Adriatic Dental

I was very impressed with the friendly staff and comfortable atmosphere at Adriatic Dental. My initial consultation was very informative. Janet, the hygienist even made me laugh a few times, which is not how I usually feel in the dental chair. The staff works as a team to make sure you are not waiting from one process to the next. During my consultation they explained my x-​rays and the laser treatment. I did my research before the appointment since I knew my insurance may not cover the entire procedure. I must say, the price was surprisingly fair. On the day of my appointment, Janet gave me a wealth of information about the procedure and home care. Everything she explained made sense because she gave history and examples. Janet is just naturally friendly, knowledgeable and has a passion for helping solve dental problems without surgery. I will be a lifelong patient.

My wife was suffering from an acute tooth ache and needed some dental attention, stat! She ended up making an appointment with 1^st dental office see called.
But then I checked out their Unilocal reviews and saw 1.5 star rating, eeeesh!
I showed my wife and she was aghast and decided to not use go to them. So she immediately called to cancel appointment but they would not let her cancel appointment and kept transferring her to other people.
When they asked «why» she was cancelling, she told them because of their Unilocal reviews. They told her that we can not trust Unilocal reviews because « Unilocal is out to get us». Say what?
My wife advised them that they don’t even respond to any of those negative reviews they are getting to attempt to make it right. So we can see that they are making a good faith effort to right a customers «wrong» perspective.
The problem is, «this» is my perspective, and my perspective is not a «Yelp is out to get them».
I’m so glad for my wife’s sake that I checked their reviews and we didn’t got to them. This review solely based on our bad experience attempting to cancel our appointment with them.
If they’re not very nice on the phone, I can imagine what our experience would have been if we used their services.
If you’re reading this before you have used their services, consider yourself one of the lucky ones.
If your reading this after services rendered, I’m sorry I didn’t get to you sooner. :(

There was a review asking people to hear what the reviews are saying, and that would be my plea as well. Truly, this is EXACTLY what happened to me. I wanted to give –10 but…1 star is still too much to be deceived. You pay in $$ & emotional stress.
They knew I was ill, yet came at me non stop, it’s like they wear you down. Especially if you are in pain; I even brought my husband in to be my advocate and they STILL put papers in my face while I was in the chair in pain. I finally just put my head in my hands and refused to look at him. I now know what it means to be killed by kindness. Now, they want me back in to fit a night guard, and the bridge doesn’t fit, I just want to pay and be on my way, but they still won’t let up!!! My husband called to pick it up, and he had to just tell them, over and over again, she is not coming back, just let us pay for whatever, and get out of there!!! Oh my gosh, please do not go in.
And that’s just some of it. They are holding my night guard hostage, to be fit, why would I do that. My bondings cracked off etc… it’s crazy, you can not talk to them and be reasonable. And it’s paid for. Crazy…
These are meant to help, please look at all the others, it’s TRUE!

All the poor reviews are accurate. I experienced the same as many. Prices so high I could not believe it. I kindly said no thank you and exited. This was after over one hour wait in the lobby.

Believe what you’re reading here, it’s all true. They’ll gouge you for everything under the sun. Here’s what you can expect on your first visit: you’ll be examined and told your teeth and gums are in deplorable condition. They’ll want to give you laser gum treatment immediately, plus a plethora of additional procedures. The dentist will disappear after the exam (because she’s with the finance person). Suddenly the finance person will appear with a laundry list of itemized procedures, most unnecessary, with outrageous prices totaling thousands of dollars. It’s high pressure sales and you’re told it must be done. When you tell them you cannot afford it they shuttle you to an office where the finance lady will drill you and eventually get you approved for a care credit card. They’ll run the card (s) to their limits with procedures. And they’ll also convince you need to purchase one of their electric toothbrushes which they mark up substantially. I honesty don’t have enough time to tell you all my experiences. Final straw was in December 2013. Went for my quarterly periodontal maintenance and since the remainder of my insurance balance was up January 1, 2014, suddenly I had extensive cavities in 4 teeth, even though I had an exam a few months earlier and nothing was mentioned. They did as much fillings to suck up the remainder of my insurance. Fed up, I now have a new dentist, and a delta dental network member. Prices are at least half of what this place charges. My first visit my dentist examined me and said the teeth they were filling and future fillings weren’t justified because there was so much bone loss they could not be saved, yet Adriatic filled them anyway. He showed me the xrays and this was only 6 weeks after this place also took xrays. Actually some of the teeth were loose. I’m getting 4 of them extracted tomorrow and getting a new partial. Also my new dentist already pulled two teeth that was under a temporary crown because they were also shot and Adriatic was going to charge me thousands of dollars for crowns. My lower partial that they put in never fit right. Also had two crowns to hold up my upper partial and one of them busted off with the partial in my mouth after only a short time after the work was done. They couldn’t fix it but recommended it be filled and not extracted. It got to the point that it was so far under the gum line that I couldn’t clean it. It’s decayed now and must be pulled. I’m so angry with this place. I’ve wasted thousands of dollars here for nothing. All these bad reviews aren’t just being made up. Read the not recommended ones too. Somehow they aren’t shown but if you click at the bottom you can read them. Also the BBB lists complaints too and there’s been investigations from the California Dental Association. I could go on and on. After every visit they send you a satisfaction survey but pick and choose what they post. That’s what you’ll see on their website. Some reviews here say be leary of their free exam and whitening coupons. It’s only to lure you in. Beware you’ve been warned. What I speak is fact.

