I would give no stars if I could, angolkar was abrasive and rude his staff felt judgmental. Dental care is not only for patients with perfect teeth and expensive insurance. I left with my mouth bloody and felt absolutely awful. As a caregiver myself I've met a lot of health care professionals and this office was one of the least compassionate offices needless to say I would not recommend this business. read more

The best orthodontist and staff! Both of my daughters and now myself have been coming here for years started at the issaquah location and followed when they moved permanently to tukwilla n seattle. Great prices, payment plans, excellent service. Highly recommend!! read more

This practice is semi-okay. I have been a patient for about 3 years and through my experience it was not great. The receptionist are excellent and kind but the dental assistants and orthodontists are not. This place seems messy and out of sorts. The assistants always talk among themselves and act as if they know better than the patient. Some hurt my teeth and always ask for help. None of the orthodontists seem to practice any humility as they serve a huge immigrant population. They're arrogant and have a huge ego. I advise this practice to go through a extensive training on how to provide adequate care for their patients. Especially on cultural competency. P.S you are serving much of South Seattle and caring and serving for your patients should be a huge priority -- especially with diversity & inclusion. read more

My experience here hasn't been the greatest. When you walk in the receptionists are extremely sweet, they're the best part, everything else though, I can't say the same. There are multiple assistants, and some do great others not so great. What they all have in common is that they choose to talk to the other assistants around them instead of just working on their patients. I get it, you wanna talk, I'm fine with it if it doesn't make you take longer to do your job. I've even had someone who I assumed was new because this person would constantly look around instead of just taking off my wires or putting on bands. They kept hurting my mouth with the tools. And when I was about to leave already setting up another appointment, he comes running out and says he forgot do to something. Luckily I wasn't out the door yet, but that was not the greatest experience. The doctors there. Whoo. Let me tell you, they are some of the rudest people I've met. They treat you as if you don't understand anything and give you more attitude than a teenager. One of them had an accent, which is no problem, the real problem was adding the fact that he spoke extremely fast with the accent. So it was difficult for me to understand exactly what he was saying, so I asked if he could repeat it. Man, the look he gave me was just pure annoyance. He summed what he said into one sentence with annoyance seeping through his voice. The other doctor did not know what he was saying because as a teenager I did not constantly wear my rubber bands, but being the kid I was I told him that I wore it constantly and he said he could see that I did. Where? Did he just say that so he could go over to the next patient? I'm not sure. The next time when he asked, I answered truthfully this time and said, I don't wear it constantly, but I do wear it. I would usually have it off for 6 hours max because I constantly snack on food during school. He got mad and started lecturing me about how my teeth were gonna turn out horrible because I didn't wear them 24/7 and it would be my fault and not the company. Then he proceeded to tell me he could tell that I wasn't wearing them. That seems like a lie because earlier he said he could tell I was wearing them constantly when I wasn't. Hmm, maybe hire some people who treat people better and don't lie. But with this negativity I have had good experiences, assistant #2, very sweet girl! She took her time even when lunch had started and everybody left except her. Nice to know that some people take their work seriously. In the end if I had the chance to come here or go to another place, I would choose a different place. The overall experience was bad enough to not want to come back to a place with rude workers. read more

Horrible service. I schedule a invisalign consult, which they state they do per the website. I arrive 30-40 mins prior to my appt time, waited an additional 20 mins after for my turn. They didn't bother to take an xray of my teeth and deemed me a not worthy candidate for invisalign. The ortho states he take very minimal invisalign cases but gave me no other recommendation because no xrays were taken. Nor did the website. Wasted time and energy. read more

The staff was great but i can't say the same for Dr. Angolkar. The last time i came in, he seemed rude and apathetic so i decided to go somewhere else ‍ read more

Update: The owner Raj has replied, And trying to deflect and downplay the situation. 1)I got that molar pulled out years before I had braces. 2)He had never discussed with my mother the plan to not put braces on my molar teeth. And of course I walked out when I'm being treated with disrespect and talked down too. This place is a joke! read more

Ive been going to this clinic for about 5 years and the front desk and techs are all great. They have great customer service and friendly faces. I've had a pleasant time with almost every visit. I had an appointment to get my retainer replaced because I had lost my old one about a month prior. Nobody in the clinic informed me what the procedure was and that they were going to use the mold of my current teeth. My main complaint was that I felt my teeth shift and that I wanted the same retainer I had before. Once I received the new retainer I asked why I hadn't gotten my old one, the doctor then proceeded to poorly explain why I had gotten a retainer with the new shape of my teeth. The doctor told me "it looks better as it is" putting in his own opinion and stating that my teeth hadn't shifted that much afterwards contradicting himself and stating that my teeth had shifted too much for my old retainer. This honestly just sounded like an excuse. I was told after I had gotten my braces off that I ever lost my retainer, I would be able to come in and they would have my old mold still. If I had known beforehand that the retainer I was going to receive wasn't going to be the one I used to have I wouldn't have paid the $250. The experience was overall overwhelming and I would not recommend going there unless necessary. read more

