Brian McKay, DDS

Dr Mckay is so far the best dentist i have ever had, i have had multiple dental issues in the past, and so far he and his awesome team have taken the time to deal with this issues, highly recommend him, good listener and lots of experience, i often get compliments and admiration from people because of my teeth, i owe that to him, am grateful, his team consists of shelley, maria, and the best Dental hygienist Kriston Reisnour, she really is very good and shares her knowledge, takes the time to explain each and every detail, sincere concerned, very very thankful for this team.

As someone who works in healthcare, I have experienced many private practice environments. Never have a met with a doctor who dedicated so much time to listening to my needs.
Dr. McKay walked me through his recommendations using photos and x-​rays from my first visit. He explained why there is bite dysfunction in my mouth, how to fix the issue, and walked me through the details of designing a smile that would do a lot more than enhance my appearance, it will improve how my bite works, and in the grand scheme of things make my physical health better — goodbye clenching teeth.
Dr. McKay thinks differently than most doctors; he looks for the big picture first, then focuses on details. This approach is a great fit for me, and I wish more doctors would think this way. I am so excited to have found a dentist who is interested in my longterm health, wellbeing and appearance!

I met with Dr. McKay and his patient’s advocate, Maria, before I came upon these Unilocal reviews that include a couple of negative ones. I was puzzled because their comments did not resonate with my experience whatsoever. I read them more closely and found some of the comments didn’t have much to do with the dental work itself. So, well anyone can have a personality clash, I care more about the work! So I checked out the before’s and after’s, listened carefully to what he told me we could do, and followed my gut instinct. I’ve had a great deal of dental work since the 1970’s, very unpleasant some of it. I know what it’s like to be in that chair more than most. I wanted to wait until the work was done and I could see if he met all my expectations and now I can wholeheartedly say that I love this dentist. He has worked miracles on my mouth, met my personal goals and some I didn’t think we could do, cared about my personal timeline which we met easily, and he made me look better than I’ve ever looked in my life. His work straightened out my chin and face a little, gave me a solid bite that I’ve never had and a cosmetic finish to write home about! I give him a solid A+. So go get your first opinion somewhere else, as I did, and come here to get your work done! These are professionals at what they do!

My sister is getting a full mouth restoration to fix problems from that developed from a very young age. She had many problems and the fixes required her jaw to be broken, wired shut for a year, incisors stuck in the roof of her mouth that had to be pulled down via wires into place, among other things.
Dr McKay has in a very short period of time been able to adjust her bite with a «deprogrammer» device that she wore for 3 weeks. He was able to prep her mouth for a full mouth restoration, evening up her bite and tooth lengths and straighten her smile. It is an amazing transformation just with the temporaries. She and I are so happy with the results.
Dr. McKay has a lot of talent and a great sense of humor. Dentistry does not have to be scary! He makes the whole process better than you might imagine!
Kathryn Herman, former Dental Assistant!

Anyone can pay for a ton of advertising but to actually care about your patients and do what they ask for and follow through, not to mention show up for work is not something Dr McKay does!
He is an absolute ass! I got in an accident and lost my front tooth, I specifically asked him to use white in the front of my mouth! He used silver:(
I saw an ad and figured he would care and do the best job and I told him someone was more $ and he joked but was serious and said well looks like I have to raise my prices.
I went in so many times taking a few hours for nothing because he didn’t even show for appointments on numerous occasions. Also when he did, he just talked to me and did nothing!
I wasn’t there to visit!!!
I had a broken computer and he sent me an email telling me he recommended all four
Front teeth be veneers… I didn’t get that email so my bill was substantially higher than I expected.
I have since asked him to fix this silver tooth in the front of my mouth many many many times over and he has not even returned my calls.
He has said he would do it but not guarantee it! Yet still fails to call me back.
I felt I had to write this to save anyone else from watching the great ads on television and falling in to the trap of this horrible experience I had to endure.
Beware!!!,

Dr. McKay is a genuine Pro.
I think with dentists you get what you pay for. I’ve had cheap dentists in the past that took shortcuts and left mistakes that needed to be fixed down the road. Dr. McKay gets the job done well and treats you right.

I’ve had a terrible experience with Dr. McKay in Seattle. It’s actually been the worst dental experience I’ve ever had and I previously had bonding, veneers and my wisdom teeth removed. I’ve been having eight porcelain veneers put on and it’s been an extremely painful, expensive and time consuming process. He also used the laser on my gums to give me a less gummy smile and to elongate my teeth.
I would definitely not choose his office again for any service. Not to mention the $ 25,000 price tag I paid. I think that Dr. McKay probably has a decent eye for cosmetic dentistry; though I’m not quite convinced of this because after he put the temporaries on my teeth, I noticed that one tooth was longer than the other. I pointed this out to him during my next visit and he measured the teeth and said that one was indeed longer than the other and he would even it out. I don’t think the patient should be pointing this out and he should I have measured all my teeth in the first place. The reason I’m going to a cosmetic dentist is so my teeth can be completely symmetrical. I often felt rushed during the appointments when Dr. McKay was working on my teeth.
My temporaries got stained and I essentially had two black front teeth for two weeks. Two of the temporaries fell off (they place temporaries on the teeth while they are making the porcelain veneers) and I swallowed one while eating and choked on it until it went down, which was frightening. The first temporary that fell off was extremely painful and that tooth was very sensitive, making it hard to eat or drink or even function. The temporaries were very painful and it was hard to chew.
He tried to put the porcelain veneers on today and put them on and showed me, but then took them all off because he said my gums were too infected and red. I didn’t appreciate him training the new dental assistant who was working on my teeth because he kept saying things like this is not how gums should look.
I’m allergic to latex and him and his staff frequently forget this fact. In addition, the water they use during treatment is often sprayed on my neck and goes down my shirt.
During my visit today, he didn’t numb my mouth enough before injecting my gums with the numbing medication. The injections were extremely painful, much more painful than the first visit when I had the first set of temporaries put on. Toward the end of the procedure, today, I was in a great deal of pain because the numbing cream was wearing off. After I called out in extreme pain, he continued.
It’s a 1.5 hour drive for me to get to his Seattle office. When I agreed to having the procedure done, they said that they would do my best to minimize my driving time. However, each time I speak with him or his staff they forget that I am coming so far for appointments. There were two quite unnecessary appointments: one to choose the color of my new veneers, which could have been combined with another appointment and a tissue check appointment with a dental assistant where the dentist wasn’t even in the office that day.

