Dr. Donald J. Macina, DDS

I've been a patient of Dr Macina since 2005. I've experienced excellent dentistry at this office. I've had crowns, root canals and extractions done here and I'm pleased with the work. They also accept several dental discount plans for those without insurance.

DO NOT go to Crescent Dental and/or Dr. Macina. I don't usually leave bad reviews (people have off days and reviews can only show one side of the story), but I feel it's my duty to say something so that no one has to go through what my partner went through at the hands of this "dentist". Dr. Macina is a dentist (not oral surgeon) who absolutely butchered my boyfriend's wisdom teeth removal.

We first found this office on Groupon (should have been our first red flag). After a cleaning, Dr. Macina informed my boyfriend that his wisdom teeth needed to be removed - though there was no pain or discomfort and he hadn't been advised this by previous dentists. Dr. Macina talked him into getting the procedure done at his office (as opposed to an oral surgeons) with simply novacane (as opposed to anesthesia or laughing gas, etc) with the promise that it would save money - a tempting suggestion for someone without dental insurance. I now believe this was a manipulative attempt in order for Dr. Macina to cash in on a wisdom teeth extraction. Dr. Macina clearly should not have been performing this procedure.

We expected the procedure would be very painful and have a tough recovery, but this process was not normal. Aside from the extremely painful and traumatizing extraction itself, Dr. Macina left a chunk of a tooth In there and didn’t catch it until the SECOND follow up appointment (we insisted there was a unique pain, and they dismissed it as a dry socket for two weeks). At this point Dr. Macina had to basically redo the extraction process on that tooth after we already had been trying to heal from the original extraction for two weeks. After this second extraction attempt, he said he couldn’t even get the piece out, so we had to go elsewhere to an actual oral surgeons office. We thankfully went to Albany Oral-Maxillofacial Surgeons, who were wonderful; though it was unfortunate having to pay them for their services after already rendering hundreds of dollars to Dr. Macina with nothing but pain and trauma to show for it.

On top of absolutely terrible dental work, Dr. Macina was rude, dismissive, and wreaked of cigarette smoke (no offense to smokers, but at least wash your hands before putting them in someone’s mouth). His front desk staff were friendly at first, but when I started to express concerns and advocate for my partner after the experience, they turned dismissive and patronizing. I would be seriously concerned for anyone seeing Dr. Macina for anything other than a simple cleaning. It is in your best interest to simply shop around and find another dentist that you can trust with your healthcare.

Performed a root canal on my son and now the tooth has to be extracted.

Rude uncaring dentist