Patient Reviews

I met Olga roughly 1.5 years ago while looking for a team to work on restoring my smile.  Olga works with her partner, Dr. Sandra Madlovan who is a periodontist and Olga specializes in prosthodontics.  Without goingn into my full health history, I have a long and complicated health history and have survived Stage 4 Burkitt’s Lymphoma 3 separate times in my life which requires very strong chemotherapy to beat.  I was blessed enough to survive the disease and also blessed to meet Olga and her team.  In short, whether you need implant surgery, crowns or any type of prosthodontist or periodontist work done, you will never meet two women who will work as hard and have more professionalism and caring than these two women.  They’ve completely taken away any fear I have of going to the dentist and I am in the midst of getting my smile resored.

I had worked with my general dentist who wasn’t qualified to work with the condition that my teeth had reached.  After receiving such harsh chemo drugs like bleomycin in particular, one of the harsh side effects is a disease called Xerostomia which completely dries out your mouth completely drying up any and all saliva.  My general dentist had me spend quite a large amount of money on doing root canals on all of my teeth only to find that because of the dryness in my mouth, the teeth just collapsed and left me in an even worse situation than before.

I had all but given up by the time I found Dr. Olga Malkin.  I was had a total of roughly 8 temporary (plastic) teeth total and for anyone who knows me, I have a very large personality and am always smiing.  Unfortunately, I had learned how to cover my smile with my hands and many other tricks because of my insecurity of everyone being able to see all of my missing teeth.  Olga made me feel instantly comfortable.  She explained to me what “xerostomia” was and why I had such a hard time finding someone to work on my mouth.

I decided to go onto a crowdfunding page and through the kindness of my family and friends hearts, I was able to have the first and largest part of my surgery to a new mouth on Friday, June 5, 2015.  I wasn’t a candidate for dentures because my mouth is still so dry that the glue would not hold for more than an hour or two and ultimately wind up breaking the acrylic teeth.  I went up and down the east coast to every non-profit and dental school looking for a team that would be willing to work with me to help absorb some of the cost as you can imagine this isn’t cheap, but it is life changing.  A large part of your immune system lives throughout your mouth and stomache and I had finally met a team which I knew after tons of research and questions was without any questions the right group to move forward with.

My surgery is broken down into two surgeries.  Part 1 started at 7:30am on Monday, June 5 and I was scheduled to receive 9-10 hours of dental surgery.  It consisted of removing all of my crumbling temporary acrylic teeth that were left and the 1-2 teeth that were hanging on by a thread.  I was so nervous and did not sleep the night before.  I was going in to have my entire mouth restored which is not a small task.  However, everyone was completely professional, took the time to answer the same questions I had probably asked about 20 times at this point out of being nervous and assured  me that I was going to be surprised at how quickly all would heal.  They were 100% correct.

I had 9 4-5″ length Nobel Biocare implants screwed into my upper jawbone and another 6 implants screwed into my my bottom jawline.  I already had 5 implants in my bottom jawbone however, so she was able to salvage those implants.  The entire surgery felt like it maybe took 15-20 minutes, the type of anethesia they use is called “twilight” and they work with an amazing anesthesiologist who specializes in dental surgeries by the name of Dr. Phong Ta.

By the end of the the day, I remember waking up very groggy with Dr. Ta in the room and my mouth was completely numb.  Everyone came in immediately when they heard I had come out of anesthesia to make sure I was ok and the level of profesionallism and follow up has continued with follow up calls all weekend to make sure I wasn’t in too much pain  and to make sure everything was healing properly.

When it comes to professionalism, bedside manner and overall quality of genuinely caring about what they do, I could not not write a higher review.  They even asked their very talented PR person to help me raise community awareness for my crowdfunding/fundraising efforts who made everything so much easier.

Today, I had the sutures removed on my bottom teeth and I will now wait approximately 4-5 months depending on how long it takes for the gums to heal.  At that time, we will finish Part 2 of my surgery which will be placing all of the permanent implants.  Thank you so much to these amazing women for giving me back my smile.

I want to start by saying this is the first review I have ever written online.

Before walking into Dr. Malkin’s office, I was through hell and back with a variety of different dentists regarding my dental treatment. I have a very challenging case. I needed two implants and a crown over my front top teeth. The challenge in my case (without getting into too much detail) was that I had significant bone loss in the area from years of having pontics instead of an implants in the area. Adding to the issue was that I have a very high smile line that made the area very viewable to the world. It was important that it was properly fixed.

I went to see 3 dentists before seeing Dr Malkin & Dr Moldovan. Each of these dentists costing me a small fortune. Each of these treatments ending poorly and left me completely unsatisfied. Without sounding too dramatic, I really felt that my situation was hopeless.

Then I met Dr. Malkin & Dr Moldovan.

Dr. Malkin brought in Dr. Moldovan to help with some of the surgical parts of the treatment, while Dr. Malkin handled the more aesthetic and prosthetic elements of the treatment.

