Mendel Markowitz

I had some surgery done a couple of years ago with him. I was literally at the office for 4 hours! But only 1 hour was needed for the work! He made me wait 1.5 hours before I got in the chair. Then he gave me a local anesthetic and left me for 45 mins. Came back and saw that the anesthetic wasn’t enough and was wearing off. Well, if you’re going to leave me alone for that long, of course it’s going to start wear off! Gave me another shot and left me for another half hour. Returns and start working on me about 7:15! And it was pretty rough on me so that I was in a pool of sweat. Maybe it was necessary, but I can’t say he was gentle. Finally left about 8:15 from a 4:30 appt.
I called the office the next week and gently complained about the wait. Instead of sympathy, the receptionist told me that it was normal to wait hours for a surgeon and I shouldn’t complain. Really? I used surgeons a half dozen times before, with never more than a half hour wait. Talk about adding insult to injury!

Dr. Markowitz is fantastic! I had originally scheduled an appointment to get my wisdom teeth out by another oral surgeon. However after his receptionist forgot to remind me not to eat 6 hours prior (for general anesthia) the doctor refused to pull the teeth. I frantically called a every oral surgeon in the area hoping to find someone who could pull my teeth that same day using local anesthesia and laughing gas. Dr. Markowitz had an opening at his Clifton, NJ practice and completely assured me that using general anesthesia for pulling my wisdom teeth was not necessary. Also, I appreciate the fact that he used my x-​rays from my original consultation with another doctor (all the other oral surgeons I called wanted to re-​take the x-​rays so they could pick up another easy $ 100 from me). I had one impacted tooth and two that were exposed. Dr. Markowitz was extremely friendly and personable. His Clifton, NJ office is modern and clean. The surgery took about 30 minutes and I was out the door. Here’s the best part… over the next several days I had little to no pain! I only took the prescribed painkiller at night for two nights but during the day I didn’t need to take anything. The inside of my mouth was swollen for a few days but my cheeks didn’t swell up. Dr. Markowitz did an amazing job — I’ll never go to another oral surgeon.