Florida Orthodontic Institute: Leo Chin DMD, DDS, MS

Not respectful of time, over books to fill his pockets! Staff are rude about the masks. You should never have to wait 2 hours for a visit that literally takes 15 minutes in front of the doctor! Still waiting! So I may have to come back here and update actual wait time. They are saying she needs pics and people are walking around all over the office and no one can take her pics? What is this?

Very disappointed with this establishment. My sister has been going here for almost 2 years due to having to get braces. The staff is rude, her teeth haven't improved much, there have been several instances where brackets have come out of place or some other issue with the braces or retainers. Just this morning they scheduled her for an 8am appt and we showed up at 7:50am, yet they didn't open their doors until almost 8:15am.

When I asked the staff if they're supposed to open at 8am, all I got was a "yep". Very unprofessional. Do yourself or your child the favor and find better quality and care somewhere else!

The employees are very kind, especially the receptionist. This review does not reflect their work or professionalism. The Dr., however is awful. He has his appointments so overbooked that EVERY SINGLE time I go there, it's a two hour wait. After you wait for an hour or more he rushes through the consult and the work that he actually does on the patient.

If your child's bracket falls off, he doesn't replace it and if he does, he waits months to do so. If you have questions as a parent, he acts like you're an Inconvenience. Now, I've paid him in full and he doesn't want to fix 2 brackets that have been broken off for months. That should've been addressed months ago. He just wants me to sign another contract and pay more money.

Absolutely not, he didn't finish the first job I paid for. DO NOT go here! Save yourself the time and frustration. Dr. Chin is focused on quantity vs quality. Pitiful orthodontic work.

As someone who recently completed treatment with Dr. Chin, I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and want to thank Dr. Chin and his staff for always being accommodating and welcoming. Due to my hectic schedule, I was able to visit the Tampa, Plant City, and Lithia locations throughout the course of my treatment. Each visit I was welcomed by his staff and they kept me updated on fees/insurance coverage for my treatment.

Since I did not want to go through a second set of braces, Dr. Chin was able to develop a treatment plan to correct my teeth with a series of clear aligners and retainers. Each visit he would show me my initial visit photos, show me what has changed and explain the next step of treatment. I appreciate that Dr. Chin was honest about what he could accomplish and clear of what his treatment goals were. I would recommend Dr. Chin as an orthodontist to my family and friends. He truly cares about his patients and his community!

Florida orthodontic institute is the worst orthodontist office in Tampa. I do not recommend them. Dr. Chin is only concerned with making money and does not care about his patients. He has a high employee turnover, which means inexperienced assistants are working on your teeth. They frequently make mistakes and are slow. On top of that they overbook patients resulting in long wait times.

Every adjustment appointment is over an hour long. Dr. Chin cuts corners wherever he can in your treatment. Throughout my entire treatment he gave me expired elastics to use. He will not fix broken brackets. He also uses outdated technology resulting in longer treatment times. All of his offices are rundown and need serious updating. Dr. Chin does not answer any questions you have and completely dismisses your concerns.

He does not explain your treatment or progress. After over 2 years of treatment Dr. Chin attempted to remove my braces even though they were clearly not ready to be off. I still had a gap in my two front teeth, multiple teeth were rotated, my bottom teeth were more crowded then when I started treatment, and he left huge gaps next to my incisors that were too big to be fixed with bonding like he suggested.

I ended up having to switch to another orthodontist to finish my treatment. I lost time and money trusting Dr. Chin with my teeth please don't make the same mistakes I did. My entire experience with him has been a nightmare, I could go on but do not want to make this review excessively long. Lastly, he has a $75 amazon gift card raffle for anyone that leaves him a review. I would keep that in mind when looking at any 5-star reviews people leave him.

Amazing doctor, he knows exactly what he is doing. My daughter has been in treatment for a year now and basically all of her teeth are where they are supposed to be. Super fast process comparing to other Orthodontists around. My daughter is more than happy with the treatment.

The staff is very friendly. Dr. Chin is always very thorough, and does a great job. Eight years after having braces with them, I came in for a retainer consult, and they were all still just as awesome!

I've put both of my girls in braces at Dr. Chins office. They seriously OVERBOOK daily, making the wait time extremely long, plan an 1.5hours+ per visit before they even call your child for the first time. (They all have to be called twice, once to see the nurse so she can change wires, then they wait for the doctor to look at them) The office is filthy and rundown, they dont encourage good hygiene, and worst of all they basically STOLE a cash payment I made to them to pay off my daughters braces, they provided a receipt which they are now saying is invalid after saying at her last visit it was theirs, it doesn't matter that my mom was present when i made the payment, they are refusing to do anything, forcing us to REPAY $350 or they won't remove her braces.

Never in my life have I disliked a doctor more. I do NOT recommend this doctors office, my experience from start to finish has been one massive headache after another. Save your time, teeth and wallet and find a good doctor.