honestly had a really good experience here. the staff was very sweet and welcoming from the moment I walked in. everyone was super patient and explained things in a way that didn't make me feel rushed or dumb lol. the office itself was really clean and organized, which I appreciated a lot. you can tell they care about keeping the place nice. the front desk was friendly and helpful too, made everything easy. overall just a good vibe, felt comfortable the whole time. definitely recommend if you're looking for a dentist that's kind and professional but still feels chill. read more

Dr. Erfan, Endodontist, was great! I thought I needed a root canal. She diagnosed the actual problem which was an infection below the gum line. She could not treat me but referred me to a colleague at another office. The staff was patient and kind explaining my options. Aide, the business manager, helped move along the paperwork process. Grateful for this team! read more

I'm extremely disappointed with the treatment my elderly family member received at Western Dental. The lack of compassion and professionalism extended across the entire staff -- including the doctors and the manager. It was clear that respectful communication and basic customer service skills were missing. I strongly urge Western Dental to implement comprehensive customer service training for all employees, from front desk staff to medical professionals and management. Elderly patients deserve to be treated with dignity and care, and that standard was not met. And get this, the manager stated, "If you want to go home, then go home!" This speaks volumes of how UNPROFESSIONAL this team is. read more

PLEASE DONT GO HERE. They will charge you something out of your insurance without letting you know. Dentists has a very heavy hand and doesn't know what care means. Never going back VERY HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE read more

Someone has to teach front desk with glasses some manners, Very rude talks down on patients in Spanish like we don't understand and holds off on work to be on phone half the time, Great drs but mainly on the reason of her I say avoid this place! She has 0 care and is just rude won't be coming back. Already reading all these terrible reviews and the few good ones seem to be fake I think we all know who the problem is. If you guys want better reviews make some changes and I'm talking on that front desk! read more

This has to be the Absolute worst dentist office ever this place has the worst customer service I've ever experienced I was the only customer why am I waiting so long staff kept walking past like I was invisible read more

Horrible experience every time I come here. They schedule you an appointment and then reschedule without any notice, and when you get there they claim not to see you in the system. Just a waste of time read more

HORRIBLE SERVICE!!! When I arrived with my 2 daughters, the front office didn't greet us, we turned in our new patient forms. Just ignored us and took the forms from me. Guy just asked us to wait, so we sat for 45 mins until they called us in for x rays. Once inside, they had us wait another hour. I asked the assistant, 2-3 times if we were going to be helped and she didn't know when the dentist would become available. They weren't even busy. They all just kept walking around not doing anything. I went to the front to ask again, if I was going to be helped. The girl didn't know what to say, I ended up leaving. They decided to call me 20 mins after I left to let me know the Dentist was ready to see my kids. I let them know, I will never step foot in their office again. Worst dental office. read more

My appointment was at 10AM. Checked in, filled out new patient forms. By 11:20, I was still in the waiting area. Asked how much longer I needed to wait. I was told I was next. Two other people were called. I told them 1 and 1/2 hours wait time was ridiculous. I left. Common courtesy would say to inform patient of delays. Unfortunately, I have to go there. I will give them another chance. read more

Waste of time! Made an appointment and gave them my PPO insurance, they verified it on Monday and said that I was set for my appointment on Saturday. Come Saturday I show up and Chris and his manager said they were unable to see me because the insurance is closed and they can't verify it. I explained that my insurance had already been verified, but they confirmed there was no documentation of that. Chris apologised for not verifying the insurance on Friday because Friday was his day off, this annoyed me even more because I booked the appointment on Monday, they had all week to verify it. Took time off of work and lost money for this BS. Never coming to a western dental again. read more

You have to wait at least 5-6 hours so the Dr. could tell you you just need to gargle warm water LMFAO Try to go here. Goodluck! read more

They have a method of telling everyone that they need a special "deep cleaning" (and showing irrelevant pictures of your teeth) and charge an extra $ 1,000-$ 2,000, even with two different good dental insurance plans. Don't come here; We were saved at the last minute by deciding not to do my cleaning with them. read more

DO NOT COME HERE! I had to cancel my 2 year braces treament and sadly wasted money. But it was worth leaving because they have horrible patient service and especially with their billing person Aide was not professional on handeling the cancellation of my treatment. DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THEIR APPOINTMENT SYSTEM! COMPLETELY TERRIBLE IVE WAITED 2 HOURS AFTER MY APPOINTMENT TIME TO BE SEEN! read more

