Paul Hall, DDS Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

I didn’t know how good he was until I moved and went somewhere else.
Several years ago I had my 4 wisdom teeth removed by Dr. Hall. He was recommended by my dentist at that time who told me he was good. I didn’t know how good I had it. Two of my teeth were completely horizontal. He explained everything to me in great detail. He showed me on my X-​rays how close they ran to nerves on my face and said that if he simply removed them, they might damage the nerves and I could experience persistent pain, numbness, etc depending on the damage, but I had that choice. Or, he recommended cutting the heads off and leaving the roots unless when he got into the procedure, they turned out to be loose and could be pulled. Risk would be some infection, but that could be dealt with. So I went with cutting the tops off to stop them from pushing on my other teeth. He explained everything to me and with prices and was not pushy for a decision at all… Said if I wanted to go away and think about it longer, I definitely could. I made the decision to have the tops of the sideways teeth cut off and leave the roots.
I had all 4 removed at once. I was awake for the procedure and was scared, but it was ok. One of the sideways teeth had to be removed fully because it was indeed a little loose, but for the other one, the root was left behind. His work was good enough that I had a later dentist think that I never had my wisdom teeth (how he missed the remaining root I have no idea).
I am writing this review today because I moved away and have since had another dentist pull a different tooth for another reason. Nice guy, but fast and explained almost nothing. The idiot ripped out the tooth with part of the bone, and months later I do feel I have some numbness in my face as a result. Dr. Hall removed 4 difficult teeth flawlessly, and this other idiot of dentist can’t handle an easy one without taking bone with it and damaging my nerves!!! GAARRR!!!
I would not say he is the friendliest of guys… But he knows his stuff, he explains everything to you, he is not pushy, and does good work. He’s got it where it counts. I’d trade in a sparkly personality for darn good, smart work any day. I no longer live on the west coast and have moved far away, but since my bad experience with another dentist, I actually would consider flying out to see Dr. Hall if I ever needed any major dental work ever again.

I had my wisdom teeth (x2) extraction with Dr. Paul Hall. I am extremely impressed with him and his team’s professionalism, knowledge and conduct. I am in the health care field and I assist in these types of surgery and I can definitely vouch for Dr. Halls skill in oral and maxillofacial surgery. I was awake the entire procedure (I chose to) and I did not feel any pain, just a bit of pressure as you would experience during tooth extractions. Dr. Hall and his surgical assistant informed me of what they were doing the whole time, letting me know what I would expect. Like any other individual, I was nervous going in this because my past experience from another doctor traumatized me. I waited to find another doctor who can do tooth extraction better — and I can say I definitely found the best. Dr. Hall was very gentle but precise. I was so impressed and happy with him that I asked for a hug after LOL! I was just so happy that I didn’t have to endure such a traumatic experience like my past tooth extraction from another doctor.
Here are some tidbits of info:
1. Need to have insurance, and you may pay consultation if not covered. I paid part of my procedure but its all worth it! I am not coming back to any other doctor but Dr. Hall for any tooth surgery etc!
2. FOLLOW instructions after surgery. They have a packet for you and follow it to decrease pain and increase recovery time. Come back for the follow-​up appointment so they can monitor your progress.
3. Dr. Hall personally calls you day after surgery to check on how you are doing. How awesome is that?!
4. Ask questions — during my consultation I asked so many questions and the team catered to whatever needs I had for the procedure. I felt extremely comfortable throughout the whole process.
5. I worked the next day after my wisdom teeth extraction. A little bit of pain but its all expected and tolerable.

I was referred to Dr. Hall by my Orthodontist, Dr. Jetson Lee, an equally awesome Doctor.
Dr. Hall successfully and painlessly removed my lower wisdom teeth.
I was sore for a couple of days, but followed the instructions and the pain medication prescribed and I was fine within several days.
It was such a great experience, that I have referred my friends to him!
Thank you to Dr. Hall and Office
#DRHALLROCKS #TEAMDRHALL #PainlessPaul

