Dr. David Smith, Sterling Dental, Sarasota, Florida Put all grey teeth in my entire mouth and refused to own his mistakes. I paid him to re-do his screw-ups only to have him put ginormous buck-teeth in my mouth. Lost $22,000 I paid him (plus additional costs). He blamed me by saying that I would never be satisfied with my smile. Save yourself heartache and pain and DO NOT GO TO THIS ARROGANT DENTIST!! Sarasota Florida

If you are needing a dentist in Sarasota, Florida, I must warn you: Stay away from Dr. David Smith of Sterling Dental. The negative repercussions of choosing Dr. Smith as the dentist to work on my mouth were enormous.

I am appalled by the carelessness and arrogance of Dr. Smith. Not only did I face a plethora of physical and emotional pain, I lost the $22,000 I paid him in the process (plus additional costs). I needed crowns on all my teeth and Dr. David Smith assured me that his work would result in just as beautiful a smile as any endodontist. He was 100% wrong. 

Not only did his “little screw-ups” (for example, an additional dark grey line on one front crown, all grey crowns on my other teeth and ginormous buck-teeth) cause trauma to both me and my teeth, they caused me to have to miss many classroom instructional days (I was a first-grade teacher 5 hours away). 

Due to his continuous mistakes, I needing to have my crowns taken off my teeth 3 times (4 for one tooth) in the span of half a year! It took Dr. Smith a full year to finish the job (which other dentists typically would complete in two sittings). The take-away here is that Dr. Smith pretended to have the skill of a cosmetic dentist and even an Endodontist, which he clearly does not. 

I was put through a ton of emotional and physical pain and never once did Dr. Smith admit to his wrong-doings. Instead, he blamed me, making it seem as though his errors were my fault. In addition, Dr. Smith’s crown on my back tooth has come off three times in less than a year, so I’m concerned with how long his crowns will even last. 

Dr. Smith’s behavior was shockingly arrogant. His incompetence was completely acknowledged by the other dentist who ended up fixing his mess by re-doing my top teeth (making them look beautiful). 

Unfortunately, I still need to live with the ugly grey bottom teeth and the wrong-sized back teeth until I can save up the thousands of dollars to have them re-done properly. Dr. Smith has refused to return my money to me, even though his work needs to be corrected and the crowns he put on my teeth need to be replaced. Save yourself a nightmare situation and find another dentist.

If Dr. David Smith of Sterling Dental agrees to reimburse me the thousands of dollars I paid him for a horrific job that is unacceptable to live with, I will let you know, and update this review. I am not asking Dr. Smith to compensate me for any other expenses incurred by the trauma he inflicted on me.

However, I do expect him to do the right thing and return to me the money I paid him for a job he had no qualifications to take on in the first place, so I can pay a competent dentist to fix all his mistakes.