Klein David R Dr

Receptionists are generally rather rude, one going so far as to lecture me about punctuality when I said I called to say I was running a few minutes late. I ended up just canceling the appointment because I was irked by her tone.
Maybe the problem is less my tardiness and more the receptionists are always cramming the appointment book so that no one gets more than 15 minutes and the doctor is always rushing (had another dentist who did an extraction a week after my last appointment with the younger Klein tell me that a cavity was missed during an exam. Really?). How are you going to do a proper cleaning for anyone in 15 minutes? Glad to be moving away and away from this office.

I’ve had a great experience with Dr. David and his son Dr. Jason. My appointments always start on time, and they get me in and out quickly. I never feel like they’re trying to upsell me whitening or convince me I need things I don’t. The nurses are also very nice and down-​to-​earth. The office and facilities are on the older side, but I don’t see this as a major problem — it feels very clean. I would recommend them.

Letter speaks for itself. he’s to fast and too sloppy. In my opinion, wouldn’t usde him ever again and he never responded to the letter!
Important & Confidential
Dear Dr. Klein,
I recently had a minor problem with the crown that you fabricated and made for me several years ago. If you review your records of correspondence you will note that we had some problems with it from the beginning and it had to be remade and reinstalled at least twice.
According to the dentist who provided a service to re-​cement it temporarily in place, he didn’t think it was a serious situation other than maybe the cement used wasn’t an adequate amount or possibly wore off. He stated that there was hardly any residual cement or debris in the area and also, didn’t see anything apparent or visibly abnormal.
However, he believed that the permanent re-​cement should be applied by the original dentist as he didn’t want to have that responsibility, because he didn’t perform the original service.

I am sure that to remove it, inspect the area, clean and re-​cement permanently will not take too much time and I would like to come in at your convenience any day or time I am available. As you know I am just a few blocks away and the appointment could be when someone else cancels, as this sometimes can work for me.
In anticipations that we can facilitate this soon, I look to your positive reply,
Thank you and sincerely,
Larry

Ok, I admit — the dentist office is not my favorite place to go but everyone that works here is friendly and that makes it tolerable. I am surprised at the other reviews. This has not been my experience at all.
Dr. D Klein has been here for years and now his son has joined the practice. You can request either one. The father is gentler, takes his time a bit more. The son has a great chair side manner as well but moves a bit quicker and pulls just a bit harder.
I don’t go nearly enough. I will be the first to say it but the hygienists that clean my teeth have an artful way of letting me know that I should come more often without making me feel like a complete ass. They don’t scold, but they do show care and concern for the health of my mouth.
I have been coming here on and off for over 10 years so I cannot speak to their equipment being old because I don’t have anything to compare it to. I have seen several updates in those years. They have upgraded to digital X-​Rays which speeds up the process tremendously from where it was 10 years ago. The office is always clean.

great office .very good dentist will come back!

No complaints. Great staff and clean facility. Gentle yet thourough cleaning. I shall return.

I agree with what the other reviewers have written — his office is in need of a major update, including new tools and dental technologies. His general strategy is to start drilling before taking x-​rays, or discussing the treatment with you. Worse than that though, he did shoddy work on one of my teeth, resulting in further decay, and ultimately a root canal. He filled a back molar for me (#2), and almost immediately after the anesthesia wore off, it hurt. It hurt me for weeks, and I went back in to his office and complained. I’d had fillings before and this never happened. He just told me, in so many words, that I was being a wimp. About a year later, that filling broke off, and the decay had spread into the soft tissue.
When Dr. Klein saw the damage, it was clear that I needed a root canal, but he didn’t refer me to a specialist, he just said to come back another day when he had an hour, rather than the half hour he’d scheduled for me. In the mean time, he left me with a shoddy and painful temporary filling, that was progressively crumbling in my mouth.
I’ve since had a much better experience with a new dentist, who referred me immediately to an endodontist for a root canal. Endodontists have two extra years of training and use special equipment like a surgical microscope, so they get much better results. The endodontist who did my root canal found a fourth, hidden root canal, that would have been invisible to the naked eye. He also spent 90 minutes with me since my tooth offered particular challenges. Though obviously I didn’t go through with Dr. Klein’s proposed treatment, I’m guessing I would not have gotten the same level of painlessness, care, and results as the highly-​recommended specialist gave me.

Not recommended. He did some dental work for me which immediately caused me pain and basically ridiculed me when I tried to bring it up. When I asked how long I should wait before getting concerned he said «I don’t know, 6 months?». Definitely do not recommend unless you are on a budget and just need a cavity filled. Also, he does not have the best hygiene.

My experience was ok, but I’ve never been to such a shoddy office. All of the equipment looked old, and out of date. The fluoride treatment was done haphazardly, and nurse seemed surprised when I gagged on their old equipment.
Not a nice environment, and not a friendly scene. With a little looking, I’m sure you can find someplace better.

I am so saddened by my experience with this entire dental office. I have only had pleasant experiences with pretty much every doctor I’ve been to until now, including dentists., yet somehow this office managed to have everyone who works there offend me. The dentist himself got on the phone to personally insult me, as well.
Basically, I am relatively new to NY and called over a month ago to schedule an appointment for a new Dentist to have him look at my cavities. (I had seen my previous dentist in CT for a cleaning a couple months ago, and they told me I had cavities, but they’re no longer on my plan).
So I waited a month for this appointment only to find that they scheduled the wrong type of appointment for me where they would only do a cleaning. They wouldn’t admit any fault or help me reschedule, but instead grew angrier and angrier eventually telling me to find a new dentist. I called back explaining the story to someone else, basically begging for an appointment since it’s a whole song and dance to change my primary dentist, and they gave me a huge attitude, then put the dentist on the phone… I calmly explained to him the misunderstanding that I waited a month with cavities for this appointment, and I’d just like to reschedule for as soon as possible, and then HE told me to find a new dentist!
They basically passed the phone to everyone in the office to tell me they don’t care and they’re not going to help.
Very sad. If they are anything working on your mouth like they are on the phone, it should be a pretty painful experience :(