I adore Dr Kuwahara; completely painless root canal as he *listened* when I said I needed more novacaine than most (and after we were finished, he agreed w/ me). Excellent personal manner: very gentle, personable, modest, nice and kind man. I cannot emphasize enough that this was the best dental experience EVER in my life which includes cleanings every 4 months, caps on both upper fronts (# 7 & 8: bicycle accident as kid), an implant (#8), and multiple fillings (some of which were later replaced by inlays). Obviously, I've seen a lot of dentists and I've never liked anyone as much as Dr Kuwahara.
His best quality: he LISTENS to the patient. Secondarily - he is technically excellent; he did a *complete* job the first time & several years later the tooth as happy & healthy as it could be (#7 upper font).
I was so happy after the root canal (which I had been dreading bigtime), I could have kissed him! (and I wished I had done so!)
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