Granville Dental Centre

I know there is a lot of negativity surrounding this place lately, and in regards to that dentist it is warranted. However I have brought both my kids to have dental surgery done and both were done by a female dentist. The experience was great. Super friendly and very supportive of me as a parent. Once they were sedated they would bring me in to see my kids and how they are setup and that everything is ok. I never saw a male dentist even in the building when I was there on 3 separate occasions. I wish I had the dentist name that worked on my children they were very good and I would highly recommend them. Don't write off an entire practice because of one terrible dentist.

Dr.Gaum should never be allowed to work with children. He tortured both mentally and physically my 2 sisters and I in the 80's when we went to him because he was our family dentist, he was suppose to be one of the best. Not at all!! All the of us to this day have anxiety and fear to go to the dentist. Never take your child to him. I had no idea until just 2 days ago he was still practicing and allegedly doing the same thing to numerous children still to this day.

The stories of Guam are all consistent. Our son was brought there and his story is the same as everyone else’s. He was forcibly held down with a hand across his mouth and nose and yelled at to not scream. He’s afraid of dentists to this day.

Absolutely great customer service. They did everything they could to move up my daughters treatment as soon as we put her on the cancelation list. They answered all our questions (and we had plenty). They pulled 2 teeth, capped 4 and treated 4 cavities. Yes, we need to enforce better dental hygiene (parenting fail). Regardless, they were extremely helpful, pleasant and easy to deal with. My duaghter was back to her normal self within an hour. Amazing job, especially considering how much work they did... ALL WITHIN 40 MINUTES. 5 stars is not enough.

I was 7 when I had my first and last appointment with dr. Gaum. I was referred to him because he did sedation for minor dental procedures, and my dentist didn't and he said this guy was great. Me and my parents drove almost 4 hours for this appointment (from Cape Breton). The sedation didn't work, and the second round only made me feel a little disoriented and tired. He had no patience for me because I was already upset because my mom wasn't allowed in the room with me. His assistant basically dragged me away from my parents, I was hysterical but they eventually got me to calm down enough to get on the chair by promising me that if I calmed down my mom would be allowed to come see me. He didn't freeze me properly, and everytime he would put in more freezing he would ask if I could feel it. I could, so I would tell him it's not frozen and he just got more impatient. He pulled the first tooth and I lost it, I was screaming bloody murder and flailing trying to get off the chair because he was hurting me. I remember screaming for my mom with everything in my being for her to come help me. He got 2 assistant nurses to lay over my legs and 1 to hold my arms. He put his hand over my mouth and nose so that I couldn't breathe or scream and that was the first time in my life (mind you I was only a child 7 years old) I thought I was going to die, I felt myself passing out, he may have only had his hand over my face for a minute at most, but it felt like forever. He said he would let go if I shut up and cooperated so he could get "this over with". I can recall him saying if I don't stop he's going to make it hurt more and keep pulling. his nurses held me down until he was done. Im pretty sure I just shut down at that point because I don't remember leaving the room, just crying the whole way home. A day or 2 later my mom noticed I had a bunch of red splotches all over my chest and thought it was a rash, she took me to the doctor and it was actually bursted blood vessels from the dentist basically smothering me and the nurses holding me down while I struggled. And finally to top it all off I only needed 4 teeth pulled and he pulled 7, and my home dentist couldn't even understand why he pulled so many. This man is a monster and should not be allowed to work with children. I'm 24 now and still have a hard time with going to the dentist and just general anxiety and trust issues beyond that. This was one of the worst experiences I ever had and it still haunts me today. My younger brother also has a similar story but he was much younger (3yo at the time, 15yo now) and doesn't remember it as much but he recalls being screamed at for crying, that it hurt a lot and that he was held down while he had his 4 front teeth pulled out.