Save your time and money and DO NOT COME HERE!! I am serious, this place is the absolute worst! I have been coming here for a while, and honestly it was fine before, I'm not sure if something recently changed or what. But now that I have my own full time job and not under my parents insurance anymore, I thought let's go to the dentist and this is the one we used to go to. I came in and said "hey would want to schedule a regular cleaning, nothing else, and can they do everything the same day of the appointment"? Yeah sure they said, and I scheduled for a 9am on Saturday. Well I came at 9am, and guess what, it was packed, and then I checked in and asked for how long it will take, and they said it will take about an hour and a half to two hours until they can see me. So what was the point of the appointment if I have to wait two hours in the lobby? Yeah I'm not sure either, but that's just the beginning of the problems here. I got xrays and the basics, and then after the xrays, the doctor said that they are going to do a level 2 cleaning, so not a "deep cleaning" which is level 3 or higher, just a bigger than level 1 cleaning so they can clean out the gums. When you come to a doctor or dentist, you come to a place where you trust the person's expertise, so I said sure. That may have been my mistake, and maybe I should have said "no I don't want anything else except a cleaning". And then the lady said, okay well before we start your total is going to be $1600. WOW $1600 for a level 2 cleaning. I asked, "oh does my insurance not cover this, I have pretty good insurance". They responded, oh yeah they cover it, the are covering around $1-2k, the rest is on you. Now I already got xrays and obviously I'm going to trust the judgement and think there is just something wrong with my insurance. But no, I got totally scammed. What they actually did was they added some weird charges and upsold me on some gum product which is totally trash. They charged me for "dental instructions", like what? But yes, came for a basic cleaning that should be covered, and got charged $1600 while waiting 2 hours in the lobby. I asked multiple times for clarification and got nothing. And worst of all, they said, oh okay well we can't finish the whole thing because we have to do a polish and you have to come back again Like please, I don't want to come back again, just stop. I definitely need some new dentist recommendations because I will never be back here read more

This place need to be more organized. They have tons of employee which was nice? No! Most of them I feel like they don't know their roles. One employee "She" doesn't have proper rapport. if you're working to a Doctor's office you need to have a proper attitude. The MD's how they represent themselve was scary. They can't even explain how the procedure goes and why the patient needs it. The patient was my father typical Asian. No dental insurance but willing to pay out of pocket. PLEASE, IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF A DENTAL SERVICE THERE'S A LOT MORE WHOSE CHEAPER THAN THIS OFFICE AND WILL GIVE YOU WAY BETTER SERVICE AND PRIVACY THAT YOU NEED. read more

Bone graft and tooth extraction. I've been going here for a few years now. I think the staffs are very informative and very nice. And Dr. Abjar and his assistant were very gentle and informative. N his assistant always gives me heads up about what Dr. Was gonna do so I won't get startle or anything. I've always got the best of care from them. Procedures done is expensive and the wait is long. But what can we do when each patient get different things done. Some may take longer than others. But there's only 1 or 2 of them. I rather they not rush things than rushing to get to the next patient. They are very careful with their work and always making sure I'm not in pain. I hate the wait of course. But I want it done right the first time l. FYI. Just found out that they accept 3 year olds too. But Dr. Comes once a month for the kids. The other place seems to be always over packed ..... n my oldest goes here too. They are always gentle with him when cleaning. He loves it here read more

If there's an option for NO STAR for this clinic... I would leave it with ZERO stars at all!! Very inefficient! Very not so reliable! Very disorganized! I was on the phone made a schedule for a regular cleaning, they said schedule has been confirmed and they even call me a few days before of my appointment for confirmation. When I get to the clinic? I was not on the list! WOW! This guy from front office rescheduled me, he even handed me a scheduled card 04/21 at 9am. Mind you, someone called me today and say I have an appointment for tomorrow 04/19 at 8:30 am! Where the heck did that schedule came from?? I don't think you value the time of your clients! Very disoriented!!! Does your upper management even care about this reviews??? We don't think so! Coz if they do?! Your bad reviews could've been improved!!! read more

