dentist

periodontist

dental office assistant

Eastern Dental

Over worked and underpaid. Sucky benefits. They don't want people working there, they want robots. Run around working your hardest and it's still  not appreciated. No matter how fast you are, you're still not fast enough. Some of the staff are so unprofessional. I've NEVER worked with a bunch of adults who talk about their coworkers in such negative manners. Its crazy because the boss being the main one. How do you disrespect your employees, call them names and belittle them amongst other staff? Not cool!! The use of profane language at an all high....of course not in front of patients but still, amongst other staff.Then right as that staff member is walking pass....talking about them. Ridiclious. I work in exams, and they usually finish a hour early everyday, leaving the remaining time for hygiene, so I don't even see 40hrs. Which I wasn't informed of during my interview. A few minutes early some days, is what I was told. Big difference from hours a week. I was suppose to start at one pay rate, got first check, it wasn't what was discussed. Was told it would change, still hasn't. Point is, no growth in this company, no respect in this company. I've been an assistant for years. An exceptional one at that. I go over and beyond to please my patients and employers. It should be reciprocated. Employers need to understand, if you treat your team well, they will always have employees who don't mind going the extra mile, staying late, doing overtime, training people, etc. whatever. Treat you employees right and they will make sure your business stays good. Period.

Very unprofessional upper management. They speak to you with no respect as if you are their kid. The only thing I enjoyed while working here were the doctors. Both of the doctors I worked with in ortho were very nice. They hire anybody and don’t check for background experience. Majority of the time it was me and another RDA doing all the work because the other RDAS didn’t know what they were doing. The upper management was very unprofessional and they have nobody in charge of the office so we were basically running ourselves. If a patient had to complain the upper management, we were the ones that they had to speak to because there was nobody to refer the patients to. I was also in charge of inventory and they barely got the things we needed in the office because their budget for supplies is SO LOW! Very cheap upper management. We kept having to wait months and months for supplies that were always requested. They don’t pay that great neither. When I was getting a “raise” they gave me a .50 cent raise. Don’t count on the $35 that is says there cause that’s not what they will pay. When I left the office I left because of all these reasons and they still chose to say I got terminated with no reason. Very very unprofessional, and they do not care about their workers at all.

When I applied here I wrote on my application "No dental experience," when I interviewed I also told the Manager the same thing "I have no dental experience, but I can learn." I was hired. I was then not even TRAINED! I was shown how to do things a couple times, and then thrown into it. Whenever I asked the Managers questions, they got annoyed! I learned quite a lot by watching others, and asking questions no matter how annoyed anyone got.. My job that I was HIRED FOR was "Financial" meaning I handled the money.. I didn't make ANY mistakes with this. But once I had to "cover another employees position" I made THREE MISTAKES in a MONTH with NO TRAINING! AND THEY WERE MINOR MISTAKES! and I was "let go" for that reason.. NOT EVEN HAVING TO DO WITH ANYTHING THAT I WAS HIRED FOR!  What did I make mistakes on? Codes, that were barely taught to me, and me ASKING FOR HELP with them.. meant "I didnt want to learn." according to the supervisor that threw all of her work at me while I was also trying to do mine.  God forbid I asked the Regional Manager ANYTHING, it was like I was bothering her soul! She wasn't a friendly lady either. I went into this place everyday and tried my best, and was friendly to everyone. Guess you can only work here if you can build rome in a day.

1. The company is money hungry. The only smile corporate is worried about is their own. The actual employees care though and are great from my point of view. 
2. You won't be trained. They will show you and you will catch on or catch heat. If you actually like to learn about the job, it's hard to do here. Asking questions, good idea. However, hope everyone is in a good mood that day. 
3. If your hired for one position, you'll end up doing 5 others... for the same pay. You may gain experience but you won't gain income, unless it's annual or you become a supervisor. 
4. The company is ran like a zoo. You are the animal and corporate is the zoo keeper. This zoo keeper, has no experience in running an office though apparently. Perhaps they weren't taught how to do their jobs either. 


If you get lucky you'll be working with great people and if you do get hired get experience and get out or 9/10 times you'll be stuck and miserable. The stuff you have to deal with isn't worth the benefit. You'll be saving yourself from a lot of unnecessary stress not working here.

