R James Richardson II, MS DDS

Unfortunately, I am having to update my review. It saddens me really, but feel it is necessary. Things have gone downhill.
Lets start with this: in 2014 my child had baby root canal and crowns.
In 2015, he had an extraction a spacer and a crown. A few months later, the spacer fell out, so my wife takes him in. Simple procedure, reinsert the spacer, or so you would think. The Dr didn’t think so, my son, lets just say he is very anxious about the dentist. So he was naturally nervous. The Dr told us we would need to come back another day where they would sedate him… To put a space maintainer in. Already unhappy, we see the financial planner, and she tells us they also want to do an extraction (he is six and his front tooth is loose)
The way I see it, they saw an opportunity to make a few bucks by extracting a tooth that was already going to fall out. We ended up not making the appointment and leaving without the space maintainer.
3 weeks later his front tooth came out.
Skip forward to Jan 2016, one of his crowns has fallen off. So we call to let them know. We make an apt, but they told us the apt was to see what they could do. Took him to another pediatric dentist in the area instead. Unfortunately, we won’t be doing business with this office anymore.
Thank you guys for your services, please don’t contact my wife or me, we have made our decision.

Dr. Richardson and his entire staff are amazing! My son has been going to him since we moved to the area back in 2006 and he was 5 years old. We have had nothing but excellent service and they are ver, very professional and friendly! Any kid who is ever been afraid of going to the dentist, will love Dr. Richardson and his staff!

Amazing! Dr. Richardson made today’s visit such a positive experience. My daughter has always been terrified of dentists, but from our 1^st visit, he made her feel at ease. He is caring and truly understands the importance of making children feel relaxed and comfortable. We were referred to him by our dentist, and love him so much that we are making him our girls’ primary dentist.
In addition to an amazing dentist, if you come to Dr. Richardson’s, you will be pleased with his staff. Every person in his office is warm and welcoming. I can not say enough about how positive our experience was.
Thank you again, Dr. Richardson for making today so great!!!

Thank you to Dr. Richardson and his staff for making our dental visits so pleasant for over 15 years. This place is so child friendly. My kids comfort and good experience is a first priority for Dr. Richardson and the staff. I would recommend Dr. Richardson office to everyone.

Years ago my son had «aggressive» treatment from Dr. Richardson, resulting in the fact that when he was a teen and needed braces, we discovered that the previous treatment had been billed to orthodontia. We had ZERO benefits left, and had to pay the entire cost of his braces. We were never informed of this.

Nice staff and Dr., but that’s about it. They make u feel pressured into doing proactive fillings and such. They would over charge us too. We left and started going to corona kids dental. love love them!

We love Dr. Richardson!!! He is so good with the kids, fast, and sweet.
I highly recommend him for kids… even when we have to do fillings my daughter does well and likes going to the dentist.
He knows and understands children and watching him and his staff work (crazy fast and efficient) is amazing.

GET a 2^nd opinion everyone!!! He told me my son had 8 cavities after we were already told one month prior he had no cavities (we saw him due to something being caught in a tooth). After Dr. Richardson told us this, we immediately had two other dentists tell us they have no idea what he is seeing and that he has NO cavities, pretty big discrepancy from 8!!! And isn’t it funny that the «not recommended» reviews are all negative and the good reviews are all the first you come to! He definetly has his hand in on the Unilocal thing. But it’s ok, about 10 of our friends have left him due to similar circumstances and carma will surely come back to haunt him if he continues to drill on innocent children’s VIRGIN teeth! Be careful and dont just read the recommended reviews! I’m sure mine will now be placed into the «not recommended» category by Dr Richardson himself or his buddy! Stay away from him, he’s evil and drilling on kids teeth that don’t need it, this is CHILD ABUSE! and don’t let Mercedes make you feel that you must do this work and hurry you along and not explain things clearly either (she’s the sales/​financial lady who’s office you’ll go into after the scam exam)! She’s definetly a part of all this scary stuff going on!

