Lien Huong Nguyen, DDS

You know. She’s gone a long ways since her little ghetto clinic on Bolsa! She used to be where the Lee’s sandwich place is across from the Asian Garden Mall. So imagine the horrible parking! Now she’s in a bigger office with better parking off Brookhurst… The other Lil Saigon! You would think the wait time would be better but nope it’s not. They run on Vietnam time. Thats what happens when you chose to go to a Lil Saigon physician! Aside from that. Well, really that’s my only complaint. She always has nice décor and huge pictures of her garden. Maybe that’s why I like her, we share the same interest. However my entire family has gone to her for literally years. And she always takes good care of us. I used to be scared of her, I won’t lie about that. Especially bc she doesn’t gas you and goes straight to the lidocaine and humongor old skool glass syringe filled with novocaine! You hear every lil crack but I promise you won’t feel it! She can come off a lil crude I guess if the language bothers you but honestly she’s never talking shit to you or about you… If n-​e-​thing she likes to scold her elderly assistants that appear to not keep up with her. Kinda feel sorry for them but oh well! Lol her English is actually pretty good. All in all she got rid of my vampire fangs and she gladly accepted my insurance so she’s cool in my book. Just make sure you bring a book/​mag/​iPad/​homework! Or don’t even worry that you forgot to brush your teeth prior. To kill time I’d ask for a toothbrush and some paste and have at it in their bathroom. Makes the wait less gruesome. Beauty takes time!

I’ll also have to also disagree with those below who gave Lien Huong only 1 star. My family and I have been going to her ever since I was in kindergarten (I’m 26 now).
I admit, she’s rough with you and gives your teeth no mercy, but that’s because she’s good at what she does. I also got my braces through her as well as my cousin and one of my best friends. ALL of our teeth came out great. It took me three-​four years to finally pay off my braces (she’s lenient with payments as long as you’re a long-​time patient and responsible with payments). BEST INVESTMENT OF MY LIFE!!! My cousin had her braces on for about five years (since she was in elementary). She had them on that long because Lien Huong is a perfectionist!!!
Also, for those who have/​had braces, when you take them off, be sure to wear retainers (at night every night), especially when you grind your teeth when you sleep (some people don’t know they do that) because if you don’t, your teeth will become crooked again. If they do become crooked again, don’t blame it on her.
Just see her as a disciplinarian with your teeth. *smiles*

Staff are really friendly here. You will always feel welcomed. Place is clean & organized. I’d have to disagree with the reviews I read about Lien Huongs dentistry. I have been going to her since I was little & she knows what she is doing. She has her days, but hey we all do do we not? She can be rough here & there, but she’s only doing what she has to do as a dentist. That is to help us as patients to have healthy gums & a beautiful smile (:

Lien Huong Nguyen is NOT an orthodontist. If you need braces, look up listings for orthodontists and make sure they’re not just a dentist who took a few classes in orthodontics. Orthodontists receive very different education/​training for their speciality for a reason.
I’m surprised no one’s reviewed this woman yet! I had to sit in this woman’s office for one to two hours a month (depending on how long they felt like making me wait, listening to grating Vietnamese music) for four years. She put braces on my brother’s teeth and that turned out fine. But mