Chitra T Ghafari, DDS, PC

I recently became Dr. Ghafari’s patient. I’ve been very happy with her work and she is a very pleasant person to talk to. I had a long term issue with a tooth as a result of another dentists’s poor job!!! Dr. Ghafari did her best to save my tooth. She spends a great amount of time with her patients and she is very honest. I truly trust her. She is an expert in her field (got an amazing crown recently) and she is very honest. That’s why I drive from Virginia to her office in Geithesburg! 45 minutes! Totally worth it :)

I visited Dr. Ghafari’s dental office recently and was really happy with her work. I had had a weird feeing in my upper molar for a long time, but no other dentist could find anything wrong. However, Dr. Ghafari examined my teeth very carefully and found it was coming from the shape of my tooth and my bite. I feel no pain at all now!!!
I’ve seen many dentists, so I can safely say there’s a difference between what impression you have as a patient and what is actually done in your mouth. I saw another negative review here, but my experience has been completely different.
I can’t say Dr. Ghafari is the most friendly dentist or one who gives lip-​service, but I can say she is very resonable and honest about her procedures. She seems to be a perfectionist, which means she doesn’t seek a short-​cut to save her time and money. You should recognize how long it normally takes to clean your teeth. It can be less than 10 mins in some dental office, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. That’s why sometimes you have to wait in the waiting room a little more, but think if the previous patient were you. I’m pretty sure she could be way faster if she wanted.
And moneywise, other offices may charge you less out of pocket but far more in insurance money that you need to use in your future. My wife had this experience, and it made me more grateful to Dr. Ghafari. At least she’s straightforward about costs.
For the last thing, I really want to say that you’ll find how good dentist she is in how you feel about your teeth as time goes by.

Dr. Ghafari is never upfront about her charges. Once you are in her dental chair, you will get «extra» services you will have to pay for.