Taos County Dental

I used to live in Taos before covid and the completely soothing and wonderful experiences I've had here since the new owner took over is worth coming back for. I now live 6 hours away in Truth or Consequences and it is ABSOLUTELY worth the drive. Best dental experience of my life!!!
Jul 24th, 2021

I had a great first experience here. Dr.Samuels was wonderful, as well as the rest of the staff. Thank you very much!
Jul 1st, 2021

Really excellent experience here with the staff for (first visit): cleaning/check-up & (second visit): two fillings. Both times I felt a good comfort level and state of care overall. The staff and Dr. Samuel would consistently check in with me to make sure I was doing ok. I was referred by another who also had two great experiences and they were referred by someone else as well.
Mar 31st, 2021

****Side note before review: They used to call themselves Taos County Dental and changed their name to Grace Dental Studios when Dr. Samuels bought the business. However, same doctor, same staff, there has been no real change. So ignore all the replies from them they are leaving now saying that all the bad reviews are meant for Taos County Dental. I was going go them from the time they were called that to when they changed their name to Grace Dental Studios. It is the same phone number and same staff, doctor, pretty easy to figure out by anyone. And when I had this horrific experience I describe here, they were already calling themselves Grace Dental Studio it was already on their answering machine and they had not made an official listing on google yet. It is very convenient that they are now trying to discredit all bad reviews and thank all good ones despite some of the good ones also being from when it was Taos County Dental still. If they had any integrity they would take responsibility for what they did to get the bad reviews.***** The main reason I chose Taos County Dental was they were one of the only dentist offices that takes Medicaid in Taos, NM. So I was willing to be okay with some of the not very professional behavior at first in order to get work I needed done. However, I am never going back to them after the last visit. I had a lot of work to be done but I did not want it done at once. However Doctor Samuels said that he could do it all in one visit and with dentist office hours less cuz of Covid I thought okay, I guess it's alright. He did not take an x-ray of any of the teeth before starting. The last x-rays that had been taken were many months ago so I doubt they were still accurate. The stuff that is supposed to numb the gums for the application of novacaine shots was given no time to do so before the shots, he literally did one right after the other and the novacaine shots were so painful my eyes were tearing and he didn't stop when I waved my hands for him to. He then tried to blame me for being too sensitive, asking me when the last time I had novacaine shots and had I always reacted to them like that. I told him that I was always fine with shots but he hadn't let the gums become numb at all, he knew all this I think he is simply a sadist.. I had 7 fillings to get done, and rather than do one at a time he drilled each tooth one after another and then filled them all at the same time. Long story short, less a week later my teeth were hurting me more than they had before. I went to another dentist and got an x ray and it showed that Doctor Samuels had not removed the cavities from any of the teeth, he had just drilled a bit and filled them. I see now from other reviews he has a history of doing this. This lead to a massive tooth infection. I am never going back there, and I strongly advise people to avoid it. It is sad that poor people should have to deal with stuff like this just because they cannot afford dentists that don't take medicaid.
Jul 12th, 2021

two fillings fell out one year exactly after they were done in this place, got a surprise bill from them same day also, while my insurance covered everything year earlier. two stars only for the nice nurses who cleaned my teeth. doctors should go to school again to learn to do fillings properly
Jan 7th, 2021