Dr. Yee is the Crown Whisperer! BEST DENTIST I have EVER had (I'm 55). He is caring, professional, gentle, wicked smart, a tech genius who obviously loves his craft. He pays serious attention to every little detail, I was VERY well taken care of by everyone. I am SO happy to have found him. SIX stars, not 5. Really.
I recently moved to the area, and I don't look forward to choosing a new dentist. It's not like you can shop and decide, you sort of have to go in and take your chances? OMG, not so with Wine Country Smiles!
Everyone there is exceptional, not kidding. You can tell they took their time finding just the right people for staff. We live next door but they really do treat us like we're neighbors. I've never had anyone in a dentist's office take the time to get to know us like they ALL did (not even one person somewhere else has ever, not like this).
I've always thought it was strange to sit down in "the chair" and have your dentist go to work...while you can't really talk? Dr. Yee sat and got to know me, I mean, we were talking kids in college, all sorts of things before he started. In just a month or so my wife & I have been back maybe 6 times? Initial exams (required by California), then cleanings, and then some work.
I had cracked a molar and was having food get stuck, was worried it might decay... I got in to have a crown (none as an adult until now). I had headphones on (they supplied them with Pandora) so I maybe missed something Dr. Yee said, but I got the Novocain shot and literally didn't know it happened until I realized I was getting numb. He told me later (because he answered every question and explained everything) that he uses a custom process with several steps to minimize the pain his patients feel. There's a topical numbing applied, a step to prevent the shot's preservative from causing pain, and a computer-controlled machine that pushes the shot's plunger (he told me a person pushes too fast and THAT causes pain). But I'm telling you, it WORKS. I did not know I was getting the shot (and I HATE that part more than anything; needle in the jaw? No thanks!)
The crown is designed with a 3D laser scan in your mouth (basically a stick with a red light on it). He moves it around and it maps your teeth. I personally am a fan of tech, and I loved all the explanations and details. He showed me the sort of animated view on his computer screen before the crown was made, and actual before & after pictures too. The crown is milled from a blank in his lab (he showed me) and 90 minutes later he was putting it in my mouth. Nice.
I was worried how tight it would be, I have close teeth and floss gets stuck & breaks/shreds a lot. The crown is spot-on, absolutely perfect. I don't know its not my own tooth for how it fits. Space for floss is exactly right, nothing extra. Like I said, the Crown Whisperer. This man is an extremely talented craftsman, nothing less.
Dr Yee doesn't know it yet, but that's it, I've seen enough. I won't go to another dentist for any reason. If I move, I'm gonna come back. Right now my teeth are cleaned and fixed, I LOVE it.
ALL of you, everyone in the office, you guys are AMAZING! read more