Nil Yucel, DDS

Dr. Yucel is a wonderful dentist. Not only is she a great person to chat with, she’s a wonderful dentist to have on your side.
Moving from DC, I had a tough time finding a new dentist I could trust. Dr. Yucel will take the extra time in her day to ensure everything is the way it should be. Her professionalism and skills are what keeps me and my husband going to her.

Dr. Yucel is the best dentist I have ever had. She is very centered on the patient’s unique needs and carefully explains procedures. No pressure and very relaxed environment. Above all, she is highly knowledgable and her passion for dentistry is very evident. She is also a warm person, I trust her with my little girl. She has seen Dr. Yucel since she was 2 years old. Great family dentist, professional staff, and just an overall great doc.

I spent a good amount of my adult life avoiding dental work. I had so much of it as a kid that by the time I was off on my own I figured I had my fill and was done with getting cavities filled, getting reprimanded for bad oral hygiene and all around discomfort. Maybe it’s because all my old dentists were either grumpy old men or reprimanding Filipino lady dentists who felt they could reprimand me like i was their misbehaving niece because we were the same ethnicity. Couple this with how expensive procedures were, I avoided the whole field and thought if i just brushed twice a day and flossed a handful of times a month i’d be ok.
Enter Dr. Yucel, my boyfriend’s (now husband) dentist. He gave me his appointment one day because I had been having tooth pain that was starting to cause headaches. This was a couple of years ago. She saw me, took x-​rays, addressed my need for a root canal and got me an appointment with an endodontis around the corner who could take me same day and did not make me deal with any complicated paperwork due to my current state of distress.
My next visit to her she took the time to go over a plan to get myself back on track with getting a crown for my problematic tooth, getting some cavities filled, getting my gums back in shape, etc. Knowing full well that even with insurance, dental work is expensive, she helped me prioritized what to take care of first and how we could work out payment plans so the whole thing wasn’t overwhelming. Having a care plan in place made everything less scary and more accessible. She and her staff have always been helpful and understanding. I can’t thank them enough for dealing with figuring out all my insurance information and making going to the dentist such an easy thing these days.
I’ve been her patient for close to 3 years now and I can honestly say that I no longer dread going in for my cleanings and have definitely made great steps to taking care of my teeth.

Dr. Yucel is an incredible dentist and a very pleasant person. She has a very soothing demeanor and calmly explains all of her observations and procedures. She goes above and beyond to make sure that your teeth are in the best condition possible and never pressures you to do things you are uncomfortable with. She, along with her staff, are very professional and courteous. I would recommend her 10 times out of 10.

I can’t recommend Dr. Yucel highly enough. I have been her patient for 3 years now and my mouth is healthier than it has ever been, my smile more beautiful, and I am grateful.
Here’s the deal. Dr. Yucel is a caring, compassionate and highly skilled doctor that partners with you to ensure your optimal health. Most importantly Dr. Yucel tells you exactly what’s going on in your mouth and presents you with all of your treatment options starting with the most conservative and cost effective. Then its up to you.
What more can you ask for when it comes to your healthcare? I’ve never felt pressured into accepting a treatment plan that I wasn’t ready for and I always feel as though I’ve been given all the information I need to make good decisions.
A recent example, Dr. Yucel saved me at least $ 900 by presenting a conservative cosmetic treatment that I didn’t even know existed but still achieved my cosmetic goal. She also presented more expensive options that would have yielded the most perfect result and let me decide what matched my end goal. I still might choose a more expensive option down the road and I’m glad I know all of my options should that time come.
If you’re looking for a dentist that truly cares, listens to you, answers all of your questions, tells it to you straight and provides you with ALL of your options then look no further than Dr. Yucel. Your mouth will thank you!

I went to Dr Yucel because she was board certified but left because a) I got tired of her trying to upswell me on random cosmetic things b) her office forgot to bill my insurance and then told me they were going to send me to collections for not paying. Then c) one of the fillings she put in literally popped out of my mouth while I was flossing. I am not a fan.

I wanted to update my review for Dr. Yucel because I’m seeing a number of negative reviews for her and I just wanted to put in a good word for her to say that my last review in 2009 still holds true for me. She is an extremely compassionate and caring person and the same is true of her approach to her dental practice. She always fully discusses with me any issues that will need to be addressed in my dental plan and calls in her front office staff to explain the charges and what will be covered by insurance and what won’t. Her staff are just as caring and provide excellent customer service. I’ve been seeing her for about 10 years now and still find her and her practice worthy of 5 stars!

I love going to Dr Yucel’s office. The customer service is really detailed oriented and the environment is very comfortable. The staffs are very professional and they will talk through every step of necessary treatments very patiently. I am pleased with the result and the money paid.

