Dr. Patel is a very good salesman. I consider myself to be a good judge of character, but I was sold on our initial visit.
After that, as they say "the honeymoon is over". Asking anything more involved than "how long will the treatment take", he considers to be questioning his abilities. When asking straight forward more detailed questions about the treatment his attitude is very arrogant.
He refused to talk in any detail with me, stating that I was not using "Orthodontic terms" and if I did not trust him I should see someone else. This is after a couple of months of treatment of my daughter with substantial hardware installed and of course a lot of money already paid.
I am sure many people have worked with someone like this. They usually have early success in life and assume everything they do is correct. It is not until their arrogance catches up with them that they see the error in their ways.
Dr. Patel is young and appears to be successful....for now.