By-Top3Dentists
About Dr. Joseph Rota
Colorado Springs Cosmetic Dentist, Dr. Rota has been treating dental patients in Southern Colorado region for more than 25 years.
He has attended thousands of hours of continuing education, including graduating from the prestigious Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies* (LVI), the world's leading educational institute for premier cosmetic dental studies.
Dr. Joseph Rota, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., F.I.C.D.
Rota & Smith Dental Center
Briargate Business Campus 1750 Telstar Drive, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO , 80920
Phone :NA
• Galileos 3-Dimensional Diagnostics
• Intra-oral Digital Photography
• Digital X-Rays
• Electronic Charting
• CEREC CAD/CAM Dentistry
• Dental Lasers
• CAESY Education Systems
• Neuromuscular Dentistry
• The Wand
• ViziLites® Plus
• MercOut
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Dr. Joseph Rota's practice doesnt work with dental laboratories very often as they use CEREC and inEOS for their crown and bridges. Which means that their crowns are fabricated in their own office instantly.
| By Ref: Dr. James Vetter |
| Quality Rating: 9 |
| Well, you know, I’ll be honest with you, I don’t spend a lot of time looking at the work that comes through, I am usually focused on reasons why he sends the patients over, however, having said that I will tell you that particularly about cosmetic work, my staff has even made comments about his cosmetic dentistry when patients have come over, so I think his cosmetic dentistry is excellent, I’ve not seen anyone doing better cosmetic dentistry than him. |
| An Overall Rating of the Dentist and his Work: 9 |
| Esthetics: How nice does it look? 10 |
| Patient Management: 10 |
| I have very positive comments for him from his patients. |
| Margins (both clinically and on x-rays): NA |
| Communication: 10 |
| I often get phone calls from him if anything is unusual with patients and that helps a lot because then we would both be on the same page. |
| What do the patients say about their experience at Dr. Rota's office? |
| They feel very comfortable with him, they are very confident in his abilities, I can’t think of any specific comments off the top of my head but in general he has a very homey kind of an environment there in his office and I think they are being taken good care of, his office is very professional in the way that he approaches his patients in a warm and friendly way and not cold, they very much appreciate his professionalism. |
| What else can you tell me about Dr. Rota? |
| He is a very professional and warm guy and he cares of his patients and dentistry, he has lots of experience and tries to work hard. |
| If you or your family needed a dentist, would you go to Dr. Rota ? |
| Absolutely, no questions. |
| What can Dr. Rota do to become even better? What would you recommend? |
| I am not sure I can suggest anything different. |
| By Ref: Dr. Warren Youngquist |
| Quality Rating: 10 |
| An Overall Rating of the Dentist and his Work: 10 |
| Esthetics: How nice does it look? 10 |
| Patient Management: 9 |
| Margins (both clinically and on x-rays): 9 |
| Communication: 8 |
| What do the patients say about their experience at Dr. Rota's office? |
| The patients we share together, really like him and most of them have been with him for years. |
| What else can you tell me about Dr. Rota? |
| He is a great member of the community. He does a lot of community work. I have known him for a long time like I said 30 years, so he’s good participant in keeping things going in the community, he is a good supporter for patients, he is devoted to his profession and to his patients. He is always willing to do what’s best for his patients and he is a wonderful clinician and he does great dental work. |
| If you or your family needed a dentist, would you go to Dr. Rota ? |
| Oh yeah, sure, I always tell people to go see him, when someone asks me for a referral to a dentist. So yeah I have referred people to him several times. I absolutely would go to him! |
| What can Dr. Rota do to become even better? What would you recommend? |
| Oh boy! That’s a tough question, I think just accessibility, sometimes it’s hard to get a hold of him, I think every office is like that, because of some longer appointment sometimes it’s hard to get a convenient time to go in but I think a little more accessibility would be the only thing that I can think of. |
| By Ref: Dr. Carl Lackler |
| Quality Rating: 10 |
| An Overall Rating of the Dentist and his Work: 10 |
| Esthetics: How nice does it look? 10 |
| Patient Management: 10 |
| Margins (both clinically and on x-rays): 10 |
