Bradenton Dental Center
Reviews and Complaints

Please do not believe the rating you see on this site. Dr. Stoyka is a caring and Gentle Dentist. I have been going to her for many years and have recommended her on MANY occasions to friends and family.

On one occasion, she was available the same day to see an out-of-town guest that was staying with us! Her professional staff was able to verify out of state insurance and fit my friend into Dr. Stoyka's schedule. Dr. Stoyka diagnosed the situation and got my guest out of pain.

Very, very impressed as a longtime patient!

I would describe my experience as a -10, as in negative 10. I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Stoyka for this morning, July 10, 2014. Before I even went in for my scheduled appointment I was told since I hadn't been to the dentist in 10 years that they would need to do a debridement and pano, which was not covered by my insurance. So, the simple cleaning and bitewings that the insurance company would pay for, obviously wasn't good enough. Even prior to ever seeing me. The Hygienist was pleasant enough, although hard to understand at times because of his accent. He continually told me how impressed he was with my teeth and was surprised having not been to the dentist in so long. (My mouth is healthy, I brush, I floss, my gums don't bleed and I have only had two cavities my entire life) He also told me, upon viewing my pano, that I had pocket depths of 5 in my upper right and left in the area of my wisdom teeth. Five is a normal depth for wisdom teeth. Next thing I know the office manager, Donna, come in to sell me an anti-biotic and/or scaling and root planing for the infection that will cause periodontal disease, as I had pocket depths of 5 in all FOUR quadrants. NOT ONCE did I see Dr. Stoyka to go over my x-rays and these findings. However, I was told I could either pay $260.00 for the antibiotic or $340.00 for the scaling and root planing. I told Donna that I would have to come back for treatment as I wasn't prepared to pay that at this time. An appointment was made for 07-31-2014. I also happen to work closely with dental practices out of the area and I mentioned this to one of my colleagues. It was suggested that I call them back and ask for a script for Periodex, which is a rinse and the old fashioned treatment for periodontal disease. Donna, politely, argued with me stating that was not what the doctor recommended. I told her that
I never saw the doctor. She said that the doctor based that on my x-rays and perio chart. I, then, asked if she would please ask the doctor for the Periodex and see what she says. I also asked about obtaining a copy of my chart and x-rays to show a dentist friend of mine out of town and Donna told me of the fee involved and time it would take to get them. No problem there. She said she would call me back with the Periodex answer.
Well, she did! She called back and told me that if I wanted a second
opinion that I could pay the fee and I will later receive my records and that
perhaps I should find another dental care provider. I was FIRED as a patient, meerly, for asking questions and not going along with the treatment the OFFICE MANAGER PRESCRIBED. I NEVER, ONCE, saw Dr. Stoyka. Also, the nice hygienist NEVER said I needed this treatment. I told Donna that I would be right down to pay my fee for my records. I was and I did. DONNA is the most rude individual all the while maintaining her quiet, sweet as syrup voice. It is her way or the highway! I, certainly, wish I had read these reviews prior to making my first and last appointment with this dental practice. I wonder if there really is a Dr. Stoyka or if Donna is practicing dentistry under her name and license. Either way, I would say RUN don't walk as far and as fast as you can from this dental racket. All they want to do is give you treatment that, quite possibly, is not even necessary. You or your dental health are not their main concern, believe me. They are only in it for the money!

I
was new to the area and didn't do my research.

1)
I went to Dr. Stoyka

2)
I was there for over two (2) hrs, before she saw me.

3)
I had my whole family scheduled to go the following week.

4)
I left the office, feeling as if I needed a shower.

5)
I cancelled any and all future appointments for my family and I.

6)
I must have a communication problem, because everything that I
"thought" the staff told me was incorrect regarding insurance
payments.

7)
The BBB rates this "operation" an F . Also,
See Manatee CTY Medical Negligence Case #412007 CA 004658

8)
Compare and contrast, pick any three Dentists, at random and perform a simple
search for "complaints";

do
They have as many as Dr. Stoyka's operation?

9)
Where there’s smoke, is there fire?

