Ocean Ave Family Dental

Receptionist Licia welcomed me the minute I walked in. Manager Marina who has Italian roots, was very welcoming and made me feel very comfortable. Doctor Sohal, demonstrated her knowledge and professionalism in her expertise field. Thank you all of you. Marianna one of the receptionist rewarded my visit with dental care product. Elena was very helpful while taking the x-​rays. Thank you for all of your kind care and warm welcoming as a new client. God Bless you all!

Everyone at this office is professional, friendly and wonderful overall!

I called this place after moving here, and one minor mistake has cost my family and I over 2k. I asked if they take Guardian and I did not mean TAKE GUARDIAN and rip people off, but because I didn’t look on the Guardian page (I forgot that out in NY you have to) after having few problems with our dentist in another state after 13 years). And, worse than that, we waited in the waiting room an hour after our sign in and yes, I am sure they billed insurance for that… Now, for my husband to ask to reduce our bill and rightfully switch… serious LEARNING LESSON-​CHECK ALL INFO TWICE-​AS MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT NICE… DO NOT GO HERE.

My Dentist retired in 2010 and I have been looking for a replacement ever since. I have «interviewed» at least 10 dentists in this time period. All of these dentists failed for one of two reasons:
(1) Ever go to a dentist and feel like the dentist looks into your mouth and sees his or her next BMW in your mouth? I have had this experience several times in the last 3 ½ years of looking. One dentist said I needed a root canal, bridge, and crown. I knew he was lying to me because I have great teeth. The cavity I had filled in the office was the first cavity in 20 years.
(2) Their office is messy. I am not the cleanest person in the world. I admit it; however, if you are going to be my doctor or dentist your office MUST be clean and organized. I have always felt care of the physical environment leads to care of the tools used = autoclaved or new with every patient. When I walked into Ocean Ave Family Dental, it was the cleanest dental office I have seen.
I was a walk-​in for the first appoint on their busy day. Somehow they «squeezed me in». The amazing thing was none of the people in this practice seem hurried even though it is a busy practice. At no time did I ever feel like the staff was doing me a favor for seeing me. The total time I spent alone once I was seen was no more than 2 minutes? If it was that. I had x-​rays taken, was seen by the dentist, and had my teeth cleaned. Again on their busy day and I was a walk-​in.
The second appointment was the drill and fill day. My appointment was at 4:30PM and I was seen at 4:30PM. I am in sales and if you book an appointment to see someone, at a certain time, there had better be a good reason to not see that person at that time (think Noah’s Ark Biblical Flood). This rule seems to apply everywhere except doctor and dentists offices. I total understand the need to overbook the schedule (which I do); however, I always have someone as a back up to see a customer if everyone does confirm. The drill and fill was easy. It was nice that they are using modern tools.
My former dentist was old school therefore there was a lot of metal picks and scraping involved for cleaning. The one cavity he filled used the old style big drill which made the grinding sound with the water flying all over the place.
I have a appointment in six months to have my teeth cleaned again. I will be keeping that appointment. I found my dentist.