Kenneth R Levine, DDS

PARENTS BEWARE!
Earlier this summer our daughter had a medical consultation with pediatric periodontist, Dr. Kenneth Levine. After examining our daughter’s upper lip and tongue, Dr. Kenneth Levine informed us that our daughter had both an upper lip tie «labial frenectomy» and tongue tie «lingual frenectomy». It was explained to us that we would pay out of pocket for the procedure and then a claim would be submitted by Dr. Kenneth Levine’s office after the fact to our insurance company.
As desperate parents and our daughter’s inability to latch and/​or breastfeed, as well as her acid reflux, we wanted to do what Dr. Kenneth Levine emphasized to be medically necessary to do. After revising both her upper lip tie «labial frenectomy» and tongue tie «lingual frenectomy by Dr. Kenneth Levine, we paid WELL over $ 1,000.00 out of our own pocket and a claim was submitted by Dr. Kenneth’s Levine’s office to our insurance company.
It has now been MONTHS since my daughter’s procedure and we’ve been back and forth with our insurance company and Dr. Kenneth Levine’s office. Dr. Kenneth Levine’s office did not submit the claim correctly to our insurance company and when additional information was requested by our insurance, his office would not provide it.
Dr. Kenneth Levine’s office is not a reputable one and in fact is taking advantage of new parents in a vulnerable place. My hope here is to deter other parents from falling victim to this apparent scheme.

Dr. Levine charges $ 2400 to $ 3700 to pull a tooth. I was referred to Dr. Levine by a friend’s dentist and I’m quite sure there’s a referral fee system in place. I trusted the dentist and I was negligent for not checking the cost with other dental professionals. The going rate for pulling a tooth I now know is about $ 400, big difference between $ 400 and $ 2400+. For someone who pulls teeth for a living it took Dr. Levine well over an hour and a half to pull my tooth and he was screaming and yelling at me the whole time. To make matters much worse I’m not convinced that I needed the tooth pulled in the first place. I had no pain in the tooth but he insisted it had a whole and would infect my other teeth.
Don’t get suckered in by the fancy office, huge staff and gift bags. By the way, he charges the same ridiculous $ 2400+ fee to put in an implant. I would recommend that you get a few quotes before having a tooth pulled. And stay away from Dr. Levine.

We are very happy with our decision to take our baby to Dr. Levine! Our 10 week old had lip and tongue ties, and we were referred to Dr. Levine by our pediatrician. They took the time to explain the procedure, and to be sure this scared first time mom was comfortable. The office is very clean, and the staff and Dr. Levine are very friendly and professional. The procedure was quick and effective. Amazing job!

Dr. Levine and his team are amazing. I would highly recommend him to anyone who needs periodontics work. The entire staff is very friendly.