5 stars for Dr. Hall and the staff!
The first time I came in was an initial consult appointment. The dental assistant took me in and did my xray. Then Dr. Paul explained everything what is going to be done on my actual appointment. I wasnt sure if he was in a rush or he just talk really fast, but either way, it did not bother me at all. Everything was explained to me very well. They also gave me a medicine that I have to take an hour and a half before my appointment, which is good. After Dr. Paul talked to me, he sent me to one of his front desk clerk to talk about my insurance, how much will be covered and how much I will be paying out of pocket, which I find very helpful. She explained everything very well.
On my actual appointment. I was really nervous, but Dr. Paul and his assistant made me fearless about it. They gave me laughing gas, which made me feel very relaxed, sleepy and careless! Like, they could do anything they want in my mouth lol. He gave me lots of anesthesia which I liked cause I didnt feel my wisdom teeth getting pulled. Next thing I know Dr. Paul was already sewing my gums.
Im glad that my auntie who’s my dentist referred me to Dr. Paul. I highly recommend him!
Two down, two more wisdom teeth to go! Lol.

If only Dr Hall could be my regular dds I would be a fearless patient. I went to get two upper exposed wisdom teeth pulled. One had a bad cavity and was literally crumbling to pieces. From the initial consult to the actual appt date I had no worries that my choice in oral surgeons was wrong.
Dr Hall is very polite and very GENTLE. He explains everything along the way and he makes sure he is not causing unnecessary pain and that you’re fully comfortable. Two teeth out in twenty minutes. I walked out in no pain and a prescription for 600mg Motrin (allergic to vicodin) that I didnt even get filled (regular 200mg otc Motrin worked fine).
This was two weeks ago and I’m healing fine. Never had swelling or dry socket (please follow his post op directions carefully). Dr Hall and his staff are very welcoming.
My only regret was not having him pull my two lower wisdom teeth which I had a terrible experience with two different doctors. You live and learn right?

Best dentist ever! One of my good friends recommended me to him. After having a horrible experience at my previous dentist «Union Dental Care» I am so thankful I came to Dr. Paul Halls office for my wisdom teeth extractions. Not only is it more economical but the service was great.
Like my friend said, Dr. Paul hall is not to personal but covers everything a dentist should cover and makes you feel comfortable.
The ladies at the front desk were extremely nice and helpful as well.
Everyone kept saying I would feel extreme pain and I wouldn’t be able to eat…
that was not my case, the first day my face was swolled up, I followed instructions had my face on ice all day, took my pain medicine and I was good to go.
I had this done the saturday before New years, 3 days later… Happy new year no swollen face no pain. Wooo!
I highly recommend him.

I figure I go to this guy cause it’s close to where I live. I get there for a consultation. Note that I have a gag reflex and when dr hall was digging into my mouth, I was gagging. He asked me, «Do you eat food?» I answered, «of course I do…» Them he replies, «Then you shouldn’t be gagging. Think of it like you’re eating.» Wtf? If I’m eating, I control how much food, how deep the food goes into my mouth.
He tells me that he can perform the surgery on me and gave me the options on whether I want to be sedated or not. I told him that I’ll most likely start freaking out cause I have the gag reflex and I would most likely prefer to be sedated. He told me the cons about sedation and that using the gas would be easier and cheaper. Probably cause it’ll be faster too.
I get a call the day before to confirm my appointment by one of the receptionist. She asked if I wanted I come in earlier for my appointment. Sure why not.
I get there, kind of nervous. I wasn’t offered any pills to take before my appointment. I asked if I could get sedated cause I’m freaking out more and more. Staff tells me that they cannot cause they’ll need to schedule an anesthesiologist. Ok fine. I’ll go with the gas. I sit in the chair. Freaking out. Trying to inhale the gas as much as I can. The nurses see that I’m sweating like a pig. They give me cold compresses for my forehead. They ask if I’m ok. I nod my head but they need to hear me say I’m ok. Note that I’m feeling the effects of the gas. Good, right? When I answered them all the gas I was feeling left my system and I’m trying to breathe it all in again but with no success.
Doctor proceeds with the mouth injections. Oh I forgot to mention that I got a pulse monitor hooked up to me to see how I’m doing. As the Doctor is shooting my mouth with novocaine, he hear that my pulse is skipping a beat here and there. He tells me I need to relax. I’m trying. I’m sweating. My pulse is skipping.
Doctor asks me if my wisdom currently hurt. I try to answer him because now my mouth is numb. No they don’t. Then he suggests that I don’t do the surgery. Come back when they start hurting. I asked him if I could so the sedation next time. He said something about my pulse skipping and that my airway could be blocked and he would have to stick a tube down my throat. Wtf? I was relieved that i didn’t have to do the procedure but at the same time kind of pissed cause here’s a doctor that turned away a patient because I was freaking out and my heartbeat was skipping? He probably just didnt want the headache of the issues I had.
Figure all is done and I dont have to deal with this guy anymore I get a bill from him. Even through I didn’t have any procedures done. I had to pay the doctor to listen to him basically tell me that he’s not going to perform the surgery on me when he could had told me that during the consultation.
Don’t go to this guy just because he’s close to your house. Go to a doctor that has sympathy for you and will have patience with you.
Now I know why people hate dentists and oral surgeons.

