Woodside Dental

Dr. Mahmoodian is a caring, patient and knowledgeable dentist. She is a talented cosmetic dentist and she truly seems to enjoy her work. All of the staff in the office seem happy and are friendly.

I’ve been with Woodside Dental for a couple years now, and I always have had the greatest experience. I have probably the worst teeth in the world when it comes to cavities and fillings, but they make it bearable. They treat you with the utmost kindness and respect and definitely make sure you are comfortable. It almost feels like family to me now. They address me on a personal level every time I step in and ask how I’m doing.
Dr. Mahmoodian is great at what she does. I’ve noticed I completely trust her and her judgment. She somehow gives me a safe feeling every time I have to get something done. Pam, the receptionist, is a sweetheart. She works with me and my crazy schedule and never loses patience. The assistants there are wonderful also, I love them all.
I always talk about how great my dentist is, even though getting my teeth worked on is miserable. I honestly hope everyone can have the same experience with their dentists.

Dr. Mahmoodian is a kind and caring professional. She takes most insurance plans and her staff is very helpful. I understood everything that was going to be done and it was done without any pain.

Before coming to woodside dental, I had avoided going to a dentist for several years because of previous bad dental experiences. I decided to come in with a bad cavity that was in dire need of a root canal. When I first entered the facility the first thing I noticed is the modern office, bright, comfortable waiting area and the very welcoming staff. The staff is super friendly and very helpful. The patient chairs are very comfortable, clean and new. They also give you sunglasses so that the bright lights don’t bother your eyes when you’re getting work done, something I thought was a nice touch. The root canal procedure was quick, and painless. I didn’t feel a thing, and I was very surprised as friends had told me a root canal was one of the most painful dental procedures. I was very pleased to be able to save my tooth that I thought was surely lost. The work was of such high quality that I didn’t even need to take painkillers after, I woke up the next day feeling fine. The staff was nice enough to call me the next morning, to check in on me and make sure I wasn’t in pain. Woodside dentals goes above and beyond the call of duty to make your experience is as pleasant as possible. Dr. Mahmoodian is very sweet, patient, nice, passionate about her work and always takes the time to explain things to me. She’s amazing and very gentle with her work. She’s by far my favorite dentist I’ve met. The prices are reasonable, and not outrageous like other dentists in the area that I have checked out. They worked with me to find the best prices, procedures and payment methods I could afford. I would highly recommend woodside dental, I always have a positive experience when when I’m there, and always look forward to my next visit. They’re always so nice to me and I have nothing but great things to say. Keep up the great work!

Great for ucla students. I’ve been going to Woodside Dental for close to three years now under the student health insurance and I’ve been really happy with how my dental health has improved during this time. People often complain when dentists recommend work but they forget that this is why you go to the dentist in the first place. I received numerous treatments from Woodside and I know that I needed each one of them. Besides the great care I received, the staff is incredibly friendly and this always made going to the dentist a (reasonably!) painless experience. I have and will continue to recommend this place to my friends.

I cannot say enough good things about Woodside Dental.
Simply put, Drs. Mahmoodian and Bina were the most respectful and compassionate dentists I’ve ever had. They explained every step of the procedures they performed and gamed out other treatments I needed with respect to my financial situation.
Furthermore, the office staff was kind and seemed sincerely concerned with providing high quality service. If I had not moved away shortly after finding Woodside Dental, Dr. Mahmoodian would absolutely be my regular dentist.
I HIGHLY recommend Woodside Dental. Go! Now!

