Terrie Yoshikane, DDS MS

I never thought I would be happy to be back in an orthodontics office. Had braces as a teenager, have straight teeth but after I started using a CPAP it changed my bite. Straight teeth are wonderful, but a healthy bite is really important. The only person I would consider to take care of my issue is Dr Yoshikane. Our family spent many years with 3 children going through orthodontics all with different issues, and all came out with fabulous smiles, and great healthy bites.
I am now 56 years old, and never would’ve seen myself in braces, but here I am and she has made it incredibly easy. Everything about her practice is still a five star giving fabulous customer service. They pay attention to detail, educate their patients, are really supportive for all of your needs.
During this holiday season I am really grateful for Dr Yoshikane and her office staff for my incredible new smile and healthy bite that has exceeded all my expectations.

I decided to undergo Invisalign treatment and the entire process from start to finish has been a wonderful experience. Dr. Yoshikane is an absolute pro and is on the cutting edge of the latest and greatest technology. She has a an amazing staff who all work very efficiently and they are extremely knowledgeable and friendly. My schedule was always accommodated and I was comfortable at each appointment. Dr Yoshikane’s expertise gave me the results I was looking for. I am so excited with the final results. It’s the best decision I ever made. :)

Our family has been Doctor Yoshikane patients for almost 25 years now. Her office and staff are top notch.
My teeth look amazing after 18 months of Invisalign. We would highly recommend Dr. Yoshikane if you are looking for the perfect smile :)

I’m undergoing invisilign treatment! I was referred by my dentist and I am very glad he referred me to Dr Yoshikane! Every time I go I have a very pleasant experience! I am happy with the results and although we are not done yet I am excited to see the progress! The staff is always friendly and detailed.

First off, let me say that Orthodontics for your kids is an overwhelming task. From the details to the finances to the committment of the whole time it takes. That being said… Everyone here is amazing. They not only make each of those aspects much easier and explain everything in detail to you, they do so not just to start but the whole way through. Dr. Yoshikane is a very caring and thorough dentist and the whole staff is very kind and helpful. There are other places that are less expensive but for the care you get here — you cannot beat it. My daughter just finished with hers and couldn’t be happier as it was a long process. My son is on his and looking forward to seeing his results when he is done. It is nice to be able to want to write a nice review of a place as nowadays its a rare thing.

Dr. Y was my orthodontist in my younger years and now my son is seeing her. We love the office, staff and Dr. Y! They are clean and efficient. I refer all my friends and clients to her. Thank you for our wonderful smiles!

Dr. Yoshikani has been our orthodontist for over 20 years. She always has the patient’s best interests at heart while helping them achieve the best treatment results possible. Thank you for the years of perfect smiles Dr. Yoshikani!

So far so good. I just started seeing Dr. Yoshikane for TMJ and a minor over bite. I had a ton of orthodontia while a teen and as an adult it has moved a lot so i’m trying out invisiline to fix it. She has been straight forward with what my expectations should be and made sure i tried a trial tray just to make sure it didn’t interfere with my jaw and make it worse. I really appreciate the care i’ve had so far.
I will update again after i’m finished with treatment!

Dr Terrie Yoshikane is an amazing professional. Incredibly smart, very customer-​oriented, and gifted at creating beautiful smiles. But what set Terrie apart, at least for our family, was her sensitivity and interpersonal skills with my teenaged daughter. My daughter had a very complicated dental case and came to Terrie with unrealistic expectations about what could be done with her teeth and jaw to create the perfect aesthetics. Instead of telling my daughter that what she was asking was expensive, risky, and unrealistic, Terrie listened carefully and then in a masterful way, helped my daughter arrive at that conclusion on her own. I highly recommend Terrie to anyone who wants masterful work by a sensitive and caring professional.

Since I was in high school, I have always received regular compliments about my beautiful teeth. Not my smile (though fortunately, I get that, too). My teeth. People are very specific. I always smile and know that the person who deserves the credit is Dr. Terrie Yoshikane.
Dr. Y became my orthodontist when I was a little girl (seriously, I may have been six or seven). I am now 32. I started seeing her when I was young because every dentist I had ever seen had told my parents I would need regular, extensive, and serious orthodontic work. Overbite, crooked teeth, a jaw likely to be misshapen… apparently without orthodontics, I would have been a real fright. Oh, and I have an unusually small mouth.
Dr. Y took me through three sets of braces, more retainers than I can remember, a bionator, headgear… it’s a long list. And I was a good, compliant patient. I just had a really bad mouth.
I didn’t know it at the time, but Dr. Y was following a plan she’d made when I was small, adjusting over time and making sure everything came out well. I’m convinced to this day that many other orthodontists wouldn’t have made my teeth come out as well. This is true not only because of skill, but also because of the close, near constant attention she and her staff paid to every little detail. You truly get the best with Dr. Y and her staff.

