Michael R Cooper DDS

The hygienists are nice but the receptionists gossip about patients. Dr. Cooper is kind of funny and the equipment is modern. But when I declined expensive, extensive procedures were obviously necessary (got a second opinion), I received a letter basically breaking up with me, saying I’d be happier elsewhere and telling me they’d only help me for the next 15 days. Yes, seriously. Now they keep sending me reminders for my next appointment. Lol. So unprofessional.

I have been to many dentists in my life and never have I had one as horrible as Dr. Cooper. Please read all of the reviews — the negative ones are true. He is a narcissist who bullies you into thinking you need more work than you actually need, only to thicken his won wallet. He makes you think you are spiraling into a vortex of doom if you do not take his advice.
My experience was horrible. He gave me a basic filling which turned into a NIGHTMARE. The process itself was weird as he and his assistant were doing the work above my mouth while exchanging weird vibes through conversation (I think you know what I mean). The day after the procedure, my tooth really hurt. I didn’t think anything of it until the following month when it still hurt and killed me when I ate something. I went back in to get it looked at and told him it was sensitive. He then gave me this «omg you are going to die» stare and instantly proceeded to tell me that he did everything right and this is not his fault (as if he knew I was going to blame him — which right before I wasn’t). Then he pulled up his notes from the date before the procedure and the procedure itself and read it off to me like I was incompetent. Right after he tells me «if anything this is your fault for not being treated earlier». That’s when I lost it. He killed my root in a simple filling procedure and then tried to say it was my fault and that I can’t blame him for hit horrible work. Not to mention, he also made the comment: «You cavity and this situation was like cancer and being on the operation table to remove the cancer. Sometimes the Doctor just cant remove everything and the patient dies.» WTF? Does a simple cavity removal somehow resemble that of cancer removal? You are not a surgeon Dr. Cooper, and you shouldn’t even have your license.
Please, avoid Dr. Crapper at ANY COST. I have friends who used to see him and were saying the same thing! I wish I would have asked them about him before I went…

Long time patient because of my insurance, but fed up and finally leaving. Dr. Cooper is getting too hurried, careless, and just plain grouchy. I had a routine cavity filled. It was giving my some dull pain, so I went back per Doctor’s orders for a followup a few weeks later. I asked some basic questions about my teeth and the procedure. Doc got very huffy and rude, didn’t care to address my questions, made we watch a cheap online video instead of talking to me personally, and then tried to refer me to a root canal.? I just had a minor cavity filled. Doc didn’t want to address any questions or listen to the details/​concerns of my teeth, very angry and almost hostile toward me when I tried to get some basic info about what he planned to do to my teeth. Will be taking my business elsewhere. Next step is to contact my insurance company and suggest they get another Dentist on their plan. (I’ll miss the office staff and hygienists-​they were typically helpful).

After brushing my teeth and having no pain, I must say Thank You Dr. Cooper You and your staff are the best.

Dr. Cooper himself answered the phone on a Saturday about ¹¹⁄₂ years ago. He was there dealing with an emergency, I had one too and he saw me that day! I had not been to a dentist in years and was a new patient, but he still took the time even on a Saturday for me! He even gave me his cell # in case I needed to speak to him before Monday. I have not stopped going to him since. He was able to save my tooth by doing a root canal and has done wonders for my smile ever since. And I definitely needed wonders having not seen a dentist in probably 10 – 15 years prior. Dr. Cooper and his staff are extremely friendly, welcoming, & easy to work with. I enjoy every one of my visits, there are not to many people I know who can say they enjoy seeing their dentist!

The staff is really nice and professional and the offices are clean, but that’s not the real reason for the 5 stars. It’s all about the obvious quality of Dr. Cooper’s work. Went in for a cleaning last week and Mina — who is terrific — discovered that a filling was missing. Dr. Cooper fixed it on the spot without using anesthetics or hurting me. I’ve had bad work done in the past and know what it looks like. This is the real deal.

I have been to many dentists, and this is by far the best dentist office I have been to. I am so sorry to see these negative reviews, because I do not believe they are at all representative of this office. Let me list off the reasons you should go to Dr. Coopers:
1. He does a great job. I am a doctor, and can be pretty picky about my own health care, and when I came to him I had a few things that needed fixing. He not only did everything to perfection with NO pain (EVER), perfect bite every time, but also tried to save me money at every turn, and made me laugh while doing it.
2. Genuinely nice staff, including of course Dr. Cooper.
3. Dental hygieniests are thorough! And so nice:)
4. INCREDIBLY professional.
5. Staff knows what they are doing regarding accounting, and they will try and bill your insurance everything they can. In fact when my insurance stated I had used my maximum benefits for this calendar year, they gave me a discount without me asking!
6. The equipment is state of the art, and constantly being upgraded.
7. I have a solid, beautiful smile, and trust that my teeth are in perfect order because of him. Need I say more:)
And I am not an anomaly, every patient I see in there has been coming back for years, and cannot say enough good things about their experience.
I hope you will consider this office, because they really deserve the recognition:)

I almost never wrote reviews and this is the first bad review I’ve ever written. I saw Dr. Cooper regularly while I was living in Santa Barbara and I have some pretty serious regrets. Their office is pleasant and the staff is friendly, but they are severely lacking in professionalism. Aside from regularly messing up my billing, Dr. Cooper fitted me for a mouth guard that has completely messed up my bite and is now causing me regular TMJ pain. I told various staff a number of times that the fit of the mouth guard didn’t feel right, and they brushed it off every time. I continued wearing it because I know I clench my teeth at night, but now it’s created some real problems in my mouth. I live in the Bay Area now, and I’ve thought about driving south to have them fix the problem they created, but honestly I don’t know if I want to deal with this nightmare of an office any longer.

Most crooked, greedy, lazy, unprofessional, cowardly, narcissistic, careless, selfish, unethical, dishonest, wreckless dentist in town with most unprofessional/​nasty/​dishonest/​greedy staff in Santa Barbara… His receptionist Cynthia and assistant Melanie are rude, lying, arrogant, selfish enablers that scramble to cover up their boss Dr Cooper’s horrible, half assed, botched, greedy, fast and careless, cheap work… This office is an absolute scam that puts profits over your health care… The dentist Cooper will put a half assed crown made in China not molded correctly, then leave the country to go sailing while you are in pain and have his assistants tell you to get pain killers at CVS, return to shave the crown down 3 times because he took such a poor molding and bite. Cooper does not care at all about your health or the quality of your work, only about maximizing profits and robbing local residents and buying boats & cars. Most unethical, shady dentist in town that refuses to talk to his patients even once he messes up their teeth for fear of being liable what a joke. This clown should be retired instead of robbing local Santa Barbarans and insurance companies. He and his office installed a cheap porcelain crown made in China in rear of mouth when a gold crown was the proper practice because it was more profitable for them and ate into office margins less instead of a proper gold crown. Even dentists put gold crowns at back OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS so always emulate what a dentist puts in HIS MOUTH not just his clients. All this botched work to save money even though I was willing to pay full amount when gold was at half price of what it is today. The doctor has a short fuse, is a total narcissist, a bully that runs his office like a mini Hitler and needs a nasty receptionist like Cynthia to tell lies and mislead clients … Truly revolting that crooks like these people are dentists and allowed to rob people blind… Their office is empty for a reason, glad word is getting out around town… WORST, MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT DENTIST IN SANTA BARBARA WITH NASTIEST STAFF IN TOWN… AVOID!!! American Dental Association should be warned as well. Dentists like these clowns should not be allowed to rob & harm people, it’s criminal…

Best Dental Experience Ever! Dr. Cooper and his staff go out of their way to make you feel like you are the only patient that matters. The office is beautiful with state of the art equipment, that clarifies the dental options given to you. Not to mention Dr. Coopers comedic jokes…“You spend time laughing at the Dentist” Who does that? Thanks to this office I now have a beautiful smile, and it was an enjoyable experience.