Yekta Rafaty, DDS

Dr. Rafaty is very sweet and the staff is very professional. I like the fact that they call you a couple of days in advance to remind you of your scheduled appointment!

I really like my dentist. I’ve been going to Dr. Rafaty for 15+ years now! I’ve never have had any problems there. She takes really good care of me. She knows I don’t like any pain so she always makes sure of that! The staff are all very nice and helpful. :-)

claims to be an Orthodontist on the MetLife dental web site. She placed braces on my son’s teeth… wrong brackets wrong placement, numerous fell off in first 2 weeks. Then learned she is not an Orthodontist as she claims! BEWARE!!!

Dr Rafaty has taken care of me for 3 years. She did a bunch of fillings and gave me braces. I’m very happy with the results. She has great bedside manner and is very accommodating.

I like Dr. Rafaty’s office. Unlike what the other reviews say, the magazines are current, the waiting room is standard, and the service is excellent. I had two fillings done today and they were done very quickly with very little pain.
I get individual attention and great tips from Dr. Rafaty on oral hygiene. I recommend this dentist.

My husband and I have gone to Dr. Rafaty for about a decade and she’s always taken good care of us. Now my teenage daughter sees her as well and likes her. Dr. Rafaty is the first dentist who really got me to floss religiously and the only dentist I’ve seen who actually cared how I felt during a procedure. She seems to be able to squeeze us in if we have a problem and has time answer our questions. Her staff is very friendly as well. I’m surprised by all the negative reviews but there are many more positive ones in the «not recommended» section of this listing.

I love Dr. Rafaty. She has been my dentist since 1992, and I really owe my mouth to her. She has kept my teeth healthy with the six month cleanings, where she gives careful attention to each tooth. She has done root canals for me, tooth extractions, fillings, crowns, and made me a night guard. She is a masterful dentist, and I think this comes from many years of experience, a love of her patients, a conscientious nature and a desire to do good work. Dr. Rafaty is also very friendly, and shows that she cares not just about the teeth, but about the whole person. Before she touches your mouth she establishes a connection with you as a person, and shares of herself as well. Her dental assistants and office assistant have been there for many years, and they are also very pleasant and accomplished at what they do. You will be in good hands with Dr. Rafaty.

I’ve been going to Dr. Rafaty for a over 15+ years and she’s always been professional and patient with me. I’ve always had bad teeth and I’ve greatly improved the look and feel of my teeth since working with Dr. Rafaty. I would recommend her highly to family and friends.

Not a fan. The one positive I will say is that when I needed an emergency wisdom teeth extraction, she got me in on a Saturday (though she had to call in a different dentist to her office, she didn’t do the extraction).
Otherwise, I didn’t return to Dr. Rafaty b/​c of her ‘bedside manner’. I had braces as a teenager and yet Dr. Rafaty said I really need them again in order to widen my smile a bit. I said I wouldn’t go through that again for a minor improvement when my teeth are already straight. Her response was that I should do it anyway b/​c it would ‘really improve my appearance’.
Next she wanted me to schedule a deep cleaning, not just a regular cleaning. I said I’ve never had a deep clean, I just get regular cleanings. She balked at the fact I’ve never had one and said «It’s a wonder your husband can sleep next to you» if I never have. I said I wasn’t married and her response was something like «Oh…well…hmm» as if maybe I should think about how my lack of deep dental cleaning might be contributing to my marital status.
If you want to deal w/​that, I believe Dr. Rafaty to be a perfectly competent dentist. I just don’t like the ‘upselling’ of procedures I don’t want, nor the commentary on my appearance and marital status.

Do not go to this dentist! Having a routine cavity filled was like a torture camp– at one point I thought I was going to have a panic attack in the chair. I have never had this experience with any other dentist. Now, weeks after the routine cavity filling procedure, my jaw and tooth ache so immensely I cannot sleep at night and have to take Ibuprofen throughout the day. Disaster.

While Dr. Rafaty does a thorough job with a general cleaning and answers my questions, she answers them as if I’m a 5^th grader. For example, when I ask about how I should brush my teeth, she basically gives me a whole history of bacteria and how it lives and grows in my mouth and after a 5 minute diatribe finally answers my question in the last 15 seconds. Her assistant is even worse that way and seems to think I need lots of hand-​holding (emotional, not physical) through the process of a dental cleaning. I think I’ll be looking for another dentist where I just feel more comfortable.

