Grant Rickey & Wesley Wong, DDS

Quality dentistry lives by its name by having the highest quality standards. Dentist office has a great vibe and is immaculate. Employees are friendly and extremely helpful. When I arrived for my appointment I was seen within 5 minutes. The dental hygienist was very informative and took time to answer all of my questions. Gave great advice on how to keep my teeth and gums clean. Quality dentistry uses the newest dental technology which makes visit very easy. I will recommend my family and friends.
Thank you Dr. Wong

My decades of headaches have been handled with a custom splint. I’m happy and ready for the next step of treatment.

I have been going to Dr. Rickey for almost 10 years now. I have watched his practice grow and add more dentist to his business over the years. Everything was fine while I had no major work that needed to be done. The hygienists are fantastic, and the front office staff is very nice and accommodating. When Dr. Wong first joined the practice he was very awesome to work with. He was fun, informative, took his time and did quality work. Unfortunately all this has changed over the years. The last few visits he was very short with communicating with me, had an attitude, and was in a rush to see his next patient. His focus was not on the patient any longer, it was on how many patients he could cram into seeing in a day.
The first incident came when I was in for a routine exam and informed them of a recent fibromyalgia diagnosis. Dr. wong said he could cure my fibromyalgia with botox shots to my forhead. I knew that the direction of this dental office had changed into more of a dental spa at that point. Still liking the office I just changed from seeing Dr. Wong to only seeing Dr. Rickey.
The next incident came after having a routine exam they informed me that I had 3 cavities. That was fine and I scheduled a new appointment and had then filled. At the next routine cleaning check up (6 months later) I was informed by the hygienist that I still needed to have one cavity filled. I said I already had them filled at a previous appointment. She said they only filled 2, and the last one needed to be filled. I was so upset that they did not fill all 3 at the same time, but they did not inform me of only filling 2.
The last straw when dealing with him came when I brought my 6 year old daughter in to have 2 bottom teeth removed. In a previous appointment Dr. Rickey suggested that they needed to be removed since the adult teeth were coming in behind the baby teeth not pushing the baby teeth out. We had to schedule the appointment in another office with Dr. Wong since Dr. Rickey would not do nitrous. At the appointment with Dr. Wong I wanted to try and have my daughter be numbed with a local injection, as I would have liked to avoid nitrous if possible. She did the first injection fine. And then when she started to feel the numbness it startled her and she started to cry. She was scared and upset. Dr. Wong turned into a complete ass at this point. He was harshly talking to my daughter telling her she needed to settle down, and that other patients would hear her. He made the situation go from bad to worse. He then stepped out of the opratory to give her a chance to settle down. When he came back he proceeded to tell me that he did not agree with Dr. Rickey that the teeth needed to be pulled, and if this was his child he wouldn’t do it. He was rude and condescending towards me, enough so that I started to cry myself. My child was upset and half numbed, and I was upset. I told him that I would like to proceed with the procedure and try it with nitrous. He then left again to work on another patient while the assistant got the nitrous ready for my daughter. He came back when she was under the nitrous pulled her teeth out and then left. He was not caring, kind, or informative. He was extremely rude and in a huge rush.
Dr. Rickey has always been kind, respectful, and takes his time with me. But unfortunately he does not work very many days, and it is the other Dr.‘s that I have had problems with. The focus of this dental practice has changed over the years. The focus was on caring for the patient and giving the highest quality of work possible. Now the focus is on how many patients can be seen in a day, and building a bigger practice with multiple locations. I have seen multiple dentists (at least 3 other Dr.‘s that I know of) come and go over the years. They have lost the quality dentistry that they built their practice on. I am tired of feeling rushed through my appointments, being treated badly by Dr. Wong, and the general direction this dental practice is going in. After so many years I am now changing dentists to one that is respectful of me, and values me as a patient.

Wonderful staff, everyone is professional and friendly. They will go above and beyond to make sure your needs are met as well as affordable. They stand behind their work and will not try to get you to have work done that is not absolutely necessary. This was my third dentist in Modesto and now my last. I have finally found a reputable dental practice for my family.

