I would say to try staying away from any of the dental offices that are tied to Heartland Dental. This happened about 10 years ago. I don't quite understand the relationship, on whether they actually bought up private practices or simply are involved in the administrative end of the business. I know of three different practices in the area that went through big personnel changes when Heartland took over.

A common experience with any of those offices seems to be that you need all kinds of dental work. Some people have mentioned that here. You just need to do your homework and see if they're tied to Heartland.

Personally, I was with one of the those dental offices which went through a change after Heartland was involved. I went in for routine, the dentist which I expected to see wasn't there. They had a 'fill-in' for them and the 'fill-in' tried to get me to agree to an emergency root canal.

Told them I would get back to them and never went back.

Talked with Katkow Dentistry, they recommended I see an endodontist. No issues were found and definitely no need for a root canal.

Dr. Katkow (senior, now retired) did a little fix on one of my fillings which he believed might be the cause for the sensitivity and I've never had another problem since. That was 6 years ago.

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Be careful when shopping around for a dentist.

EDIT: changed my initial info about Heartland.