Dr. Mario S. Lucca
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185 Dartmouth Street , Suite 403
Boston, MA, United States
02116
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Dr. Mario S. Lucca's Credentials
Accepting New Patients
Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients
Biography
Dr. Mario Lucca is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon practicing dentistry in Massachusetts since 2002. Dr. Lucca has extensive training and experience in advanced surgical procedures with special interest and emphasis in office-based ambulatory anesthesia, dental implants, as well as, minimally invasive wisdom tooth management and oral bone grafting procedures. Dr. Lucca received his D.M.D. from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2002. After completing a post-graduate internship in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in 2003, he was appointed a clinical faculty position at Tufts University. He provided private practice general dentistry in the greater Boston area for 3 years prior beginning a traditional 48 month Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical residency in 2006. Dr. Lucca received his certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2010. His general surgery and anesthesia training was completed locally with rotations at Tufts Medical Center, Winchester Hospital and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. He received the Dr. Kenneth M. Stern Endowed Scholarship Award for clinical excellence and high ethical standards in 2010. Dr. Lucca has made multiple literary contributions with publications in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society. In addition he’s been an honored lecturer at multiple professional seminars and meetings. Dr. Lucca is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Association, the Massachusetts Dental Society, the Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Society of Anesthesia, and has been nominated by his peers to Boston Magazine's Top Dentists honors multiple times. Dr. Lucca achieved Diplomate status with the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 2012. Dr. Lucca has held clinical and staff appointments at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, North Shore Medical Center, Union Hospital and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.
Languages
- English
Education
- Tufts University (Grad. 2002)
Other Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- General anesthesia
- Impacted wisdom teeth
- Oral cancer screening
- Dental implant surgery
- Wisdom tooth extraction
Awards & Recognitions
- 2010 Dr. Kenneth M. Stern Endowed Scholarship Award for clinical excellence and high ethical standards
Publications & Research
- Journal of Massachusetts Dental Society: Clinician’s Corner: A Clinical-Pathological Correlation: Synovial Chondromatosis Fall 2006 vol. 55:3:36-38
- Journal of Massachusetts Dental Society: Clinician’s Corner: A Clinical-Pathological Correlation: Pleomorphic Adenoma Spring 2010 vol. 59:1:34-37
- Journal of Massachusetts Dental Society: Clinician’s Corner: A Clinical-Pathological Correlation: Condyloma Acuminatum Summer 2003 vol. 52:2:44-45
- Journal of Massachusetts Dental Society: Clinician’s Corner: A Clinical-Pathological Correlation: Fibrous Dysplasia Spring 2006 vol. 54:4:48-50
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Ameloblastic Carcinoma of the Maxilla: A Report of Two Cases 68:2564-2569, 2010
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: A comparison of treatment responses associated with early versus late treatment of mandible fractures: a retrospective chart review and analysis 68:2484-2488, 2010
If you experience anxiety about going to the dentist, don’t go to Dr. Lucca. Unlike every other dentist I’ve ever been to, he is not equipped to deal with anxiety in patients. He cannot tolerate the sound of someone screaming. I am surprised that someone who can’t tolerate screaming sounds would choose a career that requires sticking needles in people’s mouths, especially considering that about half the population experiences some form of dental anxiety. The nurse also couldn’t tolerate screaming, or even yelping or saying ouch in reaction to pain. Whenever I feel pain, I react by making a loud noise. It’s an involuntary reflex, and it gets even worse when I am anxious. I am one of the many people who gets anxious at the dentist. Every single dentist that I have ever been to has been very helpful surrounding my anxiety and has taken the time to do whatever it takes for me to be comfortable at the dentist, whether that involves letting me listen to music or getting a nurse to gently me down so that I won’t jump. I told Dr. Lucca that I can’t help screaming when I feel pain, and instead of telling me that I need to schedule another appointment and have general anesthesia, he told me that I just wasn’t the right fit for him, and told me to schedule an appointment with a different dentist. I have never had a dentist react that way before. The entire time I was there, both he and the nurse seemed to care more about their own comfort rather than mine. This would be bad manners in any industry, but it’s even worse at the dentist, a place that triggers anxiety in many people. I then called another dentist, explained the situation, and he recommended that I have general anesthesia for my procedure. If Dr. Lucca had said the same to me, I would have scheduled an appointment with him to have the procedure done with anesthesia. But after the callous way he treated me, I refused to give him any more money. The only positive thing that I have to say is that they fully reimbursed me for the amount that I had already paid, which some dentist offices would not do.
Submitted Dec. 30, 2021