So, I know I have a bad habit I smoke, but when I go to places I spray myself with Febreze. I took my daughter here and they were spraying Lysol around me and my daughter, saying now it doesn't smell bad. I will never be back. I have found someone better that doesn't discriminate against someone that smokes. I know my daughter doesn't smell like smoke because I smoke outside. If I could I would give him a 0. read more

Brought my son here for some much needed braces. This office was very kind and patient with the whole process of getting braces done. I was impressed I became a client and got braces too! I only wish I had them sooner. Although the beginning process was very painful for me since things weren't staying put, as many trips as I had to make back, the office and staff were very accommodating which I find very comforting. This place is both kid and adult friendly. I recommend and have recommended to everyone I know who are interested in braces. read more

I had my braces done by Dr. Angolkar @ the Tukwila office. He is the BEST in the business! He's been an orthodontist for longer than I've been alive! LOL The staff here is really nice. The gals that work at the front desk are very friendly/talkative :) & the dental assistants are very friendly as well. I would always look forward to my appointments because I enjoyed interacting with the staff. Bottom line I would recommend this place to anyone & everyone that needs orthodontic work, you will not be disappointed! read more

I was 13 or 14 when I first had braces. A little excited about what color bands etc, but no. I wore farm equipment for a year. Every bracket had a latch, not the colored, fun stuff my classmates had lol. So that was a letdown, but not as much as needing to argue with the Dr. about why every bracket was detaching from the glue. It isn't cheap and it p****d my parents off. What I wasn't able to remove myself, (my sister ripped every one off) another orthodontist removed and replaced it with the normal wear. The worst of it all. I am 30 years old (I started invisalign at maybe 23 just to keep them in place better) I don't have any enamel left on 2 molars of my bottom teeth (same ones, each side). I went through life with 24/7 nerve pain every time I eat because this Dr. literally sanded them down to where the rigid structure normal for teeth were to remain completely flat. A simple xray, which he already did, would indicate that the nerves were already really near the surface. So now I'm 30. My teeth aren't perfect but that's fine. I'm pretty happy and we are our own worst critics. Except for the 2 molars this idiot filed down to nothing. My bite was already pretty ok at that point. I was referred to an oral surgeon at ~28 for a root canal on one of those 2. I haven't been back to the dentist since. The opposite side is now the same. They are crumbling literally. ER visits for pain from the root being exposed and infected, Etc. I was quoted $~2,000.00 at the oral surgeon I had a referral for from my dentist. There is no way I'll fix it at that amount, My insurance will only pay to extract the tooth (now teeth) (unless it is a front tooth) so my only option is stocking up on knock-off Dentemp/Fixodent. I'm sorry to leave a bad review but with the amount of money spent over the years to have it all come back to one doctor in and 2 teeth is pretty hard to forget. I hope he has taken a larger step to listen to patients and parents, and do more diligent work. -Travis K. read more

I went here for to get my braces. They have a couple of locations and I think you can go to any office. The staff here are super nice and friendly. They're really welcoming and the orthodontists are nice but the dental assistants are the ones you really spend the time with since they do about everything else there, just like with any medical office. They work around any jaw or teeth problems and always tell you about what they're thinking of doing or are going to do. I would recommend this place in a heartbeat and everywhere I go, I ALWAYS get compliments not only on my smile, but how great my teeth are. read more

Great customer service!!! I love this place this much.. we are keeping it in the family.. he was my orthodontics also when I was little..

