Ellie Tabaraie, DDS

While I saw Dr Ellie, I thought she was great. Then my insurance changed, and I needed a new dentist.
With my new dentist there have been SEVERAL fillings done by Dr. Ellie, and have to be taken out and redone.
I really really wish I had gone to a competent dentist the first time, instead of having to go through getting a filling twice, and paying for it twice!
I am incredibly angry with the work Dr. Ellie did to my mouth. If I had a time machine, this is definitely one of the things I would go back and fix.

Early-​to-​Mid 2014:
If I can summarize my learning: If a dentist incessantly sings songs and talks during the procedure, that’s a big signal for you to run, right there!
Simple dental cleaning — when nothing had bothered me — ended up in two fillings on teeth #2 and #3, sharp pain afterwards for days. Antibiotics prescribed after 5 days of this crazy pain. Because the pain still persisted, the doc did a root canal on tooth #3 (with a story about «smart and moving bacteria»). Now more pain, more antibiotics and more pain killers. The doc stated that the pain was from coming from tooth #2 and eventually did a root canal on tooth #2. Due to heavy discharge from the nose and the excruciating pain in the sinus in next couple of days, which, in doc’s unequivocal expression of opinion, had nothing to do with the root canal («it was flu»), I then saw an ENT doctor. Having reviewed the X-​rays, the ENT doc politely recommended to change the dentist, and instead of a general dentist, now go see an endodontist.
The endodontist who I then visited looked at the X-​rays and agreed that the symptoms were related to the root canal, and recommended antibiotics and later steroids, to contain the continuing inflammation before redoing the root canal. Eventually, he had to redo both root canals, and since this has not helped (see the why below), the tooth #3 and then tooth #3 both had to be extracted. To our mutual astonishment, one the removed teeth had a big piece of gutta-​percha sticking out from the side of its root by about 10 mm. The rubber material had gone well into the sinus and caused all the dizziness and tear production.
When shown a picture of the removed tooth with the gutta-​percha sticking out, Dr. Tarabaei commented by saying only that «It happens». May be it happens, but not with both teeth done a few days apart?
I sincerely recommend you see an experienced endodontist for any root canal, not a general dentist. Actually, when we looked at the teeth after they were extracted, they both looked pretty normal — with just with a small drilled hole in the root. I therefore doubt a root canal was even necessary…

I’ve been seeing Doctor Tabaraie for a few years, i trust her as my dentist, and i also trust and like the staff. I’ve always had a good experience and i’ve been recommending her to my family and some friends over the years. Her office location is convenient to get to off of 156^th street, so Microsofties can easily get here too, from the Main campus. :)

I have been seeing her for 5 years, and I think she is great. Five years ago, before I moved this city, I had complicate dental issues, and the solutions other dentists provided were at least three operations. She did it in one.
She is talkative and singing all the time, which some people may not like, but I enjoy it. That makes me relax and comfortable.

Dr. Elle is fun and so sweet. she is an excellent dentist.

I had to go back to Dr. Ellie to have her fix the filling she did and it was still messed up. I ended up going to another dentist to get it done right. She’s loud and obnoxious and talks constantly.