Dr. Hall saved me from agony! I had 3 wisdom teeth left that needed taking out, 1 impacted 2 all the way exposed. Let me tell you the 2 that were simple extractions after the numbing wore off, I had ZERO pain and ZERO swelling. Nothing… nada. The impacted one that he had to work a bit more to get out I had very mild swelling (still didn’t look like a chipmunk) and slight pain. I took the Vicodin only on the night after the surgery. When I woke up I didn’t need it anymore. One week later Id say I am 97% healed up.
I was dreading having another tooth out because of a past experience I had. I had an impacted wisdom tooth taken out by an different doctor a few years ago. I was swelled up like a balloon and miserable for 2 weeks. Dr. Hall made me very comfortable before during and after the procedure. You wont regret going here.

PRE-​OP: I dentist recommended me to Dr. Hall. I decided to go with Dr. Hall because it was close to my house (I live in Daly City). I scheduled my appointment, went in, took some X-​rays, and sat down to talk to Dr. Hall. Dr. Hall seems to be in a rush when he talks like he has something better to do. After going over my options (the pros and cons of going under with anesthesia) I chose not to go under because it would have been more expensive. I then proceeded to talk with their accountant (I believe she was because she handled the bill) and schedule an appointment. I was a little nervous about getting my wisdom teeth removed and probably would have preferred being knocked out but they were nice enough to offer me some pills that would relax me before I came in. You just need to take them 2 hours before your surgery.
SURGERY: I got to the office and was given laughing gas and lots of shots in my mouth to numb me. You can listen to music during your procedure like the other reviews state but if you want to talk to Dr. Hall during the procedure to let him know you might be feeling some discomfort then it kind of gets difficult because you are listening to music and you can’t hear him! If you wear ear buds they might fall out but then Dr. Hall tapes them to your head. I didn’t have any complications during my surgery but I did feel a little loopy after, which is understandable since I was given laughing gas and look some sedatives to calm me down before.
When I got up after Dr. Hall was done, I saw my teeth in a cup and asked the lady if I could take them home. She said no because they needed to because they needed to be disposed properly. UMMMMMMMM… when I had my teeth removed by my normal dentist he allowed me to keep all of them. I recently went in to see my normal dentist and told him about the situation and he said that I have every right to keep my teeth because they are my property. Shame on you lady for telling me otherwise. Perhaps she had a reason, such as bacteria or disease but perhaps she could have cleaned them (I do not have any diseases).
POST-​OP: Warning!!! Once Dr. Hall gives you your prescription for pain killers, go have someone fill it. Don’t wait. Once the numbness wears off you feel like crap and the pain starts to kick in. I recommend just going to bed and resting. Dr. Hall calls you the next day to check in on you, which is great! The next few days were difficult because you obviously can’t chew food normally. I started to feel my stitches come loose because I could feel the strings in my mouth. I called the office on their next business day and spoke with the lady who answered the phone. I asked her if it was normal that my stitches were coming out and she came back at me with attitude. She told me that Dr. Hall told me the answer already when I got out of surgery. Lady, if I knew the answer then I wouldn’t be calling about it. I was drugged and not fully aware of what was going on and if I have a question just get the answer instead of giving me grief about how I should know this already. I had no idea what kind of stitches I had because I did make another appointment to come in a week later. Perhaps they were going to remove my stitches then but at the time I had no idea they were the kind of stitches that dissolved. She apologized, but still that should have never happened in the first place.
I came in a week later and my appointment was about 2 minutes. Dr. Hall looked at my gums and said I was healing well and gave me a syringe to keep food from building up. So if you think your post-​op appointment is going to take long, it won’t so you don’t need to take a day off work.
It has been 3 months since my surgery and I am doing well.
Their office is located on the second floor of this medical building. There is also plenty of parking.

