Roger Henry Tubbesing, DDS

Great Doctor! Very knowledgable, gentle, and thorough. He does what’s needed and does not try to sell you unnecessary services. He and his staff are super nice. It’s always a pleasure to visit his office.

My father is a dentist back in New Jersey, he graduated top ten in his class from NYU dental school… point is I know next to nothing about dentistry so I had my father prescreen Dr. Tubbesing before I went to visit (unfortunately I couldn’t fly back to New Jersey for the implication with Molars 13 and 14.
Dr. Tubbesing is exceptionally knowledgable and is the first dentist I have ever visited aside from my father.
In short, I am very happy I have found a dentist here in California I can trust and feel comfortable with. Also his staff is exceptionally comforting.

I was looking for a Dentist near Little Italy and through Unilocal, I found Dr. Tubbesing. I went there today, what a great day! The best Dental visit in years.
Dr. Tubbesing, does the cleaning himself, a great way for
get to see what’s going on with one’s teeth. He is gentel, kind, thorough and very pleasant.
I had gone to a Dentist in Hillcrest and she suggested «unnessary» dental work $$$$; decided to find another non-​greedy Dentist.
Thanks heaven’s for Dr. Tubbesing! To save money they will call my previous Dentist for my x-​rays taken six months ago. No other Dentist would ever do that.
By the way his staff, is very friendly and professional just like Dr. Tubbesing. Their prices are most reasonable as well.
I walked out of their Office happy with clean teeth, plus I found a honest and excellent Dentist, which is a «rare find this days.»
Would recommend Dr. Tubbesing highly, you will not be disappointed!

Dr. Tubbesing was highly recommended by some friends who have been going to him for decades. I have always had an incredible experience. He is kind, and extremely competent, as is his receptionist Gail, who has been with him for decades as well. I live on the east coast and fly in to see them twice a year. I am saddened by the folks who have left vituperative reviews. No one is perfect, however, this extremely good (rare!) dentist does not deserve in any way, shape or form abusive personal attacks.

I’m so mad!!!
I love Dr. Tubbesing, and had been planning on giving his office 5 stars ever since I made my Unilocal account just over 2 weeks ago.
Every time Dr. Tubbesing does my teeth, he does an amazing job. I feel his cleanings are always very thorough, and Dr. Tubbesing is always very nice, gentle and informative.
I love that whenever I visit the office, I’ve never had to wait — he only schedules patients at the ACTUAL time he plans on seeing them, even if this means he can’t schedule for weeks/​months in advance. And he gets it all done at once.
Dr. Tubbesing has always had a «pay as you go» plan, which I have always found very convenient! His office is always very, very clean. Not like one of those clinics where you feel like you might get tuberculosis from just looking at the other patients.
Imagine my horror when I checked my mail Saturday night to find that they had sent my remaining balance to a CREDITOR WITH A SHADY REPUTATION without notifying me in advance. Now I’m getting «30 day threats» from a creditor with a shady reputation! GREAT.
I called the office this morning to find out what was going on, and they have a new electronic voice mail «WE LEFT ON VACATION FOR A MONTH STARTING FRIDAY! WEEEE!»
Excuse me???
I would have loved to give a 5 star review, but this has been a TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
I thought we were thugs for life. Roger Henry Tubbesing, I thought you were my gurl. I thought what we had was real. How could you play me like this? I was even going to knit you a sweater.

Wanted to update this because I saw the 1-​star review from someone lower, mentioning a potential degradation of Dr. Tubbesing’s service and mental acuity, so I paid extra close attention to the good doctor during my semi-​annual checkup today.
Pleased to say I noticed ZERO difference in his behavior or the quality of his work. He was still friendly, chatty, informed, and did a great job on my teeth. All I needed was a cleaning, so you can keep that as a caveat, but far as I could tell he was the exact same terrific, personable dentist I’ve been seeing for three years now.

Dr Tubbesing is an excellent dentist. He did all the crowns for me and did a superb job. The temporary crown he creates himself is amazingly good. He is reasonably priced, honest, knowledgeable, and talented. I would recommend him to anyone. Finding Dr Tubbesing was a Godsend for me. I appreciate what he did for me and the way he always try’s to help me anyway he can.

He is a wonderful dentist! I have had him for years. He is so very competent and likable… all the best traits. The location is no longer convenient but he is worth the trip. I wouldn’t change dentists for anything.

Dr. Tubbesing is a wonderful dentist, with a kind, helpful staff. I’m almost reluctant to review him because it can take a little while to get an appointment, just because he’s so popular.
Dr. Tubbesing is kind, gentle, friendly, affordable and good at what he does. He’s a fundamentally good man and a skilled dentist.

