My teenagers have been receiving their dental care from Dr Whittemore since their first visit as…read moretoddlers. The staff are friendly and take time to explain the purpose of the visit and the dentist meets with you personally afterward to review findings and recommendations. The waiting room doesn't have a TV but there are magazines and toys for little ones in a play corner. The office seems to run on schedule and gets patients in and out quickly.

Im writing this review to simply be a guiding light to other parents that are in a similar…read moresituation we were in with our 2 year old son. Unfortunately my son's 4 front teeth decayed. We brought him in to Dr. Whittemore, who was great and applied a treatment onto his teeth to arrest the decaying process. This treatment was only a temporary fix. As we knew his decay would eventually cause infection. So, time was definitely of the essence. This is where things got tricky, months later. We had an O. R. Appointment scheduled for surgery with dr whitmore to remove or put caps on his teeth (if the decay hadnt gone to his roots). Unfortunately i didnt answer my phone a couple times they called (my son had pneumonia in the hospital) and our spot was given to another child who needed an OR surgery. Basically; the only other OR surgery availability that Dr whitmore had was in February of 2022. This was way too far out and we didnt have that time so Dr Whittemore was extremely adamant on pulling out his four teeth IN his dentist office only using novacane. They were going to wrap him up in a "burrito" and pull the four teeth out. This sounded traumatic and i was very hesitant but yet everyone in that office was pressuring me to QUICKLY get this done. I definitely appreciated DrWhittemore's push to prevent infection. But In the back of my head, i kept asking myself "why cant he just call around to other dentists he knew that DID have OR time." Especially in our case when our appt was given to someone else.. I figured that was my job. And accepted that. Obviously dr whitmore pulls a lot of teeth and he felt our son could of handled this process. But i felt it was too much, and luckily, i spoke to a relative anesthesiologist about this in office event and he strongly advised against it bec novacane was painful in itself and it was just too traumatic for four teeth. It was better to do it in a hospital. So my relative gave me the name of a pediatric dentist who frequents the Hospital he works at often. Called and met this dentist, who said he believed we did have a little time (it wasnt as urgent as Whitmore's opinion). We got an appt in the OR for October. What's bothersome to me, is when we called to tell Whittemore's office that we were not going to go through with the in office pulling of teeth, they said they were worried about our son and they wanted to refer us to (the same dentist we just made an appt with!!!). Their concern was way too late. Again, They were wanting to pull my sons teeth out a long while before this call. They never even offered "maybe this dental place can do it". Again, I had been stalling with whitmores office bec it didnt feel right to me. So their concern felt upsetting. The best thing about this story and the thing i want to emphasize is that my son's roots werent decayed at all. This dentist was able to give my son caps. So he didnt have to be front of mouth toothless for the next 6 years of his life. This wouldnt of been possible had Dr. Whitmore simply pulled them out in his office. I also want to mention that in-office sedation can be dangerous too. Dr whitmore never offered that, but many dentists do. So, moral to the story- if it doesnt feel right to you, dont do it and look around. Thank god my relative helped get me this appt with this dentist.

I have been seeing Dr. Cowherd for many years now and would never go anywhere else for my dental…read morecare. Dr. Cowherd and his team are always incredibly kind, patient, and excellent at what they do. I have some anxiety about dental work from past experiences elsewhere and the team here always goes above and beyond to make sure that I am as comfortable as possible. I highly recommend Dr. Cowherd and Walnut Creek, especially if you are someone who gets nervous about going to the dentist!

I changed dentists to some place closer to my house. I landed here based off reviews on Google…read more After going there, I understand why Dr. Cowherd has 5 star reviews. It's a quaint office in the back of the office park. Everyone I interacted with was extremely nice. My hygienist, Renee, was amazing. She explained everything she was doing and educated me so I fully understood. I thought my last place was great, and it is, but this is next level. When we came across some opportunity spots, I was encouraged by being advised how I can remedy the situation. Dr. Cowherd is great. Very warm, personable, and inviting. Both he & my hygienist reviewed my history fully and they had me review it one last time to ensure everything was captured correctly. This is a family establishment and I am looking forward to taking my daughter to her first appointment next week.

He was my dentist since I was a little girl here in Des Moines and now my little girl is getting to…read moreenjoy the same dentist her mommy had! How cool is that? He also happens to be pretty good at what he does!

40 years old and every dental appointment through my mid 30s I was told no cavities and that my…read moreteeth were super clean! Then a few years ago I went in for a cleaning and the doctor berated me for my vegan diet, told me to come back in a couple weeks because for evaluation of a potential root canal something he should've known that day. He guilted me and made me very scared. I decided to do research and had read on healing cavities naturally, and gave it all I had to attempt to remineralize myself. Then in the past week I had an abscess start on one tooth and another tooth chip. My perfect teeth down the drain. I was emotional. I thought for sure I was going to need to have dentures. I'm still single and never married, so my possibility of finding a man who would accept my dentures was going to be out the door. I have had one skeleton in the closet that no one other than me knew about. My teeth look beautifully white when I smile, but inside my mouth they have been more than an embarrassing mess. I was praying and praying the Lord would heal them so that nobody would ever have to see how disgusting they were. So when I arrived and learned that I only needed a root canal and essentially a partial prosthetic tooth my fears of dentures were resolved. But a root canal? Doesn't that mean they pull my tooth from the root and that will cause some major pain? Dr. Johnson explained exactly what it was to me but I knew it was going to require an anesthetic. The last time I had one of those shots I couldn't help but let out a scream. Medicine has changed so much that there are now topical numbing agents that make it so you barely feel the needle. At the end of the day there was no pain. I'm passing through Iowa on my way home from several months of travel. Dr. Johnson made every accommodation possible to get me moving along. He didn't judge my chosen vegan and alternative natural lifestyle and was willing to work with me on other options. I think that's what we all want. Someone who gives us their professional opinion then gives us the freedom to make our own decision. Those decisions may turn into poor choices but at least all of the information was laid out on the table. Thanks to Dr. Johnson there is hope for me! I might not have to die all alone after all!

They charged me $45 for a missed appointment. They said it was for sanitizing the room. $45? I…read morecan see maybe $5. Wouldn't me missing my appointment save them $45 from having to do it for the next patient anyway? The oral hygenist was good, but I got a different dentist each time. The billing was alyways off so it just seemed very unorganized. And the $45 is just annoying. I will not be going back.

The last time I came here I was in 4th grade, and now I'm in college, and my new dentist is still…read morefixing work that they couldn't do here. This is not a space for kids to feel safe at all as a kid coming in this dentist office, they would frequently tell me to just hold still when I verbally told them I was in excruciating pain. Everything about this office is nasty, they have a waiting room with so many people giving out sicknesses. The rooms are nasty and filthy, they have a very low grade equipment. Whatever you do, do not bring anyone you care about here. These dentists do not care about your health, they explicitly care about their paycheck and that's it.

just like that rude carless, thought less oral surgeon (ha)…read morethat turned her nose up at a special needs child she does the same to less fortunate people that have cheap dental care like Medicaid. So therefore she thinks she can treat you like dirt. that poor special needs baby probably had Medicaid. I swear I will never let that oral surgeon/dentist (Ha!) see the inside of my mouth again. And I'm talking about the one in Little Rock.