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Dr. Michael Sims
on Dec. 13, 2017, 8:12 a.m.
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Very gentle and patient. Normally very nervous but he made me feel relaxed.
About Front Desk: Welcoming, remembered who I was and made sure I had all my paperwork done correctly.
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About Hygienist: Very gentle and patient.
Hygiene time: 45
My Experience: Cleaning
I know this doctor: 2 years
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This man is such a rip-off. Take it from someone who worked for him for all of a month. This man wouldn't even give me my last paycheck. It's been five months and he's now ignoring my calls. I have witnessed way too much in this office and I would never advise anyone to got there. Very unprofessional, and scam artist. Don't waste your time and money. I've never seen someone treat his patients the way he does and makes you lie to them. He is a poor excuse of a dentist and should have his license revoked for good
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My Experience: Exam & Consultation, X-Rays
Duration: 1 hour
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Dr. Sims is a very pleasant doctor. I arrived frantic from a chipped filling and he fixed it with no problem. He also gave me gum treatment that made my smile extremely appealing. Not only did he take my "fear of dentists" away, his sense of humor made me feel at home. Great dentist!
About Front Desk: Everyone greeted me with a smile.
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About Hygienist: She was "very thorough and professional" and takes her job very seriously. I like that!
Hygiene time: 45
I know this doctor: 6+ years
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The practice is a mess avoid at all cost, the practice has high turn over of employees. Some times you would wait 4-6 month to get a permanent crown. It seem is not pay his bill on time with lab the labs are no honoring the work. Unpaid bills. The average delivery for crown is 2 weeks at his practices more than 4 month an countless lies.
Always cutting corner, unethical and tell you lies.
The practice is poorly manage. If you were an idiot like me you go to this dentist. Dr Sims is always destructed because of miss management of the practice. Don’t be mislead by soft spoke attitude and polite personality. The guy will not deliver in the long run you will suffer. AVOID AT ALL COST.
About Front Desk: High turn over, no follow. The staffs is frustrated with the Dr. mismanagement. For example the practice will bill you $900 for simple no cavity tooth,
About Hygienist: Poor
Hygiene time: 20
I know this doctor: 5 years
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Dr. Michael Sims
on May 1, 2014, 11:28 a.m.
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I went to see Dr. Sims in Washington, D.C., and he recommended two crowns. Although the insurance covered the crowns, there were multiple failures involving multiple materials and adhesives. One of Dr. Sims’ suggestions for fixing the crowns that did not fit properly, and which he had installed, was to redo a crown above the affected teeth. Given that the top crown, previously installed by another dentist in Oregon, has caused no problems, and that the problem was obviously with the crowns installed by Dr. Sims, his suggestion made no sense.
The original work done by Dr. Sims was in January 2011. After the failure of the temporary crowns in January 2011, I sought a second opinion with another dentist in Alexandria, Virginia (I'll call him dentist "1"). After the first failure of the permanent crowns in March 2011 and the subsequent second failure of the permanent crowns in October 2012, with different materials, I sincerely doubted Dr. Sims’ competency and went back to dentist 1 to talk about my options. He indicated that “the crowns had opened buccal margins and the prepared teeth were teepee-shaped with no retention.” Dentist 1 suggested I visit an endodontist in Alexandria, Virginia, for an additional consultation. In October 2012, I met with the endodontist and he agreed with dentist 1's assessment and recommended root canals on both teeth. The endodontist stated that in order to correctly prepare the teeth for proper crown retention, the teeth would need additional sculpting. Because Dr. Sims had come critically close to the pulp cavity, additional sculpting would cause the teeth to die; hence root canals would be necessary. The endodontist performed the root canals in November 2012.
Between January of 2011 and May of 2011, I verbalized my dissatisfaction to Dr. Sims and the business manager. In November 2013, I communicated with Dr. Sims’ business manager, Maria, who was not the business manager at the time Dr. Sims’ services were rendered, about this matter and sent copies of letters from dentist 1 and the endodontist to justify the need for his office to send a letter to MetLife to rescind his claim, i.e., “Rescinding my Claim” letter. I waited 2 weeks and called Dr. Sims’ office multiple times. To date (13 December 2013), I have not received any communication of their intent to resolve this situation. I have been unable to use the affected teeth since approximately November 2012. From May 2011 until November 2012, I was very cautious when chewing on that side of my mouth because the teeth didn’t feel properly seated. According to dentist 1, going a long period of time without using these teeth is detrimental to their health, and the crowns should be installed as soon as possible.
I have never had so many issues with a dental procedure. It has taken since mid-2011 to heal both physically and, more importantly, mentally from this devastation. Additionally, having to chew on one side of my mouth has created other problems, soreness and aching, with my other teeth, my jaw, and my neck.
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I would run the other way. Do not let him touch your mouth.
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What a complete disaster. Run, don't walk. $5000 for three crowns and I'm in pain two weeks later, they don't fit; I nearly choked twice during the procedures: once when he failed to remove a bunch of epoxy that had adhered to my gums and came loose in my numb mouth as I was paying the bill, and the second time when he had me test out one new crown that rolled around as soon as I bit down and easily could have been swallowed. Nice man, rotten dentist and clueless staff.
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Warning, do not go to this dentist. While he is perfectly nice, he does poor work and charges almost twice what other dentist charge. I have had months of pain because of a crown he messed up. The tooth wasn't the right color and didn't cover half of my tooth. It looked like a mushroom cap and wasn't sealed so bacteria got inside and I had to have a root canal after just a few months of having the crown. When I went back and asked him about it (twice) he said it was a "conservative preparation" so I could keep my tooth clean. He offered to take it out and try again, but I passed.
Again, I repeat, do not use this dentist.
I know this doctor: 6 months
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As a new patient, Dr. Sims made it seem imperative that he replace my prior dental work (other dentists have since told me otherwise). After the replacements, my teeth began to hurt. I had never had a pain before this. It has been two months and 4 visits, and Dr Sims has yet to be able to stop the pain, claiming it is not due to the work he did and that it is simply coincidence that the pain started on the teeth he worked on immediately after he worked on them.
About Hygienist: Hygienist was great. She did a wonderful job cleaning my teeth and did great work.
I know this doctor: 4
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