Dr. Michael P. Lococo Sr.

my boyfriend had an emergency dentist appointment at michael lococo's (SR) dental office. his work was very rushed and aggressive. first of all, he began working on the side of his mouth that DID NOT even need to be worked on! and then tapped hard on the tooth that was in excruciating pain already! also, he was very unsanitary! the dentist had dropped his intsrument (dentistry tool), picked it right back up and right back into my boyfriends mouth it went! the dentist did not wash his hands or his tool before putting it back into his mouth! he also used other tools that had been sitting in a drawer for probably a little while and did not clean it before putting it into my boyfriend mouth... and asked ME to grab it for him. not to mention that this dentist DID NOT WEAR GLOVES! he did have them on for the first bit of working on his mouth but took them off afterwards (continued to work on this mouth though, after he took them off). I have photos of this! this dentist also made ME be the dental hygienist! I had absolutely NO CLUE what I was doing because I AM NOT A DENTIST OR A DENTAL HYGIENIST! He asked me to hold the water vaccuum and the water sprayer in his mouth while he was working on it... then left the room as I proceeded to hold it. the dentist said to me, "hold this will you? so he doesn't drown." the dentist had been gone for at leasr 5 minutes before he came back. at least 5 minutes I stood there and held his instruments! an assistant should have been doing this! After this, my boyfriend needed an xray (AFTER him working on his mouth! every dentist I have been to have taken an xray BEFORE working on my mouth to see what the problems are!) he had asked me to drape the lead shield over my boyfriend. he did not proceed to ask me if I was pregnant or had any problems MYSELF before doing any of the xray portion of his visit. another note- this doctor works with people on OW (ontario works) and ODSP (ontario disablity support program). He thought my boyfriend was on OW- which he wasn't (he had explained to him that he was on disability- (ODSP) not OW)! (ODSP covers all costs... OW doesnt) so they were arguing about how he was supposed to pay (because the dentist thought he was on OW) so he kept telling my boyfriend that he had to pay $750 for a root canal, which my boyfriend of course didnt know that ODSP covers everything so he was trying to figure out how he was going to pay for it... while my boyfriend was trying to figure out how he was going to pay the $750 lococo said "you can just pay me for it another time." what dentist even SAYS that?! NONE! and then got mad at my boyfriend when he said that hes actually on ODSP and told him that he had originally said he was on OW when hes did not. as soon as he was done with his appointment, the lady at the front said to me "you'd better come back with him for his next appointment. dr lococo will need your help because his wife usually comes in to help but she cant right now and the hygienest has been so busy that she can't even take her lunch break." excuse me? I need to come back so that I can help your dentist do DENTAL WORK on people!? if I could give this dentist a 0 star rating I would in a heartbeat! 100% DO NOT recommend!
7 years ago (13-10-2017)

Dr Lococo was really awesome and friendly also showed me what he was doing and finally relieved my pain on my upper back tooth guy knows what he's doing wonderful staff too
8 years ago (27-03-2017)