These reviews alone deterred me.
When I called to cancel my appointment at the la jolla office and mentioned these Unilocal reviews, the woman panicked and tried to get me to keep the appointment and come back in. After ending the call, their san marcos location called me! Cleary desperate to salvage the appointment. The man on the phone tries to convince me that the reviews werent true and they were an honest business. I told him I wasnt interested and then he tried to pull up some reviews to review them with me and tell me why they were false.
Dont bother with this place!

Very friendly staff and peaceful environment. They all know exactly what they are doing and will be very honest with you. Not quite sure how someone’s experience here could be bad because I have never experienced anything other than pleasant. Always hassle free and very easy going appointments. Not to mention the wonderful charity event they did to help anyone without dental care. I would recommend to friends and family.

Took my 90 year old grandmother for over $ 15,000 and then had the nerve to continue to call and ask when are you coming back. Don’t go here complete frauds and liars. Read up on these people I saw them in the news for ripping people off.

I went there recently and was told I needed $ 12,000 worth of dental work. Gum disease. I had a «free» evaluation that cost me $ 800. They work you real good. They start the procedure, then tell you to come back for the completion. Of course, the first part needs to be paid now, and they say the first part won’t be any good if you don’t get the second part done. I was initialing a «contract» that was suppose to commit me to the procedure, like when you buy a car.
Then they hook you up with the finance lady, who grinds you almost into submission. During all this selling, everyone is totally friendly and you really don’t realize you’re wallet is getting light.
So my new dentist says I need cleaning every 6 months. I swear, in dental school, there’s a class on how to rip off your clients, ever so gracefully.

Terrible. It doesn’t even deserve one star, because they STEAL and LIE.
I bought a groupon for a teeth whitening, and when I got there, they said it could NOT be done without a cleaning. Fine, I hadn’t prepared to pay for that, but it’s probably good for me. They were VERY rough, and the tech spent the WHOLE time apologizing, and seemingly very upset about the terrible condition my mouth was in. By the time the ordeal was over, I left the office in tears, them having basically coerced me through fear, telling me that I already had periodontal disease and needed $ 6000 worth of Care Credit to remedy my problems. They even wanted to sell me something to reshape my lower jaw. WTF? (Come to find out later from another dentist my mouth is actually NOT about to kill me.) The worst part is I was in school at the time and I TOLD them I did NOT have a job and COULD NOT AFFORD to make the payments. They assured me I would be fine, and if I didn’t get the work done, periodontal disease would surely be life-​threatening and it would be far, far more costly. Since then, my credit is completely ruined, I have even been sued by the collection agency.
Fear, panic and frustration were all I felt. What kind of business signs you up for credit after you tell them you have no steady income, and sends you away in tears?! They are COMPLETELY shady. And if they are not shut down, I hope someone sues the ever-​loving shit out of them for using such deplorable fear tactics.
Has anyone else who’s been there notice how beautifully-​appointed their offices are? State-​of-​the-​art everything, leather chairs, beautiful artwork… all paid for with money taken from people for completely unnecessary procedures. DO NOT GO TO THIS OFFICE.

I went to Adriatic for extreme pain from an old root canal and requested a new retainer from one that I have had for years. They charged me $ 7,000 on Care Credit AND did not resolve either problem. I went to three other dentists before I found one who pulled the tooth and wrote me a letter saying that the bone was so infected from that tooth that he had to remove bone. I am much better, but don’t ever want a root canal or to go to Adriatic. Beware, they also told me that my gums and teeth were terrible and I needed expensive cleaning, etc.

