Tanimura Leslie K , DDS MSD

We have been going for years here and this year we have had challenging issues with our youngest child. BUT I have to say that the best thing is that I TRUST Dr. Tanimura and that says a lot when you are picking a health professional. Even in emergencies, they were there for my son. The dental hygienist/​assistants are great-​esp Diana (or is it Diane?) who made my son felt at ease and both the dentist and assistant explained everything to my son in a gentle manner making him feel comfortable. I am impressed with their professionalism and compassion and being in the health field you like to recognize the good doctors/​staff because you know which ones are the good ones. The dentist also explained the game plan with the parent and gave options, alternatives, best route-​the whole thing and you can discuss and come up with a game plan together. I haven’t seen those older hygienists I complained about before– the ones I saw there this time around with my many visits are the nice ones and very gentle (yes, I also watch out how other hygienists interact with their clients so I can give an accurate Unilocal review). My kids actually like to go to the dentist… hmmm…maybe it is the for the toys you get afterwards-​lol!:)

Fantastic pediatric dentist. We started with Dr. Tanimura when my kids were little. Our insurance changed and we had to switch to another dentist to keep full coverage. He was a nightmare! My son refused to let him touch him, which is VERY out of character, but this guy gave me the creeps! He finally said we would need to have my son strapped to a board to have even a basic cleaning (which Dr. Tanimura had done 3x before with no problem).
We went running back to Dr. Tanimura! I was willing to pay whatever it took to have her care. Thankfully, my son remembered her and had no problems under her gentle caring touch. He even had to have two fillings on returning to her office and he thought it was «fun» (he got to use the headphones and choose his own music)!
Dr. Tanimura is personable, thoughtful, great with the kids and straight with the parents.