Sunny E Kim, DDS

Everybody here (receptionist, hygienist, dentist) was totally professional. They got everything I needed done in one day. No condescension from anybody, which for some reason is unusual at dentists. They knew exactly what my insurance would cover, and I didn’t have to pay anything out of pocket. I spent remarkably little time waiting; only managed to read about three sentences of the book I brought. Highly recommend and will go back myself.

My whole family has been going to Sunny Kim for years, and this office is amazing! Going to the dentist is never a pleasant experience, but this is probably about as good as it gets.
The hygienists are very gentle with their work and do their best to make you comfortable. I’ve been to offices before where they dig into your gums with floss, but they are very careful to do a thorough but gentle job. All the staff is very friendly.
My best moment with Sunny Kim was a time a few years ago, when I went in for an exam to discover I had FIVE cavities! Of course I was upset, and she was confused because she could see I take good care of my teeth. She ran a test and found that the pH in my saliva was off (or something like that), and was able to give me special mouthwash to help neutralize it. Haven’t had a cavity since. When I went in to get all those cavities filled, I was apprehensive about having to get Novocain in all 4 corners of my mouth. Upon further examination, Dr. Kim found that most of the cavities were pretty shallow, and she was able to fix them up without numbing my entire mouth, and with no pain. I was also in and out in less than an hour. THEY FILLED 5 CAVITIES IN 45 MINUTES, WITH VERY LITTLE DISCOMFORT TO ME.
I’ll let that story speak for itself. This team is great.
The only downside, really, is their hours. Wednesdays are the only hours they are open outside of normal work hours (open til 6 on Wednesdays), so those time slots fill up really quickly. I typically work until 4, so unless I want to take an afternoon off, or come in later and stay later in the evening, I have to book an appointment on Wednesdays. Other days, they’re only open til 2 or 3.

OMG. Best dental experience ever. And anyone who knows me knows I hate the dentist. They were super nice, gentle and friendly. 100% recommend!

We saw Sunny Kim every 3 – 4 months for cleanings and x-​rays and we’re shocked when a another dentist discovered disease in my husband’s front toorh. He had to have the toorh extracted and replaced by an implant. Her negligence cost us a great deal of time and money.
I definitely do NOT recommend her.

Dr Kim has been my dentist for a few years and I always had a good experience there.
I generally dislike going to the dentist, like most people, but going to this office makes me feel more at ease.
They know my name and all of the ladies here are very nice!
I just finished an invisalign treatment with Dr Kim and it went great. My teeth are so nice and straight.
Going in to pick up my trays was always convenient and the cost was exactly what I was quoted.
Such a great dentist experience! I highly recommend them!

If you are looking at this practice… this is what you are looking for.
Super nice, easy going people who are efficient at their function. The hygienist was amazingly nice and attentive, the dentist reviewed my teeth and made recommendations. I had explained I had not been to the dentist in some time and they were really nice about it.

For a busy professional who wants a professional, quick and efficient dental visit that is high quality and pleasant, this is a great team of dentist, receptionist and hygienists.
Not having been to a dentist in a while, but also not having any dental issues, I simply wanted a good cleaning and exam and quick in and out– without all the lectures and without the hard sell on the x-​rays and other unnecessary procedures.
Trinh, the receptionist, got me scheduled within 2 weeks of my call to them, and was very efficient on check-​in– all the insurance and paperwork was already prepared. The offices and rooms were bright and modern with a touch of Asian influence. The appointments were right on schedule. Jeanine the hygienist was friendly, courteous, efficient and pleasant and very thorough on the cleaning, without being rough or harsh with the ultrasounds and picks. Dr. Kim was very quick and pleasant and professional, providing a thorough review without a big lecture or trying to upsell me on unnecessary procedures.

My mom was a dental assistant and my aunt was my hygienist growing up so I was very sheltered by never having a non relative clean my teeth! I’m relieved to have had my first experiences away from the nest be such a positive ones.
I’ve had three total appts here. A cleaning, subsequent cavity fillings from that cleaning, and another cleaning that I waited far too long for. All were 5 star experiences.
Trinh, the office administrator, is awesome. Not sure what the other reviews are talking about with regards to her. She was very friendly even after I had to reschedule my last appointment 4 times! Never had any insurance issues either.
The two different hygienists I’ve had were also very good. Friendly, personable, and GENTLE with my teeth.
Dr. Kim is awesome. She comes in, tells you what’s up and what the plan is, and leaves. If you have questions she’ll answer them thoroughly, other than that it is a very quick and painless process. Speaking of pain, I’ve never felt any here from Dr. Kim or a hygienist. Even the numming shots for my fillings were almost undetectable.
One other thing I’ll note, and perhaps this is normal when it isn’t your aunt/​mom cleaning your teeth: I do not get any feeling at all that I’m being *judged* while I’m there. I’m a crappy flosser; they know it, I know it, there really isn’t any reason to say it. And they don’t. But, of course, they DO tell you if you’re missing spots brushing that you might not know about.
I can’t think of a single bad thing to say about Dr. Kim’s office.

I hate dentists. Blame my parents, but dentists and doctors were and still are some of the worst moments of my childhood. As such… let’s just say that my regular checkups have not been as regular as they should be.
Until I came here. Granted, I still hate going to the dentist, but Dr. Kim totally gets that and wrote a small Rx for me so at least I can temporarily not care instead of hyperventilating and crying (I’m not exaggerating about my fears).
Office — Super clean, modern, with comfortable chairs both in the lobby and the dreaded dental chair and all the best magazines. Oh, and there’s a loaded tea and coffee station while you wait. No nasty linoleum or puke green and faded beige here. Wifi is also readily available. Trinh is the office manager and she’s stupid awesome. Remembers my name as I walk in the door (and also that I missed a cleaning…), can handle everything by email, and is really up front about billing and expected insurance vs. me payments.
Hygenists — I’ve had both Jeannine and Julie, and they’re both great, both in demeanor and skill. I feel like both of them are extremely thorough about their work and my teeth look and feel much cleaner after they’re done.
Dentist — I get that some people are not pleased about the face time they get with Dr. Kim. To be frank, I just want to know if everything’s kosher and if not, what the problem is and what needs to be fixed, in clear English. Dr. Kim does PRECISELY that. I’m at the dentist, not the psychologist. She’s ninja-​fast with any major dental work, and talks to you like a normal person with just the facts.
Random — I’ve been here for a couple cleanings, a wisdom tooth extraction, 2 large cavities fillings, and a crown. I expected that one of the cavities was going to be a root canal, but Dr. Kim poked around during the procedure and decided that she could save the tooth instead, which I and my wallet both appreciated very much.

I’ve had wonderful experiences at Dr. Kim’s office. I’ve been there a lot in the last few months, and they have been fantastic in dealing with my sensitive medical condition. Dr. Kim is patient, careful, and very efficient with time. They are also great at working around my schedule. The office manager, Trinh, is awesome. She’s very friendly and helpful, and has been great with working with my insurance plan to maximize my benefits to fit in as much dental work as I can before my benefits run out for the year. I couldn’t have managed it all by myself! I also really like the hygienists, who are gentle and careful in their work. I highly recommend this office!

I cannot see any reasons this practice has good feedback. I came to this practice based on review in Unilocal as well. However, it started to show ‘undermanagement’ since one of admin/​scheduling staffs started working there. Her name was Trent or Tren. She was absolutely rude to me. Also she has scheduled me for cleaning even though it has not been past 6 months after previous one. That leads to my insurance not covering the cleaning and didn’t pay anything to the practice.
So Trent said they have sent an invoice in May 2013 to my home, and she didn’t even attempt to call me for payment reminder. Instead, she just add monthly charge for unpaid payment, and charged every month until October. If I didn’t call them to make a schedule for upcoming treatment, she will submit to collection agency.
In the meantime, she has not done any of her jobs.
I’m leaving this practice not just because I don’t like her. I’m leaving because they have started failing managing supervising their staffs. They have failed to show profound lack of daily guidance, direction, feedback, and support for their staffs and providing patient service on a day-​to-​day basis.
I’m afraid to be a patient as myself working in medical environment. We have never had that situation.
If you’re looking for dental practice in Fremont/​Wallingford area, go any other dental place, then you’re safe.

I went to this office for the first time today and have to say I was really impressed. Jeanine did a terrific job in minimizing discomfort and pain. I would never say a visit to the dentist’s office is pleasant, but this was about as pleasant as it could get. As one of the other Unilocalers said, there was very little facetime with Dr. Kim, but I presume the x-​rays told her what she needed to know?

I went to Dr. Kim for about a year when I first moved to Seattle. For the most part, everything was as you would expect. The office is really nice and everyone is friendly. What surprised me, though, was that after my cleaning and x-​rays, etc, I had exceptionally little face time with Dr. Kim. I’m accustomed to having the dentist come in and do some poking around, checking thoroughly for any cavities or newly developing decay. That didn’t really happen. She looked at the x-​rays, glanced in my mouth, and said I was good to go. When I was told I didn’t have cavities, I was of course happy about it, but also didn’t really feel confident that it was true. I stopped going because I didn’t feel like I was really getting any dentist-​time for my money. I got the cleaning, but not really the exam.

Since moving to Seattle 2 years ago, I’ve put off finding a new dentist. Finally I decided it was past time for me to suck it up. A friend recommended Dr. Kim’s office, and I was pleased to see that they offered early morning appointments as well as the ability to make an appointment online. For someone who’s avoided going to the dentist for this long, the idea of having to call and talk to somebody to schedule an appointment poses a very large activation barrier, so this made things a lot easier. I submitted the online form Wednesday night. On Thursday morning I got a response telling me they’d had a cancellation for Friday morning if I wanted to come in then, otherwise it would be about 2 weeks. Luckily this worked out perfectly.
I just came from my appointment. My hygienist was Jeanine, and she started by taking a full set of 18 x-​rays — I’ve never had this done before, but this is apparently standard for their new patients. She also offered me a pair of sunglasses for the exam, which has also never happened to me before. Jeanine was super friendly without asking too many questions while her hands were in my mouth (I hate when dentists do that), didn’t make me feel like a terrible person for not flossing enough (she didn’t even ask how often I floss! I didn’t think that was possible), and made the whole experience relatively painless considering the state my teeth were probably in after 2+ years without a routine cleaning.
Once Jeanine finished the cleaning and polishing, Dr. Kim came in for a brief exam after having reviewed my x-​rays. They also noticed that what I thought was permanent discoloration to my front teeth after getting my braces off was probably some residual cement, and Dr. Kim got most of it off with a bit of polishing. Total surprise, since nobody else had bothered to do anything about it in the last 6 years! Overall, this was a good way to get reintroduced to the dentist. Friendly staff, modern and bright office!