| Communication: 10 |
| What do the patients say about their experience at Dr. Rota's office? |
| I can not remember anything in particular being said. He has a very unique esthetic practice. Patients go to him for the quality of dentistry he provides to them. He is not just a general practitioner. He is very esthetically conscious. He has vast knowledge in cosmetic and re-constructive dentistry. |
| What else can you tell me about Dr. Rota? |
| He’s been in practice since a long time, he’s not right out of dental school and his continuing commitment to education and staying current is truly is better than the majority of most dentists. |
| If you or your family needed a dentist, would you go to Dr. Rota ? |
| Yes without a doubt. I have gone to him already. |
| What can Dr. Rota do to become even better? What would you recommend? |
| Let’s see, what he can do, ha ha ha , it’s a hard one, I can’t think of anything, may be we should put here as he is very demanding of himself for perfection, he wants things done in a perfect way always. |
| By Mentor : Dr. Walt Shields DMD, MS |
| Have you instructed Dr. Rota in a hands-on program or did you instruct him in an academic training course? |
| Yeah, I didn’t go through the same training program as Dr Rota but we were colleagues in Colorado Springs for almost 30 years and I am a periodontist, the dental specialist and have worked extensively with Dr Rota and his patients during the time I was in practice there |
| Have you seen Dr. Rota's work first hand? |
| Yes, He has treated many of my patients. |
| How would you rate Dr. Rota's work? 10 |
| I think Dr Rota is absolutely a ten, he is a very confident dental practitioner and cosmetic dentist. |
| Impressions: 10 |
| Preparation Margins: 10 |
| His margins were absolutely excellent, I was a Periodontist and my concern was having very smooth margins so that after my patients have had gum therapy, they would be able to keep their teeth very clean. And Dr. Rota's crown and bridge margins were absolutely perfect. His does an excellent job. |
| Preparation Walls: NA |
| I don’t know, I can only testify to end results and to his temporizing of the crowns he did, I worked on a number of patients that had his temporaries and they were excellent, his final crowns were also some of the best I have ever seen but as far as preps underneath, I can’t really speak about that because I never saw patients at that stage. |
| Adequate Preparation for Porcelain: NA |
| I know he uses state of the art techniques and I think he works with a very good lab but I can’t tell you very much about that. |
| Preparation Design: 10 |
| Yes, we did a number of mouth rehabilitation cases together that involves quite a bit of collusal consideration and his design and planning on that was superb. |
| Lab Communication: NA |
| Have you seen x-rays of Dr. Rota work? |
| Yes, His X-Rays are top quality, very readable and I had no problems with using his X-Rays at all. |
| Tell me as much as you can about Dr. Rota. As his mentor, we value your opinion. |
| Well, OK, as I mentioned I had a professional relationship with him for 28 years in Colorado Springs, I was a dental specialist in the field of periodontics and I worked with a number of patients with him and saw him socially and I also referred patients to his office. The feed back I received from patients was excellent, they were very pleased with his work and from professional point of view I was very pleased with his work. |
| Should you or your family need a dentist in his area, would you go to Dr. Rota? |
| Yes |
| What can Dr. Rota do to become even better? What would you recommend? |
| He takes a lot of post graduate educational courses, I think Dr Rota is at the top of his field right now and there is always room for improvements for all of us but I can’t think of anything right off the top of my head to recommend to him. |
| By Mentor : Dr. Nate Reynolds |
| Have you instructed Dr. Rota in a hands-on program or did you instruct him in an academic training course? |
| I have not done any programs with him, I manage a professional liability program and Dr. Rota used to be one of our participants and that’s how I know him. |
| Have you seen Dr. Rota's work first hand? |
| No |
| Impressions: NA |
| Preparation Margins: NA |
| Preparation Walls: NA |
| Adequate Preparation for Porcelain: NA |
| Preparation Design: NA |
| Lab Communication: NA |
| Have you seen x-rays of Dr. Rota work? |
| No |
| Tell me as much as you can about Dr. Rota. As his mentor, we value your opinion. |
| No |
| Should you or your family need a dentist in his area, would you go to Dr. Rota? |
