Glendale Family Dental Care, Lloyd Turner, DDS

Dr. Turner has been my dentist for over 10 years. He is the best. A couple of years ago, I developed gum disease and was told I might lose all my teeth. Through the hard work of Dr. Turner and his amazing staff, on my last visit was given a clean bill of health and my gums were healthy again. I cannot thank Dr. Turner enough. He is a great dentist and would HIGHLY recommend him to everyone.

I have been going to Dr. Turner since the late 1980’s or very early 90’s after he took over the practice of Dr. Lusby, who retired after I had been going to his office since 1979. Now I take my elementary school child there as well. I’ve continued to go to Dr. Turner, driving from Santa Monica and for the past 10 years, Orange County, because he and his dental assistants are THAT GOOD and well worth the drive. When you have a great dentist or doctor, you keep them. Because most of us are aware of what the bad, incompetent or crooked ones can do to us or our family. Dr. Turner I believe did his training at USC Dental School, a highly respected school. I believe in the past, he also worked an an evaluator for insurance companies, to make certain that other dentists had competently done work they billed patients for. His knowledge, skill, training, experience, ethics and honesty, IMO, are unsurpassed. I actually look forward to my 6 month visits to his office for my check-​ups and cleanings. His three dental assistants, Naomi, Roxie and Bev are wonderful ladies that are friendly and professional, just as he is. And man, they will spend the time to clean and polish your teeth so that you’ll have that great «new mouth» sensation when you leave. The office is clean, well lit, and very convenient with free parking, right off the 134 at Brand Blvd. Mary and Ariel, Dr. Turner’s front desk ladies, are a pleasure to work with and run a tight ship. I have friends I have talked to that have been up-​sold for thousands of dollars of dental work– gum grafts, removing amalgam fillings for «health risks», and lots of other unnecessary dental work. That is something Dr. Turner has never done to me. He is conservative in his diagnoses and treatment. From my experience, he will not do work you don’t need just to bill you or your insurance company. In more than 25 years going to Dr. Turner, not one single filling, or crown that he has placed in my mouth has failed or caused me pain. I’ve told him he can’t ever retire, unless I move out of state — and actually, that’s not acceptable either, since I would drive or fly back for my dental visits. ;-)

He has been my dentist for over 20 years. I highly recommend him.

I’ve been going Dr. Turner for many years. Always happy with him and his wonderful staff. Everybody is friendly and professional, but most importantly, Dr. Dentist is a great dentist. I HIGHLY recommend him to fiends and family too

In 1991 my dentist retired and Dr. Turner took over the business. I have never experienced any pain whatsoever as his patient. Matter of fact, when he injects me with novocaine, I can see the needle going in but there is no pain you think is associated with a shot!
Dr. Turner explains everything he is going to do and why it needs to be done. He even shows you the x-​rays to show you cavities or teeth that needs to have a root canal done.
For almost 9 months I was unemployed and Dr. Turner helped me financially when it came to my dental care and I will forever be grateful for his generosity. That sealed my loyalty to him.
Dr. Turner’s staff is fantastic! I cannot say enough great things about them. I consider them all my family and I actually enjoy going to the dentist!
I commute exact 75 miles from my home one way to go to Dr. Turner. I told Dr. Turner, if I lived in Las Vegas, NV; Phoenix, AZ or even Hawaii; I would still be his patient!

I have been seeing Dr. Turner for years, he has been our family dentist for many many years. I think he is the best!!! he always explains what it is he is doing and needs to be done. He takes a real and genuine interest in his patients!

When I first moved here, I was worried about finding as good a dentist as I had in NY. Luckily Dr. Turner was recommended to me and I am extremely happy with him. On my first appointment, the dental hygienist was very thorough and pleasant to work with. Dr. Turner looked at my teeth after the cleaning as well as the X-​rays. He recommended to me that I needed several fillings and showed the tooth decay to me on the X-​ray to let me see he wasn’t lying or trying to perform unnecessary work.
When performing the fillings, Dr. Turner was very thorough in his work, was very good with the initial novacaine injection, and the results were absolutely amazing. Both of my fillings replaced older fillings and one of the teeth was almost decayed down to the nerve. The previous time it had been filled I had a toothache for over a week. After Dr. Turner redid the tooth, it hurt for only one day even though he went deeper than before. I was amazed. I had expected my tooth to hurt for at least a week but that was not to be.
The only issue with Dr. Turner is that getting an appointment does not seem to be the easiest thing (although two of my appointments were for a few days after I called, the third one took a month). However, this seems to be because he has so many patients and I have heard he will see you immediately for emergencies. Overall, its not a problem for me and I plan on continuing to see him.