If you schedule people for 9 a.m. appointments, have your staff start BEFORE then. I waited 20 minutes for the front staff to get in and get set up before they even began to call anyone. I was there at 8:50 (after 4 texts reminding me my appointment was at 9 a.m.). The least they could do is have their office open and ready for business at 9 a.m. read more

2nd part to deep cleaning Appt at 9am, they open the door at 910am. Sit me in chair 920am. Come to numb me at 946am, she used the gel, and 2 seconds later, stuck me with needle. Don't know why she used gel since I still felt the damn needle. They were going to do my bottoms AGAIN because they were too lazy to read the chart to see that they already did the bottom. They started at 958am with the drilling. I guess it's a new technique. The only good thing about the new technique is that it's quicker. My thoughts, though, that are trying to create cavities instead of cleaning smh. She's wants me to come back in 3 months for routine cleaning. I'll pass. They're trying to milk my insurance money. I hate dentist offices like that. No, you won't see me in 3 months. I can't wait until these braces are over. read more

Very bad service at Carson western dental. All western dental . Same thing happened at Lomita . They never know anything, bad customer service. Waste peoples time. They see a lot of people at this point they don't care. read more

TERRIBLE SERVICE! LIARS!!! Went to get a filling, I asked if my insurance covered the procedure and they said they did. During said procedure, doctor didn't give me enough anesthetic so I had incredible pain. Afterwards, they don't even tell me how long to wait to eat or chew, and then call to say I needed to pay a co-pay! Scammers and liars at this location. read more

What can improve is.... Every step from scheduling to arriving and checking in. Theres 4 persons working the front and one person blames another person and no one is at fault. They scheduled me twice and then to tell me they cannot perform what I needed done!!! I left work early missing hours time and gas for nothing. How hard is it to do your simple job? I literally cannot understand how some people still gave a job after so many mistakes. Last time I was here they also gave me a hard time sending me to another office and then that office said this is the correct office I need to be seen at. These type of people and situations really frustrate me. Sorry to say but education, job performance and the will to help a bit extra goes a long way and it's always a disappointment because there's always an issue!!! read more

I went to this dentist for the first time a couple of years ago and gave them a great review. I am writing this review to tell you if you have a medical condition don't go to this Western Dental. I have a pacemaker. No one has asked me if I have taken antibiotics before my visit which is important for anyone who has a medical condition/device. I have been left in the area after my cleaning dripping with water and blood with no offer of rinsing my mouth after the procedure. I waited 2 hours today for a cleaning and when I noticed the Dr.was in the area with a patient that came in on my 2nd hour, I went to the assistant at the front and wrote a note( I had swabs in my mouth for 25 minutes to numb) reminding her that my appointment was at 2:30, she responded rudely "we don't have control over what happens back there. The Dr's work at their own pace. I can schedule another appointment ". What? You don't see the swabs in my mouth and what about all the time I have been here already. The Dr came up and said he was going to do my teeth now. He did a great job but I did not get to rinse my mouth so I left with a gritty mouth. There so many red flags at this place that for my safety( people die from going to dentist) I will never go back to this rude, insensitive and dangerous place. One more thing, they share other patients information back and forth through out the office and anyone sitting in one of the rooms hear everything. Patient, Dr. confidentiality should be respected. read more

I have nothing but good things to say about this dental office located in Carson , CA. From the receptionist, to the dental assistant and doctor. I was greeted as soon as I arrived to my appointment. I was called in within minutes of my scheduled appointment time. I had a small request before the beginning of my dental procedure and both the dental assistant and doctor did their best to accommodate my request. I definitely recommend this dental location if your live in the Harbor area or surrounding towns . Thank you Western Dental . read more

Janet is a wonderful receptionist who really takes the time out to care for the patient that is being seen she should be the owner of this establishment she should be manager 10 out of 10 highly recommended it's more than a job when it comes to her she is phenomenal read more

Not good, I have lineco PPO insurance, which is some of the best insurance around. All I wanted was a cleaning, they wanted to try and talk me into some deep cleaning, with a laser which some how racked my bill up to $4000, my insurance covers up to $2000. All of a sudden my minor teeth cleaning visit turned into some oral surgery scam that I do not need. When I asked to just have my teeth cleaned they said it will be $60 but they can't do it because the staff has to go to lunch now. I wasted 2 hours just sitting there while they tried to stick me with some super expensive visit, only to be told they can't even do the work because it's lunch time now. Very disappointed in businesses like these, never going back again. read more

