Danian Wen, DDS

Best dentist I have been to not only in NYC, but ever. I have been going to Dr. Wen for 3 years or so, and have had nothing but great experiences. I referred my wife to him as well, and she too thinks he’s great. Not once has he kept me waiting, and I am usually in and out in about 30 to 40 minutes tops (for cleanings and xrays). The staff is very friendly and personable, and the office is state-​of-​the art. If you are looking for a Dentist on the UWS, I highly recommend Dr. Wen!

I am not one to cry charlatan, but here goes: CHARLATAN. Two years after my first and only appointment with this hack, I am still dealing with the consequences.
His office is lovely. Everything is new and shiny. I suppose he needs the façade to fool people into thinking he is professional.
So this man effed up twice with my teeth in one go. First, he did a filling between two teeth, which he, for some reason, decided to connect together. So, needless to say, flossing became impossible, food was trapped where there were spaces in the connected filling, and my mouth felt foreign to me for two years. Finally, last week the filling just fell out. I scheduled an emergency session with my regular dentist, who was flabbergasted. At least now I have normal teeth.
Second, it appear that Mr. Wen really loves money. He loves doing complex things. He recommends the most grueling procedures. He fought me tooth and nail to give me a root canal (N.B. I was 22 at the time). He insisted so hard. Made lots of convincing arguments. Brought a cross section tooth drawing and all. A veritable circus. I went to my regular dentist and, again, her reaction was of the wtf variety. She said it is ridiculous to do a root canal if the tooth can still be fixed with a filling. Which she did. And my tooth is fine.
One might wonder why I went to this guy in the first place. I believe he does emergency dentistry, and I had an imminent relocation to another country looming. I did end up begging my regular dentist to see me after this appointment. Anyway, do yourself a favor and don’t see him.

I developed an abscess on Friday, tried to wait it out through Saturday, but by Sunday, it was clear I needed it looked at.
Dr Wen was able to see me on 3-​hours notice on a Sunday afternoon, and within two hours after that, my tooth was pulled, abscess drained, and I had antibiotics and painkillers in hand from the DR up the block.
It wasn’t painless, but I didn’t expect it to be. But he was personable and had a good chair-​side manner.
Also to note, the technology he uses is top notch. All digital x-​rays, you can see the results while sitting in your chair on the monitor just seconds after he takes them.

One of the nightmare… I went to see dr wen to have my four veneers reshaped or to change them because I have my veneers done long time ago.
Firstly he insisted to change them to crown because I already have veneers .
Secondly, I wanted to reshape and lighten the colors since I already have nice teeth but it turned out to be even worth!!! My front teeth are now buckteeth and shape is the same except they are bigger than before and I can’t close my mouth completely… He kept saying it looks nice even though my teeth obviously looks abnormal. I thought I don’t even want him to redo my teeth so I went to a few dentist to redo them and all the doctors can’t believe why would dr wen recommend crown when I have a healthy teeth because to have crown, you have to shave them small, which I didn’t have to do. Crown at dr wen was cheaper than other dentist but now I know that you get what you paid for. I’m currently replacing my bulky teeth at a well know dentist in upper west side.