Make sure to check your insurance before getting a consultation — you’ll end up having unnecessary x-​rays done and paying for it.

I woke up one morning with severe pain coming from my bottom right wisdom tooth and thought to myself «uh oh this puppy needs to come out NOW!»
I was in between dentists and decided to call a local dentist near by about the issue I was having, they said that I would need to talk to a oral surgeon and recommended I call Dr. Hall to see if I could be seen same day.
So I gave Dr. Halls office a call and spoke to a really nice receptionist that really seemed to care that I was in a lot of pain and said she had an opening at 10:30 and before you knew it I had x-​rays taken and was having a consultation with Dr. Hall.
Dr. Hall went straight to work and explained to me that my wisdom tooth is trying to come in but there is no room and is impacted against my other tooth. He said the pain was from the gums being infected because food debris or plaque got down into the gum cavity. He saw that I was in a lot of pain and went out of his way to move his schedule around to see me the SAME day!
Payment was straight forward and everything was laid out in simple terms, I came back at 1pm for the surgery and Dr. Hall was amazing! He kept asking me how I was doing and if anything hurt and really focused on my comfort level. 20 minutes later he was done! I walked out of there a happy camper!
Overall I’m so happy that I was referred to to Dr. Hall and his awesome staff. Will be back to get the rest of my wisdom teeth extracted for sure. Dr. Hall went above and beyond and that’s rare to find nowadays. Don’t even think twice, go see Dr. Hall!

I love this office and the people in it! Highly recommended! The receptionist was great, very friendly and helpful. Took the extra mile for me in updating my insurance. Dr Hall was wonderful. Just got my wisdom teeth (both bottoms) extracted yesterday, it actually went very well. Pain free while in surgery. Felt very relaxed with my headphones on, about 20 mins passed he says «all done». wow it literally felt as if he was cleaning my teeth. Today my cheeks are a little swollen… But that’s normal. I get a phone call today and it was Dr. Hall checking up on my progress. Asks me if I have any additional questions or concerns. Although I didn’t because he already went through everything with me at my consultation, I love how he took time out of his busy schedule to contact his patients to see if everything’s okay.
Will be going back sometime next month for my last 2 wisdom teeth to be extracted.

Painless Paul holds true!
I had my bottom two impacted wisdom teeth removed and it was a great experience… great meaning there was no pain at all… it’s never great getting your wisdom teeth pulled and hearing all the cracking and cutting with a high precision, high speed cutting tool right on that tooth… LOL!
Had a nice dose of laughing gas that really relaxed me and almost made me go to sleep. The assistant was very good and Dr. Hall was always asking if I was ok, or if he was hurting me. I was never in pain through the whole 30 minute procedure! Awesome! I didn’t even have to use the Vicodin prescribed! The penicillin sucks though! Makes my pee smell like crap! LOL!
The staff was very friendly and courteous! Would recommend to everyone!

I had wisdom teeth (left side) out at another surgeon, and comparing today’s extraction of my right-​side wisdom teeth to that, Dr. Hall and his staff were the best in the universe. This is a fantastic office where the staff is as good as the doctor, and the doctor is simply one of the best. I would only recommend Dr. Hall if you are getting teeth extracted. Simply the best.

I was recommended to Dr. Hall from my dentist and I love this place! Dr. Hall is very knowledgable and gets straight to the point. He’ll tell you exactly how the procedure will go and makes sure that you’re comfortable. I had my bottom two wisdom teeth extraction, at separate times and the procedure was very successful. He even called me the day after the surgery and made sure I was ok and if i had any questions.
The staff is extremely friendly and remembered me after one visit. I also needed to take my wisdom teeth out really soon, so they booked an appointment for me the week after.
I paid a total of $ 240 for both teeth with my insurance, which i think is very reasonable. Most people with dental insurance usually have to take one tooth out one year, and wait for the next year to do the next because of their insurance thing. Highly recommend!

