Maria Aganon-Fu, DDS

For a few years now, our kids are with Dr Sarita Wang, the daughter of Dr. Wang and Dr. Fu. Dr. Sarita Wang is very thorough and patient with kids. She also explains to us what was done and what is going on with those growing teeth. This is the doctor we would recommend to our friends.

We have seen Dr. Fu for few years.
Dr. Fu is always professional, nice and straight to the point.
I don’t bring my daughter in anymore.
The main reason is for the distance. It’s too much of a drive especially through traffic at times.
However, if you do stop bringing your child, they will be quite persistent and either ask why she is not coming in or reschedule for an appointment.
I like my privacy to be respected and if I do not want to bring my child in, I should have that right. Whether I have a practical reason or not, a simple, I don’t want to bring my child in anymore should suffice. That alone really bothered me.
I’m glad to know there are some clients that love to attend here and some don’t. No office is one size fits all.
In addition, I like change and sometimes a change of a dentist or doctor can be wonderful. A new environment, new energy, new routine can do wonders! I am ready for a change.
Thank you for your services in the last few years and wish you well.
Looking forwards to a new start for the new year!

After a rough experience at a different dentists office when I was little, my mom found dr. Maria. I’ve been seeing dr. Maria for about maybe 10 years now. I am now 17 ½ years old. She is gentle and suggests different treatment options. She thoroughly thinks treatment plans through before helping your parents to make the right beneficial decision. She has done a root canal for me after putting me under. Her daughter and husband are also great people who care about you and listen to your concerns about your teeth.

Every filling I’ve gotten here has been solid and long lasting. They do excellent work. Not only this, but I have two sons with Autism and huge anxiety issues, and Dr. Maria’s team Always takes good care of my boys and gets them successfully through any procedure we require. I’m extremely pleased with this office, would never consider going anywhere else.

My son (age 3) is terrified of going to the doctor or anything related to the doctors office. (when he was one he had surgery on his ears, which might have traumatized him). When DDS Wang Came out as we were in the waiting room. My son playing on their wonderful, huge train set. DDS got down to his level, warmed up to him, started playing with him. She Asked him his name, how old he is, if he could share and play with her? She had her head light with her. DDS Wang showed my son how cool it was! HE was so excited! She asked how many teeth he had, and that he still had breakfast left over in his mouth and that we needed to clean it.
After he warmed up to her, she brought him back to clean his teeth. I heard no kicking, no screaming, and no yelling «MOM».
Now, he still didn’t sit in the chair, but she cleaned his teeth with no problems, standing up. And finished the whole cleaning! I was so impressed!
My son left their office yelling to stay instead of wanting to go home!
GREAT EXPERIENCE!

Our kids have been going to Dr. Maria Fu, and now her daughter since they had teeth (our oldest is now 15). We’ve been happy with both the service and friendliness of the staff. The kids get ear phones to distract them from the sounds, and there are videos playing on the ceiling. I hated going to the dentist as a child, but ours never minded. One thing I have questioned is the heavy use of sealants. Our plan doesn’t cover re-​application, or application after 14, but Dr. Fu recommends it anyway. We err on the side of caution (and expense), but I wonder if these treatments are necessary.

My son had an expander from her and it partially came out. After that she didn’t know what to do with it and she removed it.
I had to pay whole treatment cost again with another orthodontist. She is just a dentist and if she isn’t sure about what to do, why she want to do it and exploit people?

The negative comments are coming out of left field. I grew up with this office. As a result of candy habits, I had a lot of cavities as a kid with my permanent teeth. Now that I am older. every filling I got there are still intact and my teeth look great. My new dentist in Seattle commented on how they’re top five filling jobs she’s ever seen.

Do not listen to these negative reviews! I have been a personal client of Dr. Maria’s for 16 years, my first visit at the age of 2 when I only had a couple teeth my mom were worried about. I have never ONCE in my life been afraid of the dentist, from the decorative office to the fun toy at the end of the visit. This is a great place to take your kids, especially for first time dentist visits! Dr. Maria is kind, and VERY soothing when it comes to checking up on teeth, take it from a client!

The best word to describe Dr. Fu and Dr. Wang is incompetent! We took our 4 year old daughter in for a checkup with Dr Fu and received a clean checkup, no problems. Then 6 months later we returned for another checkup, Dr. Wang said «your daughter has text book perfect teeth. Then 6 months later back for another checkup and to our shock Dr. Wang informed us that our daughter now has 8 cavities! One or two so bad that they would most likely need a pulpectomy! We were so surprised and shocked.
So I had another Dentist review the X-​rays and his opinion was that Dr. Fu and Dr. Wang should have at least seen the two deep cavities. So even after this incompetence, I tried to be reasonable and give Dr. Wang the benefit of the doubt and asked her if she would do the work for a 50% discount since she was at least partially responsible. However, she refused and offered a 10% discount, which was basically nothing since I was a cash client and usually get a 5−10% discount anyway!
So I filed a complaint with Dental Board of California
and will let them take it from here! So hopefully they will investigate and see how this was missed and review Dr. Fu and Dr. Wang’s dental practice and procedures to hopefully avoid this situation with other patients. I am having the work done by another dentist and will try to recover the cost later.

