The first word that I think of is WOW! I had an appointment…read moreon Wednesday with my regular dentist, who told me I needed an emergency root canal. I called Advanced Root Canal Specialists, and they asked me how quickly I could get there--the dentist would wait. I was an hour away, and it was approximately 3:30 pm. I arrived around 4:40, which isn't too bad during rush hour. When I walked in, I felt like I was at a spa. The room was gorgeous, with a fireplace going for ambiance. (No heat was emitted, as it was 102° F outside). Two very kind and helpful ladies greeted me and offered me something to drink. I chose tea, since they had various types of calming tea. Afterall, I was getting a root canal, and no one likes going to the dentist. I waited about 10 minutes before I was taken back to a room. Tamara and Dr. Fakhari were amazing. I told them prior to beginning that I am not a fan of the Novocain needle. Tamara put dark sunglasses on me, due to the bright lights; gave me a weighted blanket; and offered me headphones to listen to music. All the while, Dr. Fakhari was giving me a needle that I felt, but in a gentle way. He spoke and joked with me while the Novocain took effect. Then, he gave me a second needle to numb the rest of my mouth. I realized it and said, "I see what you did there." He chuckled, "I didn't do anything," and then, smirked. It was the best experience I have had with the painful part of any dental procedure. Dr. Fakhari told me up front that I have a crack in my tooth, and he may not be able to save it. While it was not news I wanted to hear, I appreciated the transparency and honesty. After what seemed like a few minutes, Tamara took the headphones off of my ears. (I was on the fourth song of the playlist). I was waiting for the news that Dr. Fakhari couldn't save my tooth. Instead, he said, "All done. Not so bad." I couldn't believe it was over. He gave me care instructions, and I left--at 5:45 pm. Wow! I hope I don't need a root canal again in the future, but if I do, I will definitely be calling Dr. Fakhari.

There are exactly ZERO instances where you want to visit a root canal specialist but, if you find…read moreyourself in such a scenario, ARCS is where you should land. After being in pain all weekend, I made an emergency dentist appointment that resulted in a referral to ARCS. The office offered to call for me and I was told I could come right then. For context, my dentist appointment was at 3:20pm and roughly by 3:40pm I was headed to ARCS. The office is clean and the front desk staff were helpful and professional. I overheard one team member speaking to another patient in Spanish so it's nice to know the environment is accessible and inclusive in this regard as well. I was called back after a short wait and X-rays were taken. Dr. Fakhari then arrived to perform some tests (these suck but are necessary to confirm a root canal is the right treatment) but before the test began he spent time speaking with me and had, quite possibly, the most pleasant, patient, and caring demeanor of any endodontist I've ever met (yes, unfortunately I have seen down this road more than once). When I was weeping during the numbing process, the aide whose name I believe was Alyssa, kindly comforted me, provided tissues, etc. Dr. Fakhari also took things very slow and checked in often. They were both very reassuring. I don't think it's possible to enjoy anything about a root canal so the fact that every other aspect of the experience is positive (including noise canceling headphones, a blanket, and Spotify) means so much. I'd very much love to never need to visit ARCS again but I'm nonetheless very grateful for their immediate availability, kindness, and professionalism across the board.

Excellent care for two prior root canals done. Will always call on this dentist for any future…read moredental services he provides.

Dr. Waxman too very good care of my teeth while I was a patient…read moreduring the spring of 2012. It meant a lot to me to find a specialist who was so caring, efficient and had a great staff. As a young, single woman, the procedures that I had were expensive, even with insurance, and I was glad that his office offered to let me split payments and work out arrangements. I even wrote this glowing review of your office on Yelp: "...after visiting his office a total of five or six times for follow ups, I can say that it's one of the best. Dr. Waxman is very nice and very gentle and very willing to explain things and make sure that you are not in pain..." I held his office in high esteem and, before January 2014, would have said that Ms. Laura Gonzales was a big part of why his office works so well. Laura was the person I interacted with the most to schedule appointments, make payments and discuss bills. She was always professional and even friendly. Until Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, when I had a very unpleasant phone exchange with an obviously exasperated Gonzales. She was rude from the get-go, telling me that I needed to pay approximately $122 immediately. I wasn't aware that I had a remaining balance, since I'd already paid the office so much while the procedures were being done and sending a couple of checks after the fact. (Another reviewer that Yelp "didn't recommend" had a similar experience with this office.) Gonzales was short with me when I asked if I could settle the bill for less, since I had been out of work for months. (Other providers have been willing to do this.) She offered to take off $22. I tried to negotiate more, asking her if she would accept 50 percent of the balance, and she snapped, huffed, cut me off, raised her voice and did everything but call me names. In short, she was rude. Very rude. She was nasty. She belittled. She was snarky. She threatened to send the bill to collections when I tried to explain that I couldn't pay $100 immediately. I asked to speak to someone else and she refused. Eventually, she hung up in my face. I called back and again asked to speak to someone else and she spit out, "I don't know what else you expect me to say!" I'm sure Gonzales has worked for this office for a while and that she was normally competent at her job. Before that phone conversation, I would have said that she was an asset to your office. I don't know if Gonzales was having a bad day, or if something was going on outside of the office, but $100 should never make a person act as rudely to another person as she was to me that day. I'm not arguing that I didn't owe money, or that I shouldn't be expected to pay the money. (I settled the balance over the next 4 months.) I'm arguing that the manner in which the money was collected was unnecessarily harsh, rude and dehumanizing.