After a month of suffering from wisdom tooth horrible pain and going to ER for help, my insurance sent me to this office to be seen by oral surgeon. I got an appointment scheduled and received 2 phone calls, 1 email and 1 text message 2 days prior to confirm. I even asked them on the phone if everything is okay and I will be seen by the surgeon and they said yes. I went to my appointment, they couldn't find my name at first, and they thought that I want to see an orthodontist, and after that they told me they can do X-ray for me because the surgeon isn't there and won't be back until next month! When I asked why did they schedule me if there's no doctor available they said that the coordinator was the one who scheduled me and he/she has no idea about the doctors. How ridiculous and disrespectful! Wasting patients time while they are in pain and need help urgently! I could have found another office instead of going to this one for nothing. Super unprofessional read more

I'm not one to really leave reviews, but I feel it's necessary to. My appointment was at 9 AM - which was pointless. I personally didn't have issues with the staff. My issue is I was there for 2 hours and only got an x-ray done. I did not plan on spending 95% of my time just waiting. The gentleman in the chair next to me was waiting as well and asked how much longer he himself would have to wait (he was sitting there before me) and was responded with "there's still many other people ahead of you." Not everyone has the time to spend unknowing hours at a dental office if you're just there for an exam. It was a hectic environment as you can tell. I came in hopes to get my concerns addressed as I hadn't been to the dentist in awhile, but I couldn't sit around all day waiting for the dentist either. If you have the free time to do so- by all means go ahead. But if you think making an appointment will save you the time it definitely won't. read more

The care here was horrible, and this has become a pattern. I took my mom there today for an exam and cleaning. The cleaning had a delay and was entirely neglected on the cleaning. She complained the first time by calling my attention and I went inside to meet her. I immediately set a time, and after 15 mins, nobody attended to her. She was upset and we left. Don't ever take your loved ones there. I reported to liberty dental and medical. read more

Very well taken care of. First visit i had doubts but the receptionist lady Aide really changed my mind she was a real blessing..

Good staff, good Dentist. Need alot of chairs*** pls 1st time at the dentist. Got a follow up. We'll update read more

why schedule 5 appointments at 9am if staff doesn't arrive until 9 as well? unprofessional. everyone is waiting, no one is ready. WASTE OF TIME read more

