Rosenberg, Benjamin DDS

This was insurance only recommendation that was approved for children. Absolutely horrible experience Mean and very brusque with my daughter reprimanded her because she coughed. Used no topical. When I pointed out that after his 30 second drilling there was more cavity he told me no and put filling in. Fillings are shoddy and don’t last. My daughter now has cavity down to her gum and after being diligent about her brushing feels it’s her fault. Which it is not. His hands shake. Why? What he has done to my daughters teeth has set her up for unnecessary additional dental work. Under no circumstances should you ever go to this man I had to give one star to post rating if I could I’d give him a minus

This man should not be in practice! My son went to have a cavity filled last year and Dr. Rosenberg DID NOT USE NOVOCAINE when he drilled and filled the tooth. The pain was unbearable and my son had to be on pain medication for 5 days. I reported him to all of the appropriate agencies but I do not know what came of it. I don’t want anyone to suffer like my son did, it was heartbreaking. My sons filling just fell out yesterday, no surprise. My only surprise is that he’s still practicing dentistry. Wasn’t he suppose to be suspended?

Dr. Rosenberg and his staff are absolutely horrible the quality of his work his bedside manner and his prices are all egregious dr. Rosenberg not only ruined my front tooth by cracking it and leaving a hole in it they also failed to submit my paperwork in a timely manner as well as doing a partial tooth cleaning it seem like anything having to do with medical was not going to be dealt with and I actually got the feeling that this doctor was creating work for himself I had a beautiful smile now at this point it’s going to cost me $ 7,000 to repair the damage that dr. Rosenberg did to my mouth I think that his license should be pulled I think that he should no longer be a #medical provider and I also believe that in general he does not care and is only chasing the dollar

Dr Rosenberg ruined my mouth. I had three bridges (a perm tooth grew in sideways leaving an empty spot, a tooth in another area broke and had to be pulled, etc) and he told me I had a cavity in the anchor tooth of one bridge, and he needed to redo another for some reason. So I let him. First, he refused to use novocaine while doing the work because he said I wouldn’t be able to feel if it was fitting properly. I had multiple appointments where I literally clawed holes in the arms of the chairs. He charged me extra (lots extra) for the higher end materials yet you could see silver at the gym line making me not even want to smile for the year or two the bridges lasted. Yep, you got it — all the bridges failed — one literally fell out of my mouth while eating sushi. Sushi is super soft. I have had to get all of the work redone — and since he did such a horrible job I lost anchor teeth and now have to do a partial on the bottom. He is the marquis de Sade of dentists, does extremely sub par work, and I believe he overcharged me hundreds if not more. Avoid him like the plague. Sorry I ever went there. My teeth will never be the same.

Watch this crook! Not only am I having to have his incompetent work redone (badly fitting crowns, root canals that don’t go all the way) he also tried to bill my insurance for $ 4000 worth of work he didn’t even do. Like many others have said, he seems nice enough to begin with, but then the trouble and underhanded work ethics start showing up. Do yourself and your insurance company a huge favor and find another dentist.

Unbelievably bad. He replaced a crown that had broken off with what looked like a horses tooth, then used gobs of cement to hold it in place, smearing cement on my adjoining teeth, my lips, my gums. The tooth popped out an hour later, and I returned to his office. He popped it back in, put more cement on it, and when I complained about the size, he sawed it in half, leaving half a horses tooth with ragged edges that tore into my lips and tongue. I went to another dentist who was shocked at the horrible job. He told me that the crown was inserted without a post, and that the obvious intent was to smear enough cement that it would last… with prayer. It took a week for my mouth to heal. Just bad!

Worst dentist ever! Don’t go here! Had to have all work redone by another dentist. He doesn’t know what he’s doing, plus his hands shake. Can’t believe he’s still working.

I would give a negative star rating if I could. Put in a crown and it fell out. Put in a replacement crown and had nothing but problems. This guy is just a lousy dentist.
And expensive for terrible work. Long story short, I had to have all the dental work REDONE by a competent dentist.

