Gregory W Skeens Jr, DDS

Dr Skeens and his staff are great. I had a dental emergency and Dr Skeens responded immediately. He is always a professional and has the leading edge equipment and he is a perfectionist! I have been his patient for years and the quality of his care and staff has always been the best. I am most grateful to have a dentist and staff that are so well trained and so kind! Thank you once again!

Dr. Skeens and his staff are true professionals! They provide the necessary level of care, alert you to potential concerns and allow you to be an active part of your care plan. They offer leading edge technology in implants and crowns and regular dental care.

Very friendly staff and was able to get me in and out of their office super quickly. Didn’t have to wait around for 20 minutes like at other offices. Will definitely come back here again!

Dr. Skeens is as good as it gets. His office abounds in very advanced technology dental equipment and his staff are all highly trained, experienced dental professionals. I’m a terrible patient; I gag and am petrified of dentists because of the horrible experiences I had when I was a kid. No problem for cowards with Dr. S. I’ve convinced my entire family to become patients of Dr. Skeens and they all share my opinion of him and his wonderful staff.

I had no idea Dr Skeens does a quarterly raffle and I won! In order to be entered into the raffle, all you need to do is either write online reviews or provide referrals. Im so grateful for Dr. Skeens and his staff!

Dr. Skeens and his team are fantastic! I first met Dr. Skeens a few years ago when I chipped my front tooth on Christmas Eve. Even though the office was closed for the holiday, Dr. Skeens came in to fix it. Dr. Skeens and his staff are always extremely thorough, have the latest technology, and provide excellent patient care. My parents see Dr. Skeens as well and have always been pleased with the level of care and service. We highly recommend them!

I have been going to Dr. Skeens for several years. I have had a great experience for every visit including a recent full implant. Dr. Skeens has a hand held pen-​like camera to take pictures of specific teeth and issues. Then Dr. Skeens will immediately shows you the high definition photos on a computer screen that you can see from the dental chair. This allows the patient to ask all the specific questions that you want and see what the Dr. Skeens is talking about when he answers. This is so much better than relying on the verbal only from a dentist. The patient can make fully informed choices. Also, the best support staff ever!

Dr. Skeens as well as his staff are fantastic. They are super friendly and easy to talk too, Dr. Skeens shows you everything and explains everything (he really leaves nothing in question). I’ve had some old bad dental work fixed as well as a crown and he re-​crowned a tooth that i had knocked out when i was kid. Now i have a great smile!!! I almost forgot to mention this is the Day spa of dental offices. I have never been so comfortable while getting drilled on!

Excellent experience. He has the Latest technology for highly detailed and accurate diagnosis– every patient gets a CT scan! Above and beyond any other dentist I have been to. I’m happy to have him right in my backyard in Encinitas.

I was recommended to Dr. Skeens not long after moving to Carlsbad. I had a bit of an emergency and needed two wisdom teeth out and had another cracked tooth. All bad news but I got into to Dr. Skeens the day I called. I am so lucky I got referred and got in to see him when I did. Not only did he take care of removing the wisdom (which went surprisingly well) he referred me for a root canal on the cracked tooth to another great Oral Surgeon in the same complex. Dr. Skeens talked me through the whole thing he was very honest and up front about all the potential problems (which thankfully didn’t come to fruition) The staff was also very helpful. The one thing that I admire was the lack of heavy handed «upsell» that I have encountered at my last dentist. Dr. Skeen and his staff seem not only very good at dentistry but also have some integrity (that, unfortunately is rare these days) Highly recommend and am so glad I found this Dentist and staff!

I’ve been going here for a few years, and it is definitely as pleasant of an experience as going to the dentist can be. Sarah, the dental hygienist, is always very friendly and takes the time to make sure I’m comfortable. Dr. Skeens is great, very personable, and always explains everything that he’s doing. Some of my teeth were in pretty bad shape when I first started seeing him, but he made a plan of the best approach to get them fixed without bankrupting me, and now they’re better than ever. If you’re nervous or squeamish about seeing a dentist, I would absolutely recommend trying Dr. Skeens.

It’s too bad all the good reviews of this terrific dentist are in the «not recommended» page. Please read them — I agree with what people say. Dr. Skeens has a great chairside manner, knows what he’s doing, and tells you what’s going on every step of the way. He has a great staff as well, from the people at the front desk to his dental hygienist, who is very thorough.
I have to admit, I had kind of a negative image of a lot of dentists — just interested in making a lot of money, uncaring about their patients, etc. Dr. Skeens is the exact opposite of this. Read his biography; you can see this is the kind of person you want to have taking care of your teeth.

I spent two hours at Dr. Greg Skeens office yesterday and I must say it was a delightful appointment. I do not like going to the dentist office, but I did not experience any anxiety whatsoever. I would recommend Dr. Skeens to anyone.

On September 9^th, 2012 I was in a serious cycling accident in Encinitas which resulted in my front left tooth being completely broken and the neighboring tooth being cracked in half. The following day Dr. Skeens extracted the broken front tooth and performed an initial bone graft. Over the course of the next 10 months, I came to see Dr Skeens and his staff many, many times for both work related to my injury as well as for general dentistry (including an injury-​required root canal). Dr. Skeens made me feel comfortable at all times — not just in the process, but in the belief that when it was over I’d be BETTER than new. Dr. Skeens provided my implants and crowns with care and skill, and my smile has actually never been better!
Given the traumatic nature of my experience — plus a less-​than-​desireable history with dentists in the past — I can honestly say that Dr. Skeens is among the most talented, compassionate and caring health care professionals I’ve ever come across. It’s worth noting that Dr. Skeens not only cares for my teeth, but for that of my wife and two teen-​age children. I simply could not speak more highly of Dr. Skeens and his entire staff, and if more stars were available I’d give without hesitation

I had three wisdom teeth pulled and a deep gum cleaning yesterday and went to bed that night with no pain at all. Went in today and had a permanent crown done and two fillings put in, I feel fine now. I had neglected my teeth for over ten years as a result of a bad dentist experience in the past. No one lectured me or gave me a hard time, just the facts of what was going on in my mouth. Dr Skeens gave my a laundry list of must haves and prioritized what needed to be done. He is great with the needle so that it doesn’t hurt getting numb and explains everything as he goes. I was able to get all caught up on my neglected teeth in TWO visits! I no longer fear the dentist and I’m stoked to have found a really good one so close to home.