$100 ANY EXTRACTION INCLUDING ALL RADIOGRAPHS and free emergency exam(Introductory promotion)


full mouth exam $30
(Introductory promotion) all promotions are for non insurance patients

COMPLIMENTARY ROUND TRIP PATIENT TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE.


Now screening for one surgical implant candidate for August 23, 2008. This unique opportunity will bring 4 dentists to one patient. The entire procedure will be video recorded for scientific purposes.



INSURANCE

PLEASANTSMILES will use your insurance information to maximize your benefits. Please feel free to supply us with your information so we can pre-approve initial visits and future treatment for your convenience. We believe each patient should use their insurance as ASSISTANCE towards treatment and not let insurance carriers dictate the type of treatment. Our orientation is patient services; Insurance driven BOUNDARIES are followed by cost cutting tactics which will prevent the public from quality and service. What good will it do to have a procedure covered but the dentist is not able to provide you with the type of dental materials and supplies that he would want his or her family to have? ....THESE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF DENTISTRY. There are more to mention. PLEASANTSMILES will gladly file all your insurance papers on your behalf and submit to insurance carriers for your reimbursement. Furthermore financing is readily available for all patients. High quality dentistry should be affordable for all types of patients, and that is why we believe in moderation and fairness. In my opinion insurance should be viewed only as a partial assistance to the patient and not a limiting factor for treatment or the practitioner of choice. The Institute highly believes in quality driven work without the slightest tactics of cost containment. WE LIKE TO ONLY SEE ONE PATIENT AT A TIME WITHOUT A WAITING ROOM FULL OF PATIENTS. THIS KIND OF ART AND PATIENT CARE IS MOST BENEFICIAL TO THE PATIENT IF THE DOCTOR IS NOT RUNNING FROM ROOM TO ROOM. I personally would not want to be another practitioner's patient if my doctor is attending to another case. Our staff is highly trained in their tasks from initial patient visit all through the treatment, and the completion. We will only use time tested quality materials especially German products which are known in the industry to be among the best. PLEASANTSMILES is one of the most advanced if not THE MOST ADVANCED PRIVATE INSTITUTE in all of Nevada and Arizona. Our facility is equipped with the highest technologies available in the market and ever evolving. We invest each year in newer technologies. These technologies will not be able to do any "assembly line dentistry". We take extreme pride in our ART. All work is readily available for a scientific open panel review by our professional peers. We take part in presenting all cases of significance to our own panel of European and US dentists for their input. Some of the equipment in our INSTITUTE is strictly used by respectable Universities and dental specialists. Dentistry just like any other entity has ranges of acceptance and can be exceptional, good, average, and barely acceptable in our profession. PLEASANTSMILES is exceptional. Some of us will travel far distances, sometimes across the US or even trans-continental to see our preferred choice of practitioners. Why do we do that? Why do we get the things we want and don't seem to think about them twice? Exactly because we want them! That simple! We decide and choose a range of things in our lives. Would you not like to choose your dentist?  Insurance companies will create these boundaries for the profession to the point that profit margin tactics ensue. The waiting time for practice reimbursement becomes a major burden on any practice, and you know the rest. The answer is again cost cutting tactics. If however each individual waits for their insurance share to be pre-approved then these direct burdens will not cause quality issues for the public and patients can decide on their preferred practitioners. PLEASANTSMILES is eager to raise the integrity of the profession to higher standards for the public. We are A PEOPLE'S DENTIST and strive to do our best to bring quality to all walks of life. We like to see only one patient at a time and give the most attention to each patient. How can quality be given to any patient when all other rooms are filled and the waiting room is about to explode? I ask you again…..how can quality be given when there is limitations in insurance compensation? How can good quality materials be attained if one has to think about cost each time a dental supply order is sent out? How will this work out right when insurance companies dictate and have so many limitations, and benefits and reimbursements are always so many weeks late.

I think a very important issue to talk about is the fact that dentistry is basically manual labor with a high degree in skill level and a professional education resulting in a doctorate diploma. The practitioner's back after any hard dental work is subject to stress and strain. The eyes get tired. The high pitch sound from certain equipment damages the hearing ability of any practitioner in time. All these will directly affect the practitioner's artistic abilities and your quality of life. Insurance boundaries will dictate to us high numbers of patients each day with less and less time for every case. Now do you see why high patient volume leads to a lesser quality? Substandard dentistry is more of a flaw in the health care system, rather than each individual dentist in general. Any dental business has to pay upfront everything related to dentistry from A to Z. So why should the practitioner wait to get what would only be fair compensation. Insurers' only interests are one sided. Do they care about you and me …or the corporate driven market?  In order for the public to have access to higher care and quality, the public needs to be aware that they can choose to take a stand against this malevolent behavior and sever these BOUNDARIES that hinder this philosophy.

We have made every effort to show our intention and philosophy to the public through our website and other means. We like to educate the public that there is something better out there than to just let the Insurer make you make that decision of " MY INSURANCE DOESN'T PAY…..or…….THE INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER IT"….well of course not….if everybody was to win at the casino then there would be no casino.

These BOUNDARIES all affect longevity and prognosis of any treatment. Aren't we all trying to live longer but also healthy? Why should we have to care for restorations and treatment more often when we could strive to develop longer lasting treatment modalities? When the dentist sees 5 patients at a time in 1 hour, then you can be sure that it would not be as favorable as just one case at a time.

It is also important to mention that when a dental practice sends out the insurance papers; most often it will take weeks if not months for insurers to reply only to say that one thing or another is needed, or for whatever reason they denied due to another reason. And finally they may agree to give one, a fraction of the sum. Please understand that the complicated bureaucracy is part of the scheme, and extension of the whole process only translates to another's benefit and our loss. That loss means the society's and mine. The society loses access to higher care and the profession loses its integrity to succumb to a corporate driven hierarchy. This is in direct conflict of the integrity of the profession. It is for this reason that we at PLEASANTSMILES successfully provide the dentistry we believe we deserve to get in our own lives. In my opinion the only way to be able to provide excellence is to have the freedom of choice, and only then when there are no insurance boundaries or limitations can this system be beneficial to the patient. That is the reason why we believe that insurance should not be a determining factor and only an assistance to cover for a segment of the cost. We will work with your insurance company to maximize all your benefits well before the start of the treatment. In emergency cases we will expedite same day treatment. 
Pleasantsmiles believes by directly dealing with insurers we can increase your quality of life. 
Hence we will do our best to clarify that and have the insurance companies involved behind the scenes.

With that said I proudly invite you to browse our website to familiarize yourself with the philosophy of PLEASANTSMILES and a different view into dentistry. We can also arrange a private tour of the INSTITUTE upon request. All private tours should be scheduled with a two week advanced notice in order to address each individual's particular interest in dentistry in an informative educational take-home CD. A private and complimentary round trip patient transportation is available to and from home or office on the day of treatment in official company car. If medicated then you will not have to drive or bring another person. If our philosophy is identifiable and desirable then certainly you have found the right choice on your own volition; and I think unanimously we can all agree as patients, that an informed decision is always a sigh of relief for us all.

Dr. Athari