I recently wrote a review on Google, and since the Dr. himself called me and had the audacity to ask me to remove it,…so I think I’ll write one here too.
We took our daughter to Dr. Richardson for a cleaning and he promptly told us that she needed to baby root canals, two crowns, and several other fillings. Extensive work given she was only 3. We gave in because we were panicked and let him do the work. We subsequently brought in our son for a cleaning and he recommended upwards of 10 cavities be filled. Now, we have previously had him checked out by a different dentist that told us his teeth were perfect. So we got a 2^nd opinion. Sure enough,.the dentist offering the 2^nd opinion said his teeth were perfect. Dr. Richardson was going to drill on perfectly healthy teeth. Never will we go back there again… and all of our friends and family are well aware of our ordeal and they are leaving there too because our experience confirmed some questions they had about him.
Now.after posting a similar review on Google,.I got a call from the Dr. He invited me to come in and review the x-​rays with him. ??? I’m not a Dr. I wouldn’t know how to read an x-​ray. How is this going to help to explain his findings? He could say almost anything he wanted to and I couldn’t argue it because I wouldn’t know what I was looking at. He also invited me to have his findings reviewed by a peer panel. Oh… you mean a panel of his buddies that have his back and will say what is needed to help him out? Do you think we’re stupid? No thanks! I’ll just let everyone I know about our experience.

My son loves Dr. Richardson and his entire staff! They always remember who you are, know you by first name, and ask relative information. I feel like I am seeing a bunch of friends, and not just a dentist. What an awesome experience. Thank you Dr. Richardson and your amazing staff!

My triplets are now 14 and have been going here for years. Thank you to Dr. Richardson and his staff for making our dental visits so wonderful. This place is so child friendly. I would recommend Dr. Richardson office to everyone.

This office is awesome! So great at communication before and during appointments. They are prompt and personal. My kids love everyone who works there and they feel like they are friends with their dentist Dr. Richardson. The fish tank and the TVs with Disney movies keep the kids occupied and happy. I wish they were compatible as my HMO primary dentist choice for my kids. I have used them as a PPO customer for 6 years now for children who are now 8 and 6. I give them referrals when anyone asks me for a pediatric dentist in this area.

Dr. Richardson is gentle, caring, and honest.
A previous dentist told us our daughter had numerous cavities and needed 2 separate treatments where she needed to be sedated. (We found out from another dentist that she didn’t have as many cavities as we were originally told.) Another dentist we went to believed in the «tough love» tactic where 4 adults held my daughter down while she had a 2 cavities filled. My daughter was crying, squirming, and begging the doctor to stop and she was telling the doctor that it hurt. The doctor assured me it didn’t hurt and said if my daughter wouldn’t cooperate she would recommend anesthesia. You can imagine how tramatizing this treatment was to my daughter and to mom. I cried walking out of the office that day.
Then we found Dr. Richardson. My daughter didn’t cry or complain at all while her cavities were being filled. After her first treatment, I cried but it was from relief. It took several dentists, but I finally found the right dentist!
My daughter and I love the office, the Dr. and the hygienists. She looks forward to her visits to the office. My daughter has soft teeth and prone to cavities, so she’s had several fillings already but she never complains about any of her visits. Thanks to Dr. Richardson, she has forgotten about her previous dentist and has 0 fear of the dentist!

Can’t believe there are doctors like this out there. Brought my daughter in for a front top baby tooth that had an adult tooth growing behind it. It was somewhat loose but not loose enough to fall out right away. WHen all was said and done, and $ 200 later, no x rays were even done, he wanted to put her under general anesthesia to pull not one but FOUR teeth out!!! The estimated cost was $ 2300!!! Thought it was crazy and unnecessary so I brought her to another dentist for a second opinion and he also couldn’t believe the suggestion. He said not to worry. He couldn’t believe that a dentist would unnecessarily put a child under anesthesia for that. He said it would soon fall out on its own, which, less than 2 weeks after our appt. with Richardson, sure enough it did. I have heard from so many other moms in Corona who have had similar experiences of suggesting unnecessary work and procedures. Just can’t help but feel like he’s trying to make a buck at the expense of our children. Be forewarned, he comes off as very nice and friendly! Don’t trust him!!!

DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN HERE!!! We are still paying for things Dr. Richardson said my child needed that he did not need, which ended up really screwing up his teeth. Be careful when they try to lie to you & tell you most of the treatment will be covered by insurance, what they do is recommend devices to go in a child’s mouth & use your 1 time orthodontic money on your dental coverage, so when u go to fix the problems dr. Richardson caused… you realize he robbed you there too! Other Dentist & Orthodontist in the area know him & don’t like what he is doing… totally unethical, completely dishonest. Funny how the last five star is from a «Donna» that just happens to be the name of his own mother that works in the office & helps him rip you off! The other five star is probably a employee that wants to keep her job or another family member… wouldn’t be surprised if its dr. rip u off Richardson himself trying to get another «star» for his reviews! Horrible office, and very dishonest, fake person that calls himself a dentist! Unilocal so needs to change their star rating to have negative stars… this place will never deserve the 1 star it received from me!!! I could say other words, but Unilocal does not allow that kind of language!!!

Dr Richardson was referred to me by my dentist. I took my son to him for his first dental visit. He is 2.5 and had what looked like white spots on his front teeth. we went back and the doctor came in. He was very friendly and tried to make my son comfortable. when the doctor looked at his teeth he saw what I was talking about and said he has 4 cavities. he used the scraper to see what plaque he could get off. after a quick look he said he’s got 4 cavities and he will need to be put under general anesthesia to take care of it. Also said he will need a frenectomy (I had one as a child and it didn’t help me at all). I was in shock that my son needed all this work at such a young age. He proceeded to tell me I’m a good mom I’ve done nothing wrong… Um he doesn’t even know me! I know I’m a good mom but I didn’t need a stranger to suggest I might be blaming myself. He was just being nice but I just don’t like when people assume they know things. there was not much talk of his eating habits we went straight to we have dates open to book you in next week. Also he pulled out a picture of a child with rotting teeth and said if we don’t do this he could have this happen along with needing root canals and crowns. I understand the importance of taking care of cavities but this seemed like a scare tactic.
So that was that and we met with a lady who went over our bill for the day and how much treatment would be. we were paying cash and our visit was $ 100! we didn’t even have X-​rays. the treatment they wanted my son to have would have been $ 2,200.00! It felt very much like they were pushing us with no other options.
we did seek a second opinion at another recommended ped dentist and he said he saw one small cavity starting and with fluoride and diligent brushing we could probably hold off on any fillings for a year… with a check up in 6 months to see where we are at. I understand there are different methods but Dr Richardsons visit seemed very pushy and expensive.
I gave two stars instead of none because I think the Dr was nice enough and non threatening for children… I’m sure he is well liked and the office was child friendly.
I personally didn’t like our experience and how quickly he wanted to do so much treatment to my young child without even exploring other options. general anesthesia is kind of a big deal.

Been bringing my four kids here for well over 10 years since they first got teeth! The service is excellent, and my kids NEVER feel anxiety or fear of having cleanings or work done! They practically look forward to coming! I know that as they get older, they will continue to follow regular dental visits because they won’t relate dental care to fear and discomfort! That is a worthwhile investment that I could not get from a «bargain» or institutional dentist!

My children were patients of Dr. Richardson for approximately two years. I decided to consult with a different pediatric dentist in Corona after he made various recommendations for costly services not covered by insurance. They new dentist did not agree with his recommendations. My children are still having dental work to «fix» the work done by Dr. Richardson. In my opinion, he does very poor work and is expensive. I question his ethics.

Dr. Richardson is a delightful and very attentive to children. The kids enjoy there visits and are not terrify of the Dentist. The staff is very friendly.

I have taken my daughter to Dr Richardson for 3yrs now. The whole staff is beyond nice! They make you as a mom very comfortable about your childrens well being. My daughter needed to be out to have some fillings done. There staff literally held my hand and reassured me that everything was going to be just fine. There professionalism made the entire procedure much easier for her and I both. I have sent many people to him and all are very happy with the Dr and office itself.