Casey K Shimane, DDS

This was my first time going to see Dr. Shimane, we met for a consultation and the next day I came in to have all 4wisdom teeth removed. I was able to work out an affordable plan with his staff. I was nervous because I was going to be going with the laughing gas and I didn’t know what to expect. As soon as I got in the chair Dr. Shimane and his Assistant made me feel comfortable and relaxed. I was no longer feeling nervous but more ready to get it over with. Once I had some laughing gas in me he numbed up my mouth and began to start the extraction. I was awake during the procedure and could remember him talking me thru it all. It felt like I was only in there for about 15mins but after about 45mins all 4 of my wisdom teeth were extracted. To say the least it was quick and not as painful as I had imagined in fact I felt little to no pain at all. His assistant helped me with how to take care of my mouth after the surgery. She also helped me to the car with a wheelchair and I was on my way home. I would definitely recommend dr. shimane for wisdom teeth extraction. Hope this helped anyone looking for the right oral surgeon and Goodluck!

So I’ll start off saying that I’ve never had any surgery of any kind. This is my first experience with anesthesia and I was scared of the thought of going under. I did way too much research and actually began to have panic attacks in the car. Once I got there I was met with the wonderful reception team whom were prompt and went over and beyond to help me and get advice from my regular dentist. I literally had to do nothing.
From there I went into the room where we dealt with a young lady and she was nice and very informative when it came to the surgery and the process of financial choices. My boyfriend is kinda like a comic and relieved stress and tension that we all felt from me being very uncomfortable.
Once done, I was asked to use the restroom and I as soon as I exited they were ready for me. The assistant was there and she was very soothing and relaxing. To smooth me into the process, I was first introduced to laughing gas and I literally did not feel the pinch for the IV. Th most stressful part for me was transitioning into fully awake to slumber land. I didn’t notice because they wrapped my eyes closed. I don’t remember anything.
The Dr Casey, was funny, charming, witty and informative. He was so kind that it definitely made me forget the process.
I know this is long but if there is someone like me who has never been under, just know that Shimane and his associates are an amzing staff and will treat you correctly. I would definitely go back for any other work needed.

Unprofessional, Inhumane. I was stunned and dismayed. He had me feeling uncomfortable and apprehensive as soon as he walked in for the consultation.
He spent more time on his laptop then he did talking with me, no eye contact.

I am one of the anxious Americans who avoids seeing dentists and when my regular dentist referred me to Dr. Shimane to pull out a tooth I was totally skeptical. Doctor’s professional staff gave me some comfort although initially scared me when they offered to put me to sleep instead of just a local but Dr. Shimane gave me confidence and he was very gentle during the procedure while explaining every step. They also gave me all the antibiotics and pain medication prescriptions a few days ahead although I did not need all the pain medications. One interesting item they gave me to take home was 2 black tea bags. This was the best thing to stop the bleeding fast after the gauze did not stop bleeding. Just got the tea bag wet and bite on it 30 minutes and away goes bleeding. Dr. Shimane was kind enough to call and check on me after the procedure and a follow-​up is scheduled after a week. I also found the fees reasonable. Good experience overall

I went to Dr. Shimane to get my wisdom tooth pulled and I had as good an experience with a dentist that I have ever had (because honestly, who really likes the «chair»). I was surprised by how painless the procedure was, how well the staff was able to treat me and everything that goes with the procedure. I would recommend Dr. Shimane to anyone that is getting a wisdom tooth pulled.

Dr. Shimane is the best oral surgeon around! I went into that office and was treated with such care. I came in to get my wisdom teeth extracted and I remember how nice the doctor and the assistants were. They were asking me nice questions and being friendly until I fell asleep. They took great care of me after my surgery and sent me home with a nice care package Thank you so much to everyone who was there holding my hand (aka my sister) and to the wonderful Dr. And the assistants!

