Our five year old son had a temporary filling while we were on vacation in Vancouver, BC. On our second day of vacation he started to complain about tooth pain, we looked in his mouth and sure enough the temporary filling had fallen out. We called a number of dentists in Vancouver but none could see us with our American insurance. We offered to pay cash and they said they had a wait and couldn't see us right away. I started to search online for closest US city to Vancouver and found that Bellingham, WA was the closest largest city to the boarder. Next I turned to Yelp to find a pediatric dentist closest to Canada and Bellingham, WA, and I found Chad Galbraith, DDS. My husband called their on call doctor late at night, left a voicemail and she called us back right away. She asked that we call in the morning to make an appointment.
We called in the morning and they had a cancellation so they booked us for that same day. We made the 1:30 drive from Vancouver over to Bellingham. Once in the office the front desk was very nice and greeted us with a smile. They knew right away who we were. The lobby area is very nice, clean and welcoming, my son was put at ease right away. He played for a little as we filled out the forms and we were taken back very quickly.
OK, so now the story of why my son had a temp filling, he is scared of dentists and on his last visit he didn't let his dentist finish the work. So going in we knew this was going to be a very difficult doctor visit. Our son was seen by Dr. Galbraith (Dr. G) and right away he liked the doctor and the amazing staff. Dr. G is very sweet and great with kids. Our son did great with x-rays and the shots, but once it came time to do the filling he lost it. He was out of control and very hard to manage. During the entire time Dr. G and staff maintained their calm, explained all the options to us and worked so fast so that they can get the job done. I was so impressed by their level of expertise and calm with one of the hardest patients I'm sure they have ever worked on. We left the office with a new filling and can now enjoy the rest of our vacation. We are from bay area California and wish we had Dr. Galbraith closer to us, we loved him and his entire staff. We will forever be grateful. read more