Fotini Chrisopoulos, DDS MSc

There is no way I will ever go to another dentist again as long as I have Dr. Argentieri. I had to switch from him because of a change in insurance and I went to a horrible horrible dentist who overworked my teeth and did completely unnecessary fillings and after pain and issues, I finally sucked it up and went back to the good Dr. despite the fact that I will have to pay extra. I just needed someone I trusted to take a look. He helped me this morning and my tooth feels better now after one visit with him than it has in three weeks and four visits with two other dentists. He is the absolute best. I can not say enough nice things about him and the staff as well. Love love him and even more than that, you can trust me and that for your teeth is incomparable.

I have had nothing but an excellent experience with Dr. Chrisopoulos. I began going to Dr. Chrisopoulos during her days at Columbia University in New York City. Aside from her extensive knowledge and skill in the field of dentistry, she is extremely caring and takes the time to really get to know her patients. I always felt extremely confident about my dental work after seeing her. For anyone who is nervous or uncertain about their needs, I recommend her with the highest regard. You will always be well taken care of.

I can only second all the positive remarks other reviewers have made about Dr Chrisopolous. I was recently inspired during a conversation with her to move forward with a procedure I had previously considered but hadn’t really had the nerve to follow through on– replacing all my upper front teeth with new crowns to create a more harmonious effect with a more regular shape and whiter shade. The whole experience was wonderful, thanks to her quiet and charming ability to imbue confidence and trust in all that was going on. There was a happy sense of cooperation with all those who worked with her on the project and her painstaking efforts to ensure the very best results for me as the patient were also impressive. The outcome was perfect, no problems, no discomfort, mouth feels as if those crowns have always been there. Thank you Dr Chrisopolous and and the whole team who worked with you

I saw Dr. Chrisopoulos after a horrible experience in which an endodontist did an unnecessary root canal on the wrong tooth, and then said I actually needed an RC on the tooth next to it. I explained what happened to Dr. Chrisopoulos and she was more than willing to discuss all of my options, while providing extremely helpful advice on what she would recommend.
We ultimately tried to save the tooth and shaved it town for a temp crown– if the pain went away I could do without the RC, however if it persisted then I needed the procedure. I was so pleased with Dr. Chrisopoulos’ willingness to work with me instead of immediately recommending major dental work. We did the crown on the Friday before fourth of July. Over the weekend I developed major gum swelling and texted Dr. Chrisopoulos. She immediately responded at 9 pm and called in a prescription to CVS– and she even continued to follow up with me throughout the weekend!
Unfortunately, I ended up getting the root canal, but it wasn’t with out verifying 100% that that is what I need. After I got the RC went back to Dr. Chrisopoulos for my permanent crowns. She was meticulous in making sure the bite was right. I even came back later in the day and had her adjust the bite just to be sure. (Talk about a major pain in the butt patient, right??).
Overall I would highly recommend Del Ray Smiles. The staff is very nice and professional, and I cannot say enough kind things about Dr. Chrisopoulos.
Hoping I won’t have to return for a while… If I do at least I know it’s to a doctor I can trust!

Dr. Chrisopoulos has been taking care of my dental issues for 3 years by now.
I would never go to another dentist. She is probably one of the best trained dentists I have ever met having done postgraduate studies at Columbia and the University of Maryland. But beyond her knowledge and experience as a dentist that already sets her apart, she is also one of the kindest and most empathetic persons I know. She always looks out for the best interest of her patient, just has an amazing personality.
She used to practice in New York, but since she relocated to Baltimore and then to Virginia, I always take the train and travel 4 hours instead of going to someone in New York.

I visited Dr. Chrisopoulos a few times for general examination with x-​rays, a series of fillings and a deep cleaning for my periodontitis condition. I was particularly amazed by the level of professionalism and care shown by her.
Dr. Chrisopoulos is an incredibly gifted dentist. Her calm nature and easy smile made my dental work a painless experience — very important! She is someone who pays extreme attention to detail and shows phenomenal commitment to excellence. That professionalism and focus in detail is also shared by all her team — very friendly people.
All the above will keep me going back as a loyal client. I consider myself lucky to have Dr. Chrisopoulos as my dentist — I recommend her without any hesitation!