My family and I have been patients of Dr. Rickey and Dr. Wong for over 10 years. We have never had a problem with them and their work. We have gone to another dentist once in Livermore and the fillings she did came out shortly after. I have fillings from over 6 years ago from Dr. Rickey and they haven’t moved at all. The staff here is incredible! All the ladies are very sweet! Jeanie is my favorite dental assistant, although all the ladies are great! Many dentist offices try to rip you off by making up things that are wrong with you. In the past 10+ years, my family and I have not had this problem here.

So-​so dentist work, went in for jaw problems and a tooth ache and was told it’s just tmj. Went to a different dentist for a second opinion and found I was in need of a root canal and antibiotics for the infection I had received during the two dentist trips. Then because of schedule differences I had to reschedule a few times and when I got in for my appointment I waited for over an hour and asked why is it taking so long and the front desk lady was very rude saying they didn’t think I’d show up so they canceled the appointment anyways. Without even notifying me. And they are stingy on numbing shots. Sorry but if you’re going to do some drilling you’re going to numb me up first. I’m a human being! I shouldn’t have to have pain or discomfort. Haven’t been back since! I don’t feel they deserve 1 star but I have to give something…

Why are people giving this dentistry 4 – 5 stars! If I had an option to choose NO stars, I would! I had several horrible experiences at this place. The first time i got my filling done, the dentist was flirting with his assistant while working on my teeth. He wasn’t focused enough to get rid of the excess filling, so I was getting food stuck in between the filling. I could feel the excess filling with my tongue, and I know fillings aren’t suppose to do that. They «tried» to fix the problem, but they were too lazy to get all the excess filling the second time. I had to go back a third time to get the excess filling done and when I tried to explain that to some of the employees, they gave me the worst attitude and tried to blame me for the problem. The third attempt on fixing the filling, Dr. Ricky said it was an dead tooth and I needed a root canal. It wasn’t dead when I got my filling done at the beginning. They had to do a root canal on my infected tooth. Dr. Ricky had to perform 3 root canals (which cost out of pocket $ 1000) and he couldn’t make it «pretty» enough, so he told me to go to a specialist (which my insurance won’t cover and the specialist cost double than the root canal). My husband had a bad experience too. Plus they charge a lot more than other dentistry. They only think about money in their pocket. My friend told me to go to Gotta Smile in Stockton because they have a specialist at the dentistry with no additional charges. I only had to pay $ 500 instead of $ 1000 or $ 2000.

I had to have a root canal for the first time. It was unplanned and Dr. Tecson took time out of her busy schedule to fit me in. She did a wonderful job (if you can say that about a root canal). I appreciate the time she took and that she listened to me about needing extra novacaine. I’ve had bad experiences with dentists not giving me enough to manage the pain. I have been going to Dr. Rickey for a number of years and have seen several dentists there. All are good but special thanks to Dr. Tecson.

Not happy at all how the dentist handled my daughter’s fear of getting her tooth pulled!!! No way should a dentist tell a 6 year old girl that she’s not going to lie to her that it’s going to hurt alot when she gets a shot!!! To sit still so she does not poke her with the really sharp needle in the eye or nose. My daughter is scared out of her mind now!!! I thought you were a family dentistry? This one star is for the dentist and the dental assistant that was helping her. Shame on you for telling my daughter to calm down because she was going to scare other children in the office. If the dentist would not have freaked out my daughter out so badly she would have not acted out in that way!!! You told me to reschedule really? Why so you can repeat scaring my little girl no thanks. I will reschedule her a new appointment just no longer at your office. You have lost five reliable patients that have been loyal going to your practice going on two years!!! The rest of the staff how ever was very friendly and helpful. The hygienists are very professional and children friendly I rate the hygienists and the office, billing and appointment staff a five star rating I thank you for there professionalism and kind helpful demeanor towards my children! Maybe you can show your dentist and her assistant how professionalism is done. Good dental work does not go well with embedding a childs mind with anxiety and fear at check up time.