don’t have any insurance so that limits the dentists I’m able to go to, unless I’m willing to sign over my first born child as payment. I actually went to Dr. Satloff for a second opinion (mostly for price comparison). The short review is that I’m running back to the first dentist and would urge people to stay away from Dr. Satloff.
Here’s the longer story: I made an appointment with Dr. Satloff and was pleasantly surprised to find that I could get in the following week. I went in for my appointment yesterday and things seemed normal at first. Regular waiting room, friendly secretary, lots of dental paraphernalia lying around (photos and brochures and such). I waited around 5 minutes before being called in. The exam room was a bit outdated, but not so much that I was worried. Things were going good so far. Then I met Dr. Satloff. He pretty much interrogated me about the my medical history, asking how would I know if I was allergic to penicillin and why I «think» I have asthma, as if I just make this crap up for fun or something. He went through my entire medical history like this.
Finally, he asked asked what brought me in and I told him that I had a cavity that had previously been filled but the filling had cracked (my best guess) and that I needed it repaired. He then asked how did I know it could be filled. Apparently, assuming a dentist could repair a tooth was not an appropriate thing to do. Silly me. He then takes an X-​ray of the tooth that I was complaining about and promptly came back into the room and announced that I had both a bacterial and viral infection and also that I have Lyme Disease. When I asked how he could tell these things without any tests he said he could see all of this on the X-​ray (which is not actually possible). He then went on to say that I needed to take all sorts of supplements and antibiotics before he would even consider filling the tooth and further than I would need a root canal. He gave me a bunch of printed out articles about Lyme Disease and said to come back in 10 days after I had finished with all the supplements (that he conveniently sold in his office).
I left the office completely terrified. Luckily, I’m a science minded person, so I immediately went home and did some research of my own — the articles he gave me about Lyme Disease were b.s., all written by the same guy who is largely discredited in the medical community as a crazy person. I did some digging into Dr. Satloff and found several other former patients that had a strikingly similar experience to mine. Not only is this guy a jerk, he’s not even a competent dentist.