Steven Jaksha, DMD

Got a referral from a good friend of mine.
I’ve a HUGE phobia of dentist from a traumatic childhood experience with a dentist and Dr. Jaksha knew exactly what to do and say to make me totally comfortable.
I recommend him for an dental procedure, and the entire staff was super nice and cheerful!

As a first time patient, I have been meaning to post feedback on Dr Jaksha for a few months because I felt compelled to share after a previous Unilocal review led me originally to him, but life has been very busy and I hadn’t got a chance until now.
I had not seen a dentist in a few years, love chocolates and sugar, and have had a pretty awful year of 2 root canals and multiple fillings.
In the course of a year I have seen possibly 5 different dentists because after trying each one I was disappointed with the technical ability of the work that was conducted, or with the hygiene standards/​billing issues related to each practice.
Dr Jaksha exceeded my expectations in all regards. He is quite funny which relaxes you, explains what he is doing (important to me), doesn’t sell to you while you are trapped in the chair while wielding drills and pointy instruments like injections towards you, and he is the ONLY dentist who didn’t leave me with a rough surface on and around my teeth after doing a filling.
With the previous 2 dentists in Sorrento Valley and Carmel Mountain, I had to go back for second appointments, and request from BOTH previous dentists to smooth the obvious multiple rough tooth surface, and residual filling material on the side of the tooth structure that they left me with. They obviously didn’t use magnification to view the integrity of the filling post «production»… And when you are numb you cannot feel much to point that out.
This man automatically smoothed my tooth surface IMMEDIATELY after performing the filling WITHOUT me asking him. Old school professional.
The younger doc’s I saw could learn a thing from this method of technical methods, and work ethic.
Sigh… well this is the man me and my family will be seeing from now on. Dr Jaksha has restored my faith in dentists.

Love this office been going there for years. Yes honest and doesn’t recommended work unless you really need it. He makes visiting the dentist fun believe it or not.

We’ve been going to Dr. Steven Jaksha, DMD for the past year. He is a straight shooter. He made it clear to us at our first appointment that he will not recommend any work unless it’s absolutely necessary, and he’s held true to that. It sounds like an obvious thing but so many dentists try to sell you dental work that you «need».
Dr. Jaksha is former military and his professionalism and attention to detail emulate that, but he also is super nice and has a good sense of humor. The facility is very modern and clean. The equipment is all state of the art with digital x-​rays, sonic cleaning tools (no scraping!), and a cool tool that can take color pictures of the inside of your mouth and the back side of your teeth. My wife and I both see him and we’ll be taking our daughter to him as well. He gets us right in at or before our appointment time and the staff is very friendly and professional.

I’ve been a client Dr Jaksha since 1993 and I’m very pleased with the quality of work.
I have to admit, about 1 – 2 years ago I tried another dentist much closer to our home. The «new» dentist was awful. Recommended everything under the sun, even though I was seeing Dr Jaksha 4 times a year for cleaning, x rays, etc.
Dr Jaksha no longer accepts Smile Saver but he does accept another dental plan. I do not care at this point driving further to see him and pay a bit more $ for his services. Though his right-​wing political leanings is not my cup of tea, his work is superb. All the staff is polite and friendly. I recommend him as your primary dentist.

Dr. Jaksha is running a phenomenal shop. Period.
I value my time more than most. As such, I look for people who know their business, work efficiently, and keep their word. If on top of that you are actually personable and have a sense of humor — sweet baby Jesu, I must keep you in my life!
Dr. Jaksha’s whole team knows their stuff. I’ve never had an appointment go longer than 10 minutes, tops. They don’t run late per appointments, and everyone is cheerful. There is a definite esprit de corps about this office. When my biannual appointment pings up on my Outlook calendar, I actually nod and say, «Cool. I’m getting my teeth cleaned tomorrow.» How many folks can actually say they look forward to seeing the dentist?! I certainly didn’t until I had the good fortune to run into these folks.
Summary: Check in, seated promptly, X-​rays, toothscrub, sonic scrape, doctor’s summary — OUT IN UNDER TEN MINUTES. I love it.

