Dr. Nisha Dharmani

Short version: I do not recommend using Dharmani’s office for your dental needs. This is a profits-first business, and their quality of care and professionalism are highly questionable. Read on for my experience. Long Version: I first visited last year with a broken tooth. After a full mouth of x-rays, the practitioner said I would need a root canal—I expected that. Also indicated that I had a number of other problems that needed to be addressed, some cavities in a couple different places. They gave me a referral to another doctor in their complex for the root canal, and we scheduled an appointment in the future for a crown fitting and to correct cavities on the same side. After I was in the chair and numbed for the fitting, and after the dentist had drilled multiple teeth, I was told I would need a $1,200 crown lengthening procedure, and that I should do it right then and there. They said that the doctor who could do it was going out on maternity leave. Then proceeded to tell me… this was an oral surgery where they would cut my gums back and grind my jaw bone to expose more of the tooth. I was shocked to be told is need to spend that amount of money, but even more put off by the suggestion that I had limited time to decide to have surgery because of someone’s maternity leave. The dentist thought my concern was that I couldn’t afford it, and offered me a credit card. Cost was NOT my problem, it was the lack of proper advisement before being asked to make a decision through a numbed, drooling mouth, on the spot. I said I couldn’t do it that day, so they went back to work on the other teeth. By this point the anesthetic was wearing off, and the drilling was hurting me. Rather than administering more, she said “that shouldn’t be the case, but we can be done,” and started to clean up and push me out the door. I ended up getting the lengthening elsewhere, and finished the crown with Dharmani’s office because no other dentists wanted to touch their work in process. All said and done, they told me I couldn’t get a cleaning because my insurance was exhausted. Now a year later, 2 of the 3 teeth they touched need to be refilled because cavities developed under their fillings. I have to pay for this out of pocket because there’s a 24 month rule on teeth that have been worked on being covered by insurance. My recommendation: DO NOT USE THIS OFFICE. They’re crooked and gave me the worst experience of my life.

I have been going to Dharmani Dental for a few years and I am very happy with all the dental work I have had done. Dr. Dharmani and Dr. Chang are very gentle and they always answer my questions. I have referred all of my family there.