I just had the most pleasant dental experience EVER here.  The entire office staff is efficient, gentle and super friendly.  I called last week, in pain, and explained that I had seen their reviews on Yelp and worked right down the way and could they see me?  And they squeezed me right in!  They also emailed me the paperwork to speed up the check in process and they even called me this morning with a cancellation and offered to take me even earlier today.  I am impressed with the ease of getting an appointment!   \n\nAlso, when I walked in I liked that the office is clean and tastefully decorated with a good selection of reading materials, having both men and women's magazines.  (Not that I needed them though, because they whisked me straight back almost as soon as I sat down.)   \n\nThe exam/treatment areas have TVs on the wall so you can distract yourself with what's on TV.  Today it was The Muppets pirate movie. (YAY, I LOVE THE MUPPETS!)  The dental assistant, Raquel, was super sweet and polite too.  \n\nThe x-rays are taken in the chair and are shown to you instantaneously on a computer monitor placed on an exam table in front of the chair.  The dentist, Dr. Barela, was warm and friendly and never left me waiting for him to come see me.  He took the time to thoroughly explain everything on the x-rays and then he examined my teeth in detail and suggested a very reasonable course of treatment.  (Some dentists make me feel like they are suggesting such a radical treatment plan that I sometimes suspect that it's overkill just to make more money, but I didn't feel that here AT ALL!)  We both agreed that I needed just one filling and he asked if I'd like it done today...I was stunned.  A same day treatment, while I'm already here and ready to go?  Why yes, please, thank you!  \n\nHe was ready to do the filling within minutes and he was super gentle and friendly.  He explained everything as he did the filling too, so I wasn't left there wondering what was going on the whole time.  Believe me, the whole process was PAINLESS.   While he was in there he also added some anti-sensitivity medicine to a couple of teeth that were a bit sensitive (but good otherwise) and he grinded down a high spot on a crown that I got a year ago that never did feel quite right.  I thought was was going above and beyond doing that, and I was impressed; really impressed!!\n\nFolks, please believe me when I tell you I am a full blown, dental chicken after I had a root canal on a badly abscessed tooth when I was 19 that so painful and traumatic that other people could hear me screaming and sobbing clear out in the dentist's lobby. (Just the memory makes me ill...)  Dr. Barela had a tall order today to make me feel comfortable and not in fear or in pain and he did a wonderful job.   I am SO happy, he is now my new dentist!!  This place is great.\n\nOh, I almost forgot to mention that I needed to schedule a cleaning, and instead of the typical cleaning appointment that has to be scheduled weeks and weeks out, they actually had an appointment available for me next week at a time that actually works for me AND availability for my teenage daughter to her her teeth cleaned next week after school too.  They are very accommodating of your schedule and I really appreciated that flexibility.\n\nThis is a great dentist.  I couldn't recommend them any more highly!