Never forget that when you are asked to multitask. What it really means is they're short-handed desperately in need. They will scape goat you. You will take the blame for anything that goes wrong in that office. You are unappreciated. Insulted. And in general ignored. And PTO in this particular company stands for pretend time off. Try to get it good luck with that. Longevity you can forget about it, they get rid of the dental assistants almost every year. They have a union. But don't let that make you feel safe. If you go to your union , they will make your life miserable and find some way to get rid of you. And they make it difficult to even get your teeth cleaned.You have to wait forever and jump all kinds of hoops. And I hope you like morning huddles because every day you're going to hear how much production the company needs to make I've never called a dental office a company. But this one trust me is a company.

If you like to keep busy and can multi task this is a great place to work. You are in a fast paced environment that challenges you on a daily basis. It is a great place if you are eager and willing to learn new things and branch out into new areas of the dental world! They provide training in areas of dental and medical billing, dental assisting, sterilization and reception skills. They offer paid time vacation that increases the longer you work there and as a longevity bonus you get your birthday as a paid holiday! I get off on my birthday every year no questions asked!!! If you work hard and can give exceptional customer service when people are not so nice to you, (because let's face it, who really likes going to the dentist?) you can go far and earn a good hourly wage. It is fast paced and stressful, you can get burnt out quickly if you are not able to multi task like crazy!!!

Eastern Dental accepts nearly all insurance plans, including HMO, Medicaid, and PPO, which results in extremely low reimbursement rates. Because of this, dentists are expected to see 16–20 patients per day, often performing 16–20 different procedures in an 8–9 hour shift. Despite the heavy workload, compensation does not reflect the amount of work being done.

Dental assistants are often overworked, and dentists frequently end up working without proper support — setting up and cleaning rooms, seating patients, and obtaining consents themselves. The environment can feel chaotic and exhausting. There’s also significant pressure to over-treat, which can be difficult to ethically justify.

This job may be suitable for a new graduate who needs hands-on experience quickly, but it’s not sustainable long-term. Once you gain experience, it’s best to move on to a better-organized and more supportive office.

Left this company not too long ago. Terrible company, environment, doctors and coworkers. Except like one. No room for growth, lack of training. Was there for about five months, tried to make it to six but was belittled everyday. Went home crying because of how stressful, overbooked, over worked I was. The person who was suppose to be there supervising us, didn’t even know how to assist either. And I was fresh out of dental assistant school, and I was suppose to to know everything. Avoid this place. Was getting paid so little. And I was suppose to be full time.. they put me in as part time and messed up everything. Also if you want to work here, make sure you know everything, and are ready to wear roller blades, because they don’t want ‘slow’ assistants. Not even train new assistants. Definitely not a good team either. Everybody is selfish and only help themselves. 

If you are thinking of working here, don’t! Save your time and work somewhere else. The company is cheap, they do not care about their employees. You will not get paid if they close for any reason. They are always trying to dismiss employees early or not have them work the hours they were promised when they were hired. Management is terrible. They do not train anyone properly, but then expect you do to your job and everyone else’s as well. If you ask a question in an attempt to do your job correctly and avoid a mistake you are met with an attitude from the manager. They want you to multitask and do at least 4-5 different things without any kind of errors. A talking to will occur pretty much everyday. Be forewarned,  Expect tons of attitude, disrespect, very little training, unrealistic expectations and plenty of anxiety coming into this place.

Eastern Dental has provided some of the best work environments throughout my 30 years in my field.  With Eastern Dental, family relationships have been built over time although, you are welcomed immediately!!! 

Eastern Dental has been a trailblazer and innovator in the Dental industry for over 50 years. I know that because I went there as a kid!!!  And even now with my dental services - I still used them.  This shows the level of trust I have with our dentists, dental assistants and clinical offices.

Eastern Dental  allows employees to grow with the business. You learn the ins and out of your particular field  or general practice. This is by design, forging partnership between you and Eastern Dental allowing all to have the best experience. 

Overall Eastern is Very Solid to work for !!!!! I would highly recommend.

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