Palmer Distinctive Dentistry

We invested in the Vivos appliance program as a braces alternative with Palmer Dentistry. The program has a hefty cost that was required upfront. The plan had many stages that was supposed to need years to complete. A short 8 months later, the doctor unsympathetically told us that the appliance didn't work and we would need to pursue braces for my son. Unfortunately the office has not had the integrity to accept responsibility and we have not been reimbursed for their failed product.

My wisdom tooth had to come out and as an adult, it's not so easy!! Dr Palmer did a great job and was very quick, they gave me the Nucalm treatment which helps to calm with and it really helped to calm me down. The Platelet Rich plasma helped a ton with any bleeding and recovery as well! It's not cheap to pay out of pocket, but Palmer and their staff do a fabulous job of taking care of their patients and making them feel comfortable and that's worth every penny!!

I would highly recommend their services to anyone!

We loved our experience here. I have a lot of dental trauma from my childhood and I'm so grateful this is the only experience my girls have had and that they will only have positive experiences at the dentist in their lifetime.

I left my appointment from Dr. Palmer with serious concerns about his approach and treatment protocols.

I was given a written questionnaire, followed by an additional interview from the technician. I was then administered x-rays and cone beam scans. When I later met with Dr. Palmer, he showed me images and recommended the following:

Remove a "dental cavitation" in my jaw. The removal of this "abscess" would cost me $5000.

Remove two molars containing root canals. Dr. Palmer stated the root canals were infected and needed to be replaced with implants, for an additional cost of $10,400.

I later asked Dr. Palmer to send me photos of the problem areas, and when we discussed these areas on a follow up conference call, I still did not see clear evidence of the stated problems.

Since the total recommended treatments came to $15,500, I got opinions from my local dentist and endodontist, Both of whom have years of experience and high ratings.

My dentist took his own cone beam scan of my jaw, and showed me multiple cross-sectional "slices" of my healthy jaw --He did not see evidence that I had a jaw abscess.

The endodontist showed me x-rays of my molars, and showed me that there was no evidence of infection in either molar.

After doing some research on "holistic dentistry," I found that holistic dentists believe that all root canals have or will have infections. However, this belief has not been supported by evidence from well-designed studies.

I ended up declining Dr. Palmer's recommendations. I'm concerned that his protocols do not seem to be evidence --based, and many of his "treatments" were not based on a medical diagnosis, but rather based on a conversation with me about my symptoms.

I'm a believer in integrative medicine, where it can be demonstrated that diagnosis and treatments are evidence-based. I don't believe Dr. Palmer is engaging in evidence-based dentistry, so I won't be seeing him again.

Really wanted to take my family to see this dentist, however, they require you pay the FULL AMOUNT for any service upfront (I was told $440 for cleaning and x rays for one person) and then they file your insurance. That is absolutely RIDICULOUS. Not everyone has hundreds of dollars to hand out--that's why we carry insurance in the first place! Frustrated with this money-hungry practice.

They seem to be very nice and competent dentists. I had to have a tooth pulled sometime bsck and they only gave me two suggestions. Bridge or Implant. Impant about $5400.00 and bridge about the same. So, not inexpensive. I did not feel the need to ruin two teeth for a bridge, and $5400 is just ridiculous for one tooth. I noticed they never opted to suggest a partial, so I'm assuming they do not do those. I did feel overwhelmed with the dentist, hygienist and office person looking as they wanted me to make some big financial decision like that on the spot. $5400 may be chump change to them, but not to me. I guess being so near Thornblade can skew your practices vision. I already ordered a partial from another dental practice but would consider going back to Palmer. I do like the dentist's. I just wish dental practices focused more on what needs to be done than selling your expensive procedures.

Wonderful alternative for a root canal. I just had ozone therapy done and tooth restoration so that my teeth are back in good shape and no more dental fears. That was a very smooth procedure and I'm feeling really happy I went. Great people that take amazing care of their customers. Thanks for the help you provide :)

True confession, I had not been to a dentist in 20 years. As with many things, once you put it off it gets harder to put it back on the schedule again. Then one day last year I bit down on a gummy bear and one of my wisdom teeth completely shattered. I had heard good things about Palmer and gave them a call. They were extremely gracious and did a great job of extracting what was left of my shattered tooth without any guilt trips about my lapsed care. I have now been seeing them regularly for cleaning and maintenance and I am very happy. Would recommend absolutely.

I had hands down the best dental experience of my life. Staff was friendly, courteous and professional. I can not recommend them enough, start to finish a great experience!

Dr. Palmer has built a great dentistry for Greenville, South Carolina. The past two years that we've been going, each time has been a wonderful experience. They are patient when having to go over financial options, always hospitable whenever we walk in the door, and go above and beyond to make sure we get natural, high-quality dental care.