Dr. Shahriar S. Kashfi, DDS

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Dentistry

Santa Barbara, CA

1532 Anacapa St Ste 8, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101

(805) 899-4282

OVERVIEW

Dr. Kashfi works in Santa Barbara, CA and specializes in Dentistry.

PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE

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RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Dr. Kashfi's Rating

3.0

Patient Perspective

3.0 Explains conditions and treatments

3.0 Takes time to answer my questions

3.0 Provides follow-up as needed

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3.0 Office cleanliness

3.0 Courteous staff

5.0 Scheduling flexibility

1532 Anacapa St Ste 8

Santa Barbara, CA, 93101

4 REVIEWS

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"My favorite dentist, period, and I've had many. He gave me a root canal and extracted a large molar without hurting me at all. I recommend him to everyone I can. "

January 24, 2024

"Absolutely the best dentist I have EVER had. He is THE ONLY dentist I trust in my mouth. He is the tooth whisperer. He's the first and only dental hygienist, that can numb your mouth without hurting you, with the needle. You do not feel anything. I have very sensitive mouth especially doing my period. "

November 23, 2022

"... [continued] every one of his unnecessary fillings fall out of my teeth. All of them. Which left big gaping holes, which then caused all of those teeth to collapse into dust due to the integrity of their structure(s) being compromised with the lack of support from the lost fillings. This is what I am telling you. Kashfi permanently destroyed my mouth, my smile, my confidence, and my ability to eat or just exist without being in pain. And he chose to give me black fillings all over my mouth so that he could scam Medical/Dentical for a quick buck on the side. I know he did. There is no other explanation for the lies and refusal to use porcelain. I am going to be pursuing having his license taken away from him. The lengthy and painful process I've had to pursue since the wrecking of my teeth, of dentist after dentist 4after dental department at university, and the over a year I had to endure of WAITING, near death from abcessed teeth the entire time, due to Covid-19 closures. I nearly died. Taking antibiotics continuously has caused my body, my metabolism, and my immune system now, too, irreparable damage as well. If reading this keeps even one person from the suffering I have endured, then it was worth writing."

August 15, 2021

" There were so many red flags; and a part of me DID know, but I just kept thinking, "No, it's fine. Medicare would never send me to someone incompetent or dangerous." I called to get a crown out on a molar I had broken. Dr. Kashfi answered. To my surprise, he made the appt. for me. No receptionist? I missed that appt. I called as soon as I realized I'd missed it and again, Kashfi answered. He told me we could reschedule for the next day. Now, growing up in SB, my dentist was always so busy that if you missed an appt., there was a $100 fee and you'd be lucky to get another one a month later. But here's Kashfi telling me he can get me in tomorrow? He tells me ANY time. Like all day? Yes, any time. Why doesn't he have a SINGLE appt. all day tomorrow? He's one of only a few dentists here who accept Medical. I came in the next day. Yes, there was no receptionist to be seen. But there were also no dental assistants. ANYWHERE. It was just Kashfi. Alone. In his one-roomed dental office. There were papers everywhere, and an old ugly, dusty couch. And the chair. Ok, whatever. I sat down in the chair. He informed me that crowns are not covered by Dentical, and so I'd need to pay for that. I asked if I could call my mom for her help with it, he said sure; she didn't pick up. Then he said well you have a few small cavities forming; why don't we just take care of those while we're waiting for her to get back to you? Now I guess I've been spoiled with the precision and just, GRACE with which I've been handled by my dentists my entire life, because I've never felt like I was being WRENCHED on before. He practically put his foot up on me. I kept gripping the armrests with white knuckles and grimacing. The only way I can really describe it is to say that it was VIOLENT. The whole time he drilled out what I THOUGHT were going to be a few small cavities, but were really literally every other tooth in my mouth. Then, he started preparing the fillings. My uncle has been a dentist in Redlands my whole life, and so I actually know a few things about fillings. I requested that he use porcelain fillings, to which he replied after some thought, "Oh, well you see, I'm just very concerned that because of the rather large surface area of some of these, that porcelain just won't hold up, and I'm afraid that it will crack." That sounded like bullsh*t. I just thought at the time, ok he's the dentist. He must know best. No, no, Dentical would never send me to someone that would be dishonest. So he proceeded to do the fillings instead with Silver Amalgum. You know, the dark-looking fillings that have Mercury in them? Ya, in the visible teeth up front, too. My uncle being a dentist, I know this: when doing a filling, after drilling out the cavity, one absolutely MUST dry and isolate said tooth, which is usually done by placing tightly-wound gauze rolls around it and then hitting it with air until completely dry, the gauze rolls keeping any saliva clear of the tooth. This never happened. For any of the fillings. He simply filled all the holes he drilled out with silver amalgum. I know that porcelain is expensive. It's more expensive than silver amalgum. Dentical covers the use of porcelain for fillings. Do you want to know what I suspect? Kashfi DID bill Medical/Dentical for each filling he did in porcelain. He just filled each hole he made with silver amalgum instead, so that he could keep the difference. I believe Kashfi is scamming Dentical. I've since asked my dentist uncle as well as other dentists (whom I've had to see to try to fix what is now permanent damage to my teeth), and they all agree: the whole, oh-the-surface-area-is-too-great-and-porcelain-will-crack-and-silver-amalgum-won't, line? Total bullshit. Completely untrue. And Kashfi's negligence regarding drying all of the teeth and holes before doing the fillings? I had the experience of having each and every one of his unnecessary filling"

August 15, 2021

LOCATIONS

1532 Anacapa St Ste 8

Santa Barbara, CA, 93101

Tel: (805) 899-4282

SPECIALTIES

Dentistry

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