The single best dentist I have EVER had in 20+ years of adult dentistry. Everything you want in a dentist: honest, smart, careful, friendly, conservative when it comes to drilling, and a very skilled craftsman when it comes to dental work.
A bit of background. First, after moving to Ann Arbor, I came to Dr. Wennersten with a couple of serious, longstanding and hard to understand problems that resulted from some poor work done by a previous dentist. Basically, I had a bad crown that potentially caused a small fracture in the tooth somewhere when it was installed. It was one of those problems that was really hard to diagnose, and had no immediate and obvious solution. Second, my first dental experience on moving to Ann Arbor was with another dentist (a 5-star Yelp one no less) who immediately wanted to drill 11 fillings over 3 new sessions, and was generally dismissive of the problems I was having with my crown.
I went to Dr. Wennersten for a second opinion, and he looked at the same x-rays and didn't see anything he didn't consider a "watch." (This had also usually been the opinion of my previous dentist before moving here.) In the time I've been going there, he has only drilled one of them, and that was one that I had known was a significant watch issue for many years. All of which is to say that Dr. Wennersten is NOT of the "Drill, baby, drill" school of dentistry.
Fixing the problem with the crown and the painful tooth was one of those things that just took a lot of time and observation. Dr. Wennersten was always just very honest and up-front about exactly what he could and couldn't diagnose, and exactly what my options were. (The specialist he referred me to said basically the same thing.) It took time to work out, since much of the approach involved waiting and observing with a new temporary, but his approach was always honest, non-invasive, and never involved pointlessly aggressive proceeders or expenses.
I also want to point out that he's really good at basic dental work like fillings and crowns. Getting these things right takes a certain level of experienced craftsmanship, and I've had really good and really bad dentists in this respect, and Dr. Wennersten might be the best I've had. He just does outstanding work. He is also very friendly, very professional, and very "above board" with me. He's got a very calming demeanor that I really like too, He's just everything I want in a dentist. I cannot recommend him highly enough.
As a side note, he has a helpful and friendly staff as well. It's just a great practice. read more