Beyond impressed! The team at Colesville Dentistry gave me a warm welcome when I switched to them…read more They took x-rays and were very thorough in explaining everything in the photos. At every point, they went the extra mile to ensure that I'm comfortable, addressed my concerns, and answered all of my questions. They went above and beyond in making me feel truly valued. The seasoned team at Colesville Dentistry took the time to examine the photos and made reasonable recommendations based on their review. They explained the purpose of each recommendation. No gimmicks. No sales pitch. Everything was reasonably priced. After my 1st visit, I just knew I made the right decision in switching to Colesville Dentistry. I especially enjoyed having a TV screen above the dental chair with beautiful scenes of Tropical islands to look at while they were working. I look forward to coming back for my regular checkup and will definitely recommend them to all my friends and family. Thank you Colesville Dentistry

Going 3 zip codes west of my home, I get to Cloverly, MD. 20905 zip code is Silver Spring mailing…read moreaddress, which the post office determined large swaths of land as "Silver Spring" even though Cloverly is far from Silver Spring itself. When I lived in Wheaton, which was a lot closer to downtown Silver Spring, I still always wrote/typed Wheaton, MD 20902. I had a dentist when I live in Wheaton that was less than a mile away, and she was good, and it's a hassle finding a new dentist. I moved to Russett in 2020, and I kept going all the way back to Wheaton for my dentist through 2023. My girlfriend recommended her dentist Colesville Dentistry, and she was right! I first arrived here in May 2024, then November 2024, & most recently May 2025. Wow, this dentist is top notch, blows the Wheaton dentist I had out of the water. The staff is friendly, efficiently gets you in. Dr. Chai, other dentists, & technicians have been friendly doing a great job with the cleanings as well as advise on better dental habits. Also, this is a state of the art dental office. When you are lying on the dental chair, there is a TV screen above you with high definition nature scenes which is peaceful when the dentist isn't exactly the most pleasant experience even with Colesville Dentistry being the best case scenario goes as far as the dentist goes. They have great technology with computer modeling of my teeth & more, which the prior dentist I had fell short. Although it's still not super close to my home, still easier than going to Wheaton and worth the drive. Overall, I highly recommend Colesville Dentistry.

I had a root canal done on 6/19/24. The procedure was done so well and with no pain. Thank you…read moreDr. Fein and Patricia (his assistant) for your excellent care. Will recommend you to everyone. Also, want to thank Theresa in the office for putting it all together. Whole staff was great. G Ganis

Though I had a root canal done in June, something went wrong so I had to get it redone. I chose to…read morecome to ARCS because of the great reviews online. They were able to get me in the very next morning! I was very nervous because my first RC was so unpleasant. Farzaneh, the assistant, was so friendly and gentle. Dr. Jureidini was so thorough - waiting to get records from my two previous dental offices (we'd just moved) and it couldn't have been a better experience. The attention to the patient, waiting for records so he could take the least invasive approach - was so comforting and honest.

Dr Lee and Tracy were an exceptional team for me today. I had a root canal retreatment and they…read moretook time to explain the procedure to me, listen to my concerns, give me time to ask questions. Dr Lee had the best pain management protocol I've ever experienced: no pain during or after the process. Tracy also went above and beyond to make me feel comfortable: from listening to me, to getting me a blanket to help me feel comfortable. They were incredibly professional and really kind at the same time.

I was referred to Dr. Gross for a root canal. The receptionist was polite and detailed with…read moreexplaining the procedure and the after care. Dr Gross was amazing! It took a while to get my tooth numb but she was very patient, she made me comfortable and explained every step of the process to me. I had a very good experience!

Dr Schneider is extremely professional. I was to referred to him by my dentist and he is fantastic…read more I was nervous and he took extra time to explain the procedure I would need and how he would go about completing the work. I can honestly say I was putting off the procedure because of how involved it was but I would have trusted no one else. If you want the best, this is him!!! Also I cannot finish without mentioning that the women that work here are pleasant and caring. They deal with people that don't really want to be in the office and they do a great job.

Bizarre behavior, boasted on and on and on about how talented he was, also very robotic and not…read morepersonable at all. I wasted a lot of money there, he took very expensive xrays but he had no idea why I had pain. Instead of offering suggestions, he got rude and obnoxious. Very poor diagnostic skills so I went somewhere else where they figured it out right away. Also the ladies at the desk were arrogant and dismissive. I would not advise that anyone goes here under any circumstance, I just cannot in good conscience recommend.

Very expensive services went else where for a fraction of the cost and was able to get seen soonerread more

People with chronic pain or pain disabilities should go elsewhere. I made an appointment for a root…read morecanal at Olney Endodontics because they have nitrous. I have fibromyalgia, and have lived with it for a long time. When I was young, I allowed dental professionals to badger me out of using nitrous for major dental procedures. Never again. I thought Olney Endodontics would be a safe place because they were equipped to offer appropriate pain management. Instead, the doctor responded with an incredulous vocal tone to my descriptions of very basic, very common aspects of fibromyalgia, stuff any layperson could have found out in five minutes and that every health care professional ought already to know. She asked me four times, with increasing incredulity, "But what do you believe nitrous will do for you?" And when I told her what it was like to experience a fibromyalgic flare-up, she replied, "So you need the nitrous for your anxiety?" It was the most old-school all-in-your-head dismissal, something I hadn't heard put so baldly in years. When I told her I was ready to walk out, she responded, "I treat my patients very well." Manifestly not true, because I had come in as a patient, and she had just treated me dismissively, repeatedly. There was one correct answer, which was an apology. There was exactly one correct response she could have made when called on her behavior: an apology. Instead she doubled down on her defensiveness, and then told me the problem was that I had come in a few minutes late, and they had not booked a long enough appointment booked my appointment so tightly that my being a few minutes late meant they could not use nitrous. That's inconvenient, but if they'd told me the truth about it in the first place, I'd have been fine with rescheduling. Instead, the doctor, as she basically admitted, had been trying to gaslight me into agreeing to do the root canal without the nitrous for the sake of her schedule. And here's the thing that is shocking, and yet which no person with chronic pain will find surprising: gaslighting a disabled patient into undergoing a substantial treatment without a needed accommodation, when the only reason that patient had come to her was because of the availability of that accommodation, was so normal to her that she could admit to it without embarrassment. Like, obviously, that's what a person in her position should do, right? Because she followed up that admission by repeating, "I treat my patients very well." Holding onto that belief was clearly important to her, which I guess is to her credit, but she had an opportunity to make that true by listening and changing her behavior, by attempting even a little bit, even belatedly, to make the choices she should have made in the first place. It's possible, I guess based on other reviews, that this practice might adequately meet the needs of non-disabled patients. I would urge anyone who has a disability to look elsewhere.

I highly recommend Dr. Jarboe. At first for the root canal I thought the price was high but I've…read morenever had it a root canal prior now I see the amount of work her and her team that she's very reasonable more importantly they know I don't like needles are going to the dentist her and her team baby me, kept me laughing and made the experience wonderful I will probably never go to another oral surgeon other than Dr. Jarboe so please don't retire

Best Endo in the area, her office is nothing less than superb. I have been to Dr Jarboe's office…read moretwice over the past 8 years, always received the utmost in professional care from all staff. I just wish that she offered general dentistry as well, I would actually enjoy going to the dentist again!

I am very happy with the treatment I received today. I walked in with terrible pain needing a root…read morecanal. They work really fast. I was was out in less than a hour and no longer in pain. I will still need to get a crown done at my dentist, but in comparison to my other root canals, I can safety say I wouldn't want to get another anywhere else.

Doctor Jin is so kind and competent. He performed two root canals on separate days, office was…read morevery efficient.

Dr M has very odd payment practice-getting you to pay a bunch of $$$ in advance. she did a very…read moreexpensive ct of the mouth..TWO of them. Had a root canal for pain she said she wasn't sure where it was coming from. Well two years later I've been having throbbing pain again in the same spot. My dentist today said it sounds like a problem and go back to dr M. I will not. I don't trust her. It sounds like a failed root canal. Very expensive mistake if you ask me. I'll be looking for a new endodontist

Referred by my longtime family dentist, I found Dr. M to be genuinely warm and welcoming, and very…read moreknowledgeable. Her staff were caring and ensured a "safe" environment during these difficult Covid times. Dr. M explained the situation carefully and in why she recommended what she did. I'm an old timer, a 'grayhead,' and wish that all doctors made me as feel as safe as Dr. Mirchandani.