Has anyone had any experience going to a dental school for their treatments and how did it go? I am?

specifically interested in UCLA-so, if you have had dental work done there could you please give me feedback on how safe you felt with having a student work on you and how long it took and whether you were satisfied and had an over-all positive experience or not. Of course, going to a skilled dentist is ideal, but the costs are too high and are much lower at the school and I'd like some feedback-weighing the pros and cons. Thanks

Has anyone had any experience going to a dental school for their treatments and how did it go? I am?
You can generally count on getting decent work at a dental school, but be aware that one school is probably not hugely different than another. You WILL be treated by students and their abilities vary greatly. You might want to see if you can get a senior student instead of one who has never worked on live people before. I had some classmates that I really respected and others who I wouldn't trust with my dog.
Reply:I had a BUNCH of work done at USC....the experience was fantastic! My student did great work, great price, great attention and the best staff around! I'd highly recommend it!
Reply:I have been told that UCLA dental school is one of the best (so is USC). I don't have any affiliation with either one of these schools so I'm just going by what others have told me. The only thing I've heard is that you have a long wait for procedures. In other words, what might take an established dentist 20 minutes to do, the student might take 30 minutes or 1 hour. The good thing is that you know the procedure is done perfectly because they have to be checked off in order to go on to the next step. That's why it takes so long.
Reply:well i had my wisdom teeth out i was meant to be in for afternoon and home again i was put on a different ward for 3 weeks as they left a bit of tooth in and was in really bad pain i was on pain relief 1 lower than morphine it was that bad terrible for me would never go back i was at the Leeds 1