Orthodontics At Davis Square

I came to dr. Riz from another doctor who brought my teeth on the brink of collapse in 2 previous years. Everything was fixed in about 1 year. 5 (or such) years later I think dr. Riz made a miracle. It is not just me, my dentist was very happy with his work too. If my grandkids will need orthodontist, I would suggest dr. Riz. By the way, I never had problems with bills, timing, language skills of employees and such. Thank you dr. Riz!

Dr rizk sucks
He is all about money once you sign the contract for braces that is it you may see him for 3 min total until you are done.
Does not give a shit about patients.
Screwed up my sons teeth after thousands of dollar and 18 plus month of treatment. Then blame it on him said he didnot wear retainers which completely untrue. I wish I can take him to court
For malpractice !
Thinking??? Go somewhere else please.

I wish I could give a glowing experience or that I was pleased with the end product of having braces here, but I can do neither. Like others have said, most of the work was done by the techs, who had varying levels of competency. I will only list the worst of my experiences here. First, my teeth were over corrected on one side with rubber bands, when no rubber bands were used on the other side, leaving me with a crooked smile and a poor bite. Dr. R blamed me, but I will get to why that wasn’t true or possible. I also couldn’t use the Invisalign-​like retainers he made due to them causing my front teeth to rub together due to the «torque» (his word) of my biting down on the clear retainers at night, so Dr. R. said I could get Hawley retainers for an extra cost. I had to go out of town right after my braces came off and when I came back to get the molds made for the Hawley retainers, he had completely forgotten about it. When I mentioned what his own brochures say about retainer use as a life long process, he actually yelled at me in front of a room full of patients and staff when I was laying on a chair with him behind my head. I have never been so poorly treated by a medical professional, let alone anyone else, in my life. I left his office right away and transferred my care to another orthodontist who made me two perfect Hawley retainers, which to this day if I do not wear them every night, my upper teeth start to collapse back inward, totally proving that I wasn’t causing the outward over correction on one side of my mouth. Those teeth move BACK into my mouth, so there is no way I am pushing them out myself. Also, due to not having a full retainer on my lower teeth during the weeks I was out of town before I got the Hawley retainers, some of my lower teeth turned back towards their original incorrect position. Thankfully the Hawley retainers stopped further turning of those teeth. In closing, I really cannot recommend this orthodontist. But not being from the area, I went by his glowing reviews at the time and I regret it now.

Three years later, I’m still being billed for services that are already fully paid for on my last visit; I’ve called about this numerous times, my provider rep has called there twice to get this cleared up. Re actual services, braces weren’t left on long enough, nothing was done quite right and I’ve been stuck with this expensive mistake.
Have you kept receiving bills from this office?
Dr Riz and staff are all very nice. That’s certain. But I don’t believe half these reviews.

My boyfriend went to Dr. Riz two years ago and after listening to him absolutely rave about him and seeing his amazing results I decided to check him out myself.
I originally wanted Invisalign, but Dr. Riz told me that I would not be a good fit for it. I truly appreciated him saying this, because although Invisalign was more expensive he believed that I would see much better results from braces. He clearly was more concerned with me having perfect results which completely won me over. I had my braces on for a year and went for appointments on a monthly basis (towards the end weekly basis). What amazed me was even though he had many patients, my appointments were always right on time and when I was in the chair he made me feel like I was the only patient in the office. Dr. Riz took the time to educate me on my teeth and also my tongue placement! Dr. Riz is extremely educated in his work and also a perfectionist. He makes sure you are happy. I am ecstatic about my results. I can’t stop smiling!
Other notes:
The office is extremely clean and updated. The front desk staff are super nice and helpful! They always greeted me by first name when I entered the building. Dr. Riz’s assistants were also very educated. Another plus is there is a parking lot with plenty of parking.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you Dr. Riz!

This is just an intermediate review, full to come post treatment. Dr. Riz is lovely. He worked miracles on my teeth is basically 2.5 months, took them off temporarily before my wedding and shaped them up too. He always makes me laugh and takes a lot of time on me, which is remarkable given how busy the practice is. Thank you Dr. Riz for my favorite wedding gift so far.

Be careful of extra chargges and services. Braces are fine but things like wisdom teeth extractions you should get a second opinion to be sure it is needed. They wanted to remove my 14 year old’s wisdom teeth all 4. After consulting with 2 other dentists, he wisdom teel were not even crowning. He is probably at least 2 years away from needing wisdom teet removed.

