Miami Beach Dental Center

Doctors are good and the staff is really nice. 5 stars for that but their prices are way over the top. Wanted over $ 800 for two fillings and that’s with insurance! Went to another dentist and with insurance was only charged $ 72 for both fillings! The reviews here are spot on, a ripoff and borderline fraud.

rip off. always trying to push some cosmetic procedure you don’t need. «you can finance it with the lending club». i dump them when the dr fell into his own lie. he mistakenly told me i have to replace crowns because of cavities but he forgot he had already told me only need replacing if i want a «better smile, for cosmetic reasons only, no cavities. »

I don’t know if they talk you into things you don’t really need, I did pay a lot but I know most dental insurance plans with employers are not that good. I needed a lot done and I had been to a guy on Washington Ave that quoted me about the same price for a lot less work. And he was a total creep.
What I do know, is this is the best dentist I have ever been to, and I ain’t a youngun.
No pain whatsoever, the best cleaning I ever had. Yoli is amazing. She is so nice and explains so much about taking care of our teeth. Which face it, you do really need to do.
I had a crown that had fallen off and they fitted me with a new one that is flawless. I realized for years I had one that was so poorly made and fitted that I felt it constantly. Now I have one that fits in so well, it’s as if it was always there.
Everyone that works there is so kind. I highly recommend this dental practice.

This place smelled strongly of fraud. When part of one of my fillings fell off, they told me it needed to be replaced with a crown (?), and the dentist said she didn’t recommend a metallic one because it was my molar — she suggested I go with porcelain. When the financial lady came in to talk to me, she told me they don’t do metallic fillings, and was caught off guard when I told her the dentist told me that they do technically offer them. She said the porcelain crown would be $ 860 WITH insurance.
I have been burned by dentists before, and decided to have a consultation with Dr. Carson, who had great reviews on Unilocal.He simply told me what was wrong, did my 2 fillings that same day, and charged me $ 160 WITH insurance. No financial weird stuff. I havent done enough dental work with him to trust him yet, but I definitely know that I will not go back to Miami Beach Dental Center.
Be very careful. smells like crooks

Overall Im very Happy with this office. Its location is very convenient for me and that’s a plus.
The dental assistants and the staff is very nice and I’ve never had any issues like others claim to have. Dr Exposito is great, patient and super friendly which makes you feel more at ease during the procedures. Which I always hate doing!
The wait can be a little long but all doctors office are the same.
Update: had my wisdom teeth removed today by the surgeon Dr Saenz. I was a little surprised when they started by putting laughing gas before the IV sedation as I didn’t know it was gonna happen. I just thought it was oxygen until I started feeling «weird» and I asked the assistant. I wished someone would have told me it would happen and explain the steps. Dr Sawnz isnt the warmest person ever but that’s ok. I dont think she spoke a word to me today. But i was a little sedated so i wont trust my memory. She was a little rough when putting the IV but That’s ok too.
First assistant i saw That explained te procédures and stuff barely spoke english and i had to ask her 4 – 5 times to repeat. I really hate that it made ME feel pretty uncomfortable. And I know there is information I left that I wasn’t sure about. Thank you Dr Google.
Something else that would have been nice but I don’t know if it’s possible for them to do is to send the prescription directly to the pharmacy (or give it to us ahead of time) so that we can just go pick it up when it’s all over. I didn’t feel so well by that time and we had to wait 1h30 for the medecine at the pharmacy. Today many dr offices just send it directly or fax it and it makes the whole experience so much easier. Just a suggestion.
The office still gets 5 stars because everyone is friendly from the nice lady at the reception desk, to Sasha (who doesn’t have the easiest job, talking to you about those expensive bills…) and all the assistants I’ve seen in the past.

I came as an emergency referred by one of my famous clients.
Thanks God doctor Maria Luisa Pena and all the staff was here!
She took care of me immediately!
They very gentle and I recommend her and her team very much!

