Goldberg, Roland DDS - Utc Renaissance Ctr

I have been a patient of Dr. Roland Goldberg's for more than 10 years. During that time frame he has helped improve my dental health tremendously. I previously spent 21 years in the US Navy and needed quite a bit of work after retiring due to the inadequate care while serving our country. Dr. Goldberg gives the least painful shots I've ever had and is a highly professional in his approach for all work.

Im really unhappy and even upset with this guys service. I've been to the office 3 times. The cleaning is average to unsatisfactory (depending on which hygienist you get). All of them are way too aggressive with the flossing. Each time I've had to wait 20-30 min for Dr. Goldberg.

The bigger problem i have is that I've had more work on my teeth by him in 3 sessions than i've had in my life. The first time, he said i was brushing too hard and had to fill in facial abrasions in my front teeth -- i got those filled in. Honestly they don't look great (color is off and you can see the edges of the filling). My next visit he had to re-fill and/or re-polish them. Even though he doesn't charge for re-doing work, it's annoying and causes tooth sensitivity. He put another filling due to a gap in-between my back molars -- this fell out after a month. Apparently, i've also had multiple cavities each visit. His software program indicates there are some small cavities forming - when he inspected it with his tools, he said he couldn't tell if there was a problem, but it should get fixed. I've also bought multiple fluoride solutions and a mouth guard from him. It's now my 3rd visit and he wants to drill some more cavities and re-polish again.

Service is not great, his work is scary in retrospect, and i don't trust him. If he's right about the cavities, i'll update this post. But otherwise, do not go to this dentist.

I feel Dr Roland is way too quick to recommend serious dental work. I also feel he is not as qualified to do root canals as some specialist doctors are therefore is not able to give the best care for such surgery.

I saw Dr. Goldberg last year. His work was fine, but I think the overall service was not impressive. I have switched dentists and am far more satisfied. i would not refer others to this dentist office enthusiastically.

I have seen Dr. Goldberg twice for routine checkups and a cleaning since I moved to UTC. The first time I was very unhappy with the service. He made me wait 30 minutes and I had shown up early for my appointment. Then after the hygienist performed the cleaning and X-Rays he made me wait another 20 minutes to see him! Total was almost 1 1/2 hours for a routine cleaning and it wasn't very thorough. Then I decided to visit him again this week to see if my prior experience had been an outlier and because I am lazy. I had the exact same experience again!! It was a poor cleaning again, I waited around too long again, and he spent more time trying to sell me "Deep Cleanings" then his hygienist did cleaning my teeth.

I'll never go back there and I would suggest using another Doctor if you are considering using him.

I have been patient to Dr Goldberg for the last 3 years and I am very happy with my dentists visits. He is very thorough in his exams, and he is very friendly. I have already recommended him to my friends, and they like him too.

PROS: High quality exams and procedures, frendly dentist
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