Torrey Pines Dental Arts ("TPDA") is 10/10…read more Dr. Michael Saade and Dr. Kelly Terranova are two of the best in the business. They're honest, ethical and look out for your best interests. Their Hygienists and Staff are also top notch. Highly skilled, professional, personable and caring. Delilah was my Hygienist today -- really appreciated her skill, humor and recommendations along with Dr. Saade's. Kudos to TPDA. Not all heroes wear capes!

I am overcoming my fear of the dentist thanks to Torrey Pines Dental Arts!…read more My wife has been a patient here for years and she finally convinced me to come meet the staff and schedule my first appointment. She got great care from Dr. Saade and Ayah so I booked for the following week. The receptionists were kind and informative. They made me feel good about coming back too. Dr. Terranova and Patricia made my initial appointment welcoming and gentle. They were accommodating of me. This clinic creates a safety and calm that I had not experienced at previous dentists. I came back a week later for Dr. Terranova, Rich, and Delilah to take care of a bunch of work I needed done (fillings, crown replacement, deep cleaning). Then today, I got the other side of fillings done and also Max did my deep cleaning. Dr. Terranovaa is great at talking through everything calmly. She checks in throughout and remembers you're a person in the chair, not just teeth. I really appreciated being talked through parts that might pinch, vibrate, feel pressure, etc. They're clearly a busy clinic but I never felt she was rushing or annoyed. I really think this is a great place to go especially if you have fear or uncertainty about the dentist. I also would recommend Max if you're nervous about deep cleanings. I asked them to put him as my preferred hygienist, along with Ayah since she was great with my wife. Delilah did a fine job but everyone has different preferences and I just felt better with Max's approach. He explained everything, told me when I could close my mouth. provided a diagram marked with where I can't floss for 10 days due to antibiotics, provided verbal encouragement, and was also skillful at the injections needed to prep for my fillings after the cleaning). The dentist is not cheap but I felt I got my money's worth with all the attention and time taken. Parking is easy early in the morning, although it does cost money.

Best experience ever! Dr. Nick was phenomenal, caring, gentle kind, highly skilled, and was able to…read morereplace a difficult filling without resorting to a crown. I have a very small jaw which dislocates easily. I would recommend him to everybody! 5 stars

2 years POST-TREATMENT we are beyond grateful and thrilled with the outcome of Renee's gorgeous…read moresmile. THANK You to Dr. Nick and his wonderful staff! The difference in her confidence and every aspect of her life is beyond comprehension! She is now in commercials, pageants, modeling, acting, and will even be starring in a 2026 feature film! This is all because of her endless personality and her BEAUTIFUL SMILE. She is changing the reality of Inclusion! You simply cannot put a price on what has happened to her in 2 short years.

Front desk is definitely not on the friendly side, I was tricked that my visit will be fully…read morecovered by insurance but it turned out that I still had to pay a significant portion when I was there for the appointment. The care felt professional, but the experience overall felt more capitalistic than a care provider would be expected to be... I guess it's just me being naive

Front desk staff was attentive and proactive in getting me a consultation early the next day…read more Christine was comforting as I was somewhat anxious. I was promptly seen and evaluated and treated. Best dental experience ever and was needing urgent care. Ahhh no more pain! Thanks to all. A grateful patient! J.P.

Very deceptive billing. After consultation and signed payment agreement confirmed on same operation…read moreday, PearlMax collected our Patient Portion payment in full, then sent an inflated bill to our insurance and received Insurance Coverage payment more than estimated amount in the agreement. Even though they already received payments more than in the signed agreement, 9 months later they are still trying to overcharge us, and threatening us with collection harassment. We're filing conplaints with the Dental Board of California, BBB, ...

It's hard to overstate how great this office is. You're never in a good place when you need oral…read moresurgery, but Dr. Trujillo and his top-notch staff provide compassionate and expert care, end-to-end. The doctor takes the time to both explain and illustrate, and in the most kind and caring manner. The office staff are total pros. This is honestly the only oral surgeon you will ever want or need. I'm so glad I found them.

Dr. Yu and his staff are amazing. From the first phone call, I could tell that people in this…read moreoffice cared. I had not been to a dentist for over 40 years (please no judgments), and I thought I would need extensive peridental work. Dr. Yu started by saying that we needed to get aquainted since we had never met. He asked simple questions and assured me that most people's fears are far worse than the reality. The exam was gentle and Dr. Yu constantly reassured me that all was going well. He was thorough and explained each step. He took his time and did not rush. (At this point, I will say that you will probably wait past your appointment time, but when you are seen, you will receive all the time necessary.) As it turned out, I needed no peridental work. Dr. Yu and his staff recommended another dentist to do the root canal I would need since he did not specialize in that type of dentistry. I highly recommend Dr Yu.

Very professional, kind, and meticulous. I am sure I will comeback to see him often. Highly…read morerecommend this doctor.

Highly recommend. After a complimentary consult that I originally meant to entertain for the…read morepossibility of veneers (perfectly good teeth I thought but smile is less than ideal) I am blown away at how THOROUGH and caring Jennifer and Dr. Kiyam have been. Because they use the best possible equipment in dentistry, they have optics on whats going on in my mouth that my traditional dentist apparently doesn't. Through this comprehensive consult, they discovered a pretty big abscess/infection in the back right of my bottom jaw through a CT scan in a tooth that apparently doesn't have any nerve pain currently. (I would never have known! Not even my dentist saw this with traditional x-rays. What the heck!!??) Jennifer and I discussed a treatment plan to address ALL concerns and I just realized, through her help, that the incredibly severe Trigeminal neuralgia (facial nerve) pain that had me in tears a few years ago over the course of 3 months that NO DENTIST or root canal specialist could explain and that disappeared just as fast as it appeared. It was highly likely related to the abscess that they discovered last week because of the specialized equipment and overall focus they have on addressing issues from many angles. My body was crying out for help 3 yrs ago after God knows how many years of that infection being there and no one could explain except for this practice. I want to cry. So grateful to now make it all make sense. Highly recommend their expertise! They truly are "comprehensive."

Update: Only months after my work with Dr. Kiyan I've had to…read morehave all of my teeth redone. The trauma that I've been through caused by this man is devastating. I'm so grateful to my new doctor and his team. He charged me half what Kiyan did to do the same work but so much better. It really speaks to how imperative it is to choose the right person for the job. Dr. Kiyan was a horrible mistake I hope nobody else makes.

As a small business owner, I genuinely dislike leaving negative reviews -- I understand how much…read morethey matter. But my experience was so unacceptable that I feel obligated to warn others. I was referred to Dr. Evans specifically because he is a biological dentist who specializes in ceramic implants. I scheduled my appointment about a month in advance. Before my visit, I proactively sent my existing 3D scan to the office via file transfer so I wouldn't need to be re-exposed to X-rays. I called to confirm receipt -- and they confirmed they had it. When I arrived for my 2:00 PM appointment, the front desk told me I would need a new 3D scan. I explained I had already sent mine over. They acted as if they had no record of it -- until they suddenly confirmed they did have it. Fifteen minutes later, they reversed again, claiming they couldn't open the files. I knew this wasn't a file issue, since every other office I'd sent the same files to had opened them without any problem. Eventually a second staff member was brought over, and after another 15 minutes, the files were opened. After more waiting, a staff member came to take me back -- straight to the X-ray machine -- and asked me to remove my earrings for a 3D scan. When I questioned it, she left, returned, and confirmed they did have my scan. I was sent back to the lobby. I was then brought to another room where staff asked me the exact same intake questions that no fewer than five different people had already asked me. It was now 2:45 PM, and I had not yet seen the doctor. They also made sure to charge me for the appointment before any services were rendered. At 2:55 PM -- nearly an hour after my appointment time -- I informed the front desk I needed to leave to pick up my child at 3:00. Only then did anyone rush to get the doctor. Dr. Evans came in at 2:57 PM, provided no information, answered none of my questions, and concluded the appointment at exactly 3:00. That was a complete waste of my time and money. The office is disorganized, the communication between staff is nonexistent, and there is zero respect for patients' time. You are the paying customer -- and they will make you wait an hour without acknowledgment or apology. I would not recommend this office to anyone.

Dr Evans was amazing start to finish. Truth be told you don't want to be here unless the dental…read moreroad has led you here. I appreciated his candid but informative approach. I will say I initially had a hard time getting ahold of a front desk person when I was originally trying to set up the consult but i'm glad I got in.

4 stars for now after 1 consult appointment but will change later as relevant…read more The consult itself with Dr Kristallis I'd give 5 stars. I was reached out to by the clinic because my dr at ucsd helped put in an outside referral for me to see a jaw surgeon. This has been on the books for years now, but I was given extremely outdated advice to get braces first at the start of the pandemic so I followed that advice and now I wish I hadn't. Did the consult here and had a cone scan of my jaw/neck/skull and quickly was shown what I expected: that my jaw on the side that feels dislocated is in fact dislocated. I was pitched wearing a custom dental device that pulls my jaw forward so my muscles can relax and we can see diagnostically how far off it really is. That makes sense to me, I agree with that as an extra step. The other side of the purpose was that my joint would then be able to heal and no jaw surgery would be needed. This I highly doubt. I have a joint disease that's genetic and progressive and know the drill with eroded joint major problems: they're not going to heal, and if they do *after* surgery it still has a solid chance of healing incorrectly. The Dr didn't seem to recognize the name of the disease I have when mentioned, but otherwise seemed inquisitive and understood what domino effect I was describing, so I wouldn't call this a negative right away. It still makes sense to me to go forward with this step and then see a jaw surgeon for a second opinion. Why I took off a star for now is because I was contacted and seen the week before Christmas and they got me in quickly. I said I'd make the next appointment once I got a call about insurance coverage and also see if I could pull strings on coverage since I've had success with similar before - it's worth a shot. That said, that took 2 days before calling back in the New Year to say I want to schedule the next appointment, all is good, let's move forward. I've called every work day they say they're in in this new year and every time I get a voicemail and no call has been returned. So 5 stars so far for the Dr, 1 star for whoever's job it is to pick up the phone.

