Dental Dreams Reviews

Pros

Good pay Good way to gain initial exposure to field and get your speed up

Cons

Questionable management and work environment All cliche stigma associated with corporate dentistry Changed minimum guarantee policy without adequate notice

Pros

It's something to put on your resume. The rest of the staff at my location are all great, and I wish them all the best. Gaining some experience in administrative duties.

Cons

Long, grueling hours full of thankless labor. Most of my time spent at the front was either dealing with salty patients or making calls like a telemarketer begging people to come in. I'm usually screamed at by patients in person once a week, and over the phone once a day. You have to have thick skin just to survive here, and there is no hope of "success". The goalposts move to always be in front of you, so no matter how hard you work, it will never be enough to fill the pockets of the corporate slugs who own your labor. There is absolutely no training whatsoever. You either figure out the job on your own in the first month, or you get the hell out of there. No one has the time or energy to train you, considering they're also getting screamed at by patients. The pay is pathetic, the benefits are nonexistent, and your paid breaks are not guaranteed. I often find myself with new responsibilities that were not in my job description, but because no one else is capable, I end up doing those jobs while not seeing any form of recompense. The managers have a strict focus: production. They will do whatever it takes to get patients in the chair and boost their numbers, including scheduling an impossible number of patients from day to day.

Pros

If you need a job they will hire you

Cons

No training, then fire people in a month if they cannot figure out the job on their own

Pros

The doctors and assistants themselves are nice

Cons

New doctors that are coming in are being told 5 days before their start date that the minimum guarantee that’s written in the contract is only going to be given for the first 3 months - they make that change 5 days before the doctor starts, so they have no choice but to accept, since they’re already moved and have set up their lives in that area. They have been doing this to all new doctors. They purposely do not tell them in advance. They just receive a call telling them how horrible corona virus has been for the business and that they need you to sign this addendum to the contract before you can start. They don’t follow the contract when it comes to the sign-on bonus. You don’t receive the first 1/4th And 2nd 1/4th until the first check - assuming you’re still getting a bonus, since they’ve apparently stopped giving bonuses. The “easing you in as a new dentist” is not true. You’ll receive a 90% full schedule on your first day. The 3 days of “training” are pointless, as well. The first day is just to go over paper work and cover things like what you should write in your notes on patients, and how to chart what you did, and HIPPAA and OSHA stuff. Day 2 and 3 are just shadowing days. Very few assistants are certified to take radiographs. Most assistants are part-time and do not know much about dentistry at all. They are not trained. They pick up things as they go. Things are very unorganized. And although it says fully electronic, it’s not. Many forms are in paper form. There is no panoramic machine, so only BWs and PAs are taken - by the radio certified assistants. If you have an assistant that isn’t certified, you have to wait until one is available to take the radiographs for you, while the non-trained one with you is in the back figuring out what you meant by “grab some forceps.” Sometimes the office manager has to take radiographs, because there isn’t anyone available. I’ve had to go off of past radiographs on some patients because literally no one was able to take radiographs. There are many small things that just add up that makes the experience frustrating at times Almost every doctor stays for 1 year and leaves, because that’s how uninviting the system is. There are horror stories about doctors being cheated out of their money once they give in their 3 month notice. The only thing that matters to the people above you is money - which shouldn’t be a surprise. However, you’ll be blown away by how much they push that on you. They will meet with you and show you every doctor’s name and how much money they produce and how much they take home - they don’t cover up names or info- and show you where you fall into the list. I could go on and on, but I won’t. Just know that here it’s quantity over quality. Just keep these things in mind before you make a decision. I hope this helps you. Good luck