The office was very polite, and have areas set up for the children to play. The low rating is for how the staff and dentist treated myself and my daughter. My 4 1/2 year old does really well with doctor offices and dentist as long as things are explained and she knows what to expect. For instance, she doesn’t cry when she gets a shot because she knows it coming and knows what to expect. I do understand that medical professionals need to do their job and get the information needed. I respect medical personnel and have good relationship with all my providers and my girls’ providers.
So why the low rating. For starters the moment we walked in to the examination room, the assistant shoved an iPad in my daughters face without my consent. Again, my daughter is very curious and likes to ask question and know whats going on. During the exam, the assistant kept asking my daughter questions, while she’s watching this show (expecting a 4 year old to multitask, wonderful). My daughter was great during the exam, everything was fine until the X-rays. The staff outright lied and said it wouldn’t hurt. They made me and my youngest daughter leave the room for the x-rays, which i was already uncomfortable with. After the first three x-rays, i hear screams on the last X-ray. I wanted to go in to calm her and help her through it but was not allowed. I saw two more nurses go in and heard more screaming... if i hadn’t had my 1 year old with me i would have burst in there; even now I feel horrible for not doing so. Anyway, after they got the final X-rays the dentist and assistant came back in to check her teeth. Of course she lost trust in them and was freaking out. I was trying to calm her down while they were talking over me and physically restraining my daughter without my consent. I signaled them to back off while i talked to her and calmed her down. We will never return there. I wish I would have just walked in there during the X-rays , grabbed her, and walked out. I DO NOT think it is acceptable in non emergency situations to hold a child down like they did, especially without my consent.