Malvin Mark D, DMD

Dr Malvin has been my dentist for nearly ten years. He is extraordinarily skillful and has handled a series of dental challenges for me. I was born with lousy teeth but he has fixed them for me. He is also a great person who is kind and caring
I recommend him with no reservations whatsoever!

Little shop of horrors…
The office is old and in desperate need of an update. They don’t even have a website. He told me I had a cavity. I have more sensitivity after the filling than before (I felt nothing before). No toothbrush or anything after cleaning.
I had a tooth abscess that infected my sinus cavity that was eventually discovered by an ENT specialist WTF! How the hell does that happen while seeing a dentist regularly? Another reviewer had a similar problem, his exams are not thorough.
When I tried to get my records and x-​rays the receptionist got really mad. Tried to give me a paper print out instead of digital images. Demanded to know who why where I wanted my own d@mn records! Very intrusive and no respect for my privacy.
Terrible experience. Run don’t walk away! Every single review is 1 star what does that tell you…

Dr. Malvin was recommended to me by my Internist when we moved downtown Pittsburgh.
We have found that Dr. Malvin and his staff to be both very personable and professional. Not only are we very pleased with his work, his pricing is reasonable.
As aside, he has decent jokes.

I always felt that the doctor was cutting corners while doing the work. For example, he never polished the tooth he has just worked on, so the tooth felt rough on touch with the tongue.
He re-​did one of my molars several times, and it just seemed that after every consequent visit the tooth was getting worse and worse. He never made it right!
The last straw for me was when they tried to bill me more than the agreed amount in the explanation of benefits from my insurance company. When I suggested we call the insurance company to clarify the issue, both the doctor and the receptionist got very rude!
I would NOT recommend this office/​doctor.

I used to go to Dr. Malvin about 10 years ago and NEVER had a good experience there. The staff was always unfriendly. It always seemed like they over booked appointments because the wait time was long.
More than once I was jabbed in the cheek of gums with the cleaning tools and left the office in pain and bleeding. The final straw was when I had a filling done and there was a problem with the Novocaine and I started to feel the drilling in my teeth. They had to inject me two more times, which left the entire side of my face completely numb for hours after the appointment.
I actually had to have one of my fillings redone by another dentist.
I would not recommend this dental office.

Dr. Malvin and his staff are wonderful; he is by far the best dentist I’ve had. He and his staff are all knowledgeable and have great senses of humor. He fixed a few fillings I had done at another dentist only a year before, and did it for a third of the price. He does not try to sell you on cosmetic procedures you don’t need just to put money in his pocket, and his prices in general are the best I’ve seen. His office manager knows her stuff — is very familiar with insurance plans and how they work and will always work to get you the best deal.
I am very surprised to read the first two posts (9÷3÷2011 and 11/​18/​2010.) Dr. Malvin does take a laid back approach to the angst and perceived pain that perhaps many people have with respect to dental work. That is, at least for me, he acts as though the work he is performing is generally routine and not painful. Not something to worry or make a big deal about. This is not to minimize others feelings, just to point out what I believe his approach is.
I highly recommend Dr. Malvin, and refer him to everyone who asks. I only wish he could be my general practitioner as well.

If I am terrified of dentist, it’s because he reinforced my fear. We there for crown done as I chipped my molar. The cap didnt fit but it it didnt stop him for trying again and again to jam it right into my mouth. Since he has a big fist, trying to jam that cap into my last molar caused the corner of my mouth to tear. He was frustrated, I was furious. At this point, he even nicked the side of my inner check and it started to bleed. He finally gave up after 30 mins and decided to take a new mold and have me come back. I walked out of the office crying not cos I was traumatized but rather I was in pain. They didnt even bother to tell me I have dried blood smeared on my face. Thank goodness I looked in the mirror before walking out into the streets. And the tear on the corner of my mouth took almost a week to heal. During then I could barely eat as I cant open my mouth.
By the way, I am not alone in this. My husband has his crown done at the same time and his cracked a week later. Since we cant get any refund, he had to go back to Malvin to have his tooth fix, yet again!
I would sue if I could.

It has been 5 years since I went to this dentist and I am still paying physically as well as financially.
I was a sophomore in college, without dental insurance, and had to have dental work done. I needed a root canal and he performed it. Turns out that he «missed» one of the canals (I learned that a tooth has either three or four of them, he just did the root canal on 3 of the 4) and as it turns out the 4^th canal was the one that was infected. He wanted to charge me additional fees for him to finish the root canal that I had already paid him to do.
I reached out through my social network and ended up at Dr Bush downtown (great dentists) and he referred me to a specialist, which happens to be right next door to Dr. Malvin! I had to pay to have a second root canal done. Now, years later I am having more issues with the root canal that Dr Malvin performed. This tooth has cost me over $ 5,000 because Dr. Malvin did not perform the job correctly to begin with. It would have been cheaper to have it pulled and replaced with an implant. If only I would have known.