I cannot say enough about how impressed I was with them. Both Dr Malkin and Moldovan were extremely detail- oriented perfectionists. You can tell that they absolutely love what they do and have so much pride in their work. You can also tell that they have been working with each other for some time. There was a sharp dynamic between them that created an atmosphere of confidence and security. The office was completely new, technology was up-to-date and everything was immaculately clean. It was/is so refreshing to be under their care. While most dentists and doctors are rushing through explanations and discussions, both Dr. Malkin and Moldovan took so much time explaining- even after I was completely satisfied with the answer.

After surgery I was given temporaries. The work looked 20x better than any work that I had done in the past, with other dentists- and this was just the temporaries!

I could keep writing and writing here, because I cannot say enough. Any out there reading this probably understands the frustration and apprehension in finding a new doctor/ dentist. Trust me when I tell you Dr Malkin & Moldovan are terrific.

Dr. Olga Malkin is an artist and perfectionist who is a dedicated and talented prosthodontist. I’m in my 50’s and was in need of a complete mouth restoration as a result of previous cosmetic dentistry and teeth decay. Dr. Malkin looked after all my oral health needs from the most basic to the more complex with such precision and concise and exacting craftsmanship! She gave me the most incredible new smile– which makes me look years younger! I get compliments all the time about how beautiful my smile is and how natural it looks. She puts herself in the patient’s chair with such empathy and caring that I almost don’t want to leave the chair!!! She is literally the best and we’re so lucky she has offices in both Manhattan and Los Angeles. Run, don’t walk to see her!

Dr. Malkin has been great! I came for a  consult as my upper teeth need extensive work. Unlike other offices, she spent almost an hour with me (free of charge), patiently listened and explained all my options. She gave a treatment plan and told me to think about it as it was also an important financial decision.

I just get a set of my temporary teeth which would have been even great for permanent teeth.

I came to see Dr. Malkin after Googling prosthodontist. I needed to have two of my crowns replaced who were put by a general dentists 5 years ago with which I was never too happy about because the color was too white and people could see they were not real teeth.

Dr. Malkin has an amazing aesthetic sense. My new crowns perfectly match the rest of my teeth. I know I paid a bit extra to get the right results (but not too bad) but it was worth every dollar! Her brand new office also looks amazing. You could see that she really pays attention to every detail even when it comes to the office. I hope to ever need extensive dental work, but if I will, it would be with Dr. Malkin.

I took both of my parents to Dr. Malkin’s office. They needed quite a bit of work done and were hesitant to go to dentist. Dr. Malkin was extremely patient and friendly to put my parents at ease.

She really cared about the patients not just collecting money. It was a great experience and was well worth a long trip from Brooklyn. I wish we had a local dentist of the same quality!

Thank you Dr. Malkin!

Dr. Malkin did an extensive treatment on my mother, replacing most of her front lower teeth with implants and a bridge. My mother needed special attention as she had high blood pressure and afraid of surgeries. Dr. Malkin and her anesthesiologist were very reassuring and professional not only during the procedure but when giving us the treatment plan, explaining the procedure, and following up. Six month later, after placing permanent crowns,  the results look great.

I first went at Tribeca’s office a few weeks ago for a dental consultation. Dr. Malkin spent long time with me and patiently explained all options and listened to my concerns. She wasn’t pushy at all and encouraged me to do my own research before deciding on an extensive treatment. I finally decided to go ahead and had a major procedure this month. The recovery was much quicker than I expected and the results look fantastic!

P.S. Having an ability to watch Netlix on an overhead screen while sitting in a dental chair for several hours was a nice touch!

I have been to Dr Olga in her LA office, she did quite a bit of aesthetic work on my front teeth, and they look lovely. The experience was painless and relaxed. Dr Olga has a very light but concentrated manner, you know she is giving your teeth 100% of her attention, but her pleasant manners and spirit make hers an easy office to be in.

I was frightened to have the dental work necessary on my teeth, I needed quite a bit of bonding, but you can not tell I did anything unless you know me really well, and I have definitely gotten compliments on my smile since working with Dr Malkin. I intend to continue to see her as my primary dentist whenever she is in LA, and has time for me. Apparently now that she has been featured on the “Doctors”, saving smiles, she is quite a hot commodity!

In short, she is really nice, gentle and very skilled, a complete perfectionist.

After searching Yelp, Google, and Healthgrades, I settled on Dr. Olga Malkin.  Although this is the first review of her practice in NYC, she worked for years in Los Angles, Ca. and has several 5-star reviews there.

Dr. Malkin is knowledgeable, thorough, articulate, patient and kind.  I know this because my sisters and I searched far and wide for a new dentist for my 90 year old Mom.  When your 90 year old Mom is in pain, you will also do some hard-core searching.
Two visits later and my Mom is SO happy …and so are we.

Dr. Malkin is awesome.  She called my Mom’s doctor to discuss modifying medications and she personally answered emails.  Check her 4.9 star rating on google or her (18!) 5-star reviews on healthgrades.

She was also on a TV show called “The Doctors” where she did complete dental restructuring for someone.  And THIS BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL POINT: Here is someone who is an expert in reconstructive surgery and posthodontics -she could have tried to sell me on making a whole new set of teeth for my Mom …and she didn’t.  I’m so grateful to find an honest dentist, who just did what was necessary and not what would cost the most.