I recently had a negative experience at a dentist in NYC, causing me to develop a fear of going in for normal cleanings. Upon moving to Austin I found this office through Yelp, and agree wholeheartedly with the amazing reviews here. Specifically, Dr. Zeh and the team at A Summer Smile are absolutely phenomenal. They have cutting edge technology that makes the whole visit more comfortable, and they are detail-oriented making me feel calm about my visit. I have very sensitive teeth and Dr. Zeh and team were gentle with my cleaning and filling to the point that I did not feel a thing. Thank you A Summer Smile! read more

Dr. Rydel and her staff have been taking care of my wife and I for nine years now. They are professional and courteous, always explaining in detail what is going on with our teeth. I can't imagine going anywhere else. read more

Hands down the best dentist I've been too! Super friendly smiley faces to make you feel welcomed. I got my teeth cleaned and the results feel and look amazing! I definitely found my forever dentist office I'll be going to. I couldn't been happier with the experience. read more

I am a new patient and chose Dr. Rydel based on reviews. This is what a dentist office should be. I didn't wait for more than 2 minutes to be called back. Danielle was lovely and got x-rays done quickly. Appointment was easy and quick. Dr. Ryder made adjustments to my crown surface that 2 previous dentists should have seen and done, but didn't. This is my new dentist and I have been searching for a long time. Highly recommended. read more

Love A Summer Smile and all the staff and dr. Rydell. Feels so comfortable. Clean and neat. Does a great job on teeth cleaning, check up and anything else needed including crowns. Would recommend them wholeheartedly. read more

Great experience for our whole family, plus a lovely facility and staff. Thanks! read more

This was my first visit and also the first time a Dental Hygienist did not preform the cleaning but instead the dentist did it. Which was OK but it was also the first time I didn't get my teeth polished after a cleaning which was rather strange to me. It was also the most I have ever spent at a dental clinic for an annual cleaning at close to 200 dollars with my insurance. So I am torn between rating this office as I'm not really sure that I want to return or not. read more

Dr. Rydel and her team go above and beyond to make you feel at home, safe during COVID, calm around procedures, and assured that they know the value and importance of your smile. Everyone on the team is personable and thoughtful in communications pre- and post- as well as being right there in the office. I value Dr. Rydel and everyone at A Summer Smile! read more

Dr. Rydel and her entire team are topnotch! After being with the same dentist for 20 plus years - I was on the search for a new dentist. I thankfully found Dr. Rydel and her office. They are compassionate, understanding, knowledgeable and trustworthy - all things you want in dentistry. What an awesome group!! read more

Amazing staff! Dr. Rydell is excellent and the services they provide at A Summer Smile are great! The office has just been remodeled and the atmosphere is very welcoming and relaxing. read more

I have been a patient at this practice for years and am appalled at the way things have rapidly gone down hill. This practice has clearly gotten too many patients for the doctors and their staff to be able to handle the needs of their patients in a professional way. I want to work with a medical team where I know that my well being is rested in trustworthy & capable hands. I want to be seen and heard and involved with my health care. I want to work with people whose concern for my well being is a priority for them as well, and not me alone. I want to work with a team where the responsibility of being a care provider is not taken lightly. In my recent experience, it seems the care & well being of their patients is unfortunately no longer a priority, and has been replaced by the volume of patients they are attempting to treat. read more

Awesome experience from start to finish. Front desk, dental hygienist and Dr Zeh were great. Engaging and professional dentistry team here! read more

This place is the real deal. The entire staff is knowledgeable and compassionate. The follow up and communication is proactive and consistent. This place runs like clockwork. I am fortunate to have found this practice last year. Highly recommended! read more

What a total joy this six month visit is. I would gladly go monthly. Dr Summer has carefully put together a great team of dedicated dental professionals with the same mission statement of quality. Even with the constraints Covid has brought they run a tight ship. Everyone from the exceptional RDH Leah to Shelby and co up front the place works like clockwork with a refreshing human quality.I should be able to say this as a retired DDS.This dental office is the answer to all the patient who talk about'goid old days' The intergration of technology along with a spakling air of cleanliness wraps up the whole entirely pleasant experience. read more

Great experience and great staff. Dr. Zeh understands her patient's needs and requirements. Recommend everyone give this new practice an opportunity. read more

I am a dental professional in Austin and was very impressed with Dr. Rydel and her staff. From Shelby at the front to Amy the hygienist, I was treated like a Queen and felt so taken care of! Thank you Dr. Rydel and team for taking pride in what you do. read more

Dr. Rydel & all her staffs are exceptional !! Beautiful dentistry work and truly a good old school style dentist. They work very hard and sacrificing their health in this trying times to take care of every patient dental health, for that I say a big THANK YOU !! read more

Summer Rydel and her team are by far the best dentists I've encountered in Austin. Some dentist downtown botched a simple filling job on one of my molars and after several attempts to fix it (with pain increasing each time) I went on the hunt to find another dentist. I went to 3 other dentists who all told me the damage was so bad to my tooth that they thought it needed a root canal. Dr. Rydel took a look at it and thought she could fix it without having to go the root canal route but offered that as well, if need be. Here I am almost 2 years later with a fixed tooth, no root canal and a forever Dentist. I'm eternally grateful for her help with this. Her and her team are also so personal and friendly. I can't say enough good things about this office. Thank you! read more

This is the second time I've been to Dr. Rydel's since the Pandemic began. As a retired ER Nurse, I remain completely impressed at the safety precautions taken in this Dental Office from check-in to check-out; during my appointment everyone wore a mask, kept a distance, except when they were actually doing dental work in my mouth. In addition to masks, face shields and gloves, they had me use Mouthwash with Hydrogen Peroxide while they used hand washing and sanitized the surfaces. The dental care is excellent from building a new crown, in the office while I waited, to my routine dental hygiene visit. The staff is friendly, polite, and they take my dental insurance. I highly recommend this dental office. Megan Murphy read more

The entire experience at Dr. Summer Rydel's office is exceptional. The staff, hygienist and Dr. Rydel are so courteous and professional.

Awesome patient experience! Awesome staff from arrival, treatment and departure. Great care, clear communication and modern technology.

Great visit like always. 5.5 years and very pleased with all services. Genuinely care and extremely professional

I love all the staff at A Summer Smile!!! They are awesome!!

Excellent staff and love Dr. Rydel. Highly recommend her. Convenient, easy to make an appointment and the front desk staff are always pleasant and very professional. read more

So, I've been in Austin for over 10 years and FINALLY found a dentist that is perfect! The office staff is so nice and Dr. Rydel is amazing. I don't know if she is taking new patients but if you do not like your dentist, I HIGHLY recommend giving her a call. I had a filling that had a fracture (old one) and she put a crown on it within 2 hours. They make their own crowns so you don't get a temporary and have to go back! Their price was 1/3 of the price that was quoted from my former dentist. read more

I have always been terrified to go to the dentist having past bad experiences that want to keep me away. Since I found Dr Rydel, she has made it so comfortable and she is so understanding and compassionate that I am now on track with taking care of my teeth. The office is beautiful, state of the art equipment and her staff is amazing. They all are kind and so professional and they care about you! Dr. Rydel is an amazing dentist! A Summer Smile is where you need to go in Austin! read more

Been going with my wife and kids to Summer and friends for the past 13 years. They do a great job and are very compassionate being in the service business. They also stand by their work and always take care of any emergencies or issues with prior work promptly. Highly recommend! read more

Best dentist ever! They are extremely professional, fast and make sure you are comfortable and know what is happening the entire time. No wait time in the waiting room or the chair. Nitrous is an option. Watch what you want on TV. This is the first time I have left a dentist office happy. Go here! (had a cavity filled) read more

I LOVE THIS OFFICE!!! My entire family sees Dr Rydel and her staff. They do an excellent, thorough job and are great with kids. The admin staff are polite and informed. My husband has gotten in for emergency procedures within a reasonable amount of time when he chipped a tooth. Highly recommend. (Ps the office is super chic and clean.) read more

10/09/2018 Still the gold standard of service, great cleaning with Sarah and Dr. Rydel. folks it just doesn't get any better than this!!!!!! I love my Dentist and her entire staff they are the best of the best that ever was. Catherine is as charming as ever. do yourself a huge favor and switch for life to have a great Summer Smile! 04/03/2018 OMG it just get better and better. cleaning re-cement cap and still best service ever. I love this place!!! 9/27/2017 every visit is better than the last!!! 5 plus stars Do yourself a favor and read my previous review. It's 5 stars for good reason!! 8-30-16 I always get excited to go back This is the GOLD star head and shoulders above the rest service standard. It simply DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!!!!! I have a secret crush on everyone here!! smitten with the service, skill, attitude, environment, and beautiful smiles all the way around. I am loyal to this place and would drive 100 plus miles for service like this from anyone in any business. I am an extremely busy professional and have had the office cater to my schedule when I couldn't make the time. Truth is I go out of my way to make the time for them because you will not find any better anywhere. If you ever wondered how to succeed in business, They could write the book in my opinion. yep another great visit!!! I can't brag this place up enough. simply best of the best!!! read more

No one I know ever wants to go to the dentist. I am embarrassed to say that it has been a while for me after my last visit a while back, where I had a painful teeth cleaning with dull instruments followed by a dentist telling me I had more cavities than I could believe after never having any cavities. I felt like I had been worked over, sold a bill of goods just to help that dentist make a buck. So I just brushed and flossed as best as I could trying to care for my teeth. That was until last night, when I flossed and a piece of food was removed that seemed to have exacerbated something in one of my lower molars. I could not tell if a filling had fallen out or what, but I slept maybe 3 hours the whole night. Since I could not sleep, I polled my Facebook friends for dentist recommendations and trolled Yelp for dentist reviews. Being a long time yelper, I give more weight to reviews from yelp elites or yelpers that have over 20 reviews and more than a couple of friends. Dr. Rydel popped up with good reviews, but only a handful met my personal criteria. I kept looking but bookmarked her page. Once I had a few bookmarked, she was one of the only ones from Yelp and my Facebook friend referrals that was inside my dental insurance network. This was not necessary, but definitely a money saving bonus. And, she was one of the handful of independent dentists in my insurance network that did not come from one of those cookie cutter dental mills with the words castle or smiles in the name. The main influence that put me seeing her to the top of this list was that they could get me in the same day. And I wanted to get whatever this was fixed as soon as possible, as I was miserable. Julie at the front desk asked me to arrive 15 minutes early to complete paperwork, or to save time, I could pull it from their website and complete it and bring it in with me. I arrived just before 11:15 with paperwork in hand and within a couple of minutes was greeted by dental assistant Lauren. She brought me back and took some x-rays. All the while, she was careful to make sure I was comfortable (I had told her my previous horror story). Dr. Rydel came in, looked at the x-rays and explained it was a cavity and my molar was splitting. She explained they could do a temporary fill, but recommended a crown. She also wanted to set expectations that since the x-rays were 2-dimensional, there was a possibility that a root canal might be needed, but they would not know until they got into the tooth. I was shown financial options, and opted for the crown and prayed it would not need a root canal. It took about 2-1/2 hours from start to finish, but they were able to craft the crown on site and make adjustments until it had a proper fit. And thank the good Lord, no root canal was required. They attached it with temporary cement until I could wear it a while and make sure it was comfortable. A few hours later, I left with my new crown. My whole experience from booking the appointment to checking out was a breeze. And while having your tooth filed, poked, etc. is never comfortable, It did not suck. I was given a local anesthetic to mitigate any pain and a television to watch while they worked their magic. They were constantly checking on me and making sure I was ok. I did not feel like I was having any unnecessary work done and felt like my portion of the price was fair. I have a follow up in a couple of weeks for a cleaning and to check the crown. Having narrowly missed a root canal, I do know this: the next time I do not want to do something I dread, I do not think I will ever say "I'd rather get a root canal." I really missed a bullet there. read more