My daughter was a patient of Dr. Maria Fu’s from the time she was two or three till she went to college last year (and she’s now seeing Dr. Leonard Fu, next door.)
We originally went to Dr. Maria because another dentist had downplayed a brown spot on one of my daughter’s baby teeth, and didn’t see the need to fill it. Over the next few months the spot rapidly became a hole – I mean an obvious hole that I was literally picking food out of. I wanted a better dentist.
Dr. Maria took the opposite approach and took care of the problem, instead of ignoring or downplaying it. We were always careful to brush our daughter’s teeth, avoid sugary foods, and never let her have a bottle in bed, etc. but my daughter’s baby teeth simply had very soft enamel. There were several issues with her baby teeth over the years because of this problem, but Dr. Maria was always on top of it. As the adult teeth came in, Dr. Maria applied sealants to prevent decay and advised my daughter carefully and persistently on how to care for her own teeth. She worked with us appropriately as our daughter went through orthodontia, to make sure there wouldn’t be any associated dental problems.
As a result of Dr. Maria’s conscientious care, our daughter now has a strong set of adult teeth with NO FILLINGS in them. She also has really good dental care habits, again as a result of Dr. Maria’s care.
I highly recommend Dr. Maria to anyone who wants a really great dentist for their child.

Not sure why the negative reviews. Generally, i don’t like dentist but some of them are tolerable. I avoid going to them but with my kids, I try and have them go every year. When i was growing up, the dentist i went to were always finding cavities. But so far neither of my sons have any cavities (ages 5 and 6). She seems ethical and doesn’t find «invisible cavities» so that they can charge for more. Her daughter is a dentist also and joined the practice. She is seems very friendly. It seems like a good family business.

Yes. Found another good dentist who is truly concerned about the kids and not focused on the money part only. I understand that $ is important .it’s a business after all, however I expected a bit more from this dentist .
Cavities. I was told that my kid had multiple cavities .they were milk teeth and my firsts question was .when do you think they are going to fall out. From a dentist, who boasts about 20+ years of practice, I was expecting a fairly accurate judgement, I was told they needed to get an X-​ray .fair enough. Shelled out the $ for the X-​ray and I was told the teeth wouldn’t fall out for at least one year and perhaps more. I was further informed that there were permanent teeth besides these milk teeth and the cavity could move over damaging the permanent teeth. So, what’s next? ‘Mom, I advise you get all the cavities filled’. Of course with an hefty out of pocket. Knowing the battles of brushing teeth at home and going by the assurance that the teeth were not going to fall out for at least a year, we relented and got the cavities filled.
Within three months after this, the milk teeth started falling out. By six months all the teeth were out !!! When I asked about the assurance of ‘at least one year’ the next time around, I got totally brushed aside.
I was in the midst of finding another dentist. I started getting calls from this office encouraging me to set up the next appointment. I politely tried to tell the caller that I would call them at my convinence and she went totally aggressive on me. something to do with their automated system which reminds ‘them’ to call me and hence I needed to tell her right then and there if I was going to go back after two month, three months or? She wouldn’t let go and I finally hung up.

I’ve been bringing my oldest to Dr. Fu now for years. I think she’s great! Not only do I like her, my daughter feels very comfortable with her which is most important. I would definitely recommend Dr. Fu to others.

Dr. Maria is a wonderful dentist! My kids (ages 2 and 4) love the office! Her staff is great too!

This is a place that you do not want to go. They charge unbelievably high fee. My family spent $$$ over years and recently got fed up by it and left. By the way, the front office lay called Janet might have had experiences of being a car saleswoman.

Will never go back, i wish i had not read the Unilocal reviews before spending taking my 2 & 4 year old girls and spending $$$. They always recommend services and treatments that are not covered by insurance. Do not provide clear estimation upfront. We have decided to find a new dentist for our kids.

If I could give them negative stars I would. This dental practice is a SCAM!!! Buyer beware — as you will see from several other posters — they GROSSLY misrepresent what your insurance will cover. The receptionist representing their front office is a joke. Don’t listen to her. Call your own insurance and verify what is actually covered. They pushed a deep cleaning on me — I paid $ 750 out of pocket and then when insurance didn’t cover the rest they billed me the additional $ 500 — and while I was disputing it — they put it on my credit.
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS OFFICE AND THEIR FRAUDULENT PRACTICE. If Dr. Fu had it his way — he would pull out all your teeth and replace them with porcelain., just to make more $$$

I would not take my child there EVER…
I have been taking my daughter to Dr. Maria (aganun)-Fu for past couple of years. Just because I thought she is the only specialist in the area at that time.
Every time we go there, there is a new dental assistant, new receptionist, and we feel like we are in a new office.
Dr. has the worst repetition among her employees. She has such a bad temper and we saw it few times that she through the instrument to the counter because the assistant didn’t give her the right one.
She even keeps her dog in the office and goes back and fort to the dog and with the same lab coat and UN washed hands she gets back to treat children!!!
She is also super expensive…
She spends 15 min for one small filings on a baby tooth and charges 250 – 300 for it !!! Unbelievable
I DO NOT RECOMMEND HER AT ALL

Update based on our last visit in September. We have decided not to see Dr. Maria again. I waited a couple of months before writing this review because I was really upset at the time (my husband was livid).
My daughter was a little difficult at her last visit. She’s 3 now and is more scared of things than she used to be. Dr. Maria had no patience for her and demanded that we hold her down so that she could do the cleaning. She didn’t even bother trying to build a rapport with her or to ease her fears. Maybe Dr. Maria had a bad day. I don’t care. She holds herself out to be a children’s dentist and so should be prepared to work with all children – not just the docile ones.