Michael G Machuga PC

Alicia Rutkowsky

Would recommend to anyone. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming! Thank you!! :)

March 7, 2025

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Mike Machuga is a snake oil huckster. He cares nothing for his patients, only his bank account. When faced with criticism he becomes rude and full of denial, like a child. No integrity. Not at all respectable. His assistant, Patty, is just as bad. She cant read an x-ray. Her impressions lead to crooked and painful partials being made. Bad molds and then they just make up their own direction for it. None of them fit. She likes to try and finish sentences when people talk to her and ramble on about herself. Any time there's a question, she runs into the other room to ask Mike what to do or say. Pretty sure she got her degree online. She refuses to pronounce my name correctly despite correcting her many times. Patty needs to go back to doing hair so that her stupid and lazy mistakes can grow back. When ordering my upper partial, they read my x-ray backwards. On the day of my extractions, they changed which teeth were being pulled to cover for their mistake.

For months Mike strung me along, trying to argue that one of my teeth was a molar 3 when it was actually a molar 2. It's hard for me to believe he could be so incompetent; he knows but he can't man up and make the easy and simple corrections by making a new piece of acrylic. The cost too his ego is too great. He would go back and forth, from admission to denial, saying we would do new impressions and then the next time saying the opposite again. Needless to say one side of my mouth now has 8 teeth, cramming a whole extra molar where my bicuspids (that were supposed to remain) used to be. The other side has 6 and curls up under the back of my jawline and is pushing the bottom teeth in at an angle. The overbite and crooked contour produced by having the wrong teeth in the wrong places leave me with over a cm of overbite that is visible from 20 feet away. Eating is impossible. Constantly feels like my face is getting pulled on, wrenching it to the side. While wearing them I can stick my tongue through the gap on the 6-toothed side with my tongue, it doesnt line up or make contact when my jaw is closed. When I told him the incorrectly made partials were causing extreme stress and pain in that area, rather than do anything about it he told me the scientific name of the tendon where the skull connects to the jaw. What a sicko. He actually had the nerve and the incompetence to try arguing that I 'needed proof' that i had 3 of 4 wisdom teeth removed 20 years ago. Sadly, if the fools could figure out which side of their own X-Ray is which they would realize they had the evidence the entire time. Despite his ego he still finds it easier to sleep at night by refusing to remake the partial. The bottom was made incorrectly as well, but the horizontal offset is much more noticeable. It cut into my gums so badly that they bled and scabbed up.

It took multiple visits and hours worth of 'adjusting' before I was able to get them in or out without massive amounts of pain and damage. By the time I could even attempt to keep them in while at work over six weeks had passed since the extractions. When trying to get the piece adjusted, Mike would lather up my gums with coracaine. . . the numbing agent. . . covering the fact that his adjustments were not going to work. He actually laughed about it, after calling me an a-hole and telling me he could "stick a block of wood in my mouth" if he really wanted to. Mike is everything bad about his industry. He is a cold and pathetic liar. When pressed he will deflect with some random medical anatomical term for some portion of the mouth to make himself sound like he knows what he's talking about. Like when someone is bleeding from the inside of their mouth they give a damn about the term gingiva vs 'gums'. That level of detachment is a little unnerving. Now he wants me to remove the rest of my remaining top teeth to cover for his mistake, refusing to simply remake the partial correctly. Who ever heard of dentures that need to be taken out of the mouth in order to eat?

June 5, 2024

alyssa g

I'm very nervous about the dentist because I have a low pain tolerance. But the girls at the office made me feel so comfortable. The dental assistant who took my xrays was so gentle and her conversation kept my nerves at ease.

& Angie is the best RDH ever !! I loved that she talked to me throughout my cleaning. I felt like she made the cleaning more tolerable for my senstive gums with the amount of rinses and suction breaks. My teeth feel so clean and look so much better!!

March 9, 2023

Sarah Moor

I've gone to many dentists over the years and never have I experienced not only excellent dentistry but also the level of genuine care for his patients. It's why he has so many long-time patients. He goes the extra mile to help someone feel comfortable and spends times getting to know each person. He has always been generous in extending care to those in need. Many come to him for consultations because of failed procedures elsewhere.

A minor example -8 years ago I had been told I needed 3 crowns and after consulting with Dr. Machuga, he said I didn't need any nor have I since I was initially told that which obviously saved me a lot of money due to needless care. I also appreciate that he stays up to date with current research.

June 27, 2024