Dental Art of South Bay: Dana Samet, DDS - Torrance, California

Keith Swensson

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Dana Samet for many years, and I can confidently say she is an outstanding dentist. Her professionalism, skill, and genuine care for her patients make every visit a positive experience. She takes the time to explain procedures thoroughly, ensuring that I feel comfortable and informed. Her office is modern, welcoming, and well-run, with a team that reflects her high standards of care.

Today, I had a cleaning with Galilee, and she was fantastic! She was gentle yet thorough, making the experience both comfortable and effective. She took the time to offer helpful oral care tips and was incredibly kind and professional throughout the appointment.

I highly recommend Dr. Samet and her team to anyone looking for excellent dental care!

Dianewareinc

She was my HMO in network provider for over 7 months. Never once did she submit a claim to my insurance. When requesting an itemized receipt just for one visit it took over three weeks of reminding them , just to receive a made up receipt. She asked how much can I pay now. I told them $580, so they created a fake receipt for that amount, for two teeth that I do not have in the back. My health spending account was frozen due to her inability to be honest. They called it fraud. I was told the code she should have used would only cost me $126 per tooth with my insurance. I’m in the middle of treatment with her , and still have not received a proper receipt. I have delta dental. She suggested I get 6 root canals. I went to another dentist they said I need two and a cleaning that she never suggested. She said she needed to drill a hole in a tooth to let infection drain vs antibiotics. I’ve been paying as if I didn’t have any insurance and now my entire account has been frozen due to fraud on her part. I regret ever walking in her doors. Only when you have a problem, then suddenly she’s too busy to deal with you. I got an implant post placed too close to the next tooth , so that implant cannot be used by another dentist. This has been the most deceitful experience I’ve had. When I called to complain , her office said she doesn’t submit claims , that she just gives a discounted price. Delta said that was considered fraud as she was charging incorrect ‘discounted’ rates. She was my HMO in network dental provider. I need her to fix this as I am now unable to even use my spending account. I have thousands of dollars ….. frozen!!!

Baby Gurl

This place was clean & the front desk staff were nice. However, I was told that I would need crowns and had a lot more cavities than I actually did. Didn't really clean my teeth properly and still felt dirty. And they were trying to get me to pay for a night guard that I really didn't need either. They were really pushy on a lot of the stuff. I went back later because my jaw hurt and I was told by the doctor herself that I would need to get the night guard, have medication and she even said I could try Botox. What kind of place tells you to get Botox for jaw pain Even my husband went here and was told the same thing but he didn't get his teeth clean at all because they said he needed to have a deep cleaning because he had tartar and couldn't do the regular cleaning.
So we decided to get a second opinion and so glad we did because I was told I didn't need no crowns, no cavities and the night guard was not necessary and they weren't pushy about anything. And my husband was told he didn't have cavities, didn't need crowns and the deep cleaning wasn't necessary because he didn't have tartar at all. I'm not sure if this place is just saying the clients need things that they really don't need done because they just want to make the money and don't really care about the client's teeth after all. I will not recommend this place to anyone and will redirect them to my new dentist that I feel much at ease with.

Cynthia Moffett

One of the most pleasant experience is walking into an immaculate clean office, office staff are very courteous, & always helpful, Dr. Samet is one of the best Dentist I have been to.

Jayce Y

This is going to be a long review. The short version: DO NOT USE DANA SAMET AS YOUR DENTIST. SHE IS DISHONEST AND UNETHICAL.

I went in to Dana Samet’s office on 3/18/2024, and it has been quite the experience. First off, she wanted to do $6,000+ of dental work, mostly for crowns. Unfortunately, Dana and Tanya Corrales took it upon themselves and decided to act as my insurance carrier. They refused to submit my bill to my insurance, and Tanya made up false reasons as to why my dental work couldn’t be submitted. (Just for a follow-up on that, when I had Delta review this, they found that Dana and Tanya’s claims were FALSE, and that the dental work was covered by my insurance. By this time, I’d cancelled my work with Dana because I refuse to work with unethical dentists.)

When I found that they wouldn’t submit my bill to insurance, I attempted to leave the office. However, Dana stopped me and emphasized how important and necessary this dental work was. I made the mistake of believing her, and I ended up with two temporary crowns. The next day (3/19/2024), I reviewed the charges with my insurance carrier, and I had several email exchanges with Tanya and Dana, and we agreed to a phone call the next day.

On 3/20/2024 I talked to Dana on the phone, and we both expressed discomfort with working with each other any further. Dana agreed to not finish implementing the crowns, cancelled the order for the crowns, and agreed to provide me with a refund for the crowns. Unfortunately, Dana’s sloppily worded release didn’t include any actual wording saying that I would actually get a refund, and I decided to put in a dispute with my bank. After a few months, the dispute was declined because Dana lied to my credit card company and showed “proof of services rendered.” That was news to me, as no services were rendered. I even have proof that a different dentist actually removed the temporary crowns and inserted the permanent crowns that Dana told my credit card company she did.

On the advice of my attorney, I attempted one more time to sign the release for the refund and get this over with. However, Dana’s updated release included an NDA and giving her power of attorney. I refused to sign and provided an updated, reasonable release that Dana and her team rejected. I will be submitting this to the California Dental Board to review why a refund for services not provided would also be attached to an NDA and giving the dentist power of attorney. I will also be contacting my insurance regarding how Dana could claim to have provided services that were actually provided by a different dentist. Sounds like a false claim to me. In my opinion, Dana is not only unethical, but also seems to be a criminal. I will not let this go, even if we have to go to court.

PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DON’T USE DANA SAMET AS YOUR DENTIST.

Trang Pham-Nguyen

I got a deep cleaning, so I didn't reall see the doctor except.fpr a few minutes of her explaining my xray. Then I had the dental hygenist named Noemy who did my deep cleaning which required mouth numbing and teeth cleaning.

Out of all the dental hygenists I've had in my life, I have to say Noemy was THE BEST. Really gentle with the numbing injections and also my teeth cleaning. Great experience.

And the ladies/admin team in the front are chill and knew what they were doing/got my authorizations as needed etc.

Michelle Martinez

I have been a patient for over 10 years at this office. I remember when Dr. Samet only had one receptionist named Angie and one very pleasant girl working the back and she was in a smaller office on another floor. That’s when this place was a good office. Since the doctor has grown her practice she has also to be a greedy liar who recommends expensive unnecessary work just to pad her pockets. I have never had a doctor threaten me at the end of a visit just because I couldn’t afford to do all the work she wanted me to have done. Instead of trying to work with me and help me figure out a solution she just said that I was not welcomed back unless I did as she said. I have referred several patients to her over the years and sad to say I will never return to this place again. I’m disgusted by the way she runs her practice and the horribly incompetent and unprofessional front office staff shows me how down hill this practice has gone. This doctor is a fake as her over filled lips. BEWARE this doctor is ALL about money over patient care!!!

judith evans

Very calming experience. I have anxiety, but my experience was so good. Did a great job on my teeth cleaning. I wish it wasn't a o expensive. That worries me, but thanks