Okazaki Jeanette Midori, DDS

Truly, as good as it gets. I’ve been with Dr. O since the 1980s. Wouldn’t go anywhere else. The whole staff is truly caring, thorough with explaining what care you need; your cost, and how to take care of your teeth. No tactics, just good care and holistics.

I’ve been to Dr. O three times now, and I’m so happy! I don’t like to dentist-​hop so I’m so very glad to have found her.
STAFF: Very friendly, courteous and professional (means that they know how to do their jobs efficiently)
TIME: Each appointment takes longer than I expect, because they are thorough. I know to plan accordingly.
DENTIST: She’s very efficient and very knowledgeable (see previous review). She’s brusque, which I like – no fakey small talk.
BILLING: They bill accurately, not like my previous dentist.
PARKING: There is free parking in the back and there’s convenient bus service nearby.
OTHER: They are not a Delta Dental Preferred Dentist. That is the only reason my husband doesn’t go to them. I think it’s worth the extra money to go to Dr. O. (I’ve seen the list of preferred dentists, and I think most of them are just starting out their practices and looking for new patients. I prefer experience over cheapness.)

i always enjoy hearing Dr okazaki,‘s laugh and getting acupuncture. I have a lot of recession and the staff is very gentle and do a great job keeping me smiling. Thank you Dr Okazaki and your great staff for all the years of great care.

WOW! I have been looking a good dentist from last 4 – 5 years. But this is it! I love the holistic approach, no commercial toothpastes. All of her staff is really friendly.
The cleaning itself is for one hour and it is the best detailed cleaning I have gotten so far.
Very happy that I found her.

I’m granola and so is my dentist, so it works out well for me. My wife isn’t as granola, but she likes Dr. O too. She and her staff are really great and always try to make the patients happy. The only thing I would change is that I wish they were open on Fridays when I have my regularly scheduled days off every other week, but if that is the only issue I’m pretty darn happy.

Fun

Sadly, this is one of the worst dentists I’ve ever been to. Given the holistic emphasis advertised, I had high hopes. Unfortunately, what I found was overall discourteous, incompetent care (the receptionist, was, for the most part, the one bright spot here). The lack of communication and interpersonal skills was pretty extreme. After rattling off a series of numbers, and telling me my mercury filling was leaking (pretty scary to hear, if you don’t know what this means, right?), and then rather breezily diagnosing me with gum disease, the dentist sends me out to the receptionist. The proposed bill I’m handed contains strange anticipated charges, for, amongst other things, two «deep cleanings» in addition to a future regular cleaning (take heed: unlike every other dentist I’ve ever been to, where you have the exam *and* the cleaning all in the same visit, this office breaks it out and does the exam one visit, and the cleaning during a separate visit. I was told this is done as people don’t want to schedule that much time. Funny, as I actually spent about an hour and a half there — mostly waiting to see the dentist, for oh, about ten minutes. Perhaps this is instead done to maximize billing possibilities).
I was also offered a «yarning» class. While somewhat intriguing, and possibly helpful, of course this isn’t covered by insurance and is $ 85.
Ultimately, through the goodness of Unilocal,I was able to find another dentist who’s actually pretty fabulous (read: competent, with interpersonal skills to boot). Much as I suspected, I don’t actually have periodontal/​gum disease (only some common gingivitis, which was rectified, no doubt, by the excellent cleaning I’ve since received). However, I do have several fractures on one tooth with an older filling (and was indeed shown this on the new dentist’s pretty awesome camera/​video type thing) and need a crown. Somewhat disturbing that this was initially missed (as one can eventually lose a tooth in this situation), but not at all surprising, really.
Bottom Line: take your teeth elsewhere. I’ve now gone to Dr. Kristine Balcom (on 2627 K Street Sacramento, CA) several times and continue to really love her (she’s got a smart, very kind manner) even though the office is a bit ostentatious for my taste (though the upside of said «ritzy-​ness» is that I’ll be able to watch TV on the ceiling during my crown in February :)
My only regret is that I didn’t go to the new dentist sooner, and allowed this office to use any of my dental insurance for the year.

I was so glad to find Dr. Okazaki! A friend recommended her to me, but I lost her info and found her again through Unilocal.She is the best dentist that I have ever been to, and I love her holistic approach. Her staff are always top notch and incredibly pleasant … when it was obvious that I had ridden my bike to an appointment one day, the receptionist told me I could bring my bike and put it in the storage room next time. Of course, I’m a lefty and interested in nontraditional medicine, so I love all the information and resources that are in the waiting room., but most of it’s really not political. Thanks again Unilocal

My husband and I have gone to Dr. Okazaki since 2001. She is exactly as the reviews above describe. One caveat, I took my 5 year old daughter to Dr. Okazaki and it WAS NOT a pleasant experience. I would recommend Weideman Pediatric Dentistry for childen. Dr. O was not patient with my daughter at all and in fact, got very annoyed when she acted like a typical child at the dentist.