I was not initially going to write a review, but after having been to another dentist, and the more I think about it, the angrier I get about my experience here.
I recently moved away from home; Dr. Yucel was, at the time of my visit, the second dentist whom I had visited. I went in for a standard teeth cleaning. I was informed I had mild gum disease, and should get a deep cleaning. Fair enough I said– it would only cost $ 75, and I probably DO have mild gum disease.
The next thing I knew, Dr. Yucel wanted to look into two of my teeth because they had decay. I said sure, that sounds reasonable. I want to take great care of my teeth! However, I didn’t have time that day, so I made an appointment to come back one week later. I paid for my cleaning when I left, and was informed the next appointment would cost a few hundred dollars. Fine with me.
I came back a week later. After I was already given painkillers and having work done, an attendant came in and showed me an invoice for almost $ 2000! I assumed this was what my insurance would pay, but luckily I asked, just to be sure. It turned out to be my out of pocket cost! I was informed that Dr. Yucel wanted to look at 5 or 6 of my teeth for decay. Thankfully, I said no, but it made me feel pretty cheap.
After she had drilled into my teeth, I asked her to show me what she had found. When she showed me the pictures, she said that the monitor in that room wasn’t great and you could not see everything clearly, and concluded that the decay had not expanded much.
I am not a dentist, so I have no idea whether or not the procedure was necessary. Maybe Dr. Yucel is just very serious about preventative care, I don’t know. What I do know is I felt taken advantage of, and I will not be returning here.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Yucel for more than six years now… perhaps even longer. I’ve been through cleanings, fillings, crowns, x-​rays, root canal, gum treatments and the biggest collaboration thus far…3+ years of invisalign and dental implants… so you name it and I’ve had it.
Throughout all this, Dr. Yucel has always been both highly skilled and impressively professional. She and her team have worked very well on the insurance/​payment/​biiling side, on the urgent and routine procedures side and on working towards overall dental health in true partnership mode. She has co-​ordinated procedures I’ve needed with dental surgeons and handles all the logistics and medical care.
When I first went there I explained that dentists make me nervous and I avoided pain as best I can… in the years since then I’ve lost all my anxiety about the dentist and even when the pain was unavoidable, it was managed well.
I’ve recommended her to many friends and colleagues and I’ve left other Unilocal reviews in the past.

Love Dr. Yucel. I get super anxious about visiting any dentist, but she is the best I have seen. Gentle, caring and likes to share little facts and details about whatever she’s doing as she goes. Super down to Earth as well.

These guys are great great great!
Especially about the insurance things… Its hard for me to understand. The front desk helped me understand the billing, and how my insurance works. This info is great when I can’t understand all the paperwork.
All the staff, from the dental assistants to Dr. Yucel herself are all great, knowledgeable, friendly, understanding. Got my teeth cleaned and she helped me understand my x-​rays.
One more thing: They have amazing San Francisco view from their window. I highly recommend this place.

Dr. Yucel is wonderful. She is extremely knowledgeable, but also very nice and takes the time to explain things thoroughly. She always does a great job of letting me know what’s happening in my mouth and laying out different options so that I can make an informed decision about treatment. She also is very considerate and aware of patient comfort, and I find she has a particularly calming presence (definitely a good choice if you have any dentist anxiety) Overall I’ve been a happy customer for years (and my friends have been too), go see her!

Dr. Yucel told me I needed over $ 3,000 of «urgent» work done in my mouth. Since I don’t have dental insurance, this was a terrible shock. Thank god I decided to get a second — and third — opinion. A different board-​certified dentist, trained at a top school, and a teaching professor at the UCSF dental clinic both confirmed that 90% of the work she prescribed was «over-​diagnosis». All I really needed was one filling. Needless to say, I have never returned to Dr. Yucel’s office. But I experienced the same reluctance from her office manager that another review here describes to send me my dental records and X-​rays.

I went here because she had good reviews on Unilocal!and a friend had recommended her, Little did I know, that I should have listened to the one bad review on here; «adding on extra’s that you don’t even need!» I was having a cavity filled, when I was in her office and she tells me that i should have these other «pockets» where she should probably fill them, Uhm she was still drilling in my mouth telling me this. I knew that it would be a butt load of extra cash out of my pocket if i «added» these little pockets, that she had to fill. Something told me that it was a BIG FAT SCAM, so I said no. Thank god too, I had a second opinion by my trusted original dentist, yeah those were not needed. I would say do some more shopping around unless you want to spend extra money on things you don’t need!

It’s hard to rate dentists on quality of work because one can never do the experiment of having multiple doctors treat the same issue and compare results. I’ve had dentists in the pass who’ve done what turned out to be shoddy work but I didn’t discover this for years.
With that disclaimer, I think Dr. Yucel is great. Her work seems good, she cares a great deal for my dental well-​being (encouraging preventative care rather than more profitable corrective care), and always encourages me to choose between options. I’ve never had a problem with the staff, who’ve always been extremely friendly to me. To top it of, the office has a great view of the city below.
I strong recommend her and her office.

Dr. Yucel has been great to me and my teeth. She is very conscientious and concerned about her patients. After a big procedure, she always calls a few days later to check up on me.
She is also always available to help — one time my mother was visiting from out of down and when one of her temporary crowns became dislodged, Dr. Yucel made time to see help her right away.
Thanks, Doctor!

because we never show enough gratitude to our healthcare providers:
thank you dr. yucel for your warm smile, your caring demeanor, and gentle brush strokes!
thanks for listening to my stories, giving me the facts, and letting me make decisions on my own.
thank you for your complete coverage, your comfortable dentist chairs, and dvd entertainment!
thank you for your oh-​so-​convenient location!
thank you for putting chapstick on my lips before you take care of my teeth.
thank you for never letting me deal with paperwork.
and thank you for my little floss treats and handy, realistic tidbits for taking care of my teeth.
thank you for being you!

I love this woman. I’ve been a patient here since 2007, and I send all my friends to her. I never thought dentistry could be so painless. If I feel any discomfort, she gives me another shot until I’m thoroughly numb. She uses a spiffy intraoral camera to show me exactly what’s going on in my mouth. She’s not pushy with her services — when I got a night guard to address my nocturnal grinding, she made it clear that it was optional, which is good because they’re not cheap. She’s adjusted it, and my fillings, with no hassles or extra charges. Her staff worked with me when I had insurance problems. She has video goggles if you want em, but personally I just wear the provided eye shield to keep those tiny water droplets from cleaning or drilling from making me flinch, and listen to my ipod.
I really have no complaints about Dr. Yucel and staff. Recommended!

Before I saw Dr. Yucel, my mouth looked like the centerfold in the How-​To Manual published by the British Dental Association.
Now I pass for human and can smile again. Oh joy.
Thanks Dr. Yucel!