Dr. James M Kelly

Excellent dental work and pleasant office environment. Good follow-up as well

Dr. Jim was so efficient and my teeth are gorgeous thank you so much for your excellent dental work-so professional!

I started seeing Dr. Kelly after moving to the area. He comes across as intelligent and a very smooth talker. During the first appointment, he did an assessment and told me I had five cavities and that most of my teeth were going to start falling apart soon. He uses a specialized camera system with high intensity light to show you that you have damage to your teeth. However, this is only a marketing tool â?? everyoneâ??s teeth will show a small amount of microdamage when placed under a high powered light. During my second visit, Dr. Kelly said that he needed to bond one of my top front teeth or it would start falling apart. He filed down (thinned it out) the tooth and bonded it. He also said that I needed a bite splint. Since this procedure, I have developed TMJ and have trouble resting my jaw comfortably. I went to two other dentists, including my previous dentist in Sterling Heights, and they both said that he never should have filed down the back of my tooth (thinned out my tooth… by grinding it down) and this is what now causes misalignment in my jaw, which causes my TMJ. After developing TMJ, I asked Dr. Kelly's office manager for a copy of my patient chart to give to my new dentist. They would not give me a copy of my own patient record or send it to the new Dr. If Dr. Kelly was practicing sound dentistry, there would be no reason for him to prevent a patient from having their own medical record. The bite splint that he made for my mouth was also made improperly. I had to go back to his office three different times for them to make a new mold. Each time I went back, Dr. Kelly wanted to fill another cavity, even though I was only supposed to be there for them to take a new impression for my bite splint. Once the bite splint finally came in and I went to receive it, it did not fit my mouth at all. His assistant went into the room next to mine and told him that it would not fit my mouth at all. I overheard his response, â??we will have to make it fit.â?? He trimmed it so that it would fit inside my mouth, but did not align the bite of the splint at all. When I went back to my old dentist in Sterling Heights, he spent 45 minutes modifying my bite splint to fit my mouth properly. Dr. Kelly billed my insurance $600 for filing down (thinning out) one of my front teeth and another $500 for the bite splint, both of which were poor quality. This guy is a crook and is only in practice for the money. He does his procedures as quickly as possible and the results show. He sees his patients as walking money bags and tries to squeeze every dollar out of them that he can by billing their insurance for everything possible. Please read other reviews on the internet of Dr. Kelly. There are others out there with a similar experience to what I had â?? I wish that I had read them before going to see him.