Banning Dental Group
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Dr. Ali Turned My Dental Nightmare Into a Dream Experience
I cannot express enough how Dr. Ali has completely transformed my relationship with dental care. After being a patient at Bannings for over a year and receiving consistently excellent care, I still carried deep trauma from a horrific extraction experience at another private practice years ago. That single traumatic event had haunted me for so long that I avoided care for nearly three years. I was held in the chair at the previous extraction because I was shaking for 25 minutes. When my Invisalign treatment plan required an extraction to create proper spacing, I was absolutely terrified. The memories of that previous extraction came flooding back, and despite trusting Bannings with my general care, I was genuinely scared about facing another extraction. Dr. Ali is nothing short of extraordinary. Understanding my anxiety and past trauma, he approached the procedure with such skill that what I had built up as my worst nightmare in my mind became the most seamless experience ever. The extraction was so incredibly fast and completely painless that when Dr. Ali told me it was finished - in under 2 minutes - I literally said “wait, what?” I couldn’t believe it was already over. Dr. Ali is clearly well-built and strong, and his physical strength combined with his technical expertise allowed him to extract the tooth so swiftly and efficiently that I felt absolutely nothing and I have long long roots. No pain, no discomfort, just shock that it was over so quick! This man didn’t just extract a tooth; he extracted years of fear and anxiety from dentists. If you’re anxious about extractions, Dr. Ali is absolutely the best choice you could make, this is from someone who needs numbing gel on for injections!!!!