I’m not exactly sure where to begin but I’ll start with making it clear that the purpose of my visit was for an emergency service. A previous filling that I had placed on my lower left molar has worn down, and it feels like a nerve is exposed because every time I eat or drink anything slightly hot or cold, that whole area where the filling is missing begins to ache badly. Maybe a nerve is exposed, I’m not sure but I had my HMO insurance carrier do an emergency records transfer to Woodside Dental because they had a next day appointment, and when I had last visited their office in 2010, I didn’t have such a poor experience but I still felt there were far better dental practices judging from my visit back then, so I found a better practice closer to my home.
Long story short, the dental hygienist comes and does my cleaning although the main priority of visit is to have my filling taken care of… The dental hygienist seemed very nice and while she does my cleaning, she’s chatting, chatting up-selling…chatting, chatting, up-​selling. Hindsight, I agreed to what I felt to be an unnecessary service in which I was quoted $ 115.00 for (irrigation w/​Peridex bacterial solution and fluoride) where the hygienist simply rinses your mouth with a solution and done. Now the entire time I was having my cleaning done, the hygienist used words like «we’ll see «and «if» when I asked about seeing the dentist. From the very beginning the hygienist had no intentions of seeing me which is why she tried to distance the dentist from every question that I asked.
After the hygienist finished, she gets Sheba the dentist and it takes all of 2 second for her to glance into my mouth at the tooth I’ve explained had been giving me trouble, she then proceeds to use one of the instruments to poke at the tooth, dig inside its grooves and touch the exposed area where the filling no longer is, causing more pain then she goes on to say «well I don’t see anything. You should go back to the dentist that did the filling because I don’t see anything… but do you want to keep your wisdom teeth?» In addition, she offers to refer me to a root canal specialist… all the while I’m thinking… why do you sound so obsessed with removing something? You’re in my mouth looking for more money, happily available to remove perfectly healthy teeth, but you won’t fill them? Yea, ok… Maybe it’s because my insurance would cover it and she felt it would be a waste of her time because she wouldn’t get any more out of pocket aside from the up selling the hygienist minion did.
I couldn’t hide the look of frustration on my face after feeling so cheated as I got out of her chair, calmly thanked her for her time, paid my bill and left. This very same day I was able to make an emergency appointment elsewhere, and this Dr. was able to clearly see where there was a chip in the tooth and exposed nerve from the missing filling. He replaced my filling no with problem THE VERY SAME DAY and my mouth is no longer aching. He could see the issue with no problem and resolved the simple matter without telling me to go back to where I got the filling in the first place like she did. What if I’d gotten it in Alaska Sheba?
Anyhow, I conclude that after my experience this time around, Sheba Mahmoodian does not value, nor does she see patients as actual people, but rather every tooth in your mouth is a potential dollar to her at the very least, and she’ll try to get a dollar out of you whether it is through offering to pull teeth without actual cause or offering another type of frivolous service.
Aside from the office staff who tried to save face, I am disgusted by the service or lack thereof that I received from Sheba and the way she chooses to treat her customers in need and in my case, emergency situations. I truly believe she doesn’t really care about having a repeat customer base or loyal following, so CUSTOMER BEWARE. If you read any of ‘Woodside Dental’ past reviews you’ll see that the majority of them are poor. I guess I visited in desperation, and was denied treatment.
In addition, I will be filing a formal grievance with my insurance provider, ADA and all other agencies I feel are necessary, as denial of treatment for no valid reason aside from laziness is not matter to be taken lightly. This review will be posted elsewhere as well.
* Take your business and your teeth to a credible Dentist *
NOTE: The below review left by ’ Robert W. ’ is Woodside Dental posing as an actual reviewer attempting to counterbalance the factual negative review that had been left for the business the day prior, and it has been flagged.
’ Robert W. ’ has not reviewed any other businesses aside from Woodside Dental and coincidentally does so the day after I leave mine… not to mention after over a whole year of Woodside Dental having no reviews.
Do better business, and you won’t need register fake profiles to post fake reviews. Thanks.

I can’t say enough good things about the staff at Woodside Dental. They are always so nice and I look forward to seeing them.
They know I am on a tight budget so they always rank the things I need in order of what I must have done to preventive stuff. Then Pam at the front desk will go through my insurance right there and tell me what is covered and what is not so there are absolutely no surprises when I get my bill.
Bonus– they have a few parking spaces at the new office, which they didn’t at the old office.
Dr. Mahmoodian and her hygienists are always nice, personable, and professional.
It’s a relief to go somewhere, where I am not being badgered to buy unnecessary stuff and being charged outrageous, surprising fees. They will ask if you would like an extra preventive procedure such as Fluoride if needed, I politely decline and they move on to the next subject.
Woodside Dental gets it!

Dr. Mahmoodian and her staff were and are very accommodating, unjudgemental and extremely caring.
Similar to some other patients I too had traumatic experiences as a child with my dentist but Dr. Mahmoodian took very good care of me. I would recommend her to my family and closest friends.

I went to Woodside Dental after a coworker suggested them to me. I should have done my research before going.
The place seemed amazing when I first got there. The dental assistants were very nice to me, the location is very nice with amazing equipment, and it had a fairly good feel to it. My perspective changed though as soon as I met the dentist.
She was pleasant at best and has this air about her that she’s better than the rest of the people in there. She even started yelling at some of the dental assistants while she was working on me. It wasn’t very welcoming.
Then she starts suggesting all of these extra procedures that I need to have! I’m in my mid 20s, and while I’ve had some slight cavity problems in the past I have never had anyone suggest all of these different things for me to do. She even tried to get me to buy a toothpaste for about $ 20 claiming that if I used it twice a day that all my cavity problems would go away. After I went home, I did my research on the toothpaste and found out that it should only be about $ 10 at most and you’re only supposed to use it a couple of times a week because it has so much fluoride in it!!! They also tried to get me to sign up for invisalign, ummmm I’ve had braces so my teeth aren’t that messed up!
The place is nothing but a rip off. All they care about here is getting as much money out of you while they can. They’re even trying to get me to come back in for ANOTHER check up appointment only 4 months after my first one. I know my insurance and I know that they only cover appointments every 6 months. When I asked them if my insurance would cover an appointment only 4 months after the first, they straight up lied to me and said they would. I will not be going back there and unless you like to be sold stuff that you really don’t need, then I don’t suggest going there either.

