Sarah E Wong, DDS

Sarah has been my dentist for so many years I can barely remember but I’d guess about 25 years. She is the best! She is very skilled, caring and flexible. Sarah has taken care of me through some rough dental times and always been helpful and believe it or not fun to see. I trust her and that is key. Also, Linda her admin person is fantastic and has been with her for a long time. Linda is helpful and friendly as well. i can’t say enough good stuff.

My husband’s dentist and I was referred by my husband after being put on his plan. I love Dr. Wong. She means business. Nice kind hearted she doesn’t sugar coat anything. She won’t scam you either. She gets you taken care of. I’ve came to her 3 times so far and I love it. I grew up not having any dental work done and now I can say because of Dr. Wong I’m not afraid to get treatments from dentist or to smile ;) Thank You Dr. Wong and staff!

Beware! This dentist drilled a hole in the back of my last molar for no apparent reason. She also called me anal. This was my first visit, and the last.

Dr. Sarah Wong is a very skilled professional. She is extremely personable yet matter of fact about the necessities required to care for my teeth.
I have been her patient for over seven years and I will continue to be her patient as long as I have teeth.
Her office is in a nice building a few blocks from union square. When I visit her I am also able to get my shopping and errands done within a close distance.
Her staff is also very skilled, organized, and helpful. Most importantly, Dr. Wong genuinely cares about well-​being and makes effort to support and guide me to optimal dental health.

I have been with Sarah Wong since 1986 and will not go to any other dentist even though I moved out of SF 6 yrs ago. She is thorough, friendly, funny and efficient. Love her.
TG

I’m a dentist’s dream. I have good insurance, a mouthful of projects to undertake at any given time, and a high pain tolerance. I have been through dentist after dentist over the years, finding it impossible to know who to trust in hopes of preserving what remains and taking care of all of the wo/​man made interventions! Enter into my life, about 6 years ago, Doctor Sarah Wong.
As others have written here, Dr. Wong is thorough, patient, and conservative. She won’t push you into a procedure you don’t want to have. She will always try the least invasive way first. She’s always somehow almost perfectly on time! She performs cleanings and procedures entirely on her own, imparting a feeling that she actually cares for your whole person and is not in a rush to get to the next patient. She’ll chat away asking about your life and your family, telling funny and touching stories about her own, but then once she gets to her work, she’s completely meticulous and consumed with the project — and concerned about your well being. When I had my front teeth recapped, she brought in to her office the technician/​artist who would create the caps, to make sure that the color would be perfectly matched to my other teeth. She didn’t trust the color of my front teeth to samples and she wanted to collaborate and corroborate with another trusted colleague. She works with only top notch professionals to create your best smile.
Who doesn’t dread going to the dentist? Dr. Wong has changed all of that for me. I look forward to our catching up with each other, and I relax about the situation in my mouth, knowing that I’m in the very best hands.

Dr. Wong is hands down the best dentist I’ve been to. Ever. I’ve been going to her for almost 5 years and I’ve never been disappointed.
On her:
— She is friendly, personable, gentle, and thorough.
— I researched her (like I do ever doctor before going to them — going through the pages of doctors on the insurance website till I find the best) and she’s a graduate of UCLA (aka not a fake college or like the United States College of the Cayman Islands). So she’s smart and legit.
— She remembers not only your case history, but also whatever personal details you’ve shared with her over the years.
— She’s not the alarmist type of dentist to over-​prescribe or encourage possibly unnecessary work (I’ve had dentists that say things like «Hmm…might be time for a new sealant…» when the dentist I went to 6 months before commented on how great my sealants were). I came in with tooth sensitivity and she eased my cavity fears, said it was something common with an easy fix — didn’t even push X-​Rays, since I had them done only a year ago. Dr. Wong isn’t trying to make extra money off of you. I feel like she genuinely has your best interests at heart and knows her stuff.
On her office staff:
— Getting an appointment on the days and at the times I need is never a problem.
— Changing or canceling an appointment is always met with polite helpfulness (you’ll never hear of a cancellation charge or get attitude like you get with some other doctors’ offices).
If you’re looking for a dentist, I don’t think you can get much better than Dr. Wong.
Her new office is:
490 Post Street, Suite 606
San Francisco, CA 94 102

Dr. Sarah Wong has been my dentist since 1981 (I think) … Whoa, that’s longer than most of my closest friendships. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my teeth’s health. She’s among the smartest, and kindest, and most caring health professionals i’ve met, and my mom was a nurse and I’ve met tons of them.
She personally performs your cleaning, X-​rays, etc and with perfect timing, she hands you the spit water after she’s done and points you to the spittoon. Full service with a great smile. I really look forward to my visits — which is incredible. Definitely can’t wait to see her new digs at 490 Post. Give this gal a call! You won’t regret it. Oh she’ll also tell you about the best swimming spot in the city, where her image is permanently and artfully on display!

Dr. Sarah is moving to a new location, I think, on Post Street, starting September. Anyone wants to fill in the phone number, location and email address? Appreciated.

