Gentle Dentistry - Coon Rapids Office

I used to be afraid of the dentist until I met with Linh RDH. She is so caring and makes me comfortable enough not to be afraid.
She takes extra good care of cleaning my teeth.
I am thankful to have found her.

Everyone I've dealt with here has been friendly, informative and treated me better than I've been treated at any other dental office in my life. Dr. Cheney extracted 4 of my teeth in one sitting, and he was so wonderful I didn't even feel any of the novocain (or lidocaine? idk) shots, which is usually the most painful part for me. He was professional, funny and most importantly he was fantastic at his job. I'm so grateful for the entire team at Gentle Dentistry for making it such a positive experience. Thank you guys for being awesome!

So friendly and compassionate with kids, my daughter loves going here (and so does her mother!)

They are not verbal about the pros and cons of silver fillings. They have mercury, very toxic. They do not explain why white fillings are better. I also asked them to shave off some bumps on the bottom of my front tooth and now it is angled weirdly. Horrible past couple of years with them and now my teeth are ruined for life. They also filled my tooth with so much silver filling that if I ever need it replaced I’ll need to get a crown. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!

Gave me silver instead of white fillings and then messed up and now I need 3 root canals!!! Dentist was ride and impatient. Never have I had dinner until this place. Now I'm forced to eat and drink on one side of my mouth. Also they had my children get their teeth done at the same time so I couldn't be with them 5 and 6. Another dentist came up as my teeth were being done and congratulated me on how will my daughter too all of her fillings with no numbing meds....... I freaked she was telling me about the wrong kid my daughter just had a cleaning.

Very bad company Dr Yahgi is a terrible dentist she don’t take responsibility for her bad work

Had a root canal done. Left the office with a soft filling and no temporary crown to protect the tooth and filling. Was told to not eat anything sticky, no candy. I have done that, have not chewed on that side, am eating soups and soft sandwiches and the filling has been falling apart since the third day. Upon investigation, a temp filling for a root canal should last 6-8 weeks. Now need to find emergency dentist, as am a truck driver and cannot just show back up in Coon Rapids whenever I want. I like the staff, I just needed this work to last longer than a few days, especially after doing all that was advised to do.

Horrible, horrible lack of respect for patients by dentist here! The female dentist I saw today was extremely unprofessional and honestly treated me like a child. She didn't respect my decision to decline treatment on one of the procedures they wanted to do. Tried to be very pushy with me. She needs to #1 get an education on human anatomy and #2 learn professionalism. She was literally yelling at me, wouldnt let it go either because she didn't numb me enough and my body jerked (human anatomy- natural reaction) when she was drilling and hit a nerve. She went on and on about it, telling me not to do that? Like it was on purpose! So extremely unprofessional, then proceeded to speak about the incident with her assisant, right in front of me when I was in the chair, like I wasnt even there! She really treated me like I wasnt even a human being. I have never been treated so horribly in my life. The receptionists were great, very friendly and helpful! Maybe they should teach this female dentist some manners and professionalism! We will never be back!!

I am not sure why this place got bad reviews. The staff is very friendly. I had Dr.Ho who is awesome. He explained everything he was doing at every step. Constantly checking to see how I was doing. I did not feel any pain during the drilling and filling! Great place. I am going back for all future dental needs.

Tan Dhoopar is the one whom I'm reviewing at this particular location. My kids had their very first fillings and were understandably nervous and curious about what was going to happen. Not only did Tan not explain ANYTHING to my kids, she literally had the DH hold the needle over my kid's eyes as some sort of tactic to get them to push through without any numbing. This obviously scared my child, who then pushed through the pain. At the end of the procedure on my second child, she announced, "And now Mom is going to go buy you toys at Target!" I couldn't believe the unprofessionalism and rude behavior. It is completely inappropriate to promise something to someone else's kids. It wasn't funny, it was just rude. I had no qualms with the dental hygenists, they were kid-friendly and understanding. But Tan appears to have no business working with kids. Also, she isn't a DDS. It was unprofessional for Gentle Dentistry to not even inform us of this when we were assigned to her. We will never return to this place of business, and I hope they do some serious in-house training. I would appreciate more transparency as a whole from the organization as well as professionals who respect children and want to give them a positive experience.