Alpine Dental

First off, I love this place. This place is clean and follows all safety and cleanliness procedures, and I do check. The dentist is friendly and kind, and a straight-​forward honest person. I know I’m getting amazing care, despite the fact I’ve got MassHealth dental which is akin to having almost zero insurance at all.
Getting an appointment is never much of an issue for me. Sometimes I can even get the miracle come in the same day appointment, which is awesome, considering I had a horrible toothache today that we’ll be solving in logical steps to eliminate the pain and its cause (yeah I’m going in for a filling next week… dun dun dun!) The receptionist is very nice, and she always gives a reminder call prior to your appointment (which is awesome because not gonna lie, I forget even when it’s in my calendar). No matter what, you never have to wait long to be seen, which is wonderful.
Cleanings. Cleanings here are quick and leave you wanting to take better care of your teeth. I spent more time waiting for the MBTA than I do getting my teeth cleaned here. And with my two covered cleanings per year, preventative care is both easy and not nerve wracking.
Fillings. Great news! MassHealth covers fillings! But in the horrible time when they did not, this place did an amazing thing: they gave you the *same* price they’d be paid by insurance companies for the same work instead of the retail price or whatever. Which is really wonderful when you’ve got 3 cavities since you hadn’t gone to the dentist in forever because your insurance sucks. And yes, you really can get them all at once– the dentist does not scrimp on the numbing stuff (novicane? the injectable and the topical gel). And he’s so quick! I’m fairly certain I’ve been in an out, two fillings down in about an hour or so. Quick and proficient, just how I dream a dentist could be.
The dentist is a great guy. Tells silly jokes and is simply friendly. I’m pretty sensitive to smell and the most I can smell is the nitrile gloves– he’s got a face mask on anyways so he doesn’t smell our breath (thank god! I really did need that coffee on my way over kthx) nor can we smell his. He’s also full of really good information, like say I learned it’s not so much the fancy toothpaste, but the fancy toothbrush– so rather than spending gobs of $$ on whatever fancy toothpaste was new and promised unicorns prancing around to clean my teeth, I invest into a decent toothbrush to make sure my pearly whites stay pearly white and are appropriately scrubbed.
I have to say, I’m getting rather spoiled by coming here. I moved across the city but still insist on going all the way out to Malden to come here for my dentist appointments. I wish I had a dentist like him when I was a kid, because I probably never would have lapsed at all during/​after college in having cleanings done or any of that. Going here makes adulting not quite so bad. And even… kinda awesome because it wasn’t bad, it was quick, and it’s off my list for 6 months. Go me! Unless you know, you’re like me and have a horrible toothache and call and they see you the same day and after a few Xrays and examining my teeth, finding a new cavity to fill is on next week’s agenda, and after that is addressing TMJ problems. Yay! Well, least I have a kickass dentist to go see who will get me through it quickly, efficiently, and painlessly. Couldn’t ask for more,