I was extremely nervous about having my wisdoms teeth extracted (I refused to pull them since 2001). Dr. Shimane and his staff took care of me. Dr. Shimae personally called me 12 hours afterwards to check up on me. It was great experience

I was referred to Dr. Shimane’s office by Creative Dimmensions for my tooth extraction. At first I was nervous because I’ve had a few bad dentist experiences in the past. Wish I could have been asleep for my procedure but there was a misunderstanding between the secretary and I which was completely «NOT» Dr. Shimane’s fault. Therefore I had to choose the nitrous gas option the day of (laughing gas) due to my high pain levels in my tooth. Dr. Shimane made sure I was comfortable the whole time and he did my procedure in a timely fashion. He does great work. Definitely recommend him for any tooth extractions.

Dr. Shimane and staff provided a caring and competent experience for both of my sons’ in having their wisdom teeth removed.

My wisdom tooth, which was growing in horizontally, was starting to cause daily nagging pain. I knew it was long overdue, and time to get it out! After hours of research in two different counties, I decided on Dr. Shimane!
The consultation went smoothly, and he answered every question I had. The idea of surgery makes my stomach churn, but between Dr. Shimane and his lovely staff, I felt confident coming back in 5 days for removal of all 4 due to his suggestion.
This morning I arrived at the office with my mom and best friend. When it came time to go to the room, my heart started to sink as the panic set in. Once I laid down, Dr. Shimane and his assistant explained every single step of the process as they went. I had expressed that my main concern was pain: from the IV to the injections of local in my gums, I felt absolutely nothing. Fast forward about 40 minutes later and all I can remember is him telling me the «buffet» was coming and then me laughing and taking a video of myself in the car. Basically, I felt absolutely no pain, the process was smooth and professional, and if I ever need oral surgery again I will gladly make the trek there, I would not trust me mouth to anyone else!
Thank you, Dr. Shimane and staff, for making something I had put off and dread an easy experience!

The entire experience with Dr. Shimane and his staff was very friendly, professional and pleasant. They answered all of my questions about the procedure and the finances.
The operation went very well and I had no pain post-​op. I didn’t even need the pain killers!
I would definitely recommend Dr. Shimane!
PS: He’s also super cool.

I got 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled. I went to sleep and everything went very smoothly. They even answer any questions you may have about what you’ve read on their Unilocal

I have finally come full circle from my first visit with Dr. Shimane .It has been 2 years and 5 surgeries later, since I met Dr. Shimane. I knew nothing of how long this process would take or what it entailed. Yet, with every step and even when I had one setback, Dr. Shimane assured me by staking his reputation, that I would have my mouth look normal once again. I put my utter and total confidence into his calm assurance that everything would be ok. After an extraction, 2 bone graft surgeries, a gum graft surgery, my implant surgery, and lots of patiently waiting for things to heal, my jawbone has regrown, and the gum wall that holds the tooth is restored! I couldn’t fully appreciate Dr. Shimane ’ s extreme talent and meticulous work until I got my tooth. When my dentist Dr. Vincent Lai (in CV amazing dentist too!) placed my new tooth in, I was in tears. I was finally able to see the results and the vision that Dr. Shimane had all along. I saw other reviews in here how they didn’t like how he trained other surgeons. My thought are why wouldn’t you want him to train someone! He is the best. Wouldn’t you want the best handing down their knowledge? I know I would. I was a difficult, worrisome, freaked out about everything patient. Every time I was always allowed to come in at moments notice to get reassured again. Thank you to everyone there and Dr. Shimane. Dr. Shimane told me I made a couple of his top tens in his career. I just want to let you know you made my top #1 of all Dr. s congrats! That’s a hard list to make ;) see you next year and again thank you from the bottom of my heart.

