My concern with Dr Gaitan and Royal Dentist, is I feel they may be taking advantage of Medicare patients. I had xrays and a consultation with a different dentist (different office) 5 months prior to visiting Royal Dental....no issues, no problems, no further treatment needed...but they screwed up my cleaning appt. so I decided to try Royal. I couldn't believe the # of xrays they took, three times what I have ever had before. I couldn't understand much of what he was saying during his diagnosis, except that he ended with what I could hear, "that things look pretty good". Next thing I knew, a young lady walked in with a huge laundry list of things I needed, totalling $2,200 from my pocket, over and above what medicare would pay....I went back to the previous dentist who saw none of these issues (ie deep cleanings, crowns, fillings). After discussing this experience with friends, I found two others who went through the same routine.....hugh laundry lists of "needs" totalling huge amounts over-and-above their medicare coverages....looks like medicare fraud to me
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