Love, love, love this dentist. Very pleasant guy. Makes me feel at ease when I’m here

He was nice enough, but he didn’t really do anything at all — I saw him for literally two minutes. He just looked at my x-​rays and sent me off to the hygienist. The woman who cleaned my teeth was great.
However, the way this office is set up is ridiculous. Instead of just leaving a message to confirm appointments, they insist you call THEM back to confirm. They also have no grace period for lateness. For my second visit, I had an appointment for 12:30 and they called me at 12:31 and told me I couldn’t come in. Not that anyone should really be late to an appointment, but with traffic and such in LA, most doctors do have a 15 minute grace period. Not these guys.

I cannot even rate Benjamin Rosenberg because he is so terrible. I cannot even call him a dentist because he did not exhibit the skills of one. Last week I had the worst experience of my life. I wanted to write a review immediately after the incident but was unable to due to the turmoil I went through. In short, he basically charged my insurance for procedures that I needed (and asked twice if I needed) but he lied to my face and said I didn’t need. He also lied to me about what he did. He placed a crown on a tooth on the left side of mouth and stated he built a post within the crown (which I never heard of before). When I followed up with another dentist, she informed me that Rosenberg placed a crown on an infected tooth and he did not put a post before placing the crown which increased my risk of infection. I am so disappointed and saddened by the treatment I received by Rosenberg that I will spread my experience so that this will not happen to anyone else. After reading the other reviews, I am shocked that he is still practicing. Wish I posted this earlier to save people time, money and disappointment

Dr Rosenberg is a pleasant chatty chap.
He performed a root canal and two crowns for me in ²⁰¹⁰⁄₁₁.
One of the crowns fell out a couple of years later.
I have had some bad luck with dental work falling out over the years. So this was a final straw. This time I wanted it fixed.
As a conservative chap myself I took the precaution of having another dentist assess Dr. Rosenberg’s work prior to contacting Dr. Rosenberg and asking him to fix it. I wanted no complications in any way conected to this procedure, financial or otherwise. So I was prepared to pursue him legally if I encountered and resistance to him correcting the crown issue.
So, I visited him and told him what happened. I showed him a copy of the other dentist’s review. He took new xrays etc, was courteous and polite and appeared concerned to address this matter.
So far so good. So, I return today for the new crown. I will update this review afterwards.

I guess I am in the minority here… Been coming for 10 years or so… I have pretty good teeth, so im mainly here for cleanings… maybe one or two fillings … The office is no frills, but I’m here twice a year… My cleanings are covered by my insurance and I’m out the door…

This guy is absolutely terrible! I wish I could give hm zero stars! He was assigned to us by my children’s insurance co. He has NO PATIENCE at all for anyone let alone children. All you have to do is work with my son a little bit and he will be fine at the dentist but he gave him NOTHING! He snapped at him and was mean. He also barely treated him and missed some very important information that could have easily been seen on his ex-​rays. We are now going through major dental work somewhere else that could have been avoided. Its a shame too because the woman who cleaned my kids teeth here was wonderful and kind and patient. She did a great job with him but he is just awful. Do not go here, especially do not bring your children here!

Before I discuss Rosenberg, there is a slight history of my horrific experiences with dentists. Way back in 2002 I was going to a Dr. Slezak, K.N., DDS at Family Dental Center; 3907 Lincoln Blvd.; Santa Monica, CA. This dentist put a crown on my lower left molar. The very next day I had total loss of hearing in my left ear. Now, I don’t know how experiences everyone else has had with Medicaid/​Medical (I am a disabled person), but it literally took me 2 years and about 3 doctors to finally discover that my left eardrum was floating in fluid. So I paid out of pocket (at the time I was making around $ 700 per mo) to another dentist who took a digital ex-​ray and discovered that there was a hole on the distal side of the crown. So I took Slezak to court but discovered there that I would have to pay the new dentist around $ 1,000 to give testimony! So I dropped the court idea and started seeing Rosenberg in 05. The crown was removed and I immediately regained the hearing in my left ear! He originally seemed like a good dentist so in 08 I saved up and paid him $ 500 for a new crown on that lower left molar. Rosenberg also in 10 accidentally let his drill slip and gouged a hole in my upper right canine tooth. He sloppily filled this hole. This was the last time I went to see Rosenberg. By 12, I was thinking about getting a dental plan since my income went up a bit and I had not had my teeth cleaned in a couple of years when the crown Rosenberg put in suddenly fell out! So I decided to get a dental plan and a new dentist. In May 2012 this new dentist took a full mouth ex-​ray and discovered that the lower crown had fallen off because my root was completely dead and had been for at least 10 years! So I in essence paid Rosenberg $ 500 to put a crown over a dead root! This has cost me $ 2,100 for an implant. As to the upper right molar, the one Rosenberg accidentally hit with his drill, I was out of pocket another $ 2,000 because that tooth was so injured the new dentist had to use a post, do a root canal, and replace the tooth with a crown. And in the future, because while replacing an amalgam with a new filling (I discovered I am allergic to the white fillings), Rosenberg, instead of taking out the entire old filling, just pasted in the new filling! I have a new ex-​ray of that tooth and my new dentist explained exactly what the problem is. This is going to cost me another $ 1,000! So in all total, Rosenberg has cost me $ 5,600!
Now I am an actress and above and beyond the normal use of teeth to properly digest our food, I use my teeth to help with diction and pronunciation. They are my tools. How would Slezak or Rosenberg feel if I were to march into their offices and start smashing their tools? They wouldn’t like it one bit. Nor do I. I am very upset about this entire thing. I have been issued a CareCredit card that pays for dental expenses. I have been paying them for one and one half years and have 8 more months to go. It’s killing me. I have to pass up opportunities for my acting career; I don’t have enough food to eat each month. And I have a very hard time paying all my other bills. I am so glad God gave me a very sharp mind, one that veers towards budgets, because if I hadn’t paid my budget a very, very great deal of attention, I might be forced to lose my housing! Please pray for me – 8 months and counting! And please, beware Rosenberg and Slezak. My best to you all. Jennifer Mims Hayes

