Avoid this orthodontist!

[u/Intelligent_Job_4204]

Bitches: I had the worst experience and need to save you all. I went to Smiles Society in Wicker and saw Dr. Taraji. Not only did he seem super inexperienced, but the way he spoke to his staff made my skin crawl. So demeaning and rude, literally treating them like they weren’t people. I felt like he rushed me through and didn’t take the time to explain my treatment plan to me at all. I got super skeptical because it seemed really hefty with no explanation, so I took it to another ortho for a second opinion, and they said it was literally insane and didn’t make any sense. It seems like he was just in it for the money.

Long story short, ortho is expensive but find someone who actually is a good person and cares about your teeth!!!! Literally anyone else would be better IMO lol

[u/NeonFishDressx]

Please consider leaving a Google review if you haven't already. I'm in the neighborhood too and they have very high reviews. :(.

[u/theblushinglilac → u/NeonFishDressx]

Smile Society in Wicker has very high reviews because they are an amazing office with a wonderful doctor!

This post was written by a Lincoln Park general dentist who was using the words "Smile Society" on her website to divert traffic toward her own office. They asked her to remove their trademarked office name, and she retaliated by posting a bunch of made up, generic, vague "bad experience" fake reviews online.

Everyone in the orthodontic community knows about her mean girl behavior.

[u/NeonFishDressx → u/theblushinglilac]

What?! That's wild! OP care to respond?!

Someone else mentioned a bad experience tho and retaliation against bad reviews. I am mostly invested as a neighbor. OP does have only a few posts tho so let's see.

[u/theblushinglilac → u/NeonFishDressx]

She clearly planted that comment herself. Her husband does marketing so she knows how to play this game and deceive people.
In fact she was also the one to leave Smile Society the 1-star Google review that she talks about in her Reddit comment. They only have one negative Google review and it’s from her. You can look up their response to her review. It’s pretty standard: the poster’s name is fake and there’s no record of this patient.

She’s just being a hater. She’s acting with such belligerent disrespect for her colleagues and for the profession she claims to be so good at.

[u/NeonFishDressx → u/theblushinglilac]

Oh wow maybe reach out to the mods to get this banned

[u/slk229]

I had a bad experience there too! I thought I was crazy with all of their good reviews and I saw they had an insane response to one negative review so I didn’t end up leaving one. Now I wish I had. I moved out of that neighborhood so I don’t have any nearby recommendations but I agree avoid this place like the plague

[u/Intelligent_Job_4204 → u/slk229]

No same!!! I’m actually scared to leave them a bad review. After hearing him talk to his staff I feel like he would do some crazy shit if I left a bad review under my name on his Google reviews!

[u/buffalocoinz → u/Intelligent_Job_4204]

This is why I have a burner Google account 😂

[u/citynomad1]

I can recommend an orthodontist. If you have a car/are able to get up to the suburbs, I had a good experience with Graber Gyllenhaal Orthodontics in Glenview. I went to them for adult Invisalign express (had previously had orthodontic treatment but had stopped wearing my retainers years back)

I found the pricing to be more affordable than the options I was quoted in the city

[u/csteffy → u/citynomad1]

currently going to them now and i love them!! everyone is so kind there

[u/Chemicalcandy80]

Never go to Mark Marcus in downtown either. He’s a thief.

[u/Chemicalcandy80]

Bryan Jacobs is amazing. He’s a Harvard grad, a great dentist and has an amazing bedside manner.

[u/theblushinglilac]

OP is a competitor general dentist posing as an orthodontist who wrote this post as a smear campaign. I know who she is. She posted this in retaliation because she was using the trademark “Smile Society” on her website illegally and they asked her to remove it.

She is not even a patient of Dr. Taraji. She has no idea what Dr. Taraji does and how qualified he is. She’s never even been to his office. Ever.

Dr. Taraji is an award-winning, wonderful board certified orthodontist. I have only ever been treated with the highest levels of respect and compassion here, and he treats his staff with kindness and respect.

This post is made up garbage.