East Colonial Dental Group

I’ve had numerous office visits with Dr. Maria. She and her staff are at the top of their game. She saw me last time with no appointment due to an emergency of a loss front crown. She went beyond reasonable service by having an endodontist work me in, also with no appointment. At the end of the day, she had replaced the crown AND she got the post broken removed as well. Really a great dentist with a caring and friendly staff. Her service was pain free, caring and professional. I highly recommend Dr. Maria.

My younger brother went to this dentist & my mom recommended Dr. Maria when I was looking for a dentist. My brother had always said she was very rude & made him «feel bad» every time he went to keep up with his braces, & it wasn’t until I actually went myself that I understood why.
My boyfriend & I both scheduled 2 appointments with Dr. Maria each on different days. I went in for my X-​rays & wanted to also get a cleaning. Let me start off by saying I waited up to 30 minutes AFTER my appointment (both) to be seen. Once I finally saw the tech & got my X-​rays. Dr. Maria wrote up a ridiculous dental plan for me, coming up with a bunch of fees, & was extremely loud & obnoxious about it — the people in the next section separated by a thin wall & no doors could hear everything.
Now, I decided to come back to get my cleaning since she had already performed the X-​rays. Dr. Maria charged me $ 115 for a very ROUGH, RUSHED, & basic cleaning. I have insurance & have never paid that much for a cleaning but she said it was «mandatory».
BOTTOM LINE — This business, Dr. Maria, does not show to care so much for the well being of her patients but more so how much she could make them spend. My boyfriend went through a similar experience on his first visit (he was so disgusted he went to a different dentist). Not recommended for people who don’t want to overpay for mediocre (if even that) service.
Make sure you ask about any extra fees that may incur AFTER insurance goes through, & after any expenses out of pocket. Get everything in writing. I got a letter in the mail for around $ 200 regarding «extra fees» that insurance doesn’t cover.

Last I needed a dentist I called the East Colonial Dental Group because it had good hours and a location that was close to my part of town. I was a new patient but I did not have to wait any sort of period before I could get an appointment for a cleaning. They accepted my insurance so off I went.
Parking lot is small but adequate, as is the waiting room. Staff was friendly enough.
I was mostly let down by my cleaning here – the whole reason I went to the dentist. I have always kept up on my dental care after spending many years (and lots of money) on braces, dental surgeries, and routine cleanings. Unfortunately I just felt like my teeth could have been cleaner. The cleaning was quick and the dentist spent more time telling me not to kiss anyone with a dirty mouth that would ruin my nice clean teeth than actually cleaning them. Thanks?
I’d come back if I had to but I was not a big fan of my cleaning.

I had a really bad experience at this dentist.
My appointment was at 9.00am, I was still waiting to be seen at 10.00am. Its difficult for a dentist to be backed up that early in the morning and I would have appreciated it if the receptionist had even apologized or acknowledged it. When I told the front desk I couldn’t wait any longer she took me in for an x-​ray and I waited in the treatment room for another 20 minutes.
Dr Maria took less than a minute to check my x ray and the next 15 minutes writing up a very detailed, expensive treatment plan (different from the dentist I had seem a few days ago for my teeth whitening). While she was examining my mouth the only comment she made was «wow» or «oh wow!», which was extremely rude, not to mention unprofessional. Of course, this made me feel extremely uncomfortable.
The purpose of my appointment was for a cleaning which she refused to do. Instead they told me I had to have the periodontal deep cleaning which they charge $ 115 for each quarter of the mouth… $ 460 in total. (I have had this type of cleaning before and never seen the cost split into quarters like this, I usually pay around $ 140 in total).
They charged me a $ 30.00 fee for the x-​ray which apparently wasn’t covered by my insurance. My previous dentist did not charge for x-​rays for new patients, I would never use this dentist again.

Dr. Maria is AMAZING! I went in for a deep cleaning today and I was nervous. She helped ease my fesrs and throughout the procedure, she kept telling me to relax and breathe. She really made me feel at ease. So fortunate I have her as my dentist.