Prudential Dental Associates

A+ from start to finish. Dentists are some of my least favourite places on earth and these guys are wonderful. They’ll work through everything with you and explain it all then schedule everything required at a pace that makes sense and works for you and your insurance. They couldn’t be a nicer bunch and I would thoroughly recommend them.

Every experience I've had there has been wonderful!

The front desk staff of Jennifer, Courtney and Sun are terrific and so helpful with insurance and scheduling. The dental assistant, Jennifer and Claudia, work seamlessly withe the dentist and are very personable. The hygienist, Lauren goes a great job and we always laugh a lot during my cleaning. I also like that she takes actual photos of your teeth. One of which showed a cavity that didn't show up on X-ray.

The above are all superfluous to the main reason I go to Prudential Dental which is Dr. Hamasat Gheddaf Dam. She is extremely well educated and knowledgeable but also very caring and patient. Explaining anything and everything, so generous with her time and she LISTENS. Her ethos permeates the whole of the practice and it is as though it is one organism.

This is how I came to the practice. I heard a conversation that Dr. Gheddaf Dam, who is Swiss trained, had with two visiting Japanese dentists the gist of which was how in the rest of the world the use of onlays and inlays is the norm where as here in the U.S. it is all crowns. I had never heard of onlays/inlays before that day. It had always been "you need a crown". Why would you take away all that "good" enamel to do a crown when it is not necessary? Given the choice I would always take the least destructive option.

Since that day I have finished an on going implant, had two incorrectly fitted crowns replaced and had my first ever inlay with Dr. Gheddaf Dam. I have told her I will follow her wherever she goes! If you doubt that you should know that I live on the outer Cape and travel a minimum of two and a half hours each way now!

I went in for a routine cleaning / 6 month checkup, and it went well. My only real complaint is that they take what feels like a grossly excessive number of X-rays to get a detailed view of your teeth. My previous dentist was able to accomplish this with 2 X-rays, prudential dental took upwards of 10

Best dental practice I’ve ever been a patient of. They care, they make you and your oral health the only priority, and they’re great at what they do. I’ve been a patient of theirs for 5+ years and I would never think of changing to someone else.

Everyone at Prudential dental is incredibly nice, professional and skilled. My dental hygienist must be a perfectionist, I don’t think I’ve ever walked away from a cleaning not feeling like my teeth are absolutely gleaming haha.

Slightly embarrassed to admit that I have a serious fear of the dentist... BUT Prudential Dental is the BEST! Everyone is so nice and friendly, and so caring and understanding of fears and discomforts and they make you feel so at ease and safe. I very highly recommend this place. Can't beat it!

EDIT/UPDATE: I'm just disappointed.
The Doctors doing the work are great and are very nice during their procedures.

However the Billing Department and Admin. staff here needs to re-evaluate their procedures: Yet again, they surprised me with a bill that should've been taken care of months ago.

When I asked previously if I had any outstanding balances, I was told in multiple appointments "No," even though I did.

Overall I just have a bad taste in my mouth (no pun intended) as I like the team doing the work on my teeth; however I will take my business elsewhere to a practice that can be more upfront with the financial situation and costs of services.

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OLD: As someone who generally fears going to the dentist, I always feel comfortable here; procedures are virtually painless.

I say "virtually" because they're not always upfront about the costs of procedures, what they pay vs. insurance, etc. But the staff is usually very quick to resolve my questions or disputes -- and show that they really care about their patients.

I've been going to this dental practice for more than a decade and I've always been treated fairly and with good service. They always explain what they're doing and the cost associated with each other option.

Lauren is the best dental hygienist around.

Initially had a decent experience. Then came the expensive root canal work. #1 I was initially steered towards the tooth replacement option...which was more expensive and took more time...instead of a root canal...which was recommended by several other dentists I spoke to for advice.

Then I was quoted a price for post root canal work (root lengthening and two crowns) of $4500. Don't know if that's overpriced...but it's irrelevant. When I did joke about the high price the doctor joked back that someone needed to pay for his cars....which I do think is relevant...especially in light of his future actions. Anyways, I have a family friend with a practice in NH who was willing to do the rest of the work at cost, but I would need to drive an hour up to NH to get the work done...so he's not practical for other dentistry...I just wanted to get the expensive procedure done there. So I call the office asking if Dr Adeli can let me know if the other filings I would need to get done can wait a bit since I'm dealing with the root canal, just bought a house, and want to wait for a bit. I get an email back from his receptionist saying "he actually thinks that you should complete all of the work needed with the dentist you'll be seeing for the crowns" and he won't see me anymore. I feel like I've had similar conversations with jilted ex-girlfriends.

Unprofessional is the nicest thing I can think of the say in regards to my experience with these folks....STAY AWAY. I will say the staff is nice and the hygienist is awesome...but the Dentist is what you go for right? And I'll ecco the other negative commentator's main beef...Dr. Adeli was VERY uninvolved, let the hygienist do all the work

Prudential Dental is by far the best dentist I've ever been to. I have hated my smile for over ten years (because I broke my front tooth in high school) and every other dentistry pushed me to spend thousands on 8+ veneers, which I've always cringed at the thought of. Dr. Senatore reassured me that veneers were an option but not THE option. Before I made a decision on how I wanted to fix my smile, Dr. Senatore did a wax mold of what veneers would look like over my teeth in comparison to my teeth now and I realized it may not be worth it for me to spend the money on a whole new smile if I only was unhappy with one tooth. Dr. Senatore worked with me to get my smile the way I wanted it and the way we both thought it looked best with only one veneer over the fake tooth and some bonding to fill the gaps between my other teeth. Going to Prudential Dental was by far the best decision I've ever made and I've never had so many compliments on my smile in my life. Dr. Senatore is a life saver!!! ALSO, the staff is so kind and so amazing. You will not be disappointed! I've attached my after photo!