After a nasty bike fall, Dr. Karsant and his team had restored my fractured teeth. I cannot say…read moreenough great things about Dr. Karsant and their incredible team (shoutout to Mary, JoAnn, and Jocelyn)! Whether it's a routine cleaning or a more complex dental procedure, I always feel like I'm in the best hands possible. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a dentist!

I've been seeing Dr. Peter Karsant for about 15 years. My wife and mother see him as well. We've…read moretrusted in him for a number of procedures, big and small, and know we're in good hands when we visit. The staff is always wonderful and they'll work with you for different payment options, always ensuring you get the best care at a reasonable price. I'm grateful for receiving the recommendation from a friend and have remained a happy patient ever since.

Since 2023, Van Ness Dental Group has given me the best dental care I've had in years. I've got a…read morefairly complex set of health issues that I need to consider when choosing a dental provider, and Van Ness Dental Group hits all my targets for quality and type of service, matches my insurance, and has an administrative team that's excellent and effective. Dr. Ja is a superb dentist who brings a calm and steady presence that puts me at ease. He's attentive and responsive to my reactions as the work progresses in a way that builds trust and confidence.. We just had the final prep appointment for a bridge I've needed for almost a decade, and I'm very pleased, as always, with Dr. Ja's high-quality work and patient care throughout the process. Sandy and the admin staff are stellar! When I had to appeal an insurance denial, they offered timely and consistent support with providing records, approving forms, and joining conference calls with a parade of phone reps over a period of months; I can't thank them enough for their help. Always generous with their time and support, pleasant, professional, knowledgeable, and easy to reach. It's a boutique practice on Van Ness near Vallejo, easy to get to on the MUNI 49 rapid transit bus. Never crowded, relaxing atmosphere, quiet setting. Highly recommended! [Services provided: Crown repair, Full initial crown-and-bridge, Dental insurance pre-authorization and successful denial appeal support.]

I am extremely disappointed by my experience at this dental office. During my visit, both the…read morereceptionist and the doctor treated me differently because of the type of insurance I have. I was not given a standard dental hygiene goody bag that other patients received, and it was made clear that this decision was based solely on my insurance coverage. This behavior felt discriminatory and deeply disrespectful. Patients should never be judged or categorized based on their insurance policy. Dental offices are supposed to be safe, welcoming environments where people can trust professionals during what can already be a vulnerable experience. This encounter made me feel unsafe, unseen, and devalued as a patient. It takes very little effort to show kindness and extend the same basic courtesies to everyone -- especially when providing a paid service. No doctor should model or tolerate discriminatory behavior within their practice. I hope this office reflects seriously on how patients are treated and makes meaningful changes so no one else has to feel the way I did.

Can't say enough about how happy I was to come across Van Ness Dental Care. I had a bit of a…read moredental emergency and Dr. Ellen Hung and her staff were so nice to fit me in on very short notice on a day that they were obviously very busy. Dr. Hung made the whole experience very calm and easy. My wisdom tooth extraction was virtually painless and unbelievably smooth. Even got a text the next morning checking in to make sure everything was healing properly. This is the first Dentist Office I've been to in a long time where I didn't feel like a mark for upsells and unneeded procedures. Being taken advantage of financially is one of my biggest stresses about going to the dentist in the first place. Thank you Dr Hung for your honesty and integrity. I think I've finally found a dentist in the city I can trust, who has my best interests at heart.

Professionalism at its best. Dr. Hung is gentle on the touch, making the experience more pleasant…read morethan others. The staff is very nice and I felt like they really care and do a great job. Highly recommended!

Warning!!! Warning you of very unprofessional behavior from…read morethe doctor and staff. Taking advantage of disparate clients by upselling and creating future problems that make you come back to get it fixed.

My appointment was prompt. Everybody was friendly, very informative, knowledgeable, I'm real happy…read moreI picked YOUNG DENTAL, Its my one stop shop for all my dental work! looking forward to getting my Implant done & I will be a long time client! If your looking for a Dentist believe me, this is the Place!

We are new patients and today's appointment was for my daughters consult, X-ray, and cleaning. She…read morewas see by Dr. Laura Ibarra whom my daughter described as very gentle and thorough. After my daughter's appointment Dr. Ibarra called me back to the room and explained the next step of treatment and gave some good recommendations on healthier options and oral care. My daughter and I both suffer from anxiety and we arrived there and left calm and safe and well taken care of. This speaks volumes for me. The front desk assistants were very kind and knowledgeable about pricing and insurance.

