As a child, I had the unfortunate experience of having my orthodontic work done with Dr. Poland. Not only did he have a horrible bed-side manner (which left me AND my poor mother in tears on numerous occasions), he was not gentle at all. He started putting me in braces at 7 years old, and left them on until I was 15!! He also put "sealants" on my molars to protect from cavities...too bad there were cavities already there! (I found this out years later when I switched to another dentist who was appalled at the decay UNDER the sealants not only in me, but in my brothers as well. Horrible experience with this dentist. He wasn't friendly, and each visit was a nightmare. I would be in pain, with tears running down my face in the chair, and he wouldn't care. I hope to God he's still not practicing.