CWRU School of Dental Medicine Faculty Practice Hussein Assaf, Associate Professor does not use digital dental x-ray technology or explain x-rays, old 2-D films not acceptable in most practices in Cleveland, will try to drill on old x-rays after 2 negative repeats, jokes about your 'cavities' loudly with residents, files court harassment when you question drilling on 3 year old x-rays Cleveland Ohio

Not the most sensitive guy - and it's all a joke that you have more cavities than him even when they go away on a repeat x-ray, or you have a bone problem and took some bone meds. CWRU Faculty Practice does not take seriously medical issues. 

They don't have the digital x-rays at CWRU Faculty Practice to see a 3-D view of questionable 'shadow' or smudge. 

The old x-ray machinery is not being maintained, and the newer dental assistants don't know how to work the old x-rays - so smudges & shadows happen.  Diversity hires sometimes can't work the suction, and you are crowded in rooms with too many people.  Assaf has residents come in who he does not introduce, you don't want them, and they aren't correctly dressed.  Email back - he files harassment charges - can't see that you get upset with this fooling around.  Joking should not be done during procedures.   

If you have a serious allergic reaction with rashes all over - no one cares - and 50% of patients have problems with the composite at one time or another.

Dental Hygienist will sometimes take x-rays BEFORE cleaning, which can show particulate matter that Assaf says is a 'cavity' - everything is a cavity or a root canal.  Marna - the dental hygienist -  is good but will lie if Assaf tells her to for a drilling - no one to speak to if you are having a proble with Assaf.  They don't explain what they are going to do, and give an estimate of cost for you to think about it.  And you try and try to say it - but after awhile the joking becomes hard to take.

They are not willing to wait to make sure that an area of concern is a cavity, and without the digital x-rays they can't repeat films in 6 months.  Assaf does not get customer service ie too arrogant - and you pay higher than most local offices for dental care at Faculty Practice.   

There is no list of the dentists in the practice for you to choose from - if you go for dental cleaning you are just attacked by one of them to be your dentist.  If you have a Quality Assurance question - like you don't want the residents to be in your room - there is no pamphlet in the waiting room, and they just walk in joking in street attire - some Muslim veils, Indian saris, etc. - they should be in scrubs.  It's all a diversity clinic - no rules.  He has SECURITY discuss problem issues - which is wrong. 

The Ohio Dental Board does not agree that there should be drilling on any x-ray older than 6 months.  Dr. Assaf does not follow that and thinks that Case Security will let him force drillings - which becomes almost terroristic in that he doesn't have the ability to conduct a high level conversation with a professional woman, and neither does SECURITY.  Assaf does not build value.   

Does NOT see the problem until you make an analogy to Osama - drilling normal teeth a problem in ethics historically (Hitler, concentration camps had huge collections).  It's not a money thing, you go to CWRU Dental for education, options, discussion - and there is little of that.  It's a forced thing and he doesn't see the problem in your face - he's joking around.

Most of the CWRU grads who consider working in the Faculty Practice refuse because of the x-ray problem - they can't get malpractice insurance but CWRU can?

ASSAF doesn't understand if you want to follow an x-ray change or you want a digital x-ray to confirm, he just wants to drill.  Which gets irritating, and abusive - he's derogatory towards - maybe better with men.

Faculty Practice staff are not American dental grads, as the new grads want the Faculty Practice to put in digital x-rays.  To be a little more serious about their job.  It's all one big foreign joke that you have cavities in US - if you are not Muslim you are unclean, 'vulgar,' and don't brush and floss. 

The cavities will go away on a repeat x-ray, and he will still try to drill on even 3-year old films - for money.  Assaf will not review films.  He wants to do root canals, so every drilling he wants to convert to a root canal except if it is his cavity.  He's not particularly gentle, and if you have a small mouth - you need to find someone who also does peds - which is not the CWRU Faculty Practice.

Faculty Practice does not have digital x-rays or dental ultrasound - most outdated equipment in town - the PR is great, the practice less so.  And unlike most practice web pages, they don't say digital x-rays.  But it's the joking around, the saying 'cavities' when 2 repeat x-rays are 'normal,' and the lack of explanations, options, or any kind of ability to carry on a meaningful conversation that is the problem and upsetting. 

DR. ASSAF jokes and plays games, but has limited English conversation - if you have a medical issue that might affect the dental x-rays - he has no interest or clue - just wants to drill.   

Then he doesn't know how to discuss when you have an allergic reaction - he just laughs - files court harassment that you bothered him.  Does not 'get' that patient does not understand him drilling on a 3 year old x-ray with 2 negative repeat films.  He treats you like a clinic patient. 

Faculty practice does not use another local dentist to do the digital x-rays on a patient with a questionable area of cavity.  Does not get that you don't like gender being made fun of as a woman - unclean, you don't brush, you are not worth my going over the x-rays if you ask him 'why are you doing this?' 

Does NOT get that he behaves in a very Muslim fashion towards women - lies to them or refuses to answer questions.  Drilling on 3 year old x-rays is however just abuse or Baghdad dentistry.