Dr Hall won’t BS you. He’ll tell you how it is without sugar coating anything so you make an informed decision.
I’ve been to him twice.
First time was in 2005 for removal of 4 wisdom teeth. Quick and painless. One tooth didn’t blood clot properly. I called Dr Hall on a Saturday morning. Left a message with his answering service. He called me back in a few minutes. He said to meet him at his office in 30 minutes. I was very impressed at the response time. This was my first encounter with a doctor that actually was on-​call ²⁴⁄₇. I was impressed.
The second encounter was for an apicoectomy a few days ago. It was supposed to be painless but I had a significant amount of pain due to the condition I was in. I went to him because I was in pain and I was able to get a consultation and the surgery done on the same day. His prices were much lower than what was quoted to me by someone else last year. Dr Hall seems very skilled also. He even called me the next day himself to make sure I was okay! But hopefully, I won’t need to see Dr Hall again.

Great Doctor! took out 2 of my wisdom teeth that were crooked and stuck under the gum in 30 minutes.

Update: Okay, so I came into Dr. Hall’s office the other day to get two of my wisdom teeth removed. As usual, his staff was very professional and helpful. Dr. Hall was extremely nice and made sure I didn’t feel any pain during the procedure. After a few pills and some laughing gas, my wisdom teeth were gone. It helps when you have headphones… definitely put me at ease. Anyways, one more star for Dr. Hall — for following up with me with a personal phone call the very next day!

Came to Dr. Hall’s office to get my wisdom tooth pulled. It was in a tough angled down and out so my regular dentist referred me to this specialist. Dr. Hall and the rest of the staff were very professional. Equipment was very up to date. Office was clean.
My consultation was thorough. I had a lot of questions and Dr. Hall addressed each very clearly. He explained the procedure, what to expect, and the recovery.
My surgery went well considering how tough my tooth was. My main concern was the pain. He made it a point to ask how I was doing and if I felt any pain throughout the surgery. Afterwards, he gave a recovery packet with clear cut instructions as to how to care for my tooth, etc.
The very next day Dr. Hall personally called to see how I was doing and if I had any questions or concerns. I have never had any doctor do that. Impressive service!
I’ve had my other wisdom tooth extracted elsewhere but I would go back to Dr. Halls office for the other two indefinitely.

I recently had my top two wisdom teeth extracted by Dr. Hall. The whole experience was fine. I had no problems scheduling my consultation or extraction appointment. The front desk staff were super nice to me. Dr. Hall does seem a bit rushed, but he’s friendly and takes the time to answer questions.
He’s a bit pricey, I think. Even using all of my insurance, I had to pay $ 275 extra — and this is seriously all of my insurance. I hadn’t used any of it yet for anything so it maxed out my insurance and then I had to pay extra. *sigh* What sucks is that I had gone to my regular dentist a couple weeks earlier for my cleaning, x-​rays, and fillings and they didn’t send in their stuff to my dental insurance company until later and since my insurance was maxed out from my wisdom teeth, I have to pay for all my regular dentist stuff out of pocket. *double sigh*
But, as for my experience with Dr. Hall. It was fine. I was awake during my procedure so the pressure from the pulling of teeth out of my mouth wasn’t the greatest feeling. And the big cracking sound when he was pulling out one of my teeth freaked me out. I think I Unilocaled. Like a sound came out of my mouth Unilocaled, not wrote a review on Unilocal,yelp.
The follow-​up appointment a week later was good and super quick. He just checked to make sure everything was healing okay and I had no problems.
All in all, a pretty good place if you need some oral surgery done.

Painless Paul! Thank you Dr. Hall for squeezing me in your schedule so promptly! I was in dire need of your expertise & you came highly recommended by a friend (and patient of yours) and he was abolutely right about you. Friendly, professional, fair… and yes…“PAINLESS”! I had my 2 wisdom teeth pulled & i was a pain free happy camper the next day!
Thank you also to your great office staff! It was quite busy that day & i was very nervous but your staff helped ease my anxiety. I truly appreciated that!

I called Dr. Hall office to schedule a FREE consultation to estimate the cost. I told them on the phone specifically, i don’t want to have any work done & cost anything. I just want to have a quick FREE consultation.
They never say anything about the cost or there’s no FREE consultation both on the phone and when I filled out the paperwork in the office. So I went ahead to my appointment and I got my statements for the $ 125 FREE consultation in mail. I was very, very disappointed about Dr. Hall office professional ethics.
After several unsatisfactory phone conversations, wasting my time. I decided to pay my «$ 125 FREE consultation» and WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO DR. HALL OFFICE. I also will file a consumer complaint to dental board of CA about the matter.
Patients are not responsible to pay a professional fee for any unprofessional conduct. Here’s the link to CA Business & Professional Code.