Review by
Smiling Patient
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4.5
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2008-10-17
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I've been very satisfied with Dr. Cave for my routine cleaning and exams. His office is no-frills, but it is clean, modern, and comfortable. Its also centrally located downtown, and very easy to get to from Farragut North/West. Combined with his extremely nice, flexible, and competent office staff, its been easy to schedule appointments with Dr. Cave during my lunch hour at work. Dr. Cave also accepts lots of insurance plans, and the process was completely hassle-free.
As for the cleaning itself, Dr. Cave and his staff are extremely competent and thorough. During the cleaning, I was particularly impressed with their use of an ultrasonic scaler to clean the gumline, as it was far more comfortable than the standard scaler that the other dentists I know of use. The X-Ray process is a little more unpleasant than I remember, but that was my only issue.
As for Dr. Cave himself, I find him to be very competent, straightforward, and thorough in explaining his findings. I'd have to disagree with some of the commenters who found him to be arrogant. Dr. Cave does have a very direct way of speaking, and he has a particularly flat emotional affect, but I think it has more to do with his Canadian-ness than any personality defect.
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