Holy Cow! This is seriously the best dentist experience I have had! I went to a different dentist a week ago and the entire experience was pretty bad. Anyways, I left that office knowing I had a cavity but I felt uncomfortable returning to have my fillings done there. So, I frantically e-mailed A Summer Smile asking for an appointment to get my cavity filled. I got a phone call within hours and was able to schedule an appointment first thing Monday morning. From the phone call to schedule the appointment, to the warm welcome I received when first walking into the office, to the care and attention to detail that Summer Rydel demonstrated, everything was FANTASTIC! Dr. Rydel is so so so sweet and truly makes you feel right at home! Everybody else I interacted with in the office was just as great. I am actually looking forward to going back! Thank you A Summer Smile... y'all are the BEST! read more

Great experience! After having been to another local ATX dentist, who was more interested in deceiving their patients into believing their insurance would not cover basic services, sneak in additional expensive x-rays and even stating I need a crown, I was a little skeptical to say the least. Dr. Rydel and her team were super polite and friendly from the initial scheduling phone call to the end of my appt. Unaware of any signs needing a crown, they took the time to show the x-rays and explain my personal dental situation. If you need a reputable, friedly, honest Dentist here in Austin, take a short drive out on Hwy 71 and see Dr Rydel. read more

I don't think anyone likes going to the dentist, but I assure you the doctor and staff will change your mind. Amazing experience and I would highly recommend! read more

It has taken me years to find a good dentist and I've found the greatest dentist ever! Dr. Rydel is the sweetest, most compassionate dentist I've ever met. She cares and understands your dental needs. The office is so comforting and doesn't make you feel like your in an emergency waiting room. Julie the receptionist is very kind, this place makes you feel at ease and the staff make you feel like your at a friends place. There are tv screens to help take your mind off of the stress of dental work not to mention Dr. Rydel is very gentle. She talks to you and gets to know you as a person and is very kind and personable. Shes not just trying to get your money, she wants to take care of your needs! Also child friendly place as well, I will for sure be taking my children to her!! My search for a dentist is finally over, I hope you check her out! She's awesome! read more

I was seeing a dentist that I loved, but unfortunately my new insurance wasn't accepted there. I was super bummed, but, I found Dr. Rydel through my insurance provider's website. I took a leap of faith and WOW am I impressed! The office is very nice and the staff are all welcoming and professional. Appointments are kept and run on schedule. The quality of the work is top-notch. They even called me the day after to make sure I was satisfied. I absolutely am! Can't recommend this office enough- great business! read more

I have had really great experiences with Dr Rydel and her office. I recently went to see them after a long absence from the dentist. They were great, compassionate, and thorough in their care. They ensured that I got the care that I needed while staying within the confines of what they thought my insurance would cover. I never felt like they were trying to sell me on services I didn't need, but were very straight-forward with what my options were and costs. The staff are all incredibly nice, work fast, and are skilled. Very easy to make an appointment and I was always seen on time. My teeth look and feel awesome. Highly recommend! read more

I took my daughter in for her first ever dental procedure. The staff and Dr Rydel were so calming and explained every step to her to comfort her. I was invited to sit in the room the entire time which is very important to me. Dr. Rydel did a beautiful job with my daughter and myself, I have the up most confidence in her and her team with my entire family. read more

Just got my 6th month cleaning and am so happy I have been going here for last 4 years. Everyone is so nice and professional. I can not recommend Dr. Rydel enough! read more

Dr Rydell runs a top notch office. Everyone is professional and friendly, and I trust them with my dental care. 5 stars!