Dr. Lara and her support team - and the office personnel - are…read more all really fantastic and caring people. I recently needed an extraction, a crown and some old fillings that needed to be taken care of. She is a very skilled and gentle dentist and everything she did was flawless. I'd recommend her to anyone in need of dental care.

TL;DR - Warm, comfortable, fast, efficient service from start to finish from ALL staff! Easy text…read morecommunication. I recommend this office for basic/routine dentistry, but (in my case) would have gone to someone else with wisdom tooth extraction experience. They can provide a helpful breakdown of estimated costs and coverage. I really hate going to the dentist, but this office made every effort to offer the best, most comfortable experience and service from start to finish. I had a tooth ache from a wisdom tooth that was desperate to come out. So I found this office through my insurance portal, filled out the online form on the practice website to request an appointment, and was quickly contacted shortly after their office opened the next day. All communications happened via text which was easy and efficient. They were able to get me in for an appointment two days later which I feel is pretty fast, considering availability is hard to come by, especially at the end of the year. When I arrived, I was greeted and helped immediately. The ambiance is nice, simple, and comfortable. They text you a link to fill out your new patient info to lessen the paperwork you have to do in person. I still had some consent forms and more detailed health history to fill out when I arrived. Then I was immediately taken back for images and x-rays. Everything happened very fast. The assistant helping with this was kind and gentle. Then, Dr. Seo did his examination. He was absolutely wonderful - very warm, patient, kind, and resourceful. He answered all questions enthusiastically, walked me through my scans and photos, and offered helpful advice. I have been cheated into paying for unnecessary procedures by previous dentists, so I REALLY appreciated how Dr. Seo reassured me that he only recommends "needed" procedures - emphasis on "need". Super comforting. The only downside is that he is not a specialist, so he couldn't advise on (or conduct) wisdom teeth extraction and had to refer me elsewhere. So if you're coming in for that, then depending on your insurance, I recommend seeing another general dentist or oral surgeon who can do the consult and then the teeth extractions instead of jumping from dentist to dentist. Dr. Seo referred me to Dr. Young who is in a separate but co-owned practice upstairs (review to come). After that, the dental hygienist, Justin, cleaned my teeth. He (and Dr. Seo) also recommended a deeper cleaning which my insurance would not have covered, but overall, I didn't feel pressured to do anything (a common issue in private practices). Overall, Justin was wonderful as well! Again, very kind, patient, knowledgeable, and gentle. I could tell he was doing a thorough job with the cleaning, checking in with me now and then. He gave me some freebies (floss, toothbrush, toothpaste). He also provided helpful advice that was consistent with what Dr. Seo mentioned. The front desk staff member showed me my estimated costs. Billing is always a frustrating process, especially with unexpected expenses, but they break it down for you in an organized way. Feel free to ask about estimates ahead of time if you are worried about coverage. Overall, the staff here are great and I highly recommend coming here for all of your general, more routine dental needs!

From scheduling an appointment to looking up insurance information, the staff here is professional…read moreand caring. I highly recommend Dr.Abbot, as she's an amazing dentist who is attentive to detail and thorough when it comes to check up and cleaning.

For the past year I've been coming to this office; I got a couple of cleanings and all of my wisdom…read moreteeth removed. PROS: The cleanings are quick and efficient. The wisdom tooth surgery had a bit of a complication but the doctor was available for a quick post-op consultation after-hours to help assuage my concerns, which I appreciated greatly. The recommendation of the wisdom teeth removal from this office had me a little suspicious, because my wisdom teeth were not causing any pain and were not infected. At the time, I agreed to it because it seemed like the right thing to do. CONS: At my cleaning appointment two weeks after the removal, I was suddenly recommended to get multiple unnecessary supplementary techniques including a nightguard and adult braces. The dentist who told me that I need braces did it in a very unkind, unprofessional, and impolite way. I've also never gotten the feedback that I need braces after already doing them for 7 years up to college. She also recommended that I get my wisdom teeth removed-- I literally just got them all removed at their office two weeks prior so I was (1) pretty surprised that she could not tell (the stitches were fresh and bleeding still!) and (2) that it wasn't already on file? I was a pretty put-off by the sudden recommendation of 2+ new procedures because I've never heard of this feedback before, even though I've been coming to this office for more than year. After reading other patients' reviews, it seems like a common pattern. I'm a little disappointed that recommending seemingly unnecessary and expensive procedures to patients is not a unique occurrence. In addition, the office is often really bad at providing receipts, finding my insurance provider, and billing correctly. On many times that I've gone, I've had to pay for multi-thousand procedures out-of-pocket because they couldn't charge my insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield & Delta Dental) directly for some reason. Unfortunately for this plethora of reasons and a growing distaste for the numerous recommended procedures, I will not be returning to Valencia Dental Center. I wish them the best.