I chose this dentist because she was nearby and my insurance covered her. I went for a whole year (2 check-​ups).
I have probably more negative to say about her than positive. She’s friendly and seems to care. She errs more on the modest side of dentistry I think. Which I appreciate. No one wants unnecessary dental work done. But. I had a couple teeth filled by her and I wasn’t impressed.
First tooth she filled, she asked if the contact felt right at the time of the filling (while I was completely numb). I told her I thought so because as far as I could FEEL at the time, it did. After I regained feeling, the pain began. Obviously the contact was high. So I went back. It felt like she was actually annoyed that I was back. She also made me feel like I was asking just too much every time I told her it was still too high. As if I was making it up? Not how I thought she should have handled it.
Second tooth was even more of a problem. She insisted that I fill it with the composite. She asked me why I even had any metal fillings to begin. Which is another poor bedside manner I think. It made me feel bad. A lot of people have metal fillings, and I had another dentist tell me that back fillings really SHOULD be filled with amalgam because it is just sturdier. Plus who is going to see that?
Now the reason I am going to another dentist is because I told her after this tooth had been filled that when I flossed I felt like it was catching on something. As if something was sticking out. She didn’t seem to take it all too seriously. Looked at the xray, couldn’t see anything, and told me it was no biggie. So… I left it alone. 6 months later, it still bothers me. My current dentist tells me it might just be how it is filled, making it a bit sensitive, or he said, it could be a bad filling. So we will see after xrays again, but either way, I’m a bit upset that it wasn’t taken more seriously.
Also, her assistants have been a bit too forward/​blunt. Some of the topics we’ve discussed were a bit unprofessional. Asking too many questions about my children and specifics about my child birthing experience, etc (I mean– that’s really personal!). They are friendly, but just made me a bit uncomfortable.
I’d say, overall, Rafaty was pretty blunt also. And as much as I can deal with blunt and forward, I don’t necessarily think a dentists office is where it’s appropriate unless it specifically has to do WITH your teeth.
Just not a hundred percent happy with this practice. I expect a lot of my dentists and I want to trust them fully with my teeth. So, trying a new one, and so far, he seems much better.

Dr Rafaty worked on me since i was about 17. I have had much work and I have never had an issue with her. She has been my dentist since before I even graduated high school and when I have children I know I would take them to her. She was always extremely gentle with me and listened when i had a pain issue or a problem. Overall I will continue with her being my family dentist.

I’m a fan! I would be giving the full 5 stars but Iast time I wrote it disappeared… I went to Dr rafaty cause a friend of mine had recommended her quite some time ago and I noticed my original review had disappeared. My husband and my family have now been going to her for years and she has been incredible with my 2 boys. We send her our family christmas card every year and as our family has grown and needed dental work she has been there along the way. IN fact my son fell on his bike and knocked his tooth out– we called her right away. With a toni of blood and a crying son she came in on her saturday and tended to us. by the end of the day a full smile and a happy child is all I can remember. I thank her for her patience and for taking care of us.

I went on Unilocal and at the time, Dr. Rafaty had 4.5 stars, she was close to my house, and she was also covered under my insurance. So I decided to give her a try back in November 2010.
When I first entered, the office was dimly lit and the waiting room was something I’d expect from a Western Dental minus the screaming ethnic children. Unorganized magazines and 90’s printed fabric chairs with black metal frames. I was greeted by an older Brittish lady, Magda, who gave me the forms to fill out and then I was taken to the chair.
Some dark colored fish scene was painted on the wall, but quite long ago because some of it was chipping off. The chair had a tear in it and it was dirty from the many years of arses it’s seen. The room was confined without much sunlight. I felt like I was in a dungeon. We took some archaic film x-​rays and then came Dr. Rafaty. She saw that I looked nervous and asked me why. I told her, «I’m afraid of going to the dentist.» As if her 1980’s eye shadow wasn’t scary enough, she began to scold me for not seeing a dentist any time sooner.
Look lady, if I had a stable job with insurance during a dismal economy, don’t you think I’d make it a priority to see a dentist? That wasn’t enough. She then proceded to scold me about not flossing. My boyfriend was in the room and he saw the fear of God being put in my eyes. When that’s effective and all (it did get me to floss), there are nicer ways of going about things.
The exam and cleaning was uncomfortable. She had rough hands and there was a lot of blood. Once we were done, I tried to schedule an appointment to salvage a decayed tooth with Magda. Magda is nice, but her archaic pencil and hand-​written appointment book took a lot of time to flip through until we finally found a spot that worked. I guess they don’t have things we call computers.
Someone said here that Dr. Rafaty is an honest person. Maybe so, but as an honest dentist, I’m not sure. She said I had gingivitis and a decayed tooth of mine could have been salvaged. I went to 2 other dentists who said I didn’t have gingivitis and that the decayed tooth I had, needed to be removed. Indeed, if she had used digital x-​rays, she may have noticed an infection growing underneath the decay, which eventually turned into an abcess and where an extraction was needed.
Yeah, I’m all for women-​owned business, but I’d rather go to someone with newer technology, gentle hands, and modern furniture. That’s just me. I found that somewhere else and I’m now actually a fan of going to the dentist.

