Endodontic Arts of San Francisco

They were able to see me on short notice, and were very efficient with their work. They gave me cost estimates upfront and explained what my insurance would cover. They had the 3D scan machine in house, so I didn't have to wait or get referred out for that. The endodontist, Dr Ko made a lot of sense with his explanation of the problem. Overall I was very happy and will come back here next time.

Dr. Vlad Shuster had seen me about ten years ago and I decided to come back so he could do a root canal on my tooth. Due to flooding in the area due to heavy rain, I was able to make it to the appointment ten minutes behind (I respectfully called the office to let them know I was running a few minutes late and the receptionist said ok). As I arrive , the receptionist greeted me and they took me in for the appointment. I had booked the appointment at least one month prior and had clearly explained that I was already diagnosed by another dentist that I needed a root and needed extra time to come and get the root canal done on the same day. The receptionist promised me over the phone that Dr. Shuster was going to perform everything on the same day. I have been suffering with terrible root canal pain for the past month and was looking forward to the appointment. Dr. Shuster took me in, did an X-ray (he already had one from my dentist but wanted to take a new one, I said yes) looked at me me and said you will need a root canal but you need to come back because I don't have time to do it today. Are you kidding me? Not only this, he displayed machismo as its best when I said his receptionist had promised he would have time to do my treatment on the same day. He got very angry and raised his voice at me in front of all his assistants and literally in a rude manner asked me to get out of his office. He has some serious anger issues and I would not recommend any female patient around this bully. I am a RN and this is not how a healthcare professional should act towards a patient. Total disrespect!! Do yourself a favor and go look for a nice and professional dentist. There are plenty in SF. Oh, and they will be billing me $221 for all this. Great way to start the year Dr. Shuster, screwing over patients.Stay away!!!

I was made to have two root canal surgeries on one tooth. Inrurance covered ⅔ of the first one so I paid about $300+ out of pocket.But I had to pay about $900 completely out of pocket for the 2nd one.Dr said it was “Permanent”.The 1-Star comes because NOBODY told me this was going to happen at the beginning.They literally had me on the hook from the first one, warning me of all the scary things that could happen to me if I don’t come back for the “permanent” procedure.But when the Dr first spoke to me, he said I would simply do A root canal, and go get a crown.And yet, here I was doing a “temporary root canal” then a “permanent root canal”.I feel completely duped! Terrible experience!Also this is strange because I feel ALMOST certain that I posted my review 2 years ago. I guess I must have forgotten to click post.Anyways, I hate to be the one to spoil the 5-star party here, but I must say my truth all the same:I came to this dentist 2 years ago - still the earlier days of COVID.This was going to be my first root canal ever,and also my first REAL “Health Care” experience since I came to the USA 6 years ago.Now I need more work done on my teeth. I may likely be flying to Mexico this time. But certainly not coming back to these people.