I had almost the SAME experience with Dr Zirkle as a child! Unnecessarily forceful, told me to shut up and stop crying, my mother was not allowed in the room..I'm 28 years old and this man is THE REASON I have only been to a dentist four times in MY LIFE! He's the reason I have PTSD, and he's the reason I cry when even thinking of making a dentist appointment...I can not even go to a dentist and take care of my dental health because of the trauma I received as a child from this horrible man! DO NOT take your kids! And if you do, believe them when they try to tell you he's mean and it hurt! They won't have the vocabulary to say he crosses the line of malpractice, unprofessional, evil, and has no business working with children.