I thought about whether or not to write a review, and after thinking about it, feel that I really need to share my experience with other Unilocalers.
I really wanted to like this place, and found them online via a search after seeking out a new dentist. I came to them to seek a second opinion on some work that another dentist had done. Dr. Argentieri examined me (he is NOT gentle) and then prescribed a treatment plan. I really wanted to trust him and his judgment (he has otherwise great reviews), so I decided to allow him to do the work, and it was completed within about two weeks. The filling was too high — which is fine, it happens — so he filed it down when I went in for a post procedure check. When I went in for my check, I also mentioned that the tooth next to the tooth he filled felt like it had some resin or composite on it and my tongue was getting scratched every time it hit that tooth. His response «I didn’t even work on that tooth.» Well geeze, thanks but you are the Dentist and I’m here in your chair as your patient, can you at least have a look? His fix to the problem was to just put the polisher over it for a second. Didn’t even examine it. The tooth is still bothering me. Upon departing the office, I set up an appointment to have a routine cleaning and check for today — Monday, October 6^th. I’m a forgiving person, everyone has bad days, so while I wasn’t that impressed with Dr. Argentieri the last time that I saw him, I decided to give it another go. Fast forward to today. I showed up for my 8am appointment. The hygienist took me back to a chair and then started to ask me about x-​rays. I told her that I had x-​rays from my previous dental office, and so I gave them a call and had them email over. It is now about 8:30am. I was left alone in the dental chair clock ticking away. I finally got up, walked over to the office manager and asked if she had yet received my x-​rays. She is just sitting there refreshing her email and says «no». By now, about 40 minutes of my time has been wasted. So I call the former Dentist back and ask them that they send the x-​rays to my personal email as there was clearly a problem with their email system. So the former dentist sends me the x-​rays and they have me open my gmail account right there in the office and proceed to upload and try to save my x-​rays (this took about another 15 minutes). By now we are pushing 50 – 55 minutes and nothing has been done. No cleaning, the Doctor has not even said hello to me — nothing. They claimed that they needed these x-​rays and that was very important. Great, we now had the x-​rays. And again, I was back in my exam chair, left alone. It’s now 9:00am (yes, that’s right — I have been sitting at the office in the exam chair for an hour and NOTHING has been done). Oh and it is me and ONE other patient in the entire place. The patient who was also there was just having a cleaning and quick check by the Dentist, so it’s not like the Dentist was tied up with a lengthy or emergency procedure. Finally at 9:10am, I got up, went to the front, paid what was owed on my last bill (I paid them $ 170 and they treated me so poorly today!) for the filling and told them I was leaving to find another Dentist. I left and gave myself a few moments to calm down before giving the office manager a call back to discuss what had just occurred. The office manager is a very sweet woman and she listened to me, but she kept almost blaming me for what had happened. It was my fault the x-​rays were not there (well I got them to you about 30 minutes in to the appointment so why did I wait an extra 40 after that?). I also explained to her that I was still having an issue with the filling that the Dentist had done and had really hoped to have it looked at today. Her response was that I should come back for them to look at it. My response — I was just there — for an.hour.and.10.minutes.
I lost trust in this office. My theory is that Dr. Argentieri is nearing retirement (If you notice, he hasn’t had really many great reviews within the past year). He is half checked out and it is starting to show in both his office and his work. Again, it was me and one other patient in the office. I have no idea what the issue was, but they made me feel like a burden and VERY uncomfortable. By the time I got in to my car, I was just about in tears. I should have known they were hard up for business/​loosing patients when the office manager, woman who checked me out AND Dr. Argentieri all tried to give me business cards to hand out to my friends to recommend this office.
So I have an appointment tomorrow with another Dentist to inspect the work that Dr. Argentieri has done. We shall see how that goes. I’m looking forward to moving on and finding a Dentist that truly cares about me and my oral health! This is not the place.

Great dentist and friendly office staff. I ended up here after having excruciating pain in my mouth for a weekend. Not having a regular dentist, I googled dentists and this is the first place I called. The receptionist was so nice– definitely the reason I chose this dentist. I explained my pain and she assured me they would take care of it. After calling at 8 on a Monday morning, they took me at 10.
Dr. Argentieri evaluated me and ended up extracting a wisdom tooth. He was very friendly and explained everything he did. I was worried about the cost, so I asked and before they began anything he had the front desk total my expenses for the procedure.
Dr. A noticed some other issues while I was there that day, and I’ve since been back and have been very satisfied with their work.