Where do I begin?
First of all, EVERYONE SPEAKS ENGLISH. As a bonus. most are bi-​lingual or tri-​lingual offering Portuguese and Spanish which is perfect for that community. They also answer the phones in English which is refreshing considering it seems anywhere else you call in the US, it prompts you with the Press 1 for English option and you have to jump through portals to even get a live person.
STAFF ANSWERS PHONES AND ARE ACCOMMODATING. When I needed to come in before their 24 hour guaranteed window to pick up my next set of aligners, the staff checked with the lab and made it happen. They helped me out with this a few times and did it with a smile. Sometimes you would wait on hold but that’s because they were working to get me an immediate answer. They were also on top of my account balance and always provided up to date statements. If you’re planning on paying for your services then you shouldn’t have any problems at all. If you’re not planning on paying, well then, I have an opinion for people like you but I won’t Unilocal about it here. The staff is younger but they are NOT interns. They are the up and coming, bright, enthusiastic talent that sets this practice apart from others. Think of it as an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Young talent learning from the best.
DR RIZZ IS A GENIUS AND HE CARES. First of all, he INVENTED THE SIMPLE ALIGNERS. Do your research people!!! At a fraction of the cost of Invisalign, these aligners work and I am proof of that! I went in for a consult originally thinking I could get veneers to fix my very crooked front teeth but after meeting Dr. Rizz for just a few short minutes, he convinced me to go with the simple aligners. He gave me a treatment goal/​plan of 5 months and exactly 5 months later, the treatment was complete and I now have a beautiful straight smile! I wear retainers now (and you will for about 3 months after treatment) but after that it’s onto evening wear only. I have to say, I was a little skeptical because I thought I’d be wearing these for two years but I desperately wanted straight teeth so when I heard 5 months, I was sold. Of course, you must do your part and wear them for at least 23 hours a day. You can do that right? You DO want straight teeth and the best results right? If you don’t do this, you’re just wasting your time, his time and your money. When any Dr. gives you orders, you should listen and do as they say or you only have yourself to blame. An orthodontist is no exception. Finally, it is my opinion, as I’ve gotten to know Dr. Rizz over the past year, that he personally addresses negative reviews because he cares about his practice. If he didn’t care about his patients, he certainly would not carve time out of his busy schedule. Which, by the way, is why you only see him for a short time on each visit. HE’S BUSY AND IN HIGH DEMAND. He has two offices. It’s really no different than when you visit the dentist for a cleaning and spend all the time with the hygenist only to see the Dentist at the end of your visit for a short blink in time.
YOU GET USED TO THE FEELING OF WEARING ALIGNERS. Of course I’d be lying if I didn’t say it took me a little while to get used to them. In fact, when my first set was made I walked out of there feeling like a vampire! It felt like I was wearing fake teeth like the kind you see on Halloween and I was convinced that everyone could see them. Yet when I asked my closest friends and husband they assured me that they were invisible. I wanted to cry at first but I pressed on because I wanted straight teeth more. I can honestly say after about a week they didn’t feel weird anymore. I also cleaned them with denture cleaner about every other day and that kept them feeling fresh and clean. There’s nothing to the cleaning either, you just drop them in a glass with a tablet for 10 – 15 minutes.
TEETH CONTOURING IS COMMON and usually reserved for celebrities like Katherine Heigl. (Grey’s Anatomy analogy again, I can’t help it). Remember how she used to have a little crooked tooth in the front that stuck out? Well, her version of Dr. Rizz shaved, YES, SHAVED HER TEETH down with a special tool that transformed that tooth into a perfect pearl. It sounds scary when you say it was shaved but much more acceptable when you say contour. Turns out this is a common thing that many of the top cosmetic dentists do today. Dr Rizz. contoured my teeth too so that I’s have a perfect smile. At first I was scared to death that he made intentional spaces in between my teeth, horrified even and I was worried that this was not normal. But then, I did my research, thank you Google, and all was well with me again. Dr Rizz was absolutely right, «sometimes you have to move the couch to squeeze in a love seat» or something like that. All I know is that my bite is perfect, my dentist agrees and bottom line is, I LOVE MY NEW SMILE! THANK YOU DR. RIZZ!

