Read review posted by jennyb on Feb. 8, 2006, 5:17 p.m. for Dr. Joseph Sipin - Dentist

Dr. Joseph Sipin DDS - Dentist

4.5 based on 3 reviews

Rating out of 5 stars

Albany, CA

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The facilities are lovely and staff have a wonderful chair-side manner. I appreciate the fact that Dr. Sipin continues to expand his repertoire of the latest technologies in his practice. He also helped me discover the early onset of peridontal desease. For adults, I'd say Dr. Sipin is fantast. However, he is not a pediatric dentist and I would not recommend him for children. My son had two cavities that needed filling and he was quite worried about the possibility of getting shots. Dr. Sipin proceeded to explain to my son that he would NOT get a shot. Then I witnessed Dr. Sipin tell him that they would be playing a game and my son was to close his eyes and count to 20. Dr. Sipin proceeded to rub a numbing agent & give him 2 shots. When Dr. Sipin attended to another patient, I approached my son who told me that the Dr. had lied to him, that he was "sneaky" and that he knew he gave him a shot. I expressed my discontent with the Dr. when he returned and he defended his position saying that most children cry when they find out about the shot and he had every intention of telling him the truth after it was all over. I find this approach completely unacceptable and we have found a more appropriate pediatric dentist.
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