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3.6 (41 reviews)
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Cavity treatment

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Crown cleaning

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Dental implants

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Ashley W.

This place is a SCAM! Here is my experience and hopefully you will understand why you should avoid this place at all cost. I have many reasons to believe dr Whaili is committing fraud when it comes to diagnosing problems and charging for treatment. 1) He used a smart and subtle tactic to convince me that I had many cavities that needed fillings. While using a sort of X-ray machine, he told me that dark spots meant cavities that needed immediate treatment. There were several dark spots that even a person with a complete lack of expertise like me could detect. I am 35 and in my entire life I only had 2 cavities, and I am not exaggerating or joking. Dentists are always complimenting me for my teeth. I go for cleaning every 6 months and they never find cavities, ever. Again, 2 cavities in my entire life! So you can imagine how surprise I was when dr Wahili told me that this time I had 6 cavities! and yes, I could see the dark spots with my own eyes on the monitoring but still couldn't fully believe it. Anyhow, we scheduled an appointment for a cleaning first. 2)Turned out that I needed a deep cleaning. Ok, but again weird. I have been going for cleaning twice a year, and all my previous dentists never suggested deep cleaning. It happened only once, like 10 years ago or more when my dental hygiene wasn't as good as now. I decided to believe him and went in for the deep cleaning. It was weird. It lasted way less than what a normal deep cleaning should last, in fact he did all 4 quadrants in less than an hour. Even his own secretary made a surprised face when I told her that I had my entire mouth done at once. To make things even more unusual, after the procedure nothing was hurting at all, not even a little minimal pain. So either Dr Wahili is the best dentist ever or, he DIDN'T PERFORM WHAT HE SAID HE DID. of course, I am leaning for the second option. 3) Before making an appointment to do the fillings, I decided to go to a different dentist to check out my 6 cavities. Result? No cavities. Zero. None. I asked him to check again, same response. 4) now the $$$ part. Office secretary told me my plan didn't cover the deep cleaning, and made me pay about $200 right there and then. After a while I received a reimbursement from my insurance of about $40. Ok whatever. I thought that was it. I had been scammed by the dentist, whatever. Several months after I received a letter form the dentist stating that I owed them $400 for services that the insurance paid to me. What?!! Absolutely ridiculous!! This dentist office is clearly a scam! I contacted a lawyer and he suggested to go to the police, which I will do very soon. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PEOPLE.

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4 months ago

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4 months ago

Dr Wahedi and his staff are absolutely wonderful. I couldn't ask for a better dental office! I highly recommend them.

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2 years ago

For my first visit, I found the staff to be friendly & efficient. I'm looking forward to my next visit.

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2 years ago

I had a very good teeth cleaning by Hygienist and briefly saw Dr. Wahedi who's an awesome Dentist, I would strongly recommend a visit!

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3 years ago

I'm always nervous about Dental service but Design Dental makes it as good as it can get. Maybe more.

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3 years ago

Very happy to now have a Dental Hygienist on staff! Norma did a very thorough, gentle, professional job.

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3 years ago

Had an easy cleaning! Professional treatment and right on time. Would recommend to others.

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5 years ago

This dentist does the most complete exam with photos. I had a positive experience all around. 5 stars

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Jurina E. Smida, DDS

2.3(38 reviews)
0.8 mi

I was a patient of Ms. Smida when she had her practice in Petaluma at 4th & B. She was sketchy in…read morethe extreme. She did a "root planing" that took all of 20 minutes, did NOT plane at all - just roamed around in my mouth with a pick but charged my insurer for the planing. Then she did a root canal, she made the crown out of some extruded plastic goo that was hardened using UV light, looked pretty cheesey when she did it and sure enough it failed the next day. Was seeing her for 2 years and I gave some serious thought to filing complaints at the time but did not. It utterly destroyed my trust in dentists, I have literally not seen one since and that has been 13 years ago and have broken/missing teeth. This woman is a crook.

This is one of the worst dental offices I've been to. I went to Dr. Smida regarding wisdom teeth…read moreremoval. Despite the fact that my dentist sent all of my current x-rays, they took more and then did a cone beam x-ray. All Dr. Smida had to say was not to remove the wisdom teeth. She sent me a copy of the cone beam report and it stated I had a tooth with pulp resorption which needed to be removed. I called the office to find out if she would take it out and she no. When I called back again to ask how urgent this matter was, I was told the doctor was too busy and to book another appointment to discuss it. I also did an oligoscan which I highly recommend but not at this office. I had some serious irregularities which Dr. Smida said she would have to check with her tutor for a treatment plan. When I spoke to her on the phone, her recommendation was to take epson salt baths. I've spent months researching what I need to do and have found her response to be pathetic. They won't even print the report for you; they email it. But they only email 2 pages even though there are 3 pages. Since I saw the 3 pages in the office, I told them I want the 3rd page which I did eventually get. This office may do the scan, but they sure don't know how to offer a treatment plan to fix the problems. I spent just over a $1,000 - what a waste of money!

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John W. Sinclair, DDS

4.9(27 reviews)
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My only sadness is that it turns out Dr. Sinclair is not in my insurance network so I won't be able…read moreto afford coming there in the immediate future, but I am happy to pay the out of pocket cost for the exam I received from this office recently. The dentist and staff were friendly, well educated, and thorough. Having moved around a lot, I have become very skeptical of most dentists. I have been screwed around by a lot of dentists who see me as a new patient, see the fillings I've had since childhood and think they can take advantage of me and my insurance from the get-go. From being told at a prior dental office that I have 9 cavities, 3 of which are "critical" to take care of right away (and then at the next office being told I have no cavities at all), to being told that a crown that was placed less than a year prior needed to be replaced (!!!out of pocket again, I think not!!!), I have lost trust in most dental offices. Red flags I've noticed in other dental facility reviews include "the office has the most up to date equipment and the staff explain financing options in a very friendly way", in nearly every single review, that suggests to me that it is rare for someone to go in for a cleaning and leave without an appointment for some expensive work to be done that surely pays for their 'most up to date equipment'. That all being said, I was initially drawn to Dr. Sinclair by having many lifetime patients noted in the reviews and no evidence for upselling his patients. My visit to this office was the only time in my adult life when I've actually been told I am taking great care of my teeth! Thank you Dr. Sinclair. Keep up the great work, we need more dentists like you!

Both my 85 year old father and I are patients of Dr. Sinclair. He is an amazing dentist. He is also…read morekind, considerate and responsive. My father has a lot of problems and these include emergency situations , especially for him. Dr. Sinclair listens to him. He cares a lot about people. He makes us all feel important. He respects his patients. I have no love for dental work. But, he has taken a lot of my fear away, too. I highly recommend his practice.

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