I would give negative stars if I could. If you need anything beyond a cleaning, do NOT go to this dentist.
I have been going to dentists since I was a small child and I’m not afraid of dentists. I understand terminology and procedures. Dr. Rafaty had to put a bridge on 3 of my teeth. She removed way too much tooth structure and left larger than normal margins around the tooth and bridge and it is still painful. When the bridge was completed, I let her know I had pain and extreme sensitivity in that area. Her reply was that it is normal to have ‘some’ sensitivity and it would calm down (that is true). The next time I went in, I told her it was no better. She repeated the same statement. Enough time had passed that it should have gotten better. I inquired about her providing a new bridge that fit properly, she said she couldn’t do that… didn’t explain why. I decided to go to another dentist since it seemed she didn’t want to take responsibility, and that dentist was shocked to see the quality of work, referred to it as borderline unethical. My current dentist tried to get my insurance co. to ok a new bridge, and went into great detail about the poor quailty — of course they won’t pay for another one and I don’t have an extra $ 5K to spare. I’m stuck with a bridge that is painful, it’s very hard to floss around because the 2 remaining teeth are so sensitive, and my gum health is degraded in that area. I’m making sure I tell everyone I know about this issue and not to go to this person’s practice.

Dr. Rafaty is great ! I smart and honest person that cares for her clients and has a big heart! The best dental care in silicon valley!

I have been Dr. Rafaty’s patient for 12 years. She has the kind of personality that makes you feel relaxed and comfortable. When I needed to get my wisdom teeth taken out, the Stanford oral surgeon said «oh, you are sent by Dr. Rafaty… she is a very competent dentist! I agree with the surgeons assessment. I am currently halfway through an invisalign treatment. I am pleased with the results so far. I have to add that Dr. Rafaty had offered my a generous payment plan for this treatment.

I had a terrible experience with Dr. Rafaty. As a direct consequence of her treatment I suffered a permanent degradation in my dental health, and had to have restorative procedures done over a three month time period costing in excess of $ 7,500.
The details: Upon Dr Rafaty’s recommendation I had four veneers placed. Her prep work removed too much of the tooth structure according to the dentist who eventually fixed the mess, and went too far under the gum line (and there’s no fixing that — I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life). The veneers themselves were sub-​standard: they fit poorly to the teeth leaving gaps for plaque to fill, one had ridges on the front where it should have been smooth (that section quickly discolored), one quickly chipped (though invisibly), and another developed a hairline fracture.
Dr Rafaty then gave me a night guard to protect the veneers (something I have since found out is normally a prerequisite, not an afterthought), but the damage was already done. At this point, the health of my gums was deteriorating due to a combination of poor veneer quality and an excess amount of cement used when placing them (probably in part due to the poor prep-​work). Bacteria and plaque easily stick to uneven veneers and cement, and this caused the severe and persistent inflammation in my gums. Dr Rafaty tried remedying the situation in two «cleaning sessions», which were bloody and messy affairs that I don’t wish on anyone, but to no avail.
Shortly after this, the hairline fracture finally caused a significant piece of the veneer to fall off, leaving me with bleeding gums and a disfigured smile.
When I raised my concerns with Dr Rafaty, she gave me a 95% refund and laughed me off.
I had to pay 4 times as much as the original treatment cost to have the situation fixed by someone competent.

Do not go to this denist! My boyfriend took his 10 year old daughter here. She need a tooth pulled before it impacted her teeth. The gave her two shots of novicane. But she could still feel it and she told the dentist. The acted like she didnt even say anything! She is totally traumatized from the experience. Even tho she is a child, that doesnt mean she doesnt know her own mouth and reconizes when she can feel pain. She tears up and its afraid to go to the denist now!