Dr. Kenneth Wong certainly is one of the best dentists I have been to. Yelp isn't always right, but when you have almost every single review 5 stars over a period of several years, that probably tells you something. I would summarize and say that his technique is at a higher level, his service is authentic, and he is very personable as well. The first two points are the most important when you are going to a dentist or any medical expert; the last point is a bonus.
An example of what I mean can be illustrated in a routine cleaning visit I booked with him. He not only measured my gums (a first of the past 10 years in going to dentists in the US), but also left my teeth feeling cleaner than I can remember.
His authenticity can be illustrated in that he does not try to push you towards procedures and does not pretend to be a specialist in specific procedures. What I mean is most dental general practitioners would do root canals, wisdom teeth removals on older patients, and other procedures and give advice on them. Dr. Wong will give his thoughts as well, but he would concurrently refer you to a specialist root canal person or a specialist wisdom tooth orthodontist whose job it is all day to look at root canals only or perform wisdom tooth removals all day if the situation warrants. I really appreciated this aspect of his practice.
How it related to me is that I had a root canal done on my front tooth 20+ years ago. Every general practitioner dentist over the past few years recommend me put a porcelain veneer on it (which would require shaving off part of the front tooth, and require maintenance and replacement after a certain amount of time). Dr. Wong took a look and noticed that the backside looked like it could use some smoothing - he was the first to point this out. Dr. Wong then recommend me see a specialist root canal person Dr. Brandon Seto (a 5 star root canal specialist) to evaluate the root canal to see if it was done properly, has held up properly over the past 20 years, and get his opinion of if a veneer would be necessary over the front tooth. Everyone's situation is different, but in my case, I was advised that it was probably not necessary to get a veneer for structural reasons. Thanks to both recommendations, Dr. Wong saved me from shaving my front tooth down in a procedure that probably isn't necessary.
He also referred to me a wisdom tooth removal specialist who I haven't had a chance to go to yet. The reason he is referring me to a wisdom tooth specialist is that for adult patients who have wisdom teeth close to a nerve, you want a specialist performing that operation (rather than a general practitioner). This makes total sense to me and after going to the specialist root canal guy, I am totally convinced that it does make sense to get a specialist to opine.
Finally, just one last point on how thoughtful and kind of a person he is, he didn't even push me to do X-Rays (I brought in my previous X-Rays from a couple years ago), knowing that I might have other procedures that might eat into my insurance max amount this year. So he told me to go see the specialists first, see what I need done, see how much I have left over, and then do X-Rays next time. I have never had this experience before. I felt compelled to write about my experience with Dr. Wong here given all the above. Hope this is helpful, if you need a second opinion on something or want to have a good cleaning, would highly recommend go to him.
Note: Everyone's specific situation is different, so please do not take my review as dental advice. read more
