W Craig Noblett, DDS

Dr. Noblett is a superb endodontist. He’s extraordinarily skilled (saving a tooth of mine that was in very bad shape, when I first consulted him about it – a tooth that is now healthy). In addition to his great skill, he is very gentle, reassuring, calm and kind. When I told him that I was very attached to saving the above mentioned tooth, he said, «I’m very attached to saving it, too.» And save it, he did.
I’ve now had a total of three root canals performed by Dr. Noblett (happily the other two were relatively easy). But, easy or hard, Dr. Noblett was always calm and comforting. He explains what he’s going to do before he does it and checks frequently to make sure you’re in no discomfort.
In addition, the entire office staff is helpful, friendly and professional. Everyone in his office has been thoughtful, patient and helpful in response to any question or concern I’ve had.
It’s hard to imagine that there’s a more skilled endodonist on the planet. But, even if there is – if I ever need another root canal — I’m going to Dr. Noblett.

Dr. Noblett saved my failing root canal! He was willing to do the very careful and professional job of redoing a root canal that never worked right. Several years ago I was in pain and told the tooth would need pulling. Happily, I still have that tooth.
Since the then, I’ve had another successful root canal with Dr. Noblett and my husband has also had several successful procedures. It’s great to find a talented, kind and professional dentist for surgical procedures.
The office staff is professional, nice and knowledgeable too. I would definitely recommend Dr Noblett and his office to everyone.

beautiful, clean office! i love that they provide brochures in the waiting area to educate you about the anatomy of your teeth, explanations for symptoms you have, solution options, and diagrams of the endodontic procedure. the assistant and dentist were very friendly and thoroughly answered questions. dentist let me watch and he was very meticulous in examining the tooth with pain, and neighboring teeth. he didn’t pressure in getting a root canal, and i so appreciate this honest and integrity!

I echo everything that people have written about Dr. Noblett! he was wonderful and the whole office was wonderful. I needed to be seen urgently because I was leaving the country in 5 days and going to a remote place in SE Asia. The office fit me into the schedule, and was very professional. Dr. Noblett himself could not possibly have been more polite, kind, gentle and thoughtful. I found the procedure challenging, but it was mostly my anxiety, not painful. Very grateful for the care I received.

I never thought I’d give a rave review for a root canal, but Dr. Noblett is the best! He is friendly, gentle, and calm, and explains each step of the procedure before and during the root canal. He did my procedure over two sessions a week or so apart, just to make sure that the infection was gone before he sealed over my tooth. Both times, I experienced NO pain, only the slight pressure from the novocaine needle. I didn’t even have to take any painkillers afterwards, and was eating normally a few hours later. His office is beautifully decorated with photos, some of which he took on his travels. I would highly recommended Dr. Noblett to anyone who needs root canal. He is the epitome of what any health professional should be, extremely competent, professional, and caring.

As those of you who’ve been reading my reviews know, I had a root canal, my first, on Friday. I’d had some tooth pain for a few days and had scheduled an appt w/​my regular dentist in the morning. She referred me to Dr. Noblett at Berkeley Endodontics for a second opinion. Bypassing the old jokes, it was Dr. Noblett’s opinion that I needed a root canal. But let me back up a bit. The office is a large suite on the second floor of a building on the corner of Telegraph and Oregon. The waiting room is decorated w/​huge color photos of Hawaii, taken by an Australian photographer whose name I forget. They are framed in koa. There are others of his photos, some of Australia, some of Hawaii, throughout the suite in examining rooms. Behind the reception desk and elsewhere in the waiting room and throughout the suite are European photographs, framed in black, taken by Dr. Noblett, some in Rome, some in Amsterdam, some in Spain, others in France. They’re beautiful.
Dr. Noblett introduced himself and took some time to get to know me a bit before going to work on the problem, which I appreciated. He explained each step and was both patient and respectful. The procedure itself was painless and interesting. He gave me Motrin for swelling and Tylenol for pain. He didn’t expect to need to see me again until my 6 month checkup.
Once the anaesthetic wore off it was fairly painful and became increasingly so throughout the w/​e whenever the medication wore off. My family «doctors» (Alan and Tam) encouraged me to use stronger pain medication. Alan had some hydrocodone from an infection he’d had earlier this year. That was more effective, and kept me from killing anyone during the w/​e. And then the pain stopped and I needed no more hydrocodone after Sunday night’s dose. But I had had swelling as the w/​e progressed and by Monday morning I looked pretty grotesque. I called in and was started on penicillin. He saw me again Monday afternoon and drained it. Slowly the swelling has gone down until today I look and feel pretty much like myself. I was concerned about a slightly «gummy» sensation today, though, that made me wonder whether I had lost the temporary filling. I called in again and asked Kimberly at the front desk to check w/​the doctor. He was off today and all three of his colleagues had just left, so she agreed to check w/​them and get back to me. When she did, she gave me a choice of being seen by Dr. Chong this afternoon or Dr. Noblett tomorrow. After the infection I’d had I didn’t want to risk a recurrence if I had lost the filling so I opted to come in this afternoon. Dr. Chong was very nice, checked and reassured me that the fiilling was still there and not to worry. I have been so happy w/​how I’ve been treated here. I’ve had minimal experience w/​dental or other health problems, so I’m always a bit anxious when something’s wrong and it’s nice to be treated kindly and respectfully under those circumstances.