I’m a new patient, and my wife has been using Dr. Jaksha for about 2 years.
He seems very honest, and non-​pushy. He seems to favor «conservative» options at every step, which is refreshing. He pointed out that technology is always improving, so it’s often better to «watch and wait» if possible.
Very funny, and no BS. He told me I had a very boring mouth.
Reading between all the lines, it appears that he is a very smart guy, honest, and up on the latest technology.
His rates are much more reasonable than my previous dentist, if you get a dental discount plan, which they told us about. I paid $ 110 for a cleaning and exam, with the plan.
High-​res pics were quite useful in discussing various issues.
Cleaning was with an ultrasonic tool that was very fast. The cleaning took a ridiculously short amount of time. It seemed like he did not really obsess over every nook and cranny, but maybe the ultrasonic tool is that efficient.
My wife feels he was pretty detail oriented and thoughtful when doing filling and crown work.

Dr. Jacksha has been my dentist since the 90s. Despite my fear of dentist, it’s actually fun to go to see him! He has a great sense of humor and a terrific staff. There’s never any waiting or over booking so I know I can get there and get back to work.
He uses the latest technology, and is careful to let me know what’s necessary and what would be nice, but leaves it to me with no pressure. I trust him implicitly and I’d recommend him highly.

Dr jaksha has ended my wife’s 50 years of dental fears, I am indebted to him and his staff.

A friend referred me to Dr. Jaksha. His office was close to my house. His office is nice and the staff and Dr. Jaksha is very nice with a good sense of humor. I went in for a cleaning and he told me that flossing was overrated and to get the water pik. I never heard a dentist that tells you not to floss. At the same time they took x-​rays and told me I had 4 silver fillings that needed to be changed out. Even though I wasn’t having any problems with the fillings, I followed his recommendations and had him replace the fillings. One of the fillings was not done right and food was constantly getting caught in the tooth. I went back he tried to fix it, but nothing changed. Then he told me I needed a root canal done on the tooth. I was capped out of what the insurance company would pay for the year, so I told him I would have to wait. In the meantime I went to another dentist from a groupon I purchased and this dentist told me I had 4 fillings that needed to be changed out. I also asked the dentist if I needed a root canal like Steven Jaksha had recommended and he told me NO, but the tooth contact was done incorrectly and that’s why food was getting caught in between the teeth. I was soooo confused and told the dentist this was impossible because I had just had 4 fillings done a few weeks earlier. He gave me the xray results and I took them back to Dr. Jaksha’s office and he confirmed that what the 2^nd dentist told me was correct. When I asked him about what he did a few weeks earlier, he told me he only did the filling on half of each tooth because he didn’t want to compromise the tooth by taking out the entire filling. I’ve never heard of anything so ridiculous.
I told Dr. Jaksha that I had loss confidence and wanted a refund. He did not refund the insurance company but credited my account $ 300, which is what the insurance company did not pay.
I would not recommend using this dentist office.

Been here for a few years now. Grest 730am appointments. He is honest and a grest doc. Knows his stuff and will get you in and out fast.

Best dentist I’ve ever had. Won’t tell you that you have cavities you don’t have and they get you in and out in no time!

Dr. Jaksha’s office is efficient, and he is very punctual with the appointments. I have never sat in the waiting room for more than 5 minutes in the 30 or so appointments I have had there.
Customer service: excellent. Once I had come in for a crown. At the time I was unaware that my insurance plan no longer had his office in my insurance group. Their office called me to inform me of this fact. They wrote off the substantial balance that was not covered by my insurance. He reciprocated my loyalty to him as a customer. I proceeded to return to him the next year as he re-​joined my insurance group.
With dental work, he is proactive, but only performs work where necessary. He’s a big fan of dental health in a preventive way.
Recommended.

He’s a charming guy.
I went to see him with a sore/​bad filling and chipped tooth.
I left with clean teeth, a sore/​bad filling, a chipped tooth, a bill for a cleaning and checkup, and a brochure for Invisalign (I have naturally well-​aligned teeth).
It was bizarre. I think I’ll find a dentist that performs the services I request, rather than shoehorning me into a business model that apparently helps fund a very well-​appointed office.