I’ve been going to Sarah for about 3 years now. She’s a friendly, no-​nonsense, in and out kind of cleaning gal.
There’s a bit of tough love out there for all you non-​flossers, but she gives great advice and tools from her secret stash of dental toys.
The front desk staff is always pleasant, I get a postcard and a reminder call for my appointment since I tend to forget 6 months out, and she doesn’t push for unnecessary appointments or procedures. The office is well versed in all types of insurance as well, sometimes better than I know my own!
It’s not the most up to date office tech-​wise, but they always remember my past visits/​issues, take detailed notes in my file and I always feel like I’m being listened to.

Sarah has been my dentist since I was 4 so despite having moved to the ‘burbs years ago, I still make the trek to SF to see her after her receptionist sends the bi-​annual reminder postcard.
What can I say other than I LOVE SARAH? She’s known me almost my entire life so every visit is like a mini-​extended-​family reunion b/​c she mentions the last time she saw members of my immediate and extended family. Heck, she sees some of these people more often than I do.
She has a single chair so when the concept of having a «hygienist» in lieu of a dentist is completely foreign to me. There’s no surrounding chaos and when it’s your turn, you’ll get her full attention (well, I do but then I am also probably one of her long-​standing clients so there’s more to catch up on between visits).
The receptionist also always remembers me when I call in to make an appointment :).
In conclusion, I’m aware my review is slightly biased but I don’t care! She may be all I know but she was always attentive to my needs, questions, and requests (eg: «Can I get another mouth guard? I lost mine… again») and I couldn’t ask for a better dentist.

Complete agreement with the other low rating. I felt like the cleaning was too quick and not at all thorough. She looked and saw stains but explained those don’t necessarily mean cavities. Usually my old dentist prods with the silver spike (not the technical term, I know) to see if it sticks. She did not do this.
Similarly, she must have been distracted by something because when she was digging the plaque off my teeth, she skipped over the whole top left side.
When I was finished I told her that was the fastest teeth cleaning I have ever had and mentioned doubt that they were actually clean. Usually my teeth are slippery and clean feeling. After leaving her office, I still had that slight furry feeling.
Thank goodness it was covered by insurance because if I had to pay for that I would be much more upset. Onward!

i had a terrible experience here several years ago. the cleaning i had was unusually fast and didn’t feel very through. i take good care of my teeth, but even so, i knew there should be more tinkering in my mouth than that.
dr. wong was chatting with some other person the entire time as she was working on me and it felt like she was putting a halfhearted, distracted effort into cleaning my teeth. when we were finished, i asked if she had checked for cavities and she said that she looked and didn’t see any.
now, i’m not a dentist, but i am very disciplined about getting my teeth cleaned and checked up on every 6 months. i was pretty sure you couldn’t check for cavities just by looking. no other dentist i’ve had in all the different cities i’ve lived in had checked for cavities in that fashion.
i left her office, found a competent dentist elsewhere and never looked back. and guess what — when i had my first dental visit after seeing dr. wong, they found a cavity which i had suspected was there six months earlier.
if i could give zero stars, i would.

Dr. Wong is friendly and makes you feel relaxed, both great qualities in a care provider. She was happy to explain things in a way I could understand. She actually did my cleaning herself, which meant I had a lot more time to ask questions. Other dentists I’ve been to have a hygienist do the cleaning, so you only get 30 seconds with your dentist. When you go to see Dr. Wong, you actually get to see Dr. Wong, awesome!

Dr. Wong is great! I was referred to Dr. Wong’s office and couldn’t have been happier with my visit. You can tell from your initial meeting that she is a genuinely good person. She explained everything in detail, answered all my questions and had some great suggestions. No frills or bells and whistles at this office, what you see is what you get, which I appreciate.

She’s super nice, funny and really personable. She explained to me in detail exactly what she was going to do and then continually checked in with me during the process. It’s not hard to get appointments with her and her office is small and quiet. Highly recommended!

Sarah is very friendly and understanding. She does everything herself and does it quickly and efficiently. No frills, but if you’re looking for a cleaning and/​or minor work, you couldn’t ask for better. She also answers most questions you have before you ask them (which is good when she working). Most importantly, she likes what she does.

Sarah is a kind and friendly woman. She has been my dentist since I was a kid so over 20 years now. I never had an aversion to go to the dentist because she always made it seem fun. At the end of the aptt, I would get to choose a toy from her drawers of toys. She had different toys for diff. age groups.
I was quite sad that when I was in my teens she started giving me floss instead of telling me to pick a toy from the drawer :*(
The equipment could be more high-​tech like Ive seen in other places, but her service is what will have me coming back again and again. She is definitely a gem in our fast pasted corporate culture – her office has an old timey feel and her hospitality matches.

I love my dentist! She’s a one-​woman shop at the edge of Chinatown, which makes for fun meandering shopping on the way back to the office with exquisitely clean teeth. Like an Orbit gum commerical. A ton of my co-​workers go to her now too, and so should you.