First, the map is wrong, though the address is correct. 233 A St. is between 2^nd and 3^rd on A, *NOT* at the corner of Front and West A. Dr Tubbesing’s office is on the seventh floor of the City Centre building — you can google «City Centre San Diego» to see the location.
I second Scott P’s review in every respect: Dr. T. has a great staff, and cleans your teeth himself — I think so that he will be completely familiar with your teeth. He was very alert to the tiniest details of my teeth, and commented on the dental work I had had before. He charges a fair price for very good, professional work, and is kind and affable to boot.
His downtown location is convienient for those who have just moved into the ballpark area, or those who live in golden hill, hillcrest, south park, north park, etc.
A good, honest dentist of the old school — a rarity these days.
He gets my highest recommendation.

I had a terrible experience recently at another local dentist and decided to search for an «honest dentist» on Unilocal and his name was one of the first to come up. So true! The front office staff is lovely and really welcoming. The are open during regular lunch hours which is awesome, came in during lunch hour and even though they were running late I had my complete visit and cleaning and left only a few minutes after 1pm! This was probably the most pleasant dental visit I’ve ever had. The previous dentist recommended about $ 250-​$ 300 in work done plus jaw surgery, so glad that I came to Dr. Tubessing’s office for a 2^nd opinion his recommendation would cost about $ 80-​$ 95 total & no jaw surgery! Would totally give him 10 stars if I could, best dentist ever!

Dr. Tubbesing, as someone else said, is a dying breed. He is an honest, congenial dentist that I have gone to and had friends go to for years. I cannot recommend him too highly, except to say he is one of San Diego’s best kept secrets. He doesn’t try to push expensive procedures on you, and he cleans your teeth himself. Whatta guy! i consider him a personal friend as well as my dentist. But don’t expect a classy office, except for the view. His overhead is probably low and thus he can charge reasonable prices to his customers.

Visiting Dr. Tubbesing is such a pleasant experience! How many people can say that about a trip to the dentist? I have been going to Dr. Tubbesing for nearly 10 years now. He is professional, skilled, honest and personable. He makes his patients at ease while in the chair and it’s enjoyable to chat with him. The office building is historical and kinda fun to visit in and of itself!

I was told that I had 4 cavities that needed to be attended to right away from another dentist. Considering I have never had a cavity in my life I was beyond shocked. I was then told that I would have to pay an exorbitant amount of money to fill them all. I informed them that I would be getting insurance from my new job over the next few months and that I would wait to return then, to which I was told that insurance companies «get in the way and don’t help that much» and that I’m better off taking care of it myself. I dismissed her statement and decided to wait.
So a few months later I schedules a visit with Dr. Tubbesing, as he came highly recommended from a co worker. So when I arrived today for my appointment I was bracing myself to have 4 teeth filled and having left them unattended too for the last 6 months, that they would be significantly worse. Well Dr. Tubbesing politely informed me that I was actually cavity free!!! I was first upset that I was lied too, then immediately grateful that there are still some honest people in the world.

Great dentist, with wonderful office staff!

I went to Dr. Tubbesing after reading some of the reviews on Unilocal.I have been terrified to find a new dentist after moving to San Diego because of several dentists trying to scare me into expensive dental work, but was forced to make an emergency appointment to tend to a toothache. The receptionist was so nice, and squeezed me into a cancellation slot within an hour after my initial call. Dr. Tubbesing is an old-​school Navy dentist. It was obvious he really knew what he was doing, and solved my problem quickly and for very minimal expense (I have no insurance). The entire experience was great, and they even have free parking with validation. I will be back for regular cleanings. By the way, a routine cleaning is $ 68 for out of pocket patients, I asked before leaving.

Scott P. down there referred me to Dr. Tubbesing when I was looking for a dentist. And boy am I glad he did. I was also pleasantly surprised when he cleaned my teeth himself. I had a couple fillings done and I think he enlisted the help of an assistant for all of 45 seconds throughout the ordeal. He knows what he’s doing. He filled me in on the best brushing techniques and he actually told me the best way to floss around my fake front teeth so the floss doesn’t get stuck in between them. The dentist that put them in didn’t even know how to do that.

Great old dentist in a great old building! Dr. Tubbesing is the last of a dying breed– the honest dentist. When I moved to San Diego five years ago, we moved into the downtown area and I had a terrible time finding a reputable dentist– even though we were getting referrals from professionals who had grown up in San Diego (my wife’s dentist was in Escondido, which is half an hour each way from downtown).
Eventually we found Dr. Tubbesing– not through a referral, but basically via the internet and he is amazing!
He’s got a great staff, and cleans your teeth himself– imagine that! Also, he isn’t always trying to convince you to do tons of unnecessary dental work– I went to two dentists immediately before starting to go to Tubbesing who said I needed extensive «preventitive» work that was totally outrageous (according to Dr. Tubbesing.)
His downtown location is convienient for those who have just moved into the ballpark area, or those who live in golden hill, hillcrest, south park, north park, etc.