Bellevue Dental Arts

Alex the hygienist and Dr. Ryan Chang did a great job, as always. They always do a highly competent job with my teeth, while keeping the mood light, personable, and pleasant. Everyone at the front desk is also very nice, and efficient.

Alex the hygienist and Dr. Ryan Chang did a great job, as always. They always do a highly competent job with my teeth, while keeping the mood light, personable, and pleasant. Everyone at the front desk is also very nice, and efficient.

When I first went, he saw that my wisdom teeth were still there and treated me very well. But every time I went in for a cleaning, he kept pressuring me to have my wisdom teeth removed. I said my wisdom teeth were fine and I didn’t want to extract them yet. During one cleaning, he deliberately chipped/cracked part of a wisdom tooth while scaling, so it started to deteriorate afterward. When he later extracted the wisdom tooth, he used the adjacent healthy tooth as leverage (I could actually feel it during the extraction). Not long after the wisdom tooth was removed, the tooth next to it became loose. Once a tooth started to feel even slightly loose, instead of trying to figure out how to treat it, he would always recommend extracting it. After your wisdom teeth are gone, you’re no longer “valuable” to him, and he’ll just refer you somewhere else. Re: I NEVER pressure anybody to remove teeth. I ONLY give information to allow patients an ability to make correct decisions. When I heard a tooth that’s only slightly loose needed to be removed, and no discussion on any treatment options at all, I was truly shocked. I couldn’t help thinking: does this dentist only know how to pull teeth and not actually treat them?

When I first went, he saw that my wisdom teeth were still there and treated me very well. But every time I went in for a cleaning, he kept pressuring me to have my wisdom teeth removed. I said my wisdom teeth were fine and I didn’t want to extract them yet. During one cleaning, he deliberately chipped/cracked part of a wisdom tooth while scaling, so it started to deteriorate afterward. When he later extracted the wisdom tooth, he used the adjacent healthy tooth as leverage (I could actually feel it during the extraction). Not long after the wisdom tooth was removed, the tooth next to it became loose. Once a tooth started to feel even slightly loose, instead of trying to figure out how to treat it, he would always recommend extracting it. After your wisdom teeth are gone, you’re no longer “valuable” to him, and he’ll just refer you somewhere else. Re: I NEVER pressure anybody to remove teeth. I ONLY give information to allow patients an ability to make correct decisions. When I heard a tooth that’s only slightly loose needed to be removed, and no discussion on any treatment options at all, I was truly shocked. I couldn’t help thinking: does this dentist only know how to pull teeth and not actually treat them?