Went here for almost 3 years! Braces weren't too pleasant to wear for that long but the staff , and Doctor were & are amazing! So thankful for my straight, shiny teeth now. The process was worth it! Thankful for all the staff and great service provided! read more

I had braces for 5 years and one month, I've had them off for a few years now. Braces suck, no doubt about that but my teeth were horrible. The front desk staff is very welcoming and friendly every time I went for my appt. Dr. Angolkar himself is great as well. The reason I'm writing this 3 years later is the fact that the day I got my braces off has given me anxiety to even go to a dentists office. The Assistant in the back was drilling off some cement glue when the drill slipped and drilled a hole under my tongue. Therefore I ended up at the oral surgeons office to remove the rest of my braces. Not cool. I'm terrified of something happening like that again in any office. Also, I had rubber bands on during braces for so long that it has given me some major jaw problems. My jaw is dislocated, my midlines are COMPLETELY off. Orthodontists are supposed to align your bite to the best they can, it was obvious from pictures my jaw was completely fine and not bigger on one side before braces. I have a night guard thanks to my dentist, and my dentist who I have gone to for years now every time says "uh who was your orthodontist?" Dr. Angolkar and his team are very good at what they do however I am very self conscious to this day about my results and coming from having very bad teeth, i somewhat wish I went to a different orthodontist. Thank you for all the help you guys have done for me, and I hope it doesn't happen to anyone else. read more

I was about 10 minutes late because of traffic. It wasn't my fault I left 40 minutes before my appointment. I've had a super nice lady who rescheduled it for me before when my car broke down. But this time they said I probably wont be seen. When I got there all they did was remind me that I was late. I forgot to brush my teeth because I was in such a rush to leave my house to get to my appointment, they humiliated me by "teaching me how to brush my teeth" it really pissed me off. I'm not stupid I know how to brush them. I'm thinking about changing locations. Also I refuse to let Hannah touch my teeth again she's horribly rough with my mouth. read more

My parents always told me you get what you pay for. But, good grief...I didnt pay for that! The service was very dissapointing. Just because its cheap with no money down does not mean your going to get a good deal. I, and many other people I will find later that went to Dr. Raj Anglokar had to get treatment done by some other ortho because of dissapointing service can not recommend. However, if you are coming for minor crowding he woudl be okay. read more

I have had a pretty good experience with Angolkar. The price I'm paying for my adult braces is half the price I was quoted at Leon and Vaughn in the Madison Park area! A majority of the staff are genuinely friendly and professional. Scheduling appointments has also been painless and their reminder emails and texts are great! To better improve their services there should be more options for adult tongue thrusting patients, like a removable tongue crib. The bonded tongue crib they installed on me was a complete nightmare and I don't believe my concerns with my speech impairment and pain were taken as seriously as I would have liked. I also didn't appreciate the lack of full disclosure when I inquired about needing time off work to adjust to the crib and the level of speech inpairment. Besides that, I can't complain about the service I have received. I have and will continue to recommend Angolkar to friends and family. Thanks for all of your hard work! read more

ALL the staff were rude af.I got braces from them a while back and regret it not only for the half ass work but also for their nasty attitudes. I got rubber bands put in twice. The second time i had it wrapped around a more complicated way. I was having trouble doing it and the lovely lady who had her wedding picture as the desktop wallpaper on her computer had the audacity to act like this was out of the ordinary. Instead of showing me how to do it more then one or two times,she instead gave me the old rubber bands and to this day I still have a slight overbite. She was being a complete bitch about it as if i was in there for a hour and still not getting how to wrap it around my teeth. I was in there for what it felt like 5 minutes before she rushed me out. They are unprofessional to the point where its unbearable. The assistants were talking about personal things (that they should leave for i don't know maybe their lunch break or after work is over) while taking out my braces for the final time (i almost cried i was sooo happy) and this other lady who was an even bigger bitch then the first one was barely paying attention to my teeth. I mean the fact that i was happier that i was never going to have to see those miserable people again rather then being happy that my teeth were finally straight says it all. Every month my mom had to force me to go because i would get major anxiety. It was so bad that i couldn't even go to my last appointment. To end this i would like to say there is light at the end of this very dark tunnel for some of you guys. They loveee to give special treatment to a certain type of race! You can figure that out for yourself. read more

I don't normally take the time to write reviews, but I think I need to spare people the humiliation of going to this place. I have to give the reception stuff 10 stars (if it was possible), but when it comes to the orthodontist Dr. Raj V. Angolkar, he was ABSOLUTELY THE RUDEST person I have ever dealt with. He almost made my 12 year old daughter cry and when I told him very politely (there were witnesses that can attest to that) that I didn't appreciate the way he was treating us, he proceeded to say that he is VERY good at what he does and if I didn't like it I should find another orthodontist, then he simply walked away from the room. I also want to add that the dental assistant apologized for him and said that he is very blunt an the office gets a lot of complains from people saying he is very rude. Needles to say I will NEVER, EVER come back to this place again. He was totally unprofessional and plain RUDE with no sign of remorse. He has no people skills whatsoever. He never said sorry or anything. Simply told me to go somewhere else and walked away. read more