The doctors are very nice and seem to be good at what they do, however, nothing here is done with…read moreany sense of urgency whatsoever, and the desk staff have an apathetic attitude towards everything. I called to make an emergency appointment in February for extreme tooth pain. We're talking debilitating pain where I couldn't do anything, on the whole right side of my face. The earliest they could see me supposedly was in march. I make the appointment 3 weeks out and manage my pain for weeks on my own. I go in, and the office is completely empty. Absolutely nobody but staff. I waited 30 minutes before being seen, and then they rushed me through X-rays/3-d scanning, threw a prescription for 7 days of antibiotics at me, and made another appointment 2 weeks out for a root canal. No work was done, and the day of my first appointment, my pain stopped because the nerve had died while I was waiting to be seen. They spelled my name wrong and put my birthdate as 1943 (it's actually 1993) for the prescription, creating tons of problems when I went to pick it up. I go in for the root canal, and first of all the desk clerk forgot to actually schedule the appointment last time I was there, so there is a scramble the day before to get me on the books when I called to confirm my appointment. Then they moved my appointment time by 30 minutes when they actually scheduled me. I showed up at my originally scheduled time, again to a totally empty office, and am told that I am late even though I have the original appointment card with this time on it. The doctor takes me back and rushes through the procedure, opens my tooth and pokes around for a bit, tells me it's dead, and gives me a temporary filling. Doesn't complete the procedure, and books me out for another appointment a month away. Nobody at any point has taken my pain seriously or treated my appointments with any sense of urgency or respect, and the doctor didn't complete the full procedure when I was in their completely empty office for treatment. My tooth is now dead, and it wouldn't be if they had taken me seriously and treated my appointments with the proper urgency and seen me sooner or completed my procedure in one sitting like they should have. I have never had a dentist stop a root canal halfway through and tell me to come back almost a month later. Absolutely do not come here for anything that is an emergency. They won't treat it like one.

I visited Dr. Yu for a periodontal issue suggested by my general dentist. Dr. Yu proved thorough…read moreand no-nonsense is his evaluation, providing helpful suggestions for better care. He certainly is not the stereotypical high-pressure dentist keen to upsell. Potential patients should be aware that (at least in April 2026) the office staff reportedly was preparing to move the office to a new location, and so patience may be needed in coordinating appointments, etc.

Dear Dr. Yu and Team,…read more As we approach the end of the year, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the exceptional care you have provided me over the past two years. Thanks to your skill, patience, and professionalism, I not only regained a healthy and beautifully aligned smile, but also experienced a deep sense of emotional healing. Most of my earlier dental issues were the result of improper or careless treatment in the past. Because of this history, I carried a great deal of anxiety when it came to dental work. Under your care, however, I felt truly understood and supported. Your generosity, your willingness to provide additional guidance, and your genuine concern for my well-being have meant more to me than you may realize. I have recommended you to many of my friends, and I will continue to do so wholeheartedly. I am also writing a review on Yelp to share my positive experience with others -- people deserve to know that there is a dentist who treats his patients with such integrity, skill, and compassion. Thank you again for everything you have done for me. Wishing you and your entire office a joyful holiday season and a wonderful year ahead. With sincere appreciation, Jun

I've gone here for a couple of years now and I've really enjoyed the experience. Their office is…read moreclean, neat, and staff is professional while friendly. Some places in San Diego I've been to have been pretty harsh when cleaning my teeth or they try to sell a lot of services to me unnecessarily. I really appreciate how this office does none of that, but I've had a really pleasant experience where my teeth cleanings feel fine afterwards yet well cleaned. Very happy with Dr. Tran and Michael

I was thinking trying new dentist out as my last dentist sold their business. And this has a bunch…read moreof good yelp reviews. Boy was that a huge mistake. First consultation and I'm met with a lady after who parks me in a side room with a consultation. Prior to this the dental hygienist repeatedly told me "we won't sell you on anything you don't need." After the preliminary x-rays the hygienist went in to look at my gums. You know when they throw a number for root planing this guy was throwing up 4s, 5s, and 6s in milliseconds. All of a sudden I have horrible gum disease I never thought I had. The lady giving me a "dental plan" of $2000+ after insurance was telling me of how many state of the art laser interrogations I needed that insurance wouldn't cover at all. Fast forward to my dental cleaning. Btw I have to pay out of pocket a significant amount bc "I have gum disease now". They numbed me up so bad I couldn't go back into work. I had 2 sessions of periodontal scaling and root planing. The first lasted 30 minutes. The second lasted 15 minutes. These should have gone for an hour and a half. I went to a new dentist who told me none of what this dentist stated was accurate. This Origin Dentist after my first visit asked me to write a 5 star review. I can't believe how many chumps are going to write 5 star reviews because of the hip music and reed diffusers make them feel like this is a good honest dentist when clearly there's very little integrity here. Worst dentist I've ever gone to.