Costagliola Ralph DDS

This Dentist is awesome. Extremely helpful to me, very impressive.
A few summers ago, My wisdom tooth started acting up, and it became very painful. (never knew how much pain a simple tooth problem can cause).
I pretty much knew the tooth had to come out, as it was half way sticking out and tearing into my gums. I called a couple oral surgeons, and they all gave me the same stupid story, where I have to get a referrel from my dentist, then come in for a consultation, then come in to have the tooth removed, then come in for a 3^rd visit. It was a whole headache. I need the tooth removed now, not 3 weeks from now after my consultation visit in 2 weeks.
So I called this dentist. I’ve never scene this guy before, never been a patient here before, nothing. I called this office, explained to the receptionist im in a lot of pain, this tooth needs to come out, can I please come in and have it removed today, its killing me. So she said yes, I can come in, and the doctor will take care of it.
I came in, it was a Friday, they were alittle busy, I only had to wait 1 hour before I was seen. That’s it, new patient, doctor doesn’t know me, never seen me before, its busy as Is, and only 1 hour wait time. The doctor took my wisdom tooth out, no B. S, no nonsense, and within 2 – 3 days I was perfectly fine.
On top of that, the staff here was EXTREMELY helpful when it came to the insurance matter. It would take a few days for my insurance to approve the surgery and pay for it. So the staff here, KNOWING they aren’t going to be paid today, still took me in, and let me get the procedure done. We agreed that I would give them a check to pay for the surgery, but they would hold onto the check and no cash it until the insurance cleared. When the insurance cleared a couple days later, they called me, I came in, took the check back, and thanked them.
Very awesome experience here. My tooth was causing me a lot of pain, and this was the only dentist that helped me out. I came in, same day, had the tooth removed. no nonsense.
Getting a wisdom took taken out, is a simple surgery, why these other dentists are telling me its a 3-​vist program and I need a consultation is ridiculous!

Dr. Costagliola is a fantastic dentist/​oral surgeon. I have had to visit him several times over the course of the year for a dental implant (for those of you who don’t know, implants must be done in several steps over the course of a year). All surgery is painless, he’s very accommodating, and he has a great staff. I highly recommend him highly!

Staff very friendly. Lots of paperwork. The surgery was fine. I needed a lot of novocaine.
The thing is, right before I went in, this guy who was in the waiting room was talking to one of the ladies behind the reception desk and telling her all kinds of personal things about his divorce and psychiatric meds he had tried to take and a bunch of other weird and out there things you don’t expect to hear waiting for oral surgery.
Then, right as I was about to go in — and I was really nervous because I was going here for the first time and I had never met the guy and he was going to be ripping a tooth out of my head. This guy turns to me as I am called and he says «Hey — No screaming, ok?» And I was so freaked out I almost walked out right then and there.
The staff was super friendly and the girl who walked me in to the treatment room was really nice and did a lot to calm me down because I was really shaken. I was like, what kind of a place is this? Do people regularly scream or was this guy just being a dick? I had no idea what his deal was, but that was really ridiculous.
Dr. Costagliola was expedient and got the job done. I appreciated that e really tried to get me as numb as possible even though it took forever to do that.
He is the only oral surgeon on Staten Island who takes my dental insurance (UFT), so it was him or pay a lot of money. I just wanted the tooth out. He did it. I have no complaints about his work.
He did say «Maybe no Roast Beef sandwiches anytime soon» when he was putting the stitches in. Just a weird experience all around, but the dental work was fine.