Patient Testimonials | Dr. Friedman

Very positive experience

I chose to get braces because my smile has been crooked for a while and it just seemed to be getting progressively worse over time, like my teeth just kept shifting little by little. I really wanted to have a smile that I was proud of. Especially being in a professional environment in my own career life, I did not like having a smile I wasn't proud of. So it's something I always considered, but never followed through on.

Getting them on was a really nice process. The team for ortho was very a part of my life on a very regular basis. Like, I was in touch with them weekly, bi-weekly, for seven months. That's how long I had the braces for. So getting them on, obviously there's the initial shock of my mouth doesn't feel the same anymore. I don't know. I couldn't eat the same foods and everything was different. There was that pain that I forgot from when I was young. But then the actual process, like if there were little issues that came up, I really would shoot a text and they would immediately be like, "This is what you have to do. This is how we'll address it."

When I was in this office, I felt like more than I even saw my family. While I had my braces, I was here every two, three, or four weeks for the course of the seven months. Everybody would come in and check in and make sure everything was okay. It was a really... I almost feel like a bonding experience with my dental office. Like I felt like I got really close to them at that time, sitting in a chair for a half hour to two hours, depending on what was going on every couple of weeks.

Once the braces came off, I found myself driving in the car, looking at my smile in the mirror, just like seeing the difference that it... I had pictures on my phone of my smile before and then I have the side-by-side of my smile after. I'm like, "Holy cow. I really went through a radical transformation in just seven months." The self-esteem that comes along with it and just that feeling of I feel like I can smile now and not wonder if people are judging what they're seeing.

If you are interested in getting orthodontics, I would truly consider coming to Newman Springs Dental. The experience here has been very positive. I feel that the team is very involved in achieving the same goals that you want. I was very a part of the process. I knew what was happening as it was happening throughout the course of those seven months that I had the braces on, which I can say confidently was not my experience as a child. Newman Springs Dental really took their time to tell me what was going on and how long it would take and made me really a part of the process.

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Newman Springs Dental Care is my happy place. When I tell people I'm going to the dentist, and they say, "Oh, I'm sorry," I say, "Oh no, no. I love going there." The staff here is fabulous. They have such a great camaraderie, so you know that they're happy working here. The one thing I would say is that they have a way of making you feel like you are their favorite patient. Everybody has that way about them here, and I think that starts at the top with Dr. Friedman. It's a great place to come, and from the very first time I came here, they just went out of their way to make sure that I was not just physically comfortable, but emotionally comfortable, because I had a lot of trepidation coming here. I didn't have good growing-up dental experiences, so coming here was hard, for me to make the phone call, just to come, but boy, was I glad I did, absolutely.

I had probably seen about eight different dentists before I came here. Generally I would go when I was in pain, because I had never had a good experience, so it took a lot for me to even walk into an office. When I came here, it was a very different experience. Everybody here was friendly. They were very concerned that I was comfortable, physically and emotionally at the same time. They took their time to explain everything to me as we went through just basic X-rays and things: "This is what we're doing next." They asked permission before they did everything, explained in great detail what was happening, and then I spent time with Dr. Friedman, and he put together a treatment plan for me, so I knew exactly what I needed to have done so that I would be able to eat without being in pain. I'd be able to smile without covering my mouth, so I left here feeling like, "Okay, I can do this. I can come back to this place," and I'm not afraid to come back. Just a little bit, but I'm going to come back anyway. I just never looked back. It's always been just a great experience every time I come here.

I think with my son and his wife, and their children, they just know that I love coming here, so I didn't have to say much. The grandchildren are 4 and 7, so they had seen a dentist before, but I don't know what made them want to change, but they had no qualms about coming here, and they live about 45 minutes from here, as do I. We make the trip to come here because it's worth it, but the kids love coming here. They really do, and of course the staff knows that they're my grandchildren, so they're talking about me to the staff, and it just feels like a home to them. They're very comfortable here. I know, even my daughter-in-law will text me, "Dr. Friedman saved me again," so it's a great ... it's great. I always tell people, if they're looking for a dentist, that this is the only place to go. I don't know why anybody would go anywhere else, I just don't.