Today ⁵⁄₁₀ I received an email from Dr McKay’s office offering to pay a $ 50 gift card to anyone who would write a good review. Well, I am not going to be paid for this review but the others that left recent reviews are being paid. I think that speaks volumes about the business. If you decide to go to his office, please beware of oversell. He gave me a grim diagnosis and tried to sell me 4 times the estimate of another cosmetic dentist.

Dr. McKay, Cris Duval, and the entire team are an amazing group of people who make visiting the dentist like a day at the spa. You enter into a tranquil setting and are greeted warmly by the staff, who show genuine care for you as a patient and as a person from the minute you walk in the door. Dr. McKay is easy going, has a great sense of humor and makes you feel completely at ease. For those who are a bit nervous about the dentist, this is where you should go. This is a state of the art facility with the best in the business taking care of you, but beyond that, Dr. McKay’s team goes the extra mile to know you as a person and treat you like you are the only patient in the building. They take as much time as you need to answer questions, and engage in conversation. They even stopped by my house to personally deliver flowers after I purchased my first home! I just can’t stress enough how high the bar has been set by this group. They are the best!

if anyone is interested in a beautiful smile, do a huge favor for yourself and see Dr. Brian McKay. His procedures are extremely high tech and precise, Dr. McKay and his team are the best in the industry. After years of «regular» dental work elsewhere, Dr. McKay solved all my complicated issues in very few visits and transformed regular into exemplary!

I have sensitive teeth and was interested in Sedation dentistry. So I tried him out. At fist he seemed like what I was looking for, everything looked modern and he seemed to know what he was talking about. I found their receptionists a overly friendly and it came off as a bit faked.
When I met him he seemed knowledgeable and willing to answer questions. The problems beyond this is he is one of the more expensive dentists there are. He also treats people as a salesman would treat potential buyers rather than patients. I spent a large amount of money for work and got it done, that part worked with few hitches. Not perfect, but better than other dentists. I had frequent pain with the crowns and he kept suggesting that I wasn’t doing something I was supposed to and would grind them to see if it made them fit more and then quickly move on. This happened several times with no success. Turns out one of the roots were so traumatized it died and I had to have a root canal.
When the highly priced mouthpiece he sold me was lost in a move he offered to replace it since I had spent so much $ on dental work. He then changed his mind at the last moment and said he would offer a discount but they didn’t do anything wrong and wouldn’t be liable for it. I said no to this as with all the money I had spent I didn’t really have the cash to do that. He wasn’t happy but accepted it. They then kept trying to get me come in for therapy that they said I needed based on other work he had done. I said I didn’t have any more money than before and it would have to wait, I would call when I could. His agents kept calling for several months trying to get me to come in for this therapy before stopping calls completely. These weren’t even basic dental procedures (i.e. cleaning) this was some sort of gum therapy they felt I should get and were rather pushy about it.
In summation, seems to know what he is talking about, but wouldn’t advise his service due to the way he approaches his patients or some of his business practices.

My first visit was last week and it was a refreshing eye opener. It was exactly as friends had described. There was no sign-​in sheet to make you feel like a number. I felt at home in the «Living Room» and was greeted with a hand-​shake. In my 40+ years of experience, medical/​dental anything can be so overwhelming and I appreciate this office taking their time to get to know me. Next week I have another appointment and I am looking forward to it.

I have a few serious pet peeves: Razor commercials that try to convince me there is some essential difference between men’s and women’s razors (there isn’t), cyclists who insist on speeding by me on the sidewalk when I am walking (YOU ARE A VEHICLE), and being made to feel like I don’t know what’s best for my own body.
I used to go to Dr. McKay’s office for my normal dentistry work, but got fed up when every six months I had to fend off upsells. And by «upsell» I mean he would tell me I needed all four of my wisdom teeth out, and I would ask why, and he’d be unable to give me a good reason, and then I’d decline and he’d sigh heavily, as if I’d just made the worst decision ever. I thought I had for awhile, but the idea of surgery in my mouth freaked me out, and I’ve never even had a cavity in my fully-​erupted wisdom teeth, so I didn’t really see the point. They were healthy! «They could cause problems later,» he’d say. I’d furrow my brow and say «Well, I go to the dentist every six months; I think you’ll catch problems early enough to do something about them when they start happening, right?»
I don’t mind saying no to my doctors, but he was pretty insistent that this was a non-​negotiable thing, and he tried to convince me that I was just WRONG, which I found completely irksome. He also offered me a $ 500 nightguard and some tooth whitening. I guess I can’t be too hard on him because it IS a cosmetic dentistry place, and partially my fault for going there when I just wanted a basic cleaning and to be checked for problems.
But! Long story short, I got a new dentist. When I asked if my wisdom teeth needed to come out, my new dentist said flatly «No.» I like my new dentist.