I want to write my review to highlight both the positive and negatives of this dental establishment…read moreso people are aware and can make their own decision if they want to visit. The 2 stars i have given is solely based on the front desk & dental assistants. Please read the negative part of my experience to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to you and you save yourself thousands of dollars. The positive: it's a very clean and comfortable space, almost like a boutique dental office. the front desk staff and dental assistants were very kind. i normally hate doing the xray part because the mouth guards are uncomfortable, i even mentioned it to the DA before we did it however the DA was very gentle and kind thru the process. the negatives: i fully believe the actual dentists at this office are running an upsell company to line their pockets by telling patients they need procedures done which they do not need, especially based on previous reviews. A few months back i made an appointment for a simple cleaning with Dr Santiago Uribe. While nice and polite, during my appointment I was told that i needed to get braces and that i also had cavities that needed to be filled. first off i just had 2 very small cavities filled about a year ago, there were no other cavities to be found and there was no reason to have my previous ones refilled. but BRACES? i'm in my 30s and have been going to the dentist every year since i was a child and NEVER been told this. in fact from 3rd grade thru 12th grade i went to school with the same people and was the only person in my class who never had to get braces. I have always been told i have great teeth and a perfect bite. Even when i went to get my wisdom teeth out years back on the east coast we went to a family friend and asked if i needed anything else done. the answer was NO, and why would not trust a family friend? of course with age our bodies change and so do our teeth, so i heard him out but everything he said were things ive never heard before. i left skeptical but open minded because he is the professional and why would he make that up. when i got to the front desk i asked how much braces were thinking its maybe a few hundred dollars. imagine my surprise when they quote me over $7,000! THOUSANDS of dollars they want me to hand over for an issue that was being brought up to me for the first time in my life. I politely declined and said i would think about it and left. I called my mother immediately and we laughed about it and didn't give it much thought after. I wanted to get another cleaning because I have an important event coming up, so I went to a new dental office and also because I wanted a second opinion on the braces situation. I explained what I was told by Dr Santiago Uribe and asked to do another set of X-rays. When they came back they told me there was absolutely nothing wrong with my teeth, my cavities i previously filled were fine and there was no need for braces or even a retainer. I was shocked but not surprised, but also felt like Valencia Dental Center was trying to make something up about my own mouth in order to get me to shell out thousands and thousands of dollars to them. If you check the previous reviews, you'll see i'm not the only person with this experience. the "need for braces" route seems to be a common occurrence here. While they did a great job at a cleaning, i would never feel comfortable coming again based on the fact i personally feel they are trying to swindle people into getting procedures done they don't need to line their pockets. If you do go here and are told something similar, i would highly suggest getting a second opinion before handing over any money.

Very nice experience friendly down to earth staff and provider, a little challenging to schedule…read morebut not bad once you get established

I don't typically write yelp reviews, but I am writing one for Dr. Nicolas because he deserves his…read moreflowers. Dr. Nicolas is, without a doubt, the best dentist I've ever had--no exaggeration. He is incredibly kind, patient, and thorough. He explains everything clearly, from what's going on with your teeth to the procedures he'll be performing, the costs involved, and his honest recommendations on what you should or shouldn't be doing. All of his advice has been practical and reasonably affordable, especially when considering long-term dental health. I had a few cavities filled by him, and he was the gentlest dentist to ever work on my teeth. I genuinely felt comfortable throughout the entire process. Cheryll, his wife, often manages the front desk and appointments, and she is absolutely wonderful--attentive, accommodating, and truly invested in making sure patients get the care they need. When my partner had a toothache but our appointment was still weeks away, she made sure to get us in as soon as possible by moving up our visit to the earliest available slot. This is the best dentist I've ever had. I highly recommend and I am so sad that I ended up moving out of SF. If I was still living in SF, I would keep Dr. Nicolas as my dentist for the rest of my life.