Marina Plaza Dental

This Doctor is totally incompetent she nearly ruined my family member’s teeth. Trying to correct her own work, she made it worse, and we had to go to another Dentist to repair the damage to the tune of over $ 500 with insurance. — Check under Dr. Pilar and you will see her true star rating — One star — if I could give negative stars I would.
While Dr. Pilar and her staff are very nice, it doesn’t make up for pain and bad experiences.
First, she recommended expensive gum disease treatments, which I was told by my current Dentist I didn’t need. They asked me who recommended it and were upset that it was even recommended.
Second, I found out over a year after the fact, and after I had left her care, that my insurance was billed for a crown that was never even put in! This could have been a simple mistake but it is in my dental records and to discover that I was billed for something that I didn’t even have and that the other Dentist can’t find a simple explanation for (such as oh there is a crown on this side of your mouth that isn’t on your chart) is galling. I now have to contact my insurance to have this issue corrected.
Read the rest of the reviews please, while «not recommended» and not factored into the star rating they smack of the same issues. Honestly why take the chance on your teeth? I only write reviews when I’m really happy about service, or when I have a really bad experience. Some of the reviews have the same issues with billing and messed up procedures that another Dentist has to repair.

Is always a pleasure coming with Dr. Pilar she very professional along with all their stuff in her offic. their always go beyond my expectation. Dr. Pilar, Rosy, Cindy n Grace their always have great attitude n make u feel like home. I highly recommend Marina plaza dental to all my friends and family

I love this place, first it located right down the street of my apartment. All the ladies there are super awesome, this is the first dentist i ever visited to get teeth cleaning and they gave me warm neck pillow, sugar hand treatment and even offered me Netflix on the screen right above the practice chair. I started to have gum disease, Dr. Pilar just took her time and explained what is going on with my gum situation for me while she showed me live pictures of my teeth on the screen. I could tell that she really cared and concerned about my problems. After cleaning done, my month felt so clean and light and refresh which i love. I realized that wasnt the regular teeth cleaning that I paid$ 120 for. They in fact gave me deep cleaning which my case costs $ 500 but they waived it for me just simply because the first lady went out to answer the phone from other patients cause another lady incharged went on her break. I didnt even have problems with that. But im impressed and appreciated their great services. If this place even do this for me, when i didnt even complain or ask for anything, I think you could be assured that they wont overcharge or try to upsell you or anything like that. Highly highly recommend!

Dr pilar is a cool doctor. She is a great dentist. I would recommend her to anyone and I am very hard to please. she takes time to explain everything and her staff is super … Since I have been in LA I have tried several dentist and she is the best .She is a keeper !
By the way is Smells so GOOD when you walk in that office. it’s such a relaxing atmosphere.

So here’s the thing — relatively speaking I was a medically cheap child and luckily that has lasted me into adulthood. Other than regular cleanings, I haven’t had to get much dental work in my life and therefore don’t have a huge frame of reference. But I’ll say this, all the times I’ve gone to see Dr. Pilar at Marina Plaza Dental I never once left feeling like I had a jacked up visit!
I was referred to her by 2 of my old coworkers when I needed a new dentist closer to my job. I went a couple years ago for a regular checkup and cleaning. The neck pillow and hand scrub was nice and helped to make me feel comfortable. The visit was fine and she found a needed some fillings due to not flossing — shame on me! I wasn’t surprised by this at all because my previous dentist had warned about the same thing. I didn’t get them done, and a year later she told me the same thing! My company’s dental coverage was pretty crappy so I waited another 6 months and before I even scheduled the appointments and finally got them all filed last summer. I needed work done on all 4 quadrants of my mouth, with multiple fillings on each side. Never having even a single cavity or filling before in my life, this meant I had to be numbed up and come in for 4 separate visits to complete all the work. The first visit was fine — no pain, filled me up, and I was back to work in about 90 minutes. All was good until about 30 minutes later when I started to have severe anxiety attacks. I could not stop crying! It was the weirdest thing EVER! Turns out I have an extreme sensitivity to lidocaine. I called the office right away and they assured me they could use a different anesthetic for the remaining 3 visits… which I was now dreading as a result! Luckily they did us a different medication, and I was perfectly fine during and after the remainder of my procedures. They were even very nice when one the fillings felt a little «off» a couple days after. I was able to come right in, and 20 minutes later it was fixed and I was out.
All in all, I’m a little surprised by the low ratings and other reviews. I’ve been to the office many times over the years and in NO WAY do I feel like the service was poor, that Dr. Pilar was unskilled, or that she ruined my teeth. I’m happy with Marina Plaza Dental and plan to continue to return.

I love Dr. Pilar and was surprised to see bad reviews. I have been going to her for 10 years back to when she worked at castle dental. I have had a lot of issues with my teeth and quite a few root canals, inlays and fillings. Dr. Pilar always does an incredible job. There have been a few times when I needed complex dental work and she referred me to the best.
I was on vacation camping at high elevations and my mouth completely swelled up and I had to drive back to Los Angeles. Dr. Pilar on her off day Saturday came to her office for an emergency visit.
I have referred my friends to see her and will continue to go to her as long as she is in LA.
I’d also like to comment that her staff is incredible and attentive. Rosie is super sweet and smart.