Dr. Yoshikane was my son’s orthodontist circa 1989. He is now a dentist at age 33 and in a recent seminar all the dentists examined each other’s bites. His was the most perfect which he attributes to Dr. Y’s excellent work.

Dr. Yoshikane is professional, kind and intelligent! I saw her as a child and as an adult. She is always a pleasure and I constantly get compliments on my teeth!

I went to Dr. Yoshikane for orthodontic treatment as a pre-​teen and had 2 years of treatment. Now as an adult all of my teeth had moved into a non-​existent bite, and it was discovered that I have severe TMJ and arthritis in my jaw. I went back to see Dr. Yoshikane, and the only good thing she did was have me go have a head scan done to find severe wear on my jaw. I’m thankful for that, but sorry to say she wanted to push my jaw back into a painful bite (causing my joint to grind together) and put another 2 years of braces on me and charge $ 6,000… that was her discount for me since I was a previous patient. Awful. I called several offices searching for a TMJ specialist. I found one and received treatment and was sent to have surgery to correct my airway and sinuses. After talking to some other friends with similar experiences, they were given similar orthodontic treatment that I had when they were younger (and are now all adults in braces again). We all learned to never go to an orthodontist who does not check your airway through your nose first. I was a mouth breather and couldn’t breathe through my nose, which was why my two years of previous treatment relapsed (my tongue pushed everything). We all have been to more knowledgeable orthodontists as adults and were sent to have our airways corrected as well as myofunctional therapy. If the tongue habits and airway are not corrected, orthodontic relapse will happen. Lesson learned is that we will not make the same mistake by putting our children through «assembly line orthodontics». Research myofunctional therapy and also the relationship between airway and orthodontics. It will save you from much pain, heartache, and having to pay for a lot more than you would have if it had been done the right way and corrected originally.

I highly recommend Dr Yoshikane. Her staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. My son likes going for his appointment and enjoys the games they play. Dr Yoshikane came highly recommended by our dentist and is doing a great job with my son’s teeth. They are already looking beautiful. We are very pleased.

Yoshikane is a sharp and professional orthodontist. Recommended through our dentist. She keeps a tight ship with a professional crew. She also is a mother.
Highly recommended.

Everything they do centers around making both your teeth and face look better because of their treatment. Traditional orthodontics often required the removal of up to eight teeth to correct a crowded mouth. Using our new technologies, the extraction of teeth occurs far less than it used to. As a result, their patients enjoy a beautiful full smile along with an attractive facial profile. However, they do still extract teeth when either the face of the patient, or the excessive protrusion or flare of their front teeth will benefit from such care. Although, this decision is made only after extensively reviewing the patient’s diagnostic records as well as all non-​extraction treatment choices. They really want their patients to be happy with their final result now… as well as many years into the future.

Dr. Y is a wonderful orthodontist, with an office full of video games and toys to entertain the kids. She offers contests and prizes and your kids will look forward to their visits. Their teeth will look great, too.
But I can’t give her a full 5-​star rating because of the incredible cost. At the time my kids had their teeth straightened by Dr. Y, several of our friends used an orthodontist based in Carlsbad who was a lot cheaper.
Back then I thought just like the previous reviewer: well, you get what you pay for. But the kids who went to the less-​expensive C-​bad orthodontist ended up with teeth just as beautifully straightened as our kids did.
It’s been over 6 years and all of the kids STILL have beautiful teeth. (Especially those kids who wore their retainers regularly!) We just paid a whole lot more for our orthodontia.
I recommend comparison shopping if you’re thinking about orthodontia. Get recommendations from your friends and co-​workers. Don’t just blindly choose the cheapest orthodontist, but don’t feel you must pay for the most expensive, either.
If making the experience fun for your kids is important to you, then the extra cost may be worth it. Dr. Y does do excellent work. But so do other orthodontists, and for less.

It’s been a while since we visited Dr. Yoshikane (my daughter is now 19), but we were so pleased with the care Dr. Y and her amazing staffed provided when my daughter had braces. The office was always full of caring and fun individuals. Terrie reduces the «burden» of wearing braces with contests, prize packages, etc. Other Orthodontists may charge less, but I say you get what you pay for. My daughter’s teeth are BEAUTIFUL!