My experience here has not been good, I have been attempting to get ahold of the office manager, Aide, for a week and a half. Regardless of the time that I call, she is not available. I'm told she will call back, she does not. I saw Dentist Maged Nessim, he looked at my teeth for a minute or two and walked off. Next thing I know the manager is bringing me into an office to discuss my treatment plan of which she said the dentist should have discussed, I had not seen him since the initial exam. I was scare-mongered into a full treatment package including Western Dental's GumX and told I could be denied other treatments if not going through with that. First thing they did was take the GumX impressions. Then I get half of a deep cleaning, mouth feels kind of raw after the lidocaine wears off, figure it's normal. I hadn't had any dental work done in a long time. I had broken a tooth and that was the reason for my initial visit so I was referred to RootVision for a root canal on that tooth. That went incredibly well at RootVision, dentist there did comment that I need a deep cleaning and they didn't seem to believe I had had one on half my mouth already. There was visible tartar. RootVision put on a temporary crown, they used tools and shaped the temp and it felt comfortable. Next day, Friday, I'm due back at Western Dental for the second half of the cleaning. I had called and confirmed my appointment and I could do that after the root canal. I get the second half of my mouth deep cleaned by Nessim. When injecting the lidocaine it felt like it went in too deep on the back lower portion and the front upper left. He did the deep cleaning and during so removed the temporary crown. He proceeded to work the cavit in his fingers and mash it into the spot he removed the temporary crown from, having me bite down to make sure it's comfortable. With half my mouth numb I guess it was comfortable, I couldn't feel. After leaving I began to lose feeling in the left side of my face up to my eye and over half of my nose. Family member pointed out my face is swollen as well. Over the next few hours it slowly dissipated but I've never had that occur previously, not even with the root canal. I had more pain from the cleanings verse the root canal. Throughout the day, the cavit temporary crown crumbled and completely came out, leaving my open tooth packed with only cotton, this happened within 4 hours. By now it was Friday night and the office had closed, I had to call Saturday morning. I attempted to go in to have that covered up but was denied and told I would have to wait until Tuesday to see Nessim. I asked to see the dentist that was there and was told, "Sorry, you need to wait for Dr. Nessim." After all of this I end up calling around and get a consultation and crown appointment setup at another office. My tooth was open which increases likelihood for infection and Western Dental wanted me to wait 4 days for them to put another temporary filler on. The last appointment with them had left such a bad impression on me and the temp crumbling in my mouth as the day went on, at on point coworkers saw me spit out a large chunk of it, apparently the last remaining bit covering my tooth, that I could not go back and let them do the crown or cavity work. Western is making mistakes on the more basic things yet I am to trust them with a crown and fillings? No. I had a wonderful experience at the next office I went to. This office said I would need a deep cleaning, pointing out very visible tartar on my front teeth. THIS EAS AFTER A DEEP CLEANING AT WESTERN DENTAL. They didn't believe I had seen another dentist until I told them Western Dental and they seemed to immediately know what was going on. After all of this I had two separate offices say I need a deep clean, both of which provided wonderful care for the services rendered, both of which were after the Western Dental cleanings. I have attempted to refund my Western Dental treatment plan but they are refusing to refund the Gum X treatment although I haven't received any of it, only impressions made. I need another deep clean because there is still tartar on some teeth but Western Dental will not refund the deep cleanings I have done. I need to have them done again, I should not be paying for the initial, poorly done, deep cleanings. I have canceled all future appointments with Western Dental of which I am still receiving confirmation texts and emails, so the office can't even cancel appointments properly. The last time I spoke to Aide, the manager, she attempted to push me to get more cleanings, at first stating it takes multiple deep cleans, which I have never heard of and asking around is not normal. When I said I do no trust Nessim's work she said I can switch dentists and see another one at the office. I had previously stated I want to see another dentist besides Nessim and was denied, this was while I had a gaping hole in my tooth because of Nessim's poor work. read more

do NOT take your children here, the "children dentist" Faridah Knapp is beyond rude and disrespectful and refused to treat my 8 year old son. I am so shell shocked and hurt. I have never had a children dentist straight up refuse to treat my son, he had had the exact same treatment before with numbing and laughing gas and she tried to force me to take him elsewhere to have him sedated when it is my right as a mother to make the choice and I chose not to. Instead of helping us out she stormed out and refused to speak with us or treat him read more

They provide Great service , have very nice staff At this location would highly recommend read more

I had an ortho consultation for my daughter and the front desk was very helpful. I waited maybe 15 minutes when my daughter and I were taken to see the orthodontist. Everyone was very helpful and friendly. I have been to other western dental locations in the past and this location in Carson is by far the best! They gained 2 new clients definitely recommend to everyone. read more

Great service, great workers African-American lady is the best worker !!!!! Manager is great and friendly

They took care of me made sure I was all right and all my teeth were good amazing workers and service

If I could give them no stars I would. LAZY, UNSANITARY WORKERS. I walked in with my niece for an appt at 3pm. We got here 30mins earlier just to avoid the wait. She didn't even bother to ask my niece if she had papers filled out already. She handed new papers. She had NO MASK ON. What kind of medical worker are you?? No mask and talking to patients? Worst customer service ever. Get their shit together. Appointments are scheduled for a REASON. Why are people waiting when appointments are scheduled?? read more

worst dental clinic!!! it's my first time here because it's nearby at my house. i booked an appointment online at 12pm but when i come, the receptionist said that i need to wait until 1pm because it's doctor's lunch time. why they put 12pm at their site when it's doctor's lunch time? but still I come back at 1pm, the receptionist called me 1:40pm to sign paper works and said the waiting time is 1 hr 30mins. like really??? i've been there for like 1 hr 30mins and they still asked me to wait for another 1 hr 30mins. lol! i cancelled my paperworks and will never ever comeback. dont come to this dental office! appointment is useless and service sucks. the receptionist is not even smiling too and looks like she doesn't care about my complaint there are so many complaints here at yelp with the same issue with me but it looks like they are not improving. read more