Winston Yee DDS

So I went with Dr. Yee based on some really positive reviews I read on Hesperian Dental. Also, he was on the short list of dentists in San Leandro who accepted Medi Cal. I got an appointment fairly easily, his office called me promptly, though their phone manners were a little rough, but whatever. I get in to the office, the waiting room and restroom were nicely decorated. Then I get into the actual dental examination room and it looks like I’m in a makeshift storage area. I could see dusty fake plants and a partition at the end of the wall in my «room». Nothing looks clean… I mean the dental examination tools were literally haphazardly scattered on a tray off to the side and I immediately got nervous. I was trying to get a closer look, but they didn’t look shiny from the examination chair. I just kept telling myself I was nervous because I hadn’t been to a dentist in a while. I kept looking around while I was waiting for the dentist and all the gauze were in some dusty ass jars on an unorganized counter to my left. Then the dental assistant came into give me my x-​rays and opened up a drawer and pulled out some plastic tray holder things to widen my mouth for the x-​ray. They didn’t come out of plastic or a sanitizer jar. After she took the x-​rays, she just left them on the counter, not on a tray, or a napkin, or a sanitizer tub, or sink, or even the trash, just literally on the counter. The dentist came in and I told him I thought my wisdom teeth needed to come out because my jaw was in a lot of pain and in could feel the tooth coming in for several days at that point. He confirmed they needed to come out and referred me to a local oral surgeon. He was nice and amicable in our conversation. Then he asked me if I was allergic to penicillin to which I said no, but that was still breastfeeding my infant daughter and he said just ask my doctor if it’s okay if I take it. I thought it was kind of random, but thought he was making a future note of it for my wisdom teeth removal. Then he said okay, Marlene in the front will give you the phone numbers for the oral surgery offices that accept Denti Cal and handed me a prescription slip. As I walked to the front, I read it was a prescription for penicillin to be picked up and used in the next three days. When I asked the front office lady, Marlene if she could ask Dr. Yee why I needed penicillin when I said my jaw hurt, he quickly told her oh, well if she doesn’t want it, she doesn’t need to pick it up. But I know penicillin is for infections, so in chimed in and asked, do I have an infection or something? And And he said, uh, yeah. I thought it was SO sketchy because he didn’t say anything about an infection when I was just sitting in the chair with him a minute before. I said, well if you think it’s absolutely necessary, I’ll take it, but would rather not because I’m breastfeeding. He said, okay, well if you can stand the pain, then don’t worry about it. So I didn’t use it. Side note, my boyfriend went in for a teeth cleaning just after my appointment because he really needed one and the had a really fair price because he was paying out of pocket. He said the Dr. Yee didn’t do a very thorough job on the cleaning and didn’t use one of those vacuums to suck up the saliva so he had tons of saliva built up in his mouth during the cleaning at a few points because the doctor didn’t give him enough opportunities to spit. My boyfriend said it was kind of awkward.