Dr. Torin W Rutner, MD

I took my daughter to the office for oral surgery. Just two baby teeth to ne pulled. Basically his job was to make sure she didn't have a bad experience. He caused the opposite. While waiting I have another child that needed to be taken outside for a walk. I was alarmed by hearing my daughter screaming and yelling from outside. Her screams were heard outside in the driveway of the dental office. I was alarmed and entered the surgery room. He was "schooling me". He did not properly medicate her and do his job. Very unprofessional. For a child that loved going to the dentist. She cried of pain and discomfort the entire way home. So unprofessional!

Dr. Rutner is a fantastic Oral Surgeon. When I came in for a consultation, he spent the entire appointment explaining my treatment thoroughly so I would understand it. When I got my procedure done, I didn't feel a thing and it was super quick. I highly recommend

The only thing this office cares about is your money. Go elsewhere.

I had visited Dr. Rutner to have 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed. The procedure went fine, and there were no issues with the operation itself. However, one of the medications that Dr. Rutner routinely prescribes is Prednisone, a steroid that is supposed to help cut down on the swelling associated with wisdom teeth removal. However, Dr. Rutner failed to mention that Prednisone has some pretty serious side effects. While they're not common, they're also not unheard of. These side effects include extreme anxiety, paranoia, depression, mood swings, and psychotic episodes. Had I received warning about these side effects from Dr. Rutner, I might have recognized them when they started happening to me. The week following my procedure was without question the worst week of my life. I was in a perpetual state of gut wrenching anxiety, and I always felt like I was on the verge of something terrible happening. It was so awful that I had 3 hour episodes where I could do nothing but cry and… scream hysterically. I've never had anxiety issues before, and this was terrifying for myself and for my family. By the 3rd day of this, my mother starting researching my prescriptions, and discovered the serious side effects associated with Prednisone. She called Dr. Rutner's office, and the nurse who answered told us to stop taking the Prednisone and wait for it to get out of my system. We waited for 3 days, and the symptoms persisted. We called Dr. Rutner over the weekend because it was getting so bad. It took 2 phone calls to get through to the man, and his suggestion was to give it another few days, and that there is nothing that could be done. He said things like "when you read about it, it is concerning," and reassured me that he too had some anxiety when he had taken this. Believe me, this was beyond normal anxiety. I spent a whole week feeling like I was going to die because I was so anxious. Dr. Rutner rushed us off the phone, and did not give the impression that he was aware of the drug that he routinely prescribes to his patients. He told us to 'hang in there' and see how it went. He did not know or understand the extent of what I was dealing with, nor did he seem to care. I ended up having to visit a doctor that specializes in post operative medicine. The specialist told us that prednisone is not a standard prescription for widsom teeth, and felt that my condition was serious enough that he gave me anxiety medication to help me get through until the prednisone left my system. When I went to the follow up with Dr. Rutner, I asked him how long he had been prescribing this drug, and if there had been anyone else who had experienced this. Dr. Rutner told me that he has been giving this out since 2000, and that he has given it to thousands of people. Despite this, he said that I was the first and only one of his patients to report negative side effects from the prednisone. I said that I found that difficult to believe, considering that the specialist I visited called my experience "common, but certainly not unheard of" especially for someone who gives it out so often. At this point, Dr. Rutner cut me off, and said that "It's early in the morning, and this is no way to start my day. I don't need to stand here and be called a liar by you. I have 2 degrees, I don't have to be here right now. You're saying hurtful things, calling me a liar, and now I'm embarrassed. I could walk out, you know." I asked him that if he was embarrassed, how did he think I'd felt for the past week? Even in the unlikely circumstance that not a single one of his previous patients had experienced this, it still merits a warning. One less day on the prednisone could have meant a much faster recovery for me. Rather than listening to my concerns about my wretched experience, this doctor told me that my negative experience was hurting his feelings. He constantly minimized my symptoms so that he could ignore them, refused to take me seriously, and because of this behavior, prolonged my awful experience. If they need to warn you about infection and the risks of anesthesia when you're heading into surgery, you should also warn people about dangerous side effects of the drugs prescribed after surgery. I don't care if it's rare, it's serious enough to merit a warning, and certainly serious enough that it's more important than this man's "hurt feelings".

I had my wisdom teeth extracted by Dr. Rutner and he is wonderful!!! I didn't have any complications after my surgery and he was there to answer any questions or concerns I had. I highly recommend Dr. Rutner!

The first experience went very well. We were pleased with him. The second experience, not so much. He yelled at the patient and became impatient during procedure. Some staff members are friendly and others are grumpy.

Supercilious staff.

Wonderful doctor and staff

best oral suregeon in the country