not recommended. First of all, I am really not a picky patient-- i had good relationships with all my past dentists in MA, CT and FL. However, i have to say Dr. James Swanson is the worst one among all the dentists i have been known of.
His injection skill is awful and made me suffer days after the anaesthesia ---My right side face got purple and swelling for a week b/c of his heavy-handed anaesthesia. I have to say even his hygienist has much better anaesthesia skill than him.
He tries to squeeze the last penny out of your insurance.
and WATCH OUT for the BILL. My insurance has price deduction contract with him (meaning, he agreed with the insurance to give a price write off , this amount should not be paid by either the insurance or the patient, but is a write-off for the in-network dentist). However, he charged me this contracted deductions, telling me they were the "remaining balance" from my insurance which i need to pay for. It took me a very long time to finally realize i have been over-charged, as i really trusted the clinic in the past and never bothered to examine bills carefully.
I have shifted to another dentist in the U-district. and I like my new dentist a lot as he has much better skills.
About Hygienist: the hygienist is much better than Dr. Swanson. i chose Dr. Swanson primarily b/c i first had good experience with the hygienist. Unfortunately, Dr. Swanson is really disappointing.