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5.0 Stars
Based on 17 Reviews
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5 Stars
Allen M.
Posted on : 2015-07-13
Being from a family of dentists (father & uncle) I grew up with excellent, caring, in-house dentistry! I now know how privileged (and spoiled) I was because top-quality, reasonably priced dental care is just not that easy to find. So for those in search of a great dentist, I highly recommend Dr. Ann Wei at 450 Sutter in San Francisco.
My recent experience (April 2012) with Dr. Wei involved a lower molar that was becoming increasingly sensitive prior to leaving the country. I had already heard of Dr. Wei through mutual acquaintances and contacted her explaining that I felt as if my tooth were ready to crack. Dr. Wei made time for me the same day and within minutes identified a micro-fissure on the back side of the tooth. She felt that there was a considerable risk that the tooth could fracture and recommended a porcelain in-lay / on-lay. Knowing that I was traveling in one week, she stayed late to prep the tooth and place a temporary crown. She then accelerated the normal 2-week lab turn-around so that the final prosthetic was back within 5 business days and again stayed late to cement the final product.
Bottom line - within 6 days of my first visit, my tooth was like new - impossible to tell that it wasn't a fully natural tooth; very fair price; and completely painless every step of the way. In addition, I learned that Dr. Wei had studied and practiced in Taipei's major hospital - a true, big-city testing ground and that she had since achieved national certification here in the states as a certified prosthodontist, an elite group of only several hundred dentists. Dr. Wei also teaches dentistry at the UCSF dental school from which she got her American degree. Friendly, helpful, and a very patient communicator, this is dentistry as good as it gets.
Allen Morris, San Francisco
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5 Stars
Meg D.
Posted on : 2015-04-16
My favorite dentist! I found Ann by word of mouth referral from another dentist on Yelp that had tons of positive reviews and hence, too many patients and no space for me. I saw her after I had another visit with a dentist in Berkeley that just didn't rub me the right way.
I saw Ann, and she took care of me. I wanted a conservative approach and not have to get a root canal if I didn't need to. Ann took care of the teeth and we were able to save the tooth (for now) and will keep an eye on it for the future.
She's sincerely friendly, not pushy, very intelligent, and knows what she's doing. She's not one of those dentists that will try to push other services onto you to make money. She does what is best for the patient, and that can be rare nowadays.
Also, she has the latest equipment, unlike the other dentist I saw.
Finally, her office manager Allison is awesome. Smart, sincerely friendly as well, and on top of everything. She knows what she's doing and dealing with my insurance was so pain-free for me, I was surprised. She simply took care of everything. Plus, I mentioned she's a sweetheart, right?
My son also saw Ann, and I was pleased with her care as well. The thought that I shouldn't leave this review on here, because she may get inundated with patients and it might become harder for me to get appointments, did cross my head. But they deserve to be recognized!
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5 Stars
Ching Chi Y.
Posted on : 2014-07-19
All in all, if you want to look for a very 'gentle touch' and yet meticulously thorough dental examine, you will ENJOY Dr. Wei's examine style.
My upper right tooth had a root canal 20 years ago and on May 17, 2016, it grew a lump like 1/4 inch size and I couldn't eat through the dinner, the 2nd day when I got up, it grew like a delta shaped 1/2 inch size and ballooned up.
After looking up my insurance plan I went to DDS. Alfonso Gonzales, as the list showed, his daughter, Maria Gonzales, is also a DDS, examined me, told me that an extraction of the tooth was needed on the Friday. And she gave me antibiotics to suppress the tooth lump till next appointment for an extraction. I got frantic.
Then I was lucky, my friend, told me this dentist Ann Wei, originally from Taiwan, the type of dentists that I were searching for. Then I emailed then on Fri., her front desk receptionist, Sandy, called on Sat., she was extremely empathetic, heard my description, decided she would have Dr. Wei to call me to see if she could see me at earlier time. That was a Sat., and Dr. Wei called me around 18:00, after having her day and asked me to come in her Mon., when that was her day off at the clinic, her receptionist would not work at the time to take my money.
So on Mon., I went, Dr. Wei, did a thorough examine - SHE TOUCHED THROUGH OUT MY GUMS AND PALATE and then told me that the front tooth was broken inside the bone and thus there was not way but to extract it.
She also told me that just an implant right back to the front tooth would not work for me and made a phone call right away to Dr. Reed Rayher, to make an 'urgent' appointment, the NEXT DAY!
Dr. Reed Rayher received me the next day, and because time was tight, or he would have given me the tooth extraction that day.
Then I read a couple of stories here, learned that Dr. Wei has helped several emergent situations for people (well, to each of us, it is all emergency to us).
I'm also sooo happy that Dr. Wei told me that a simply front tooth implant would not help me, if I don't solve other periodontitis problem. Dr. Maria Gonzales didn't tell me that!
I feel Dr. Wei is providing a whole scope view of my dental problem and I was very happy with the chance to see her.
On Wed., the first work day of a week, I went back to Dr. Wei's office, so that I could pay her consultation, only found that her receptionist was talking to my insurance company and the way she talked was so throughout and sweet. It was very pleasant to speak with her.
Now I'm hoping that my dental plan to switch to Delta next year, so I can follow up with her with a 'better' plan.
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San Francisco Prosthodontist |
450 Sutter Street, Suite 2425
San Francisco ,
California
94108
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(415) 518-4992 |
info@annweidds.com |
(888) 395-9487 |
http://www.annweidds.com/ |
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