| Well, I live so far away but if we lived near his practice, he would be one of the doctors that I would go to. |
| What can Dr. Rota do to become even better? What would you recommend? |
| I can't think of anything. |
| By Mentor : Dr. Bill Blatchford |
| Have you instructed Dr. Rota in a hands-on program or did you instruct him in an academic training course? |
| I’ve known Joe for about 12 years, I am a dentist and a dental business coach and I’ve done this for about 20 years, I have trained a lot of dentists and I have been to Dr Rota’s office on couple of occasions. |
| Have you seen Dr. Rota's work first hand? |
| Yes |
| Impressions: 10 |
| Preparation Margins: 10 |
| Preparation Walls: 10 |
| Adequate Preparation for Porcelain: 10 |
| Preparation Design: 10 |
| Lab Communication: NA |
| I don't know. |
| Have you seen x-rays of Dr. Rota work? |
| Yes, they are all 10's |
| Tell me as much as you can about Dr. Rota. As his mentor, we value your opinion. |
| He is the ultimate student, always pushes himself to excel and it’s not just his dentistry, it’s a life style. |
| Should you or your family need a dentist in his area, would you go to Dr. Rota? |
| Yes, I would go there if I would be near his area, probably would have travelled there from where I live. |
| What can Dr. Rota do to become even better? What would you recommend? |
| Nothing that I can think of as of now. But he needs to keep up the level of dedication that he has. He has achieved a level knowledge in dentistry that only a few dentists have been able to reach. I wish him all the luck. |
| By Patient: Lance Secretan |
| What did you have done? |
| I had full mouth restoration done. |
| Can you tell me more about your story, why you chose Dr. Rota, and if there is anything about him that is noteworthy? |
| He has an outstanding reputation, and although he is nearly three hours away from where I live, I wanted him to do this work. He also knows the very best specialists – for example, I had excellent work done by another dental specialist who inserted rebuilt bone in my jaw and later inserted a post to receive an implant. |
| Overall Experience: 10 |
| Professionalism of Dentist: 10 |
| Level of Care: 10 |
| Chair-side Manner: 10 |
| Quality : 10 |
| Esthetic and happiness with results: 10 |
| Patient Comfort: 10 |
| Staff: 10 |
| Dentist's Knowledge: 10 |
| Friendliness of the Dentist and Approachability: 10 |
| Comfort of Bite: 10 |
| Smoothness of the Restorations: 10 |
| This needed some tweaking but after the initial adjustment, it was perfect. |
| Ease of Flossing: 10 |
| Treatment Planning: 10 |
| Would you recommend Dr. Rota? |
| Absolutely to anyone who needed regular dental work, cosmetic dentistry, a restoration or advice. |
| Who would you recommend to Dr. Rota? |
| Anyone. |
| What would you recommend to Dr. Rota so that he can be more efficient at what he does? |
| Nothing – he is an excellent professional. |
| Patient's Comments: |
| He is a great dentist and should be recognized in your Top 3 Dentists. |
| By Patient: Richard Lary |
| What did you have done? |
| I have been a patient of Dr. Rota for 30 years, and have had numerous fillings, new crowns, and replacement crowns installed by him. |
| Can you tell me more about your story, why you chose Dr. Rota, and if there is anything about him that is noteworthy? |
| Initially I chose him because we had similar backgrounds (I’m from NYC and suburban Boston, he’s from Boston). What kept me coming back was the quality of the dental work, the care and pride that he took in the physical and cosmetic aspects of it, and the continuing upgrading of his dental technologies. |
| Overall Experience: 10 |
| Professionalism of Dentist: 10 |
| Level of Care: 10 |
| Chair-side Manner: 10 |
| Quality : 10 |
| Esthetic and happiness with results: 10 |
| Patient Comfort: 10 |
| Staff: 10 |
| Dentist's Knowledge: 10 |
| Friendliness of the Dentist and Approachability: 10 |
| Comfort of Bite: 10 |
| Smoothness of the Restorations: 10 |
| Ease of Flossing: 10 |
| Treatment Planning: 10 |
| Would you recommend Dr. Rota? |
| Definitely |
| Who would you recommend to Dr. Rota? |
| Any adult (I don’t know how he is with children). I have friends that live mainly in California but have a second home in Colorado Springs, and they now use Dr Rota and schedule some of their trips to Colorado Springs around dental appointments. |
| What would you recommend to Dr. Rota so that he can be more efficient at what he does? |
| From my point of view, he is as efficient as he needs to be (I never wait long for an appointment, work is generally completed in a single visit); I don’t know enough about dentistry to comment on how he might better run his dental business. |
