Dr. Tommy Gaertner

He sold me a crown that did not fit right. He tried adjusting it and ground the porcelain off exposing the metal. He was not honest and did not tell me. He should have offered to replace or repair the crown but he has no ethics. It still doesn’t fit but I can’t afford to replace it.

He doesn’t care about overall teeth or dental health. He likes to sell crowns that don’t fit! He damaged mine when he tried to adjust it. I found out later he ground the porcelain off down to the metal. If he were honest he would have redone the crown. Not honest.

He has cost me so much money by his greed and not sequencing work properly. He will sell you a crown knowing you need a root canal. Telling you they can do the root canal through the crown. He will then send you to one of his friends for root canal and of course they can’t do it through a crown and you need a new crown. The cycle repeats. Not interested in addressing the problems older fillings are causing. He wants the fast easy money of overpriced crowns. Not highly skilled in any of the work he did on me. Overcharges. I went elsewhere found a dentist that is so much better and taking care of the problems he neglected. He is a scammer.

Overcharging Cash Patients: Miami Beach Smiles charges cash-paying patients more than double what they charge insurance companies. For example, a 1-surface filling cost $250 for cash patients, while insured patients pay significantly less for similar treatments. Excessive Treatment Plan: A $16,000 treatment plan was proposed, focusing primarily on crowns rather than addressing more immediate issues like a chipped tooth in the front and other basic fillings. This treatment plan seemed excessive and questionable. Debt Suggestion: Dr. Gaertner suggested using CareCredit to cover the high costs, essentially encouraging patients to go into debt to manage inflated treatment expenses. Missed Issues: The initial consultation missed addressing the chip in the front tooth, which was the primary concern, along with other basic fillings. Instead, the focus was on recommending crowns, with significant charges per tooth. Overall, the pricing practices, the focus on crowns over more… straightforward issues, and the suggestion to use CareCredit for inflated costs raise serious concerns about the ethics and fairness of this practice.