My husband has been seeing Dr. Argentieri for years. I recently saw Dr. Bunin in his office for a routine cleaning. While there, Dr. Bunin recommended that I have sealants placed on my back teeth in order to prevent cavities (I’ve never had cavities). At the time, I asked how much the procedure would cost, given that the adult sealants would not be covered by insurance. I was directed to the front desk, and there, I was told the cost would be «$ 50 per tooth, so about $ 300.» I made an appointment and was scheduled to return the very next week for sealants. I also asked how long it would take, and was told 90 minutes.
When I got to Dr. Argentieri’s office for the sealants, I waited 45 minutes in the dental chair for Dr. Bunin to place them. Given that I had been told the procedure would take 90 minutes, I had scheduled a conference call for 2 hours after my appointment start time. So the wasted 45 minutes made me concerned that I would miss the call. When Dr. Bunin arrived, I asked if we’d be done, and he said yes, but as he started the work, I did send an email from my blackberry informing the conference call participants that I might be late, and making alternative arrangements for the call just in case.
Dr. Bunin was right that the procedure took no time at all. But when I got up to go to the front desk, I was told the cost for the seals was $ 900, not the «about $ 300» I was quoted the week before. Apparently, Dr. Bunin not only put sealants on my molars, he also put sealants on 8 premolar teeth, even though he never asked me to do so, and since I’ve never had sealants, I didn’t know enough to tell him not to do it or even to realize that premolars were not included in the cost given to me originally for the sealants. If he had not done this, the total bill would have come to $ 400 (in other words, would have been «about $ 300» just as I was quoted). I protested, but paid the total amount — MORE THAN TWICE THE ORIGINAL QUOTE. When I got home, my husband was furious at the cost (he had been with me at the earlier appointment for a cleaning himself, and had also heard the original $ 300 quote). He called to complain, and Dr. Argentieri’s office agreed to split the difference and charge us only for the seals on my molars, not the seals on my premolars, and so we would pay $ 400, and they would refund $ 400.
If this story ended there, this review would include only an A– review for being a little slow, but for having excellent customer service in righting was was clearly an expensive wrong on their part — I was supposed to have had seals on 8 molars, instead they placed seals on 8 molars and 8 premolars, resulting in a huge increase in cost that no one asked my permission for or told me about when I asked in advance. But it does not end there.
A couple weeks after my husband’s call, we got the $ 400 refund check in the mail. With it was a letter from Dr. Argentieri. I will paste the text of the whole letter below (I scanned it to keep), but suffice to say it was the nastiest letter I’ve ever received in my life. Not only were the accusations in it false, but also it reflected a core of mean-​spiritedness that was really shocking to me. Needless to say, my husband and I have found a new dentist, and I would not recommend that ANYONE see Dr. Argentieri. Here is his letter to me:
«Dear Ms. Rose-​Smith,
Enclosed please find a check in the amount of 400.00. This is a refund for the eight sealants Dr. Bunin placed, but for which you didn’t want to pay.
Had you not spent the entire appointment with Dr. Bunin texting on your cell phone, you may have been cognizant of his suggestion that he place sealants not only in the molar teeth, but the eight premolar teeth also, since they are anatomically at rish for dental caries.
I found it interesting that you did not contest your need for the service, or the benefit you received from accepting it. Your only objection (and, apparently, your husband’s) was that you were expected to pay for it.
I would suggest that in the future appointments you turn your cell phone off, so that you can pay at least a modicum of attention to your oral health.
Your future appointment scheduled on June 28, 2013 has been cancelled as the office is closed this day.
Sincerely,
Robert Argentieri D.D.S.»
So there you have it. If you don’t mind having your dentist wildly overcharge you, and then blame YOU when he has to refund money for those overcharges, even though all you did was let your office know that you would be late for a conference call because your dentist took 45 minutes to start the work he then proceeded to overcharge you for, then Dr. Argentieri’s office is the place for you. Otherwise, if you prefer to pay «at least a modicum» of attention not only to your oral health, but also your dignity and your wallet, there are plenty of other dentists in Northern Virginia.

Dr Argentieri is an absolutely great dentist. I’ve had a lot of dental work and have seen many dentists, and its clear that he has the skill and experience to deal with many difficult issues. He helped me work through a bad crown that was put in by another dentist that fell out, and the result was ten times better than what the other dentist had done and suggested.
His office staff is very polite and it is easy to schedule appointments with him, as well as for cleanings.
Also, I had a terrible scare with a old tooth that had developed an abcess. We found out the tooth could not be saved after he referred me to a specialist. However, I really appreciated his support when I asked for a second opinion, and also his concern about the abcess and flexibility to meet my emergency needs right away. The doctor that he referred me to for the subsequent implant was also incredible, so I completely trust his judgment. With the number of dental problems I have had, its a relief to know you have a good dentist.