I have been going to Dr. Jaksha for almost 19 years and I feel he is a very ethical dentist and provides excellent care.
About 2 years ago our dental insurance changed to an insurance his office didn’t take. We went to a number of dentists who all seemed to need a new car as we walked out with quotes for 10−15k out pf pocket costs. We were offered deep cleaning, industrial strength tooth removal and replacement, dental botox, laser nostril resurfacing and one dentist was scheduling my son to have his wisdom teeth removed as though it was an emergency that had to happen now, even though he was not having any problems.
Dr Jaksha and his staff are great, efficient and you can trust that any treatment you get is needed for your dental health and not to finance a new dental dumaflatchie.

I haven’t seen a dentist in about 9 year’s, due to not having dental insurance.
Now that I work with Scripp’s, I had to go through Scripp’s, dental referral list and I was actually going to check out any dentist’s, closer to where I live, in Rancho Penasquitos.
Fortunately, my co– worker referred me to Dr. Stephen Jaksha.
I had to check out the reviews with the dentist’s closer to where I live… nothing.
Dr. Steven Jaksha… pretty good reviews which helped me make my decision, especially when you are going to mess with my mouth!
I highly disagree with the bad comment with the teeth cleaning as you see in December 2010. Yes, the teeth cleaning is about 5 minutes… that’s because
Dr. Steven Jaksha has these high-​tech dental instruments, no one else has! Who want’s to open your mouth for 45 minutes for a teeth cleaning anyway?
Dr. Jaksha definitely has a great humor and took the time to give me educational tips, that no dentist ever has. He even gave me «colored» pictures of all my teeth, of what needed to be done? Yes, I was impressed! His staff was awesome i.e., Tess– his assistant, being so nice and Jocilyn-​receptionist, going out of her way to find out my financial needs asap, even when they were short staff? Now, that’s what I call service!
You cant really go by some bad reviews on here, until you experience it your self and I must say, I highly recommend Dr. Steven Jaksha!

Like another commenter wrote «I hate dentists», but was pleased about my appt and overall experience.
I was dreading going in, knowing that I need some work done, but he treated me well and gave me the confidence to get back on «the horse» after have been disappointed with other dentist.
I was surprised at a couple bad reviews here, but will continue going to Jaksha’s office until I experience otherwise. I will definitely share my experiences for those of you who have a fear of the dentist like me.

Unpleasant Experience!
I was referred by my friend as he gets his teeth cleaning done here. He said that the dental hygienist does all the cleanings and is very thorough (about 45 minutes) which is normal.
I come in for my routine cleaning and all is nice, staff is very nice and friendly. Dr Jaksha is very nice too, very personable, witty sense of humor; a charming man.
He literally cleans my teeth for 5 minutes and tells me that there is bleeding and discomfort (which is quite normal) so he will stop and not charge me for the general cleaning but to make an appointment to see the dental hygienist. I said «I thought that’s what I came in for. Obviously, they must have goofed on my appointment and sent me home, then at the desk, he explains to me that he is charging for the general cleaning and they will email me an estimate for further dental work.
At this point I am very confused and a bit angry. Long story short, Dr. Jaksha says in an email that he will credit my insurance for the general cleaning. I get 2 cleanings a year for the past 30 something years and never have I had a 5 minute teeth cleaning… My teeth still felt the same, there was still stuff on there that my toothbrush can’t reach… this is absurd!!!
3 – 4 weeks later, I try to make an appointment to get a teeth cleaning at another dentist; come to find out that Dr Jaksha never refunded or credited my insurance. I am quite livid at this point. Not only are they losing me as a patient, but also my friend who is angry I got angry at him!

Best dentist ever. Steven is awesome and really seams to care about his patients. I highly recommend this place.

I’ve been going to Dr. Jaksha for about 7 years now. He is very knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor. And because he’s set up with all the latest tools, he can show you immediately the problem areas that he’s working on and provide you with options. His office staff is very, very pleasant, and they have the best gossip mags (it’s the only time besides when I get my hair done that I could catch up on Hollywood gossip). Also, when they say your appointment is at 9:30am, they really mean it. I’ve never had to wait more than a minute or two!
UPDATE… on MLK day, I bit into a gummy bear and my new crown came off! I freaked out! Called Dr. Jaksha’s office, and was in within the hour, and the crown was cemented back in. That’s service!