I visited Woodside Dental for the first time today. I would NEVER recommend this dentist to anyone. Why not? Because the dentist didn’t even SEE ME!!!
Consistent with what I’ve experienced with dentists in Los Angeles, the hygienist first tried to upsell me on services that I didn’t need. When I asked how much these services would cost and whether they were covered on my insurance, the bill came out to almost $ 200. I declined the extras except for a treatment I knew I actually needed and the hygienist proceeded with my cleaning.
After the cleaning was done, the hygienist went to go get the dentist to do the final exam. She returned to say that I would need to make a separate appointment to actually see the dentist, because she was too busy with the other patients in the office. I know for a fact that I was the first appointment of the day, and the only other patient there was 30 minutes late (this was who the dentist was seeing). Because I didn’t have time to wait, and after the receptionist and hygienist insisted I come back another time, I ended up reluctantly making a follow-​up appointment for two weeks later so the dentist could do the exam.
Is it just me, or does one expect to actually SEE THE DENTIST when going TO THE DENTIST??? Absurd.

After not being to the dentist for a long time Woodside dental were really great. I had an extremely painful toothache and they were able to treat it asap. I had to get a root canal and the procedure was quick and painless. I also got me teeth cleaned and they gave me a clear overview of what other work was needed when I was ready to go ahead with it. Overall the staff were all very friendly, dentists were gentle and the establishment was clean.

I’ve been going here for a few years now, getting invisalign treatment. I initially found them while going to UCLA and a filling popped out on a friday (on my front tooth where it was very noticeable). My then dentist (in westwood), would not return my calls or talk to me, so I found Woodside Dental online (they took my insurance) and had saturday hours and were the only dentist in the area willing to take a new patient as a next day appointment on a saturday. This was great for me. They fixed the filling, which was covered by insurance, and that was it. I ended up deciding to go back to them for Invisalign and have been happy there. I haven’t had the pressuring upselling experience everyone else is talking about, but you will get that at any dentist. In fact, my previous dentist in westwood did that a lot (I ended up with 2 expensive onlays from them the same way when I went in for a simple cleaning). I find the staff here very friendly and professional. Pam the receptionist is knowledgeable and helpful. The dental assistants are as well. I have never been given false information or been charged for anything I didn’t know about ahead of time, and insurance has kicked in for most of what I get done (other than a certain percentage of the invisalign). Dr Mahmoodian is professional and does a great job.
I also like that they send appointment reminders via email and text message if you want it. The hours are very flexible (saturday too!)
I think a lot of these angry reviews are from cheap college students who don’t live in the real world. I’ve had many experiences with dentists over the years in different parts of the country and every one of them would try to upsell. They are a business and that’s what they do. It’s always smart to get a second opinion any time you are facing a large bill. That’s just common sense.
FYI – I have no affiliation with Woodside Dental. I’m just a fellow medical professional who understands where they are coming from and appreciate the job they are doing.

I went to Woodside Dental for the first time back in 2008. I had a very traumatic experience as a child (My dentist hit me, and suffocated me multiple times). I refused to go to the dentist after that, and stuck to my guns for 14 years. Then tragedy struck, my wisdom teeth cracked my back molars, and I was in a lot of pain. I looked up a dentist that was close to my work, so I could walk during my lunch break and get work done. I was more than fortunate to have Woodside Dental that close!
On my first visit with Dr. Mahmoodian, I explained to her my situation with my previous dentist abusing me. I expected her to throw me out of the office, because let’s face it, who wants a problem patient? Instead, she has done everything in her power to make sure that I am comfortable, safe, and relaxed during my visits. She’s beyond patient with me, and very understanding to my needs.
Today I had an amazing visit with Dr. Mahmoodian. I went in for another cracked tooth (Don’t judge me! I brush, I’m just vitamin D deficient!) and was initially told I would have to spend up to $ 915 for the crown and repair. This shocked me, who wouldn’t be astounded by such a high price. But I asked Pam for further explanation, and she told me they always quote the worst case scenario, that way you NEVER have to pay more than expected. Case in point, I was able to fix my tooth with just a filling, costing me a measly $ 85. So yes, the initial quote for treatment scared my poor checking account, but I walked out of there smiling half a smile (only half because the other side was paralyzed numb) at the economically friendly service provided.
The new office is trendy, bright, comfortable, and the staff provide a safe and nurturing environment. You will not catch any other dentist sticking their fingers in my mouth!

I have been going to Woodside dental for over 2 years and I have not been disappointed once. I came in after not having any dental work done for about 5 years– so you can imagine how much work had to be done! They helped me finance my dental work and were also willing to work with me and give me other payment options and alternate procedures. The new office on Westwood Blvd is pristine and very relaxing. The staff are amazing, always friendly and efficient. When I walk in, I am always met by Pam at the front desk– she is a pleasure to be around and I enjoy coming in and seeing her! Dr. Mahmoodian is always friendly and is really dedicated to performing top notch work. I have not had any complaints or problems with any of the work she has done. I also had a root canal with Dr. Bina– he did excellent work– I was even able to go back to work after the root canal and suffered hardly any pain! I am leaving for the Bay Area next year and I hope to find a great dental group like Woodside when I get there.