After not going to the dentist for many years - I returned to find my dentist sold his practice to Dr. Dovidio - and after several appointments - decided I had given her too many chances.
For some years - I was a longtime client of Dr. Edward Petronio - who I felt Very comfortable with, that he knew what he was doing, was kind, gentile, compassionate - patient - and took the time to explain what was needed, presented options and took his time doing a very good job. I want to preface this - my year and date on this is just an approximate guess - as of now (June 2013) it was about 10-15 years ago. So - I hadn't been to any dentist in perhaps 5-8 years. - I had just not taken good care of myself. - At least as far as going to the dentist - although I continued to brush and floss. I was sad and disappointed that Dr. petronio had retired and sold his practice. I told Anita and her assistant - that I was nervous and might want to try Nitrous Oxide (aka 'Laughing Gas') - they stated several times, 'There is NO gas on the premise'. I did Not feel very comforted. - Like - hey 'Just tough it out'. : ( I found Dr. Anita Dovidio to be a bit blunt and rushed for time. I was not shocked that I needed some fillings - However - I am confident my teeth were Not as 'bad' as she presented to me. I had several appointments - and at times I felt her delivery of 'bad news' was of - 'hey you fool - here's what you did to yourself'. One of my most vivid memories was of her drilling away on my tooth - and her talking loudly to her assitatant about Anita's trip to Saint Martins. It was Very tacky - and her focus was Not 100% on the work she was performing. Over the course of my appointments I slowly began to tell her what I didn't like and Why. - Instead of changing anything - she just got worse. I finally told her - I would find another dentist - because of my dissatisfaction about her. She coldly (paraphrasing here) responded with, and quot;Fine - go ahead and go away. - I Don't care.and quot; I told her - I would let as many people know about her poor approach to me - and her detached treatment of working on my teeth. - She said something about 'I don't care - go ahead'. So - well - here I am on Angieslist. Wonder if she still 'doesn't care'. In my opinion - she was (is?) 'Drill happy' - I consider her work (as I told her) to have 'Over-Drilled' my teeth for the fillings.