Aspen dental purposely squeezes the owner, dentist that they themselves give strict directives to about how much profit the practice should have.
This pressure trickles down to staff and the dentist.
Aspen dental review after more than $6k (my own and insurance), i still don't have a pair of functional dentures. :
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Aspen dental is the biggest corporate dentist in the us, and as such can carry a bad reputation for being aggressive, pushy, or even downright sketchy/predatory in some cases.
Aspen dental has some of the best lobby and attorneys they get away with so many things because they can just pay off their local reps in the government or they'll just pay a fine and call it part of doing.
A lot of people will villainize aspen in general but you have to remember that aspen is a franchise and like all franchises they vary in quality from location to location.
Personally i have gone through aspen.
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