It took me a while to write this review. But since I am still having nightmares and emotionally disturbed because of this office, so I decided to write a comment after so many years. I have tried reading online to see if there’s anyway I can get my money back via legal channel or to file a lawsuit due to the emotional distress I have over the years. I had my braces back in around 2007.
If you need to know about this doctor, just read his feedback to all of the negative comments for him. Can anyone be anymore arrogant than that? Basically he wouldn’t admit he is wrong and everyone else is incorrect. I mean, do you want to deal with somebody like that? I wish there was Unilocal before!
Firstly, I was advised to take out 4 teeth to create space in my mouth because I do not want to «shave» off the enamel for each tooth to create space. I think that make sense given my teeth are overcrowded. But then without asking me or telling me what he was doing with my teeth, I smelled something is burning and stopped whatever he was doing. Then that’s when he told me he is «shaving» off some parts of my enamel to create «more» space as he realized that even with 4 teeth gone, I do not have enough space.
The worst part of all was, I had been complaining about how loose my teeth were and he kept telling me it was because of the «movement». But I had emphasized to him several times, it was one particular tooth in the back. He brushed it off saying it was the «movement». I had cleaning done at his office as well but it was all kind of shady because the second floor was basically empty and I was told I cannot claim insurance for the cleaning. So I paid cash. I went into my dentist after my braces were off, that’s how I found out I had excessive bone loss in the back of my mouth and hence the tooth is loose and it cannot be saved. (not because of the movement)
Now you may think my bone loss was primarily due to my responsibility of not cleaning my teeth properly. WRONG, yes, partly it was due to food residual left in the gap where my teeth was taken out for «space». Partly it was due to the whole braces process. Basically, my teeth are not strong enough to deal with the stress of having braces in 2 years time!
If you don’t want to wind up with no teeth or emotionally distressed for the rest of your life, don’t go here for braces.

My personal experience on this place was NOT a good one. I spent more than a year going there every month to have my braces adjusted and during all this time I saw the famous Dr. Riz only twice which were in my first appointment and in the last one (for the price they charge you should be able to see Dr. Riz every single time you go there). Anyway most of the time I was called by one of the several Brazilian people he has working for him what I got to admit some of them really know what they are doing what does not make me forget the fact that in two different appointments I was left in the chair with my mouth open by the person doing the job while she would whisper to her coworker asking for help because she could not do the job in my mouth.
Another point about my bad experience is every single time I called this place I was asked to hold, in my mind, the reason was because they might be very busy all the time, but then while I was waiting to be called in for my brace adjustment I started observing that the three Front Desk people put phone calls on hold even when they are just talking with each other. Talking about Front Desk people, every single time I went there, soon after say that I have an appointment at certain hour and my name, the only words I would hear, okay It’s $ 220,00 and at one time they did not give me my receipt and after finishing my appointment I stopped at the Front Desk and asked the tall guy for my receipt and he asked me if I already had paid…
UPDATE: Dr. Riz is stating bellow that i was never his patient, SHAME on me for my dishonesty, i just wish i could post here on Unilocal all the invoices that i paid him during the more than a year i was his patient, that’s a REAL SHAME, DISHONESTY…

I went to Dr Riz in 2009 for braces.
Me: a person getting braces for the 2^nd time, now an adult, because I didn’t wear my retainers; feeling insecure every time my mom made a comment about my ever so slightly misaligned teeth; enough disposable income to want the best experience possible. Dr. Riz’s office is meticulous and he comes across as a perfectionist. I think it is fitting for the industry he’s in.
The result: Dr. Riz was happy to oblige my request for braces behind my upper teeth (which costs quite a bit extra, yes), and to make the process of getting my teeth straight easy and according to the schedule that was promised. I’m happy with my teeth and the experience, looking back on it two years later. Time to go grab those retainers!

