All I can say is that Dr. Bowne is a dentist that needs to be avoided at all costs. He performed unnecessary and expensive procedures on me which he never informed about before doing them.
This doctor told me that I needed to have all of my old metal fillings replaced with the white fillings. It sounded ok to me, even though I have not had any problems with my teeth. I asked him if white fillings cost more than any other type of filling and he said no. I came back to his office and without xraying my teeth beforehand, "Dr." Bowne proceeded to yank out fillings in two of my molars. He then sanded down my teeth for the porcelain onlay he was fitting me for. He never told me that I was going to be receiving onlays, which is considered a cosmetic procedure and to which i would have never consented. First of all I grind my teeth - which should have been apparent to him had he ever actually examined my teeth beforehand - and it is not covered by insurance. I was dumbfounded but left the office to wait for my onlays to come back from the lab. Once I was home I started having severe pain in my jaw. I went back to Dr. Bowne and he told me my teeth were cracked and that I now needed two root canals. Two root canals for teeth that were previously fine! Plus, he left so little of the original tooth structure that I now really don't have much in the way of molars in that area. I asked Dr. Bowne why he performed this unnecessary procedure on me and he just turned and walked out of the room.
Then I receive a bill from his office for $2,400 for the onlays. My insurance of course would not cover it as it is a cosmetic procedure. I called the office and asked for a copy of my records because I wanted to send them to an attorney, and magically they could not locate them anywhere.
This man is a charlatan who only cares about making a quick buck. After all, he has a high rent to pay for a fancy 5th avenue office, and of course he has to keep himself in the latest Ferragamos. Stay away.
out of 5 stars
