Dr. Lazarus's office is essentially a row home that has been converted. The facilities aren't the cleanest in the world, though his assistant is very nice. The billing procedure is fairly quick and easy if you, like I, had insurance. Dr. Lazarus himself is a very cheerful man and you won't have a problem with his chair-side manners.
The main problem with the entire experience is that the entire cleaning process takes like than 4 minutes. For some people this may be a plus, but it left me wondering if he really did anything at all in my mouth. The scaling process was rather crude and quick and left my gums, normally quite healthy, rather bloody. Furthermore, he uses air polishing (as opposed to the rubber tip type that I am used to), but the most troubling part of the entire visit was that the air polishing literally lasted no longer than 10 seconds.
The sheer quickness and crudeness of the cleaning leaves one questioning whether his judgment is sound in the most important part of the routine visit: looking at xrays and ensuring that there are no real problems. In short, new patients who go to Dr. Lazarus may soon find themselves questioning the quality of treatment they received and may want to find a second opinion.
out of 5 stars
