Smiles on Broadway Dental Care Dr. Steven Katz DDS Stay Away from Dr. Steven Katz, Smiles on Broadway. He is unqualified to be a Cosmetic Dentist. Worst Cosmetic Dentist. He will give you the worst smile. You will never smile again. Malverne NY

To anyone thinking to get cosmetic dental work done, specifically veneers, please do yourself a favor and stay away from Dr. Steven Katz of Smiles on Broadway, Malverne, NY.

I went to him thinking that I will receive a beautiful smile, instead, I received work that is substandard. Veneers that look bulky, fake and uncomfortable. He is a very smooth talker, he is a motivational speaker, that's what he does in addition to his dental practice but he certainly is the worst cosmetic dentist.

I am finding myself smiling less in order to cover the teeth as they look very fake and esthetically it is not the outcome that I wanted. He made a bridge which is very bulky, uncomfortable, and it certainly looks fake. The veneers are misaligned, one bulkier than the other and the gum between the two front veneers is not growing back and this is due to an error by him for not placing the contact in the right place. If I smile and in pictures, it looks as if there is a cavity in the front. After a few months of getting the veneers, I am still having difficulties pronouncing the f sounds. I went to him with the complaints, and he told me that it is all in my head, that he has presented the case to a few dentists and they think the work he performed was beautiful and he failed to do anything to improve my smile or do anything to make the veneers more comfortable. For the f sounds, he stated that it is all in my head.

He never took any pictures from different angles of the original teeth, mouth, face, which is what a truly qualified Cosmetic Dentist does. And the temporaries that he made, not only looked bulky and uncomfortable, but he placed three different colors, because he did not have the right colors in his office lab. He never informed that he could not match the color of the rest of my teeth and I was forced to stay with these temporary, multi colored teeth for three weeks. That should have been a red flag to me.

I informed him that I will go for a second opinion because I cannot live with these veneers, they are comfortable and very fake. My family and friends have all told me that they look like dentures.   He pointed me to go to a dentist that he is close friends with, which I said no.

I went to a consultation for a second opinion with a an accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, which requires extensive experience, examinations and presentations of five cosmetic cases to the board in order to be certified, as opposed to a general member, where you only pay fees to participate.This dentist has excellent credentials in Cosmetic dentistry. From his visit with him, I gathered that he has seen worst cosmetic cases than mine, but he has seen a lot better and esthetically, my case is a failure and the work is substandard. Substandard work, esthetically and functionally, is a constant reminder every time I attempt to smile and talk and is something that I am not willing to live with when it affects my emotional well-being and my professional career.

I went to him presenting myself as someone who is looking to get a natural beautiful smile. I stressed many times that I do not want my smile to look fake and he promised to deliver a natural, beautiful smile. However, the opposite holds true. I am extremely unhappy and once I save the money needed to go to another dentist who is qualifed, I will undergo the necessary cosmetic work required to receive a truly natural, beautiful smile that is above substandard and that would make me happy to smile again.

Dr. Katz, not only did not offer to redo the work (which I will never trust him again to do) but he refused to pay back anything. I paid over $8,000 to him to get myself an ugly, fake, denture-like smile. As a matter of fact, he called the dentist that I went to (who agreed to take my case and redo the work and gave me an estimate, an appointment to get x-rays, pictures and also see a periodontist) and complained about me. When Dr. Katz called me, he stated that he had called the dentist and he will not do any work on me. When I confronted him to get on a three-way conference call with the dentist, he refused. That is the type of Dentist Dr. Katz is, a mediocre, a liar and unqualified to live up to his promises.

If you never want to smile again, than Dr. Katz is the best for you. If you want to have a beautiful smile, please, please stay away from him and find another qualified dentist.