Marc Y Waki, DDS

My mom had a tooth extracted and bone graft by Dr. Waki. He is quick and gentle! she said she didn’t even feel, the injection! She didn’t need any pain meds after either. She couldn’t have been more pleased! He is an awesome doctor we would recommend him to anyone and have!!!

I’m not sure why all of these people have had such great experiences. I’m a really nice person and I’ve never had problems with doctors. I saw Dr. Waki about 3 office visits and one procedure 3 – 4 years ago and he couldn’t have been more rude to me. I was so upset; it was quite surprising. he was insulting and not helpful and impatient and critical of my receding gums which I’ve since learned were due to meds I had take and acid reflux — and not bad brushing or teeth grinding which he insinuated. I The nurse was always apologetic but that was never enough. I would never ever recommend this doctor to anyone. The worst experience with a doctor or dentist that I’ve ever had. He does good work but if you’re in the healing business and you have a bad bedside manner you’re not worth seeing in my book.

I was referred to Dr. Waki from my dental office for a receding gum under one tooth. The phrase «gum graft» made my skin crawl. I am very, very nervous at the dentist and knowing that in this case, he was going to be cutting and grafting my gums — I was beyond nervous. (To be honest, I took about 3 Xanax before the appointment. I had my sister drive me). Thankfully, I was pretty out of it during the procedure. Certainly not a pleasant thing to have done, but all went well.
About a year later I had to have an extraction and an implant. Ugh. For a person that fears being in the dental chair, I was really worried and stressed out about this. Dr. Waki gave me a pill to take before the appointment (I can’t remember the name of now, it’s been a few years) and not only did it knock me out enough during the procedure, but I didn’t remember a lot about it either, thankfully. Again, all went well.
I was supposed to have the actual fake tooth «installed» by my regular dentist. That didn’t work out very well because it took a lot of tries to get it in, which was actually painful because of all the pressure and who knows what else, and then a couple days later it came unattached from the post. By this time, I really didn’t trust my regular dentist knew enough about what they were doing with the implant and I didn’t want to go back to them.
At this point, there was also yellow stuff in the socket and I was worried it was infected. I called Dr. Waki’s office concerned about having an infection at the implant site and he took me in that day. (He said it wasn’t infected, it was just bacteria). He then worked very, very hard to attach/​fit the fake tooth to the post. He had other patients waiting (yes, I did feel bad about being the one to back up his appointments), yet he took the time to make all the adjustments to the fake tooth and finally got it to fit, even though it was really the job of my regular dentist (who I lost faith in by this time) to do this.
I really, really wish Dr. Waki was a regular dentist because I would go to him for everything, not just oral surgery. I have every confidence in him, and that is saying a lot from me. And the people in his front office are also great (receptionist, etc).
A final note — you get what you pay for in this case, so don’t expect it to be cheap.

As god as it gets for dentists and hygenists. Dr. Waki saved my life one morning when I knocked my tooth out literally. Amazing dentist and good personality. Anna
is my hygenist over there and is great at her job and has a caring and also personable way about her. Great if you are in a dental emergency and also great as a dental practice for regular needs.

Been a patient of Dr. Waki’s for probably 10 years now. I’ve had a number of procedures done by him, such as implants, extracts and gum lowering. Each time he clearly explained what was going to happen and made the experience completely painless with thorough (effective) local anesthetics. Pain (or «discomfort» as they like to say in the dental profession) has been relatively minor after every procedure, and the Dr. himself has called that evening to check up on me, which is appreciated.
Most of my visits there are spent on quarterly cleanings and I want to give a nice shout out to Anna. I’ve been doing these deep cleanings for years so have had other hygienists to compare her with and she is the best. She’s taken the time to really think through the anesthesia injection methodology (location) to find out what best works for me so that I don’t feel much pain at all. And I can joke around a little with her, which makes me feel more comfortable.
Highly recommend Dr. Waki and Burbank Perio.

Dr Waki performed implant surgery on my 75 yr old, very frail Mom. I met with him in his office, and he and his staff were great. My Mom was done in under an hour (for the initial extraction of the old tooth and insertion of the new implant).
He was personable, gentle (according to my Mom) and patient with her. She had very little pain after the procedure.
He even gave her a senior citizen discount!
This is a great oral surgeon.