In November my wife, our 8-year-old son and I went to Coast Dental in Tarpon Springs because of our new insurance (we had just moved there within the year). My wife and I were diagnosed with "periodontitis, " or periodontal disease, and our son with two cavities. We were each given a detailed plan of treatment which was going to be extremely costly. We were also told we would need to purchase three "Rota-dent" battery-operated toothbrushes (also quite expensive, about $140 each). We had gone in seeking a routine cleaning and exam. We were told that they could not, by Florida law, clean our teeth until we had the required treatments performed. We left in shock, wondering how our teeth and gums had become so bad in a few months' time. A couple of months later, we moved back to our native Michigan. We scheduled appointments with our dentist right away. After examining our teeth, he informed us that we had no periodontal disease, that our son had no cavities (and 9 years later, still has never had one). So the bottom line is, the dentist and staff at Coast Dental had lied to us about everything. I wish now we had filed a complaint with the state Attorney General. I was just reminded of the experience last night when I found my "patient care" folder from these people. It would appear that the dentist we saw on our visit (Dr. Sofer) is no longer at this facility, and the Tarpon Springs office has moved to a new location.
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