Hello Everyone,
I filed a Dental Board complaint against these rip offs. They took $ 10,000.00 for nothing, a bogus cleaning treatment that does not work. I also took them to small claims court and lost because Dr Obradovic has an expert that says what she does is effective? Whatever that means. DON“T GO TO THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE RIP OFFS. SAVE YOUR MONEY, TIME & EFFORT, STAY AWAY!!!
They advertise in the paper every day, tell all your family and friends. The only way to get them to stop is if we help each other and spread the word. Don’t let them do to you what they have done to me! Please.
B.

This place is awful. They overcharge for everything and told me I had gum disease and that I would need oral surgery. Went to another dentist who laughed and said he found no evidence of gum disease. Their facility is nice and it better be for how much they charge you for anything… so ridiculous. Would rather pull out my own teeth than ever go back!

I went in for the new patient special, from a postcard I rec’d. I felt like I was trapped in a Time Share presentation. They showed me a couple of videos, examined my teeth and discovered severe periodontal problems that were risking my health. I set up an appointment for the next day and gave them my insurance and credit card information. The next morning I decided to get a second opinion and called and canceled the appointment then went to another dentist for a consult. When I stopped back at Adriatic to give them a check for the «Special» they had already billed my insurance and credit card for over $ 6000, for work they had not even done.
I will be getting my dental work elsewhere and checking with my Insurance and credit card to be sure I get refunded. The staff are very nice, but extremely AGGRESSIVE.

Complete Fraud!!!
I am a middle age male who has never had a single cavity. I floss and brush daily. I changed dentists only because we moved our office and i wanted something closer to home.
I knew something was wrong from the beginning. The waiting room seemed nice but the rest of the place is a dump.
The head dentist {Valentina Obradovic) came in for 2 minutes said a bunch of stuff to the nurse who then brought in the payment coordinator who proceeded to show me be a bill for $ 3000!
I almost jumped out of the chair. They all tried to convince me I really needed all this work. I knew they were lying and i just said clean my teeth and I will think about it. I didn’t want to be rude because i didn’t want them to hurt me while cleaning my teeth.
I got out of there and immediately went online to find many stories just like my own. In fact my coworkers wife and mother in law where both stupid enough to let this women work on their mouths. They both spent close to $ 10,000 and nothing was solved with their various procedures.
I just returned from a real Dentist who offices at a Scripps Clinic in Del Mar. He has a state of the art office, professional staff and guess what… He told me my teeth are PERFECT and to keep up the good work.
This woman and her office are like mechanics bilking people out of thousands of dollars because most of the public doesn’t know any better.
I have never written a review on Unilocal but felt compelled to do so after this terrible experience. This women is playing with peoples health and pocketbook and she must be stopped.
I am calling the Better Business Bureau followed by the surgeon general next.
DO NOT GO TO DENTIST

I had the same experience as Lisel above. After having one cavity my entire life, I was floored when the hygenist and doctor spent several hours telling me what terrible shape my teeth and gums were in. I really just wanted the cleaning, but they wouldn’t give it to me, claiming that I need some special deep cleaning. The groupon was for whitening, cleaning and xrays. What I got was a complete waste of time, the urge to cry and an appointment with my real dentist to make sure that everything was ok. Thank you groupon for refunding my money after that!

DO NOT GO HERE! Total and complete scam!4 hours of sitting and waiting and a $ 13,000 bill!!! I almost fell over. They had 4 different ppl looked at my teeth they took 2 set of x-​rays they tried to sell me a retainer looking thing for 8,000 the finance lady told me most of the chrgs were mandatory and could not be taken off but when I spoke to the dentist after she sd they were not necessary so I knew it was a scam when they contradicted each other. I’m getting a second opinion.

THE WORST DENTAL OFFICE I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. I bought a Groupon for a teeth whitening, and walked out with the same color teeth, and FOUR HOURS of my time lost. They kept trying to sell me some kind of deep cleaning and something for my gums. I repeatedly said no, so they repeatedly sent in dental tech after dental tech. I saw about 6 dental technicians total and the doctor once for a minute or 2. After four hours or sitting waiting for them to do my teeth whitening, and them trying to sell me some nonsense, I felt taken advantage of. This is a doctors office? This is health care? It was much like a used car sales lot, like the other Unilocaler stated above. DO NOT go there.