Saint Louis University - Center for Advanced Dental Education | USA

Dr. Gorman did an excellent job of restoring my tooth due to external resorption In addition to doing a root canal. SLU is different then other dentist's office. You play by their rules and don't really have options as far as treatments. I had to come back Three times, once because when she did the consult she stated they couldn't do " surgery" on my chipped tooth because they only preform oral surgerys at 9:00. Second was the procedure and third time for a follow-up, I had to go for the followup because she was graduating and a new batch of students were coming in. Seeing as it was an hour drive I was disappointed that I couldn't get everything done all at once as well as major inconvenience.

Still this was a much cheaper option than my dentist who quoted over $1,800. Overall I ended up spending $767 for my #22 Tooth to be resored as well as getting a root canal so if you're willing to travel the extra mile and save getting treatment at SLU could be for you. Just remember that you play by their rules, hence the price.

I asked for any type of price list for a few specific procedures I've been recommended, I need a lot, I have no insurance and have been told that school environments are great for poor people because they charge less. Imagine my surprise when the woman who returned my new patient call just sat there and argued with me about how she is unable to give me even vague estimates, she said "my job is not to discuss your treatment plan!" which I of course specified was not my intention, I was using my treatment plan invoice to provide codes to make it easier to look up costs and of course the procedures I'm unable to afford from one dentist, I need to know the cost of elsewhere. I understand the need to mitigate liability of a patient seeing an updated treatment plan/invoice and saying "well the girl on the phone said ____ would cost ____!" that's not the case here, I'm a person living in poverty trying to obtain medical attention I can actually afford. there HAS to be some middle ground, but instead I just get vaguely shamed by someone obviously not educated in regards to decorum and customer service, how disappointing.

I had an incredibly distressing experience with Dr. Travis Cripps at SLU Cade. My non-verbal son, who woke up in severe pain from an impacted tooth, was treated with a complete lack of empathy and professionalism. Despite my son's visible distress—crying, pointing to his mouth, and hitting his head—Dr. Cripps refused to pull the loose tooth. His demeanor was rude and dismissive, and he even suggested my son had an ear infection, though my son had no symptoms.

Dr. Cripps then made an offensive comment, accusing my son of being a "junky," and sharply instructed me to give Tylenol "sparingly" after writing a prescription for it. He refused to check for any possible infections or properly address the pain, claiming the pain was "normal" for autistic children, as if all children with autism should be treated the same.

This was not only insensitive but also outright negligent. No child, especially one with special needs, should be treated this way. I do not recommend this clinic to any parents looking for compassionate care for their child. Avoid at all costs!