| Patient's Comments: |
| No Comments. |
| By Patient: Ellen Lary |
| What did you have done? |
| I had a full mouth restoration done. |
| Can you tell me more about your story, why you chose Dr. Rota, and if there is anything about him that is noteworthy? |
| Well, we’ve been going to him on and off for years, about 20 years or so. I don’t really remember whether he was recommended by someone or what. Noteworthy things for me is that he keeps up with the modern technology and techniques all the time. |
| Overall Experience: 9 |
| Professionalism of Dentist: 10 |
| Level of Care: 9 |
| Chair-side Manner: 9 |
| Quality : 10 |
| Esthetic and happiness with results: 10 |
| Patient Comfort: 9 |
| Staff: 10 |
| Dentist's Knowledge: 10 |
| Friendliness of the Dentist and Approachability: 10 |
| Comfort of Bite: 10 |
| Smoothness of the Restorations: 10 |
| Ease of Flossing: 10 |
| Treatment Planning: 10 |
| Would you recommend Dr. Rota? |
| Yes, absolutely. |
| Who would you recommend to Dr. Rota? |
| Everybody. |
| What would you recommend to Dr. Rota so that he can be more efficient at what he does? |
| I cant think of anything. |
| Patient's Comments: |
| He certainly is one of the top3dentists in his area. |
| By Patient: Renee Cavalli |
| What did you have done? |
| I had full mouth reconstruction done, I had all my old amalgam and mercury filllings removed and then he also increased and opened my bite. |
| Can you tell me more about your story, why you chose Dr. Rota, and if there is anything about him that is noteworthy? |
| I chose him because I was referred by a Doctor up in Denver (he is not a dentist though). But there is a certain way that I wanted to have my amalgam mercury filings removed. Anyways when I talked to Dr Rota and asked him if he would follow these protocols, he answered yes. When I met with him, he listened to me, he listened to what I wanted and worked with me and he is just great, I just think so much of him. |
| Overall Experience: 10 |
| Professionalism of Dentist: 10 |
| Level of Care: 10 |
| Chair-side Manner: 10 |
| Quality : 10 |
| Esthetic and happiness with results: 10 |
| Patient Comfort: 10 |
| Staff: 10 |
| Dentist's Knowledge: 10 |
| Friendliness of the Dentist and Approachability: 10 |
| Comfort of Bite: 10 |
| Smoothness of the Restorations: 10 |
| Ease of Flossing: 10 |
| Treatment Planning: 10 |
| Would you recommend Dr. Rota? |
| Yes |
| Who would you recommend to Dr. Rota? |
| Well I recommended my husband Tom. He also had a full mouth reconstruction done. |
| What would you recommend to Dr. Rota so that he can be more efficient at what he does? |
| I dont know honestly. |
| Patient's Comments: |
| I strongly recommend his inclusion as one of the top 3 dentists in Colorado Springs. |
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Dr. Joseph Rota’s Practice
• General Dentistry 20%
• Cosmetic Dentistry 40%
• Full Mouth Reconstruction 30%
• TMJ Therapy 10%
Comforts in Dr. Joseph Rota's Office As Told By Patients
• Massage Chair
• Hand Waxing
• Living Room Setting with Fireplace in the Reception Area
• Coffee and Juice Bar
• Warm Blankets
• In office Chair-Side Movies
• Sleep Sedation
Dr. Joseph Rota's Credentials
• BA: Lawrence University, Magna Cum Laude
• DMD: Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
• Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry
• Diplomate, Academy of Pain management
• Fellow, Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain
• American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
• American Dental Association
• Colorado Dental Association
• Colorado Springs Dental Society
• Sustaining Member, American Academy
• of Cosmetic Dentistry
• Academy of Computerized Dentistry of North Americ
• LVI Graduate
• Completed CORE I: Advanced Functional
• Completed CORE III: Advanced Adhesive Aesthetic Dentistry
• Completed Core IV: CORE IV: Advanced Restorative and Occlusal Principles
• Completed CORE V: Comprehensive Aesthetic Reconstruction
• Completed Core VI: Coronoplasty and Case Finishing
• Completed CORE VII: Full Mouth Reconstruction
• Completed K7 Training
• LVI Update Core VII
Dr. Joseph Rota's Quotes
Even though I have more than 30 years of experience as a dentist, I still value continued education and staying on top of my field. Dentistry has transformed into a highly sophisticated and technologically innovative field. The benefits of high tech dentistry are astounding and continue to improve the quality of life for our patients. I enjoy being on the leading edge of this new age of dental care.
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