Even more What the Hell! This dentist billed over $ 15,000 in services to my insurance in 6 months. During that time, My family of 6 only had three cavities filled and 2 nightguards. He billed FULL orthodontic care for all three of my daughters, in addition to billing out 26 (that’s right, I said twenty-​six) fillings for just ONE of my daughters! This is how he pays himself… getting paid 26 times for 2 fillings?
Moreover, I had the amazing experience of being his first appointment in the morning on my last visit, and his hands were shaking so badly that he poked me all over the inside of my mouth and cheek trying to anesthetize me. I literally said «STOP» and asked him what was wrong and he apologized, saying «I’ll be back in a few minutes». A full 10 minutes later he returns with calm hands. Hella scary.
If you had a similar experience you MUST do what I did, for the sake of any future victims. PLEASE file a claim through your insurance provider. They WILL reverse the charges and tell Rosenberg to «pay back or we’ll drop you». I did that, and it «reset» my coverage so my kids weren’t blocked from coverage. Unfortunately, they gave him credit for money he didn’t earn, so he only had to return about $ 12,000 of the coverage payments. Amazingly, he is still listed as a Delta Dental provider.
When I found out that the insurance company would only go that far, I also filed a claim with the CA Dental Board. I had published the information before, but my posting here magically disappeared (hmmm?), so if you want the info, please send me a private note.

WORST dentist EVER! I originally thought this dentist was ok because I’ve never had to come out of pocket for a co-​pay. WRONG! This dentist fraudulently maxed out my insurance. I went to him in Jan2010 for a teeth cleaning ONLY– that was ok. In June I had an awful toothache. I was literally in tears. He took xrays of my entire mouth (not just the area i complained about) and claimed he didn’t see anything.“maybe just an infection in the gums”. He gave me antibiotics. The very next day, my jaw looked as if a baseball were stuff in my mouth (and talk about pain). I contacted him and let him know what was going on… can you believe this idiot asked me to come in for more xrays and had me down for a teeth cleaning? I went to another dentist that same day and found out it was an abscess. The new dentist showed me the xray he took and said «i can’t believe the 1^st dentist could see this», needless to say the new dentist completed what actually needed to be done and did an excellent job. BUT, when he ran my insurance for payment, found out it had been exhausted! SOOO, I had to come out of my pocket over $ 1,300. After I paid, I contacted Rosenburgs office in a fury. he started fast talking and stuttering (because he knew what he had done) and after i told him i was contacting the insurance co and the state dental board, he said he would mail a check out immediately. (Keep in mind, I have pretty good insurance and the ONLY time i had gone to Rosenburg in 2010 was for a teeth cleaning in Jan, then when complained about this toothache & he took xrays in June). He did infact mail out a check for what I came out of pocket, but I’m still contacting the State! If he’s done this to me, I’m SURE he’s done it to someone else.