Dr Esposito was warm, friendly, with great manner. HOWEVER, the office staff does the dirty work of serious mark ups and up-​selling what you need.
They plan to give you the most expensive version of everything and create the impression that its all medically necessary. I took the time to confer with other dentists and found out that a good amount of it wasn’t. When I saw the Dr again before the work was done I asked him and he easily accepted that the less expensive options were just as good. This was after the office manager had argued with me over and over that this is absolutely necessary.
At the end of the day, they altered the treatment plan to be less expensive but didn’t alter the financing package so they got paid the full amount by the financing company and I got a bill that was several hundred dollars more than it should have been.
3 months later I’m yet to receive a check for the credit from them. What I DID get was a difficult time after about 4 phone calls over 3 weeks trying to teach their office manager. She finally called back and needless to say the conversation didn’t go well on either side. I hope the Dr knows what his employees are doing for his customer service reputation.

Excellent service and great cleaning! Office is clean an comfortable.

The woman at the front desk was very helpful and nice. Was a pleasure dealing with her.
The office is very clean and has a nice coffee machine available.
The biggest gripe i had was looking for parking and the traffic associated with this area. But there is usually traffic on the beach, so nothing new.
The visit went well. I was charged $ 40 for a cancer screening which my insurance doesnt pay for, so be on the lookout for that.
Dr. Esposito was very nice and friendly. The problem I had was with the prices. I was comparing what they were charging me with what the insurance said I should pay and things were not adding up. I opted to choose another provider without telling them.
I do like that I received a call from them and the left a message. They noticed that I had not come back for my treatment and wanted to know if I was going to continue. I will not, but it is good that they are paying attention to that sort of thing.
Also, they wanted to charge me $ 25 for toothpaste. Fine, i understand but I wasnt told of the fee until the finance lady came in. I left the toothpaste right there in the office.

I am a die hard oral hygiene & smile fanatic! I am extremely proactive with my dental health. I’ve had braces twice, I religiously have my teeth cleaned every 6 months and I have X-​rays/​checkup performed annually. So for me, it is VERY important to LOVE my dentist office. I need to feel comfortable and safe in the dentist’s hands.
Upon my arrival to this office, I was reasonably leery about what lied ahead. Not only bc it’s a dentist office (many people suffer from dentist-​a phobia), but also b/​c I read some pretty vicious Unilocal reviews about this place prior to booking my appt. They’re listed in my insurance network and of course, conveniently located, so I decided to form my own opinions. That said, this list pretty much sums up my experience:
1) The wait seemed unnecessarily long considering they weren’t very busy at all. I was only there for a checkup, x-​rays and a cleaning, but ended up being stuck there for over 2 hrs.
2) The staff wasn’t particularly friendly. Dr Esposito was the only one who properly introduced himself. My short consultation with him was pleasant.
3) The hygienist was rough and barely said two words to me.
4) Although I didn’t get a ‘scam or ‘insurance fraud’ vibe as so many Unilocalers claimed in previous reviews, they do try SUPER DUPER hard to UPSELL you on everything! Oral cancer scan $ 40 co-​pay, electric toothbrush $ 140, cavity prevention varnish $ 25…I politely declined them all.
5) Just like every other place in this city, you have to pay to park; which I completely loathe. You do have the option of ‘pay to park’ or the parking garage behind Citibank which is $ 1/​per hour.
6) They didn’t even offer the traditional FREE toothbrush, paste and floss kit!!! Excuse me?! I live for those freebies! When I inquired, they nonchalantly replied, ‘No, we don’t have those’ as if it was no big deal! In the words of my favorite MadTv character, Bön Qui Qui… ‘RUDE.‘
This place has zero ‘WOW’ factor. Which unfortunately means I won’t be returning or referring any friends.

Very friendly staff and doctors … Would recommend them 100%…

Horrible service. The office is a medical insurance scam. They ruined my mouth and I have had to go to another facility. I found out through a second opinion I didn’t need the original procedure to begin with and didn’t need half of the follow up procedures the staff and doctors tried to pressure me into having. This location has several legal suits in progress because of bad work and insurance fraud. They are about to get another one…