I have been going to this Dentist since I moved to the Seattle area 5 years ago. The office is warm and inviting and I absolutely cannot say enough about how wonderful the front office, dental hygienist, and Dr. Kimm are with patients. You know you and your teeth are in good hands!

I love Sunny Kim’s office! Super clean, nicely decorated, and the staff and hygienists are always so great to their patients.
If you’re looking for a solid dentist in the Wallingford area, check this place out.

I’ve finally found a dentist that doesn’t treat me like a kid when I don’t floss.
Everyone who works here is always super nice; from the receptionists to the dental hygenist and Dr. Kim. I’ve gotten some great hygeniests, but the last one left me with pain around my gums for a couple of days.
Dr. Kim is always great, but I probably see her for a minute every visit.
No one ever likes going to the dentist, and probably even less so when you get scolded for not flossing (unless that’s just me!) But they all treat you so well here, I’m glad I found my dentist.

It is a VERY long story, but worth synopsizing. It started with the first hygienist trying to insinuate that my treatment needed to start with a cleaning (a little bill booster for the doc). This wasn’t necessary and their methodology to add the service was distasteful, to say the least. It bordered on dishonesty.
Cutting to the bottom line, the receptionist/​admin. mistakenly input some information which skewed my insurers billing and caused a major problem as to charges. They never would admit their mistake or adjust the costs appropriately. I found Dr. Kim to be detached and far more interested in cranking out repairs and increasing her billing hours.
Definitely not a formula for encouraging my loyalty.

With my curse of bad teeth due to genetics, the dental chair has been like my second home.
For years, every dentist has made it seem like I have poor hygiene, even after I tell them I brush THREE times a day, floss TWICE a day, do a fluoride rinse NIGHTLY, and use a waterpik. Basically made me feel like crap.
Until Dr. Kim! When she did the initial exam, she mentioned my mouth full of filling and asked my dental routine. When I told her, she explained to me that some people have a certain kind of bacteria that no matter the amount of care, seem to encourage cavities. Then she recommended a new type of dental care system that specially addresses the problem for people like me. And it’s totally affordable!
Wow! After all these years, and I now know it’s not my fault!
If you want someone who listens, doesn’t try to sell you an unnecessary service, is well-​informed about the latest, greatest in all things dental, and has fabulous taste in office décor, then run, don’t walk, to your phone and make an appointment.
Oh, and her staff is super friendly and super caring.
Well, what are you waiting for?!? :D

Let’s face it– choosing a healthcare provider sucks. Choosing a dentist? Double sucks. It’s as if most of them:
A) Secretly have a desire to drill everyone’s teeth with those epic drills you always hear while waiting in the lobby (their DDS stands for Death Drill Surgeon),
or
B) Are trying to find ways to empty your wallet, like a mechanic («So, your tibula shambombula in the eigth quadrant of your enamel pomdifulous needs removing.» «What does that MEAN!?» «Don’t worry about it. That’ll be $ 5K.»)
I hadn’t been to a dentist in a loooonngg time, and I knew it was time to make use of the insurance I’m paying for, so I figured the easiest way to choose one was by word of mouth. My GF recommended Sunny Kim since she had been there before. Little did I know my life would be changed forever.
Okay, so it wasn’t that epic, but I’ve got ya hooked, don’t I ;) ?
The two biggest reasons I’m hooked are:
1) The Staff of Ever Pleasance — Okay, so that sounds like some magical artifact straight out of Lord of the Rings, but ever pleasant is the proper way to describe the staff. From the moment I called to make my initial appointment to the moment I wrapped up my second appointment, the niceties were consistent and genuine. That’s huge in my book. Especially for professionals that wield big drills.
2) The John Madden Commentary — It’s not as trite as Madden’s and far more reassuring. Everything from the procedure that’s happening to the breakdown of your insurance (Hallelujah and thank you Leanne for that, because insurance lingo is like Klingon to me) is explained in a manner that’s easy to understand and not condescending. As previously mentioned, sometimes it feels like dentists tell you something needs to happen for the betterment of your teeth, but you have no idea why. The play-​by-​play of what’s going on with your teeth is very helpful to understand *why* you may need a certain procedure. And even then, I didn’t feel pressured into anything.
The office and equipment are both very modern, and of course, you get a goody bag full of dental stuff at the end of each visit (woo hoo, free swag!). So far, after two visits and two phone calls, each experience has warranted a 5-​star rating; I’d highly recommend this place to anyone!!!