Changrui Liu, DDS

I feel so lucky to have found Dr. Liu’s office in Agoura and have been meaning to write a review for a while.
I first found this office when I had a huge cavity in my wisdom tooth. I wasn’t happy with my previous dentist and I let the cavity go too long before taking care of it. It was extremely painful, keeping me up at night. I found Dr. Liu through my insurance’s directory of contracted providers. When I mentioned I was in pain, his office found an appointment time for me right away.
When I met with him, I was really panicked about the tooth and the pain I was in. Dr. Lieu was incredibly patient and caring. He gave me options to save the tooth or extract it and talked about the considerations for both. Since it was my last remaining wisdom tooth and didn’t oppose another tooth, I decided to have it extracted.
When I had my other wisdom teeth pulled out, years ago, with a different provider, it was a little traumatic and took a while to heal. I went in to Dr. Liu with that in mind. The experience was the complete opposite. He extracted the tooth in 5 minutes, expertly and painlessly. Literally, painlessly. When I saw the tooth on the table afterward, the roots were enormous, and the cavity looked like it took up ¹⁄₃ of the surface area of the tooth. Considering the length of the roots and the fragility of the tooth, I was extra impressed with how he expertly took it out in one piece.
I’ve since been back for other visits, cleanings, x rays and to have an old filling fixed. Every time, I was so pleased with the service and felt like I was in really expert hands. The office is no frills, but the patience, attention to detail and sensitivity I experience each time are exactly what I was always hoping to find in a dentist. I have recommended Dr. Liu to family members and friends, confident that they will be well taken care of.

Dr. Liu’s office always provides amazing service; our family was introduced to the office a few years ago and we haven’t looked back since!
The staff is amiable and efficient. Dr. Liu himself is extremely knowledgeable and honest, and constantly goes out of his way to help his patients.
We would like to thank Dr. Liu and his staff for the years of good service, and we will undoubtedly continue to visit him for years to come.

Dr. Liu has been the dentist for my family in the last 10+ years. He is a great person and skillful doctor. He is very experienced in taking care of many different kinds of teeth. Because he also teaches at UCLA, he knows the new technologies in the dental area. All his staff are very helpful and friendly, and speak both English and Chinese. He has several offices, the one I go most often is at Wilshire Blvd and Federal Ave, close to UCLA. His office opens on Saturdays, so my children can see dentist without missing school. For every appointment, I always receive a reminder phone call two days before, so I have never forgotten an appointment.
I had two implants done in his office in the past four years for the two teeth I lost since I was a child. I was so hesitant to do the implant procedure, because the idea of put a screw into my jaw just scared the hell of out me. However, the procedure was actually no pain at all, although it took several visits to the dental office due to the nature of the surgery. Most important of all, both of the implanted new teeth work perfectly so far. It is really worth the time and the money.
My family goes to his office for teeth cleaning and regular check every six months. Dr. Liu is also an expert for young children’s teeth care. Both of my children started to see him since about two years old, they are teenagers now and both have white and strong teeth.
I recommended Dr. Liu to many of my coworkers and friends. So far everyone has a pleasant experience with his service.

Dr. Liu is a caring and friendly dentist who is capable of performing many procedures. I’ve had him as my dentist since moving to LA over half a decade ago, and he has provided me wonderful service from general cleanings to my wisdom teeth surgery.
When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, he clearly outlined the nature of my teeth and how he would go about the procedure. (E.g. 2 impacted teeth will require him to remove those piece by piece instead of one swift pull.) Dr. Liu finished my procedure in a bit over an hour, and then he gave me post-​op care instructions.
According to a friend who has shadowed Dr. Liu before, he was a board-​certified oral surgeon before moving to the US and earning a certificate to practice general dentistry. Definitely overqualified to be a general dentist, but all the better for his patients like me! (Apparently other dentists sometimes refer their patients to Dr. Liu for ops because he’s so qualified (?))
I’ve had no dental problems Dr. Liu can’t fix! I highly recommend him.

Don’t trust this dentist! My daughter went into for an initial cleaning, she left after x-​Ray, she said the person who took her X-​ray didn’t speak English. Later, The dentist called me insist my daughter have serval cavities. I told him we weren’t coming back. My daughter went to see another dentist, the new dentist took a new X-​Ray, told my daughter she has NO cavity.

Dr. Liu is everything you want in a dentist. He really knows his stuff. He is careful, honest, on-​time, and has very reasonable fees. His office is efficient and well run with the latest equipment. We’ve also used and liked Dr. Meng, the orthodontist who works out of his office. Most of his patients are chinese (we are not). I think you’ll be very happy with Dr. Liu. We have been, for almost 10 years.

Great service from the dentists and staff. My family has used the service for 5 years, including dental cleaning, deep-​root cleaning and a night guard.
Good service with reasonable price.

Well I’ve had three more crowns since my first review and all of them were done at Dr. Liu’s. They were all more or less hassle-​free and fit perfect. I should point out that I do not have dental insurance and still the prices were very reasonable. Recently, Dr, Liu handed me off to another dentist in the office and she did an excellent job too. Now that I think of it, it does seem odd that I’ve had three crowns in such a short period of time… He did tell me to floss more, and I do. I’m glad I have Dr. Liu to save what remaining teeth I have. Yay!