I've gone to Alex Devigal for years & was referred by the previous senior dentist who ran the practice & had Devigal take it over. My experiences with both are not just the best dental work I've received, but the best all around experience & results from all the medical practitioners I've been to. Alex Devigal is able to handle extremely complicated and irregular cases with deftness & ease, --& always has both the best of *both* traditional methods to offer --*as well* as the best of alternatives for those who have allergies to certain chemicals, --or if they are unable to undergo a traditional procedure & need to know 'all' the options available & explain & advise in a way that's easy to understand , & decide what's best for you. He's genuniely friendly, & always interested in what is best for the patient & will make them the happiest, --as opposed to making recommendations so that he'll make more money. He's very popular & there is often a longer wait to get an appointment than with other dentists, --but its worth it for the quality of the work & being able to go to a dentist that you can trust. I now live in Southern CA, but I travel up to Berkeley for my dentistry, because its rare to feel in such good hands!