10)
A word to the wise is sufficient.

This is easily the worse Dentist or business for that matter I have ever been too in Bradenton. After finding out I had a double route canal and in alot of pain I was only given 4 days worth of pain reliever and had a scheduled appt with an oral surgeon 2 weeks away. When my wife called in the office for the 3rd time around 4pm giving them 7hrs to call her back from the first 2 times of calling waiting on a call back the dentist Dr. Stoyka spoke to my wife. Caller her basically a drug dealer looking for more pain relievers and said qoute " Well if you stop babying him he wouldn't need more pain relievers." Once I received a call from my wife in tears telling me what happened. I called the office myself getting a run around and told I would get a call back. Surprise surprise no call back. we are filing with our insurance company soltice to get her removed from there list along with BBB and the practice relations department.

Worse than bad! Livy Stoyka and her staff worked my two kids over. Apparently the whole place runs on unbelievable rudeness, dishonesty and poor workmanship. My step-daughter left bleeding & in tears. My son left shaking with anger at the treatment they received.

They went in for basic checkups & had poor quality unauthorized work done on them. Neither kid was advised of the upcharges. Before they even left, the office staff started collection agency-type tactics to get payment for unauthorized work out of 2 broke college students. When I called to sort things out, I got the run-around & amazing rudeness. They got their stories crossed several times then called me a liar. They also tried to play my kids against me. I got a sense of pure evil from these people, just from a phone call.

If you went to this dentist under a dental plan and are unhappy, call the dental plan provider's Practice Relations Department & complain loudly. My insurance is investigating her online record and may ban her.

Awful things about Stoyka are all over the Internet. My kids experience mirrors the stuff online. Can so many identical nightmares be a coincidence? Check her out on /link removed/ and the BBB website too. It's unbelievable.

She is the worst dentist I have ever had the misfortune of visiting. Do yourself a favor and go to the Better Business Bureau website and see the multiple complaints against this dentist. She has an "F" rating from the BBB. She suggested over $6000 worth of unnecessary work that another dentist fixed for $100. She is condescending and her practice is top heavy with office staff that does nothing but find ways to overbill your insurance company. I received a collections notice less than a week after my initial visit even though I paid a co-pay and the rest was to be covered by insurance. They don't even wait for the insurance company to pay them before they are sending you off to collections. Just a horrible, horrible practice, I trust nothing the woman said to me because none of it was coming from a place of my best interest or health, it was all through the filter of generating maximum revenues for the dentist. She is the worst dentist I have ever seen.

She is very Rudd, careless, and she has no customer service skill's what so ever. All three times i have came i had to wait because she is late again. She has no consideration for her patient's time, The last time i was their i heard her yelling at her staff and she was using the worst language i have ever heard. F this and F that. very unprofessional, Not to mention my perfectly good molar which had a small break which scratched my tongue up she said i had to have a crown. So I did the worst experience of my life i waited so long after she numbed me because her asst said she was on the phone. he had to give me more anes. then i had to wait some more. i was their 2 1/2 hrs for one tooth come on that's ridiculous, i never had any problems with my tooth except my filling came out. After the numbing finally went away i had pain like you wouldn't believe I called her office said i had to come in they took an xray and sent me to get a root canal. They told me she filed my tooth all the way to the nerve that's why it hurt me. so another day off work and a thousand dollars... What ever you do DO NOT GO TO HER SHE IS CRAZY RUDD AND HER WORK SUCKS...

USED US WE DID NOTHING WRONG--SHOWED UP
30 MIN LATE FOR CHILDERNS PARTY AFTER CALL----
SET EVERYTHING UP FOR FREE NOTHING WE COULD DO WAS
GOOD ENOUGH TO SATISFY HER.
LIED LIED AND LIED SOME MORE
BAD BAD LADY WHO LIKES TO THROW HER WIEGHT AROUND
BE CAUTIOUS IN ANY DEALINGS WITH HER!

WENT NUTS SMEARED OUR GOOD NAME ON INTERNET

IRONIC WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HER!