Rudy S Mendoza, DDS

Great office. I like the Zen Garden in the back. The wait was minimal and everyone at the office was very helpful and informational.

I got my teeth whitened today and it was such an amazing experience! The ENTIRE staff was very kind, friendly and very gentle. It was my first time getting this done and they were particularly cautious of the procedure in case my teeth were too sensitive. Luckily, my teeth took it very well! I got nice results and will be back! Thank you!

wanted to find a new DDS –particularly one on my HMO plan… Solid DDS and great clinical staff. However I do know that the front office needs a bit of work– acknowledging patients, checking what insurance covers and even calling with appt reminders which out of 3 appts, the person only called once. I did call and talk to them when I had a problem and there was little concern shown. I don’t even think my problems were mentioned to the dentist.
If you can deal with doing the legwork and checking in with front office to make sure everything is covered, what the fees are and double-​checking your appts, you have a very highly skilled dentist who is very helpful and his staff (ask for Norma) is amazing

For some reason, even though I’m pushing the big 30 I still have baby tooth. Its in the back so nobody notices it, until I start showing it off at parties anyways. There is no adult tooth underneath, and if I lose it, I’ll be forced to either have some kind of bridge work done, or get a fake tooth implanted. Neither sound fun, and for some reason I’m kind of fond of my baby tooth, we’ve been together a long time, so when the dental hygenist (who is actually a dentist herself) told me i had a huge cavity not on the top or even the side of the tooth, but on the bottom along the gum line, I started to get real nervous. Dr. Mendoza checked out the Xrays, confirmed her finding and asked me what I wanted to do. He didnt flinch or fuss when I said «keep it», he just got to work. While he admitted it was a challenge, and at times seemed genuinely perplexed by my freak tooth, he did save it. Apparently baby teeth and adult teeth are different in many ways, including the nerve endings.
Aside from saving my baby tooth, he also cleaned up all the little tiny chips years of extremely agressive childhood teatherball playing had caused. They were tiny and I had really never even noticed them until he pointed them out. I also never wore my retainer, so some of my teeth’s former straight glory had been lost. I was nervous when I heard the file, it sounds kind of like a drill, but 10 minutes after he started, he told me he was done, and showed me my newer straighter grin. Since then I’ve been smiling at everyone, and everything, every single chance I get!