This man is amazing!!! I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled last Thursday. I highly recommend Dr. Casey. I don’t’ remember anything from the surgery and I wasn’t even completely under. I was put under what they call twilight sleep to where you can still respond during the procedure. I don’t even remember being put in the car… lol
Healing time… I would say by the 4^th day was when I stopped taking the Norco. I never felt any major pain but for sure discomfort. You definitely need 3 days off for sure! On my 5^th day I felt fine but if I did a lot of talking I experienced some throbbing. Today is day 9 after the surgery and I am at 80%.
The staff are great and professional as well…

Was referred by my dentist for 2 implants to fix 2 congenitally missing teeth that had already been bridged twice and wouldn’t withstand another bridging. I had put this off for quite a while due to location of my previous dentists oral surgeon so I was concerned about bone recession.
Was impressed with office from the initial phone call. Amy, who does the pre surgery
consultation is WONDERFUL. Very patient, outgoing and friendly. She is the one you will deal with for questions, explanation’s. I had to call a number of times due to working around my husband’s work schedule and was always treated warmly.
The actual surgery (I had light anesthesia) was very smooth. I was aware of what was going on but was comfortable. Post surgery took 1 precautionary pain pill then only the antibiotics.
Recently was aware that one of the caps for the post was loose so went to have tightened. Once again the staff was great. One more month and I will get the caps and anticipate no problems.
I would definitely recommend Dr Shimane for any kind of Oral Surgery. He makes a usually unpleasant procedure as comfortable as possible.

Dr. Shimane and his staff did an amazing job taking care of me and my poor missing tooth. I love that since I got my little tooth implant I am now able to chew and not worry about my baby tooth falling out (where I didn’t have a permanent one). I was impressed by his knowledge and how he took great care of me and made sure I was comfortable with the process every step of the way.

Receiving treatment from Dr. Shimane and his staff was a wonderful experience for me. I went in for the removal of two wisdom teeth (since I already had the other two removed elsewhere, which was a horrible experience for me). The staff was very clear of what I needed to do to prepare before the procedure and they were kind enough to remind me of it again a couple of days prior to the surgery.
Once the surgery day came, I was a bit nervous because I chose to be awake for the procedure. I chose to do Nitrous Oxide during the procedure and it was painless and comfortable. Dr. Shimane talked me through what he was going to do and calmed any fears I had.
My recovery was great as well. I went home, took a nap and woke up without any pain even after the numbness went away. I took a painkiller at night just in case it would hurt but when I woke up in the morning there was no pain and I didn’t need any more meds.
I would recommend going to Dr. Shimane’s office for the removal of wisdom teeth! You get treated very well by the staff, it is a clean office and you get great care from the doctor himself.

I am very happy with my experience at Dr Shimane’s office. I had four wisdom teeth extracted which accounted for 3 total visits (consult, procedure, and post-​op visit). I believe I interacted with every staff member at least once during those three visits. Dr Shimane has a 5 – 7 all beautiful woman staff who were polite, pleasant, professional, and knowledgeable every step of the way. Their equipment, office and techniques are all modern and progressive.
During my consult everything was explained to me clearly and I did not feel pressure to pick one option or another. During the procedure I opted for no general anesthetic. The procedure went about as well as a 4 tooth extraction can go. I followed the post-​op instructions closely. I did not have swelling for long and had zero complications. My post-​op also went well.
I would recommend their office

I just had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed by Dr. Shimane, and I have no complaints. All of his staff are well trained to be friendly, sympathetic, and knowledgeable. Dr. Shimane is very personable and is even a facial trauma surgeon on the weekends. Who better to trust with your wisdom teeth than someone like that? They are very professional. Everything is done electronically, and they even instant message each other from different rooms for information.
They hand you packets of information that answer all your questions pre and post surgery. I didn’t have to call them at all with any questions.
I came into my 10 am extraction appointment very anxious and scared, but they did a great job to calm my nerves and answered any questions I might have had. They were talking to me up until I fell asleep. I woke up in the car ride home, with ice packs on my cheeks, and I remember it being only 11am. He seriously completes these extractions in 30 minutes. It’s crazy.
I recommend him to anyone. I got a call from him 2 days after my surgery, on a Friday night, asking if I’m doing okay and if I had any questions. I had my follow up with the dental hygienist, and she handed me a syringe to help with my teeth cleaning.
The first 3 days, I stuck to their list of suggested foods. In about 4 days, I was able to eat normal foods that were softer. At one week, I started eating normal, even though they suggested to stick to soft foods for another week. I healed fairly quickly because they did such an amazing job.

