Affinity Dental of South Bay

I have been getting my dental care with Dr Dominguez at Affinity Dental of South Bay for several years and have been very happy with her and all of her staff. Dr Dominguez is very gentle and does excellent dental work from fillings to crowns. My hygienist Gloria at the office has been doing my cleanings for several years now and she is also gentle and patient as she has trained me to do a better and better job with my home care which has been a great benefit as the condition of my gums and teeth have steadily improved. I highly recommend the office to anyone looking for quality dental care at reasonable prices.

My experience is similar to some other reviews. I didn’t have dental insurance so I bought the groupon for a cleaning and xrays. I went in and had the xrays. Then the dental hygienist told me I needed a deep cleaning that would require me to get my mouth numbed. And she wouldn’t just do a regular cleaning. Then the dentist came in and she let me know I had 13 cavities! I’ve never had that many in my whole life! So a few months later I got insurance and went back to them since they were nice and had all my info. The deep cleaning wasn’t covered by my insurance and cost me $ 400! I had to come back for my cavities. the doctor will only do 2 cavities at a time. So I had 3 on one side and she wouldn’t do all three, meaning I would have to get all numbed up another day for just one cavity. Dr. Dominguez was rude and impatient when I told her it hurt and that the filling wasn’t filed down enough to close my teeth. I was not happy with my service there and the front desk person was rude as well. Once the numbing wore off my tooth hurt so bad! So bad for weeks after that I couldn’t chew on that side. I went to another dentist. She checked my teeth and laughed, I had ZERO cavities, just some staining. She did xrays and said she wasn’t sure why it hurt since the filling was far from the nerves. Slowly, 6 months later, I can chew on that side. I canceled all my appointments at the other office and headed to Dr. Singh at Canyon Vista dental. Her staff is wonderful and so is the pediatric dentist on sight. I will NEVER recommend Dr. Dominguez!

I got a Groupon for X-​rays, a check up, & a cleaning. My first issue was with the front desk girl who gave me issues with my service dog. Then she asked what is wrong with me & I said you have no right to ask me that. I offered to show her my paperwork (which is from the trainer & their lawyer) & she refused to see it & said he couldn’t be around the other patients. I said that’s discrimination & denying me service since I can’t have him with me. Eventually she talked to the doctor & I was cleared but once again she didn’t want to see my paperwork for me to prove I needed him. She then said well as long as he won’t bite the other patients you can have him with you… Like DAFUQ!!! If I already didn’t pay for this groupon I would have left right after that encounter! However, here’s the kicker, I bought the groupon for a cleaning since I don’t have dental insurance at the moment after leaving the military & they never cleaned my teeth!!! They wanted me to pay more for a deep cleaning which I do need but I was fine with just a regular cleaning & never got it… Waste of my time & money & I was forced to have anxiety the whole time because of how I was treated when I first arrived! Worst dental experience ever! Thank god Groupon refunded me but I wouldn’t suggest this place since it seems like they only want to make you pay more & not give you what you did pay for.

OMG! OMG! OMG!
Very Professional. Very Clean. Almost Painless. No wait.
I’m very happy with my choice of coming here.
I’m a BIG baby when it comes to going to the dentist and I ALWAYS put it off but I have no reason to do so now.
The Staff at the front counter were very friendly and professional. They checked me in and within a couple of minutes I was taken back for my appointment. I had a deep cleaning done by Gloria and she is amazing. I was so afraid to have this done but am so glad I did now.
I had some dental work done by Dr Dominguez and honestly didn’t feel a thing. I have a few more follow up appointments for some further work and am looking forward to them. She has great knowledge in her work and it shows.
THANK YOU DR DOMINGUEZ for the care you have given me and for giving me my smile back.

I honestly have to say this place is really good. Dr. Dominguez is super sweet and has the right touch for patients (myself anyway) that had past not so great experiences with dental procedures.
The staff oh so helpful and always friendly. Nicole the financial coordinator is always very friendly and so helpful. My hygienist Gloria!!! She’s AMAZING and her son Michael very sweet. My teeth thank her now. My smile will be thanking Dr. Dominguez later this February, Jesse is very gentle, Eric was great this past appointment! I love my new temps thank you so much! My pockets will just have to learn how to diet for now.
If you are in the market for a new dentist or seeking one, please do yourself a favor and make an appointment here.
Park across the street in the garage area, it’s free!

So I came here to be checked out while I head a very painful canker sore, one inside the mouth very annoying. It is hard to eat hard to talk etc. if you had one you know what I’m talking about,
ok, my appt at 1 o clock i left early noon from my place, got there in 10 minutes including parking. I was able to fill out my paper work and get back in the chair by 12:25. The doctor saw me and explained the hygenist can laser my canker sore to kill the bacteria. I was apprehensive because even water hurts this darn thing. i said ok. reluctantly, being afraid that a LASER would be painful, right?! nope, i did not feel anything, the hygenist (Gloria) kept checking in with me to make sure I was ok with the laser, asked me if I felt any heat. made sure i was comfortable. After a few passes with the laser, i have to say the initial pain I felt was gone (in other words the pain I walked in with).
I could not believe it. As i paid for my service outside 35.00 for the laser– well worth it. for no more pain, i was greeted by the front desk gal very friendly, charged me, asked me if everything went well, really made me feel like she cared. as i was leaving the hygenist popped out of the door to make sure all the pain was gone, i said yes and thanked her again for helping me. Just a few days have passed and still no more pain, it is healing and I feel so much better, As embarrassing as this is to write, I wanted to share it as I never knew you could treat a canker sore with anything. She also said she can do the same with the ones on the outside of the mouth the whole cold sore thing.
i am so thankful for this find, i hope this helps anyone else that has this issue!

I will never recommend this place. I feel like I got ripped off! I had been coming here for my regular cleanings and have had a few cavities filled. I didn’t have any problems with those procedures but when I decided to get braces to close the gap between my two front teeth all I can say is I regret it! When the gap finally closed the dentist talked me into getting a lingual retainer so I did because I didn’t want to risk my teeth spacing out again but a couple of months after she had put it on my teeth still spaced out and when I had her check it out all she did was fill it in and made sure the retainer was still in place (which it was). I hated that she just filled it in. A month later the same thing happened and I became so disappointed that I didn’t want her to work on my teeth anymore. As if the dentist wasn’t bad enough, her office manager Nicole was worse. She was rude on the phone (the «know it all» type), insensitive to how I was feeling, and when I told her I wanted my money back that wasn’t even an option to her. She wanted me to come and get checked by the dentist. I just finished explaining that I don’t want the dentist to work on my teeth anymore and she recommends me to come see her. Was she even listening at all? I’m so disappointed. Braces are not cheap and I ended up still having this gap. DO NOT COME HERE! They don’t value their clients. How do they sleep at night!?!

I have been using this dentist for a while and never had any problems, but today woo., the dentist was not in a good mood. I had an appointment at 1:00 and finally saw her at 1:40. She asked how i was doing, I told her, I am in a little hurry, I need to get back to work. She then wasted more time by telling me about their system and called me «Honey». I did not like that at all. She then refused to look at my teeth. I called her a name that I should not have, but she should not have asked me how I was doing, if she did not want to know. I would not recommend using this dentist.