Horrible customer service! Lack of respect and attention!
It was a only oral surgeon working with my son’s insurance, we had to go for the consultation first (wisdom teeth extraction) and it was scheduled for 1pm, we arrived 15 min earlier to fill out some forms as usual. At 1:15 they still were looking for the authorization from the insurance (it was sent via fax a week ago and without it they wouldn’t let me to make an appointment). Then it seems they found it and everything were ok.
We start waiting… At 1:55 I asked when my son will be seen, as the appointment was at 1. They answered that in 5 min.
10 min later they called him in. Took his RX and sited him in some room. This consultation was supposed to last 5 – 10 min as it was to confirm that the surgery is necessary.
Well it was 2:45 pm when I asked again when the doctor will come, and I was told that the doctor is in surgery and we have to wait. (Why are you giving me an appointment at the same time of the surgery? why you didn’t tell the doctor to just take a look at my son as it was a 5min consultation before the surgery?) Besides that this doctor only comes there one day a week, so if you need to go and want to reschedule it will be for the next week.
At 2:55 doctor finally came, checked everything and gave the authorization for the surgery. Finally at 3:10 we were done.
BUT!
The next step was for them to send this authorization back to the insurance company for the final approval. The girl in the window said that she was already sending it and she showed me a bunch of papers wile standing by fax machine saying: «i’ll do it right now»
They didn’t let me to make an appointment for the only day of the next week that doctor will be available till they get the final approval from the insurance. (The regular processing time is 24 h)
30 min later i called the insurance and asked them to call the doctors office and check with them that all necessary documents were send, as they did it and everything was looking good
Next day i called the insurance to follow up with the Authorization but they told me that they didn’t received the fax. I asked to confirm the fax number and then called to the doctors office and gave them this fax number to check if it was a correct one, and they told me that they have another number and will sent id now again.
One hour later i called again the insurance but they still didn’t received anything, the representative called doc’s office again and was told «we are sending it right now». I called to check again 1 hour later and NOTHING!
I called the doctor’s office AGAIN and complain, and I was told that they take 24 – 48 hours to process the doctors authorization before sending it to the insurance. WHAT? So they were lying to me all this time? Or they are lying now? Now they are saying that they need the writhing from the doctor but the doctor is not in the office today!
If you have choice don’t go to this office. I had a very nice experience in another office 2 blocks from there. This people are very unprofessional! I don’t want to say anything about the doctor. Im sure he is very professional, but the rest of the personal is just horrible!

My experience here was amazing! I felt so welcomed by the friendly staff as soon as I walked in. As any new patient would expect, I filled out all the proper paper work before anyone would even look at my mouth. The doctor to help me was the ridiculously gorgeous Dr. Kari Vinuela. She looked at my grill & quickly determined that before anything can be done, x-​rays were necessary. My non-​dentist ass couldn’t help but ask if that was really needed. I was assured that the only way to know for sure what the problem was, is to check out the x-​rays. I understood their office has procedures to insure that they give the best possible treatment to their patients. Why would any give them a hard time for such a small detail!!! Probably some know-​it-​all that must always feel the need to tell a professional how to do their job when they have no idea what being a dentist is all about!!! Anywhooo, the moral of the story is that I had two wisdom teeth pulled. They did an amazing job preparing me and carefully explaining everything being done. Of course it hurt like crazy, it sure as hell wasn’t going to tickle! When they were done, they gave me a nice goody bag to nurse my grill back to normal, along with some very helpful meds. I am actually looking forward to my next cleaning because of the pleasant treatment I received here. I will also be looking forward to saying hello to the very pleasant looking dental assistants.

The staff is great and knowledgable. The wait was average and to be expected. Check out was a breeze and the overall experience good.

My dental insurance company had this group in their plan so I made an appointment for a cleaning. After being placed in the room, the assistant said I needed to have all of my teeth x rayed first. I explained that I was only there for a cleaning. The dentist Dr Esposito, came into the room. I explained that I had xrays of my teeth less than 1 year ago, and all were negative. I did not have any pain or complaints. I have good dental health and only wanted a dental cleaning. He refused to examine my teeth or allow me to have my teeth cleaned unless I had xrays done of all of my teeth first. Then he left the room and I had no treatment at all. No checkup, No cleaning. Requiring patients to undergo tests that they do not need seems like insurance fraud and poses unnecessary risk to patients’ health.
Don’t come here if you care about your health.