Dodek and Dodek. I have used them for 20+ years and they are great!

https://www.drdodek.com/

I also recommend the Dodeks!

Nice, thanks for that!

We've done Koto Sake for a birthday party and it went well. I can't really comment about the quality since I'm not very picky. But they did a great job hosting two dozen-ish people.

https://www.peartreedentalcare.com/

It is possible but depends on your age and what kind of neighborhood downtown you would enjoy.

A reverse commute from DC to Columbia would become a grind most days. The neighborhoods of federal hill or Canton or locust point in Baltimore would be doable. Federal hill is mostly younger 20 something's.

I’ve had a good experience here for years. No frivolous work has ever been recommended. The office is always up to date with the latest technology.

You'd largely be going against the direction of traffic once you hit the interstate. There is still a good bit of traffic on 495 and 95 north to columbia, but it's not at a standstill. If you are within a reasonable distance to a major roadway you should be fine. This applies for both Baltimore and DC. As most of the traffic is going into the city.

Pear Tree all the way.

Downtown Baltimore is about 20 minutes from Columbia by car most times of the day. If you live in the parts of Silver Spring nearer to US-29 you can get to work and the District within about a half an hour during work hours

i love dodek dental group! patient there for 10+ years. brother and sister team. and love love my hygienist kathleen.

I commuted from Mount Vernon (downtown Baltimore) to Columbia for years. Took about a half hour door to door. Now I live in Locust Point (South Baltimore) and the commute is about 20 minutes. I personally think the commute from DC would be unpleasant but I have several coworkers who do it

It'll be a bit of a drive with a good amount of traffic to commute from either Baltimore or DC. Baltimore is probably more feasible because it's closer. Living in Canton or Locust Point in Baltimore might not be a terrible commute. You'd just hop on I-95. They are trying to develop and densify downtown Columbia more but it's still a work in progress.

Commuting to Columbia from dc or Baltimore is absolutely possible. Using public transportation to do it is harder bc depending on your work destination you would have to transfer from the train or commuter bus. Using a car is easier, and depending on where you are coming from you may enjoy lighter traffic as more people are coming into Howard county than leave for work each day.

Possible but a long commute. I wouldn’t do it daily, plenty of people do though. Some people even do the DC-Baltimore commute through a commuter train which in some ways seems easier if you have a downtown job.

That was blocked by Liz Walsh on the council. See above commenters.

Dr Joobbani off Columbia Gateway is the best!!

I've had a good experience with doctor dodek, it's near the lake Elkhorn park but the other side of broken land.

Highly recommend against Wendy brown. We had to stop going to her because she was sloppy and eventually we couldn't get ahold of her at all, prompting the switch to my recommendation.

Dobbin Dental is great.. they were really helpful when I had severe tooth pain recently.

Nothing fishy about this post and it’s comments at all.

Dynamic Dental is awesome, been going there for about 4 yrs now. I would recommend it if you live near Harper's Choice

Dr Chu and his staff are excellent!

I would say to try staying away from any of the dental offices that are tied to Heartland Dental. This happened about 10 years ago. I don't quite understand the relationship, on whether they actually bought up private practices or simply are involved in the administrative end of the business. I know of three different practices in the area that went through big personnel changes when Heartland took over.

A common experience with any of those offices seems to be that you need all kinds of dental work. Some people have mentioned that here. You just need to do your homework and see if they're tied to Heartland.

Personally, I was with one of the those dental offices which went through a change after Heartland was involved. I went in for routine, the dentist which I expected to see wasn't there. They had a 'fill-in' for them and the 'fill-in' tried to get me to agree to an emergency root canal.

Told them I would get back to them and never went back.

Talked with Katkow Dentistry, they recommended I see an endodontist. No issues were found and definitely no need for a root canal.

Dr. Katkow (senior, now retired) did a little fix on one of my fillings which he believed might be the cause for the sensitivity and I've never had another problem since. That was 6 years ago.

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Be careful when shopping around for a dentist.

EDIT: changed my initial info about Heartland.

Katkow Dentistry is great. They don't take Delta Dental which is one of the larger dental insurances. They will however submit the claim on your behalf.

For everything routine (cleanings & xrays) I've nearly received everything but maybe 10 dollars back from the insurance claims. Again, they're one of those places that will not rip you off and will not perform a dental procedure unless completely necessary.

IMO, it's worth the 10 dollars. Haven't had to have filling work done luckily, so I can't say what a claim will payback in that case.

I can also understand that you might not always have the money to pay a bill up front. So it does mean paying and getting reimbursed by your insurance company.

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