Do not even bother to go there for the consultation! This place is all about marketing and running business! Not only you will find several versions of their websites, but also a huge amount of «EXCELLENT» reviews, probably all fake, on other websites, like Dr. Oogle where you have to pay to review.
They sell themselves very well on the websites, but if you pay attention to the details, you will find them ridiculous:
They try to make you believe that Dr. Riz is a «world-​known expert» in the field, but in reality, if you ask any good dentists/​orthodontists in MA or even in Boston area, no one has heard of him! They listed a lot of his titles, which cannot be verified at all! You cannot even find him on the Invisalign Provider list, which leads me to think what kinda cheaper supplies he gets from other manufacturers or he just basically used his self-​invented «simple aligners» instead.
They posted many pictures of before and after teeth on the sites, which do not mean anything and show all the Dr. Riz cares is straightening teeth, not giving you a healthy and FUNCTIONAL BITE ! Educate yourself first and save some troubles! BITE is the most import thing and teeth come straight naturally. Without pictures of real patients faces and profiles, you cannot tell whether their bites are corrected. Some of the pictures even showed that he did FOUR BICUSPIDS EXTRACTION! OMG, this is probably the most evil thing in this field! Don’t be surprised when later you get Sunken Face, TMJ problem, Inadequate Tongue Space, Narrow Airway, Headache, Sleep Apnea…
They seem to give you many options of braces, which are all conventional and dangerous to your facial structure! Except Self-​Litigating Braces, all the traditional braces will place inappropriate force on your palate and jaw, and the force will push your palate and mid-​face backward and downward. This will not only give you a flattened face, but also possibly leads to TMJ pain and Airway Restriction! This is exactly a hard lesson learned by two generations of damaged British People as traditional orthodontics is originated from there.
He acts like he is professional, but a lot of stuff he says and does are just bullshit! He gives you a plan just by looking at your face and teeth, and all the x-​ray parts are just a show! He will tell you that your arches cannot be expanded because you are an adult. Come on! Nowadays many adults and seniors are posting blogs and pictures of their fully expanded arches using appliances like DNA appliance, Homeoblock, ALF etc. When he is unable to adjust your teeth, he will just start cutting them…
If you spend more time with those excellent reviews, you will also find them cheap or stupid! Do a couple pieces of free cake make a good orthodontist? Does a short period of treatment length yield a quality result and make you think it is good to your bone and teeth? Is it interesting that this business has either FIVE star or ONE star reviews? LOL. Please! Five Star Reviews come up with some creative perspectives and specific examples of their professionalism!
Last thing, if he has time to respond to a bad review, you know how much time he gives the attentional to hundreds of patients! if you still decide to go there and get treated, I sincerely wish you good luck! God bless you!

Dr. Riz is AMAZING. Please do not listen to these haters on here giving 1 star.
I live in Somerville and I drive by this place all the time. I have always wanted to get my teeth straighten, but I was DEATHLY afraid of the dentist (I haven’t been in 8 years). but I finally went to the dentist to get my first cleaning/​checkup and then afterwards called Dr. Riz. Which was the best decision that I have made in a longtime!
I wanted to get those invisalign braces cause am 30 years old and didn’t want those mental braces that I saw my friends have in high school. So after my first meeting with Dr. Riz and he exam my teeth he told me that I wasn’t a candidate for the invisalign which sucked, but he them explained why and told me about clear braces. I had a little hesitation about getting them but he said that It would only be 6 months. I was thinking «6 months!!! Yeah Right!!! every person in the world who has had braces had them for at least one year and more! please my little brother had them for 3 years! but he insured me 6 months maybe less. So I signed on that dotted line. And am soooooo glad that I did cause now my teeth are great and it only took 5 months!!!
Throughout my whole treatment Dr. Riz and his Staff were soooooo nice and patient with me. He would always have a joke for me every time I would see him. He explained everything that was going on with my teeth and what he wanted to do. He has great bedside manner which was very important to me since I really hated and was scared of dentist.
I wish I didn’t wait so long!

I regret choosing this place! This place is like a factory with no personal attention.
After the treatment was over, I complained that my lower front teeth kept rubbing against the upper teeth whenever I close my mouth & that I can’t eat well because of that. In response, the dentist kept grinding and grinding my upper front teeth (making it feel weak). But, that didn’t solve the problem, and I finally had to make them stop (and the dentist got angry at me).
2 years after, the misalignment problem is only getting worse although I am wearing my retainer every night. I am also experiencing pain around my jaw because of that misalignment. I was recommended to get a new treatment (7000dollars again?).

I had terrible experience here. My results were poor and it was recommended by several orthodontists t hat I repeat my treatment! I am dealing with that now and it is a real mess. There are a number of negative reviews on the internet. I think he directs patients to write on certain sites. Ask your dentist – the best orthodontists are known in town by many people. No one outside of the local Somerville knows who he is. Learn from my mistakes – get several opinions from orthos who multiple dentists will recommend to you. And ask those orthos about this one. Good dentists will have good things to say about other good dentists. It’s a huge investment – don’t make a mistake.

After having braces for nearly 3 years, I was more than ready to take them off myself. Comparing my first orthodontist to Dr. Rizkallah is like comparing a used car to a Mercedes Benz. Dr. Rizkallah provided a 4-​month treatment plan at my first appointment and 4 months later my braces came off. Not only did they come off, but Dr. Rizkallah also shaved my teeth and re-​structured the pre-​existing braces so my teeth aligned better than I could have ever expected.
It’s been more than a year since my braces came off, and my teeth still look fantastic.
(Also, aside from the excellent treatment the office is immaculate, the receptionists always more than friendly and helpful and appointments were punctual.)

Dr. «Riz» and his team have made an unpleasant experience (having braces) as seamless and pleasant as possible. Aside from looking like a space-​age assembly line for robot teeth, the system there works. I have never had an extended wait, everyone is friendly, and the braces are doing their job. I’m happy with this place, and I feel like I’m getting my money’s worth.

I love Dr. Riz and his team.
Experience:
Dr. Riz is very professional and always ensures the highest quality of service. His team is super friendly and also does quality work. The only «negative» my friends, who has also seen Dr. Riz, point out is how he underestimates the duration of the work. Personally mine took 6 months longer than he initially predicted, but I didn’t mind especially after I saw the results. Dr. Riz does a great job with follow up exams and making sure everything is perfect.
Overall:
I highly recommend Dr. Riz and his team for ortho work!

The braces are off and replaced with a damn fine looking smile.
It took a little longer than expected– I had particularly stubborn teeth. Dr. Riz is also a perfectionist, like myself, so we hung on until they were exact. It was worth all the extra time. In fact, I’m so freakin’ thrilled with my new teeth that I would have easily endured another six months to look this fabulous.
I don’t think I can remember the last time I was so pleased with a business, doctor, or any other service. Seriously, from top to bottom, Dr. Riz and his staff run a great practice. A run down:
— Not that it matters, but his office is impecable. Clean. Modern. But comfortable. The office is also equipped with some seriously fancy equipment– cool xrays and schiz.
— His front office staff are always courteous, helpful and generally lovely. I was never ignored when I went up to the desk, there were never any scheduling or billing issues, and they were very efficient at their jobs.
— The assistants in the back are awesome. I saw so many of them in the last 22 months and not a single one was someone I wouldn’t want working on my teeth. They were friendly, competent, sometimes funny, always careful. I hope Dr. Riz pays thems well– they are a key part as to why I feel so awesome about this office and my new teeth.
— Dr. Riz is patient, funny and flexible. I have this issue with blood. Don’t like it. Don’t even like the word. I have a keyword I use to replace it when necessary. So, when Dr. Riz suggested that we needed to pull two teeth to get the job done I was a little bit horrified. Okay. A lot horrified. I started to tear up immediately– I’m that afraid of the stuff. He didn’t even blink. He asked me what it would take to get me comfortable. And we worked something out. He opened his office two hours early for me so my husband could bring me in and I could have ample time to freak out while getting my teeth pulled. While he was working he and Husband kept me preoccupied with all sorts of silly banter and in no time at all, I was done. It wasn’t even that bad.
— Dr. Riz is also a bit of an arteeest. If one can be an artist in contouring teeth. It’s amazing. I had seriously odd shaped, pointy in all the wrong ways, crooked, weird ass teeth. No more. In addition to being straight, they are now perfectly shaped. I never imagined that they would look this good.
I go and get my retainers tomorrow– the last step in this process– so that will probably be the last time I see Dr. Riz and his staff. I think I’m actually going to miss them. How often does someone say that about their orthodontist?
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Dr. Rizkallah is truly a life-​saver. I unfortunately started with an orthodontist that was affiliated with my dentist office and had a horrible experience there. Basically, the first orthodontist from Dental Services PC (who in fact was not board-​certified) told me that I had a severe jaw alignment problem that only jaw surgery could fix. After wasting several hundreds of dollars, I finally did my research and found Dr. Riz, who told me that jaw surgery was absolutely ridiculous. In fact, all I needed was some old-​fashioned braces to fix the problem.
To make a long story short, I had decided to first straighten a few top teeth that had shifted slightly in the 10+yrs since I’ve had braces. Dr. Riz promised that he could have them straightened in 2 months, and exactly 2 months on the dot, they were corrected (!) using his own patented simple aligners, which are similar to those from Invisalign~
Dr. Riz is truly a man of his word and understands that adults seeking orthodontic help still have jobs where they have to be presentable. I would HIGHLY recommend Dr. Riz for any and all orthodontics~