I am VERY pleased with Dr. Shimane and his staff’s work on my wisdom teeth. I had all four removed in one sitting. Here is a detailed list of my first week after the surgery:
THE PROCEDURE: I remember nothing but the shot, the blankets, the eye cover-​er, and the plastic object the doctor/​assistants used to keep my mouth open. I woke up in my bed with an ice pack on each side of my cheeks, and a blood-​filled gauze in my mouth.
Day 1 [right after the procedure]: Extreme dizziness and nausea only when I stand up after lying for a long period of time, bleeding for about 8 ~ 9 hours, ice packs on and off for 30 minutes
Day 2: Swelling/​stiffness in my jaw, pain began to kick in around night time — especially on the bottom left side (I assume there was more difficulty in extracting this one than in the other three), continued use of ice packs, began taking ibuprofen and oxycodone & acetamenophen to control pain, began to rinse mouth with a warm saline solution after every «meal» (allowed the solution to «drool» out instead of spitting it out to prevent the dislodging of the blood clots that are essential for the socket to heal)
Day 3: Extreme swelling — I looked like a blockhead: D (this is the climax of the swelling), worsened pain, began use of a warm and moist towel to help with the swelling, continued to take medications, continued to rinse with saline solution
Day 4: Pain, swelling begins to ease up, diarrhea, nausea, development of 2 canker sores in the back of my mouth, less use of a warm towel, very slight bleeding when rinsing mouth (only once), continued to take medications, continued to rinse with saline solution
Day 5: Stopped use of oxycodone & acetamenophen due to nausea, less pain (ibuprofen proven to be sufficient in controlling pain), diarrhea, first time being able to brush efficiently, continued to rinse with saline solution
Day 6: Ibuprofen begins to lose effect after 5 ~ 7 hours, bad taste in my mouth, less pain, swelling is down by about 90%, continued use of ibuprofen, stiffness in jaw, cannot open mouth wider than 2 stacked fingers, continued to rinse with saline solution
Day 7: Post-​op appointment day — everything seems to be fine, began to use the syringe to irrigate saline solution in the open sockets after every meal, continued to rinse with saline solution, jaw is stiff so jaw muscle exercising was initiated, HAD MY FIRST FULL MEAL
Week 1: porridge, mashed potatoes, vanilla milkshake, jamba juice, mac n cheese, pasta, chicken noodle soup, vienna sausages, water, yogurt, watermelon, half a can of sprite (I thought it would help with nausea but apparently only flat soda works), guava juice
Weeks 2 – 3: was informed to continue to eat soft foods, no crunchy or chewy foods
The pain was completely gone after about 2 weeks. Don’t worry, the pain disappears a little more each day and it was tolerable. I was able to eat comfortably after 2 – 3 weeks.
The duration of my healing was generally comfortable due to the fact that Dr. Shimane and his staff immediately answered my calls/​questions. I also scheduled 3 post-​op appointments where Dr. Shimane and his assistants answered all of my questions/​concerns. They are always available during business hours and are very very very friendly.
I also noticed that they hate to make their patients wait. I was prescribed penicillin and the whole staff (literally, the ladies at the front desk and the assistants) rushed to get Dr. Shimane to sign the prescription. They constantly reassured me that the prescription would be available soon even though I was comfortable with waiting. It didn’t even take long: 10 minutes max! I felt like the center of their attention and I’ve never had anyone work so hard just to get a piece of paper signed. It was very nice of them. They even apologized about the «wait»…so what does that say about Dr. Shimane and his wonderful staff?
And now the most important part of the procedure: The Result. There were no major complications with the surgery and I feel GREAT! No more toothaches, headaches, jaw aches, no more pre-​surgery anxiety, no more teeth extractions!!!
I definitely recommend your coming to Dr. Shimane for your oral surgery… you will not regret it!