My partner and I had a very negative experience here. We are new to southern Cal and stopped in because of Dental Associates of Torrance (DAT)'s location close to us. I needed a routine check-up and my partner needed to have some cavities filled. They did the check up and determined that my partner needed two or three root canals and the same number of crowns. They said that I had several cracked teeth and needed two or three crowns as well. They then pulled out a price sheet for the operations and gave us quotes of about $10,000 a piece. I called my old dentist, a friend of mine back in the midwest. He said that cracked teeth in adults are common, and he doesn't recommend crowns unless the teeth break. He also said he does crowns for about $1000 each, about 1/3 the price we were quoted at DAT. We decided to go ahead and have one of the root canals done for my partner because he was in quite a bit of pain. DAT screwed that up, though we paid them about $2,000 for it. The pain never went away. We went to another dentist. He had to refer us to a specialist who had to redo the original root canal and finally make it right. The specialist also determined that my partner didn't need any more root canals. . . a simple filling of two other cavities would suffice for the other teeth. The bottom line is that DAT wanted me to pay $10,000 for treatment I didn't need. (My teeth are still fine.) They also prescribed for my partner one or two root canals more than he needed, and they screwed up the one root canal that they did. Be very careful with these people. My impression is that it's all about the money. Buying treatment from them felt like buying a used car. They pull out a price list with lots of options and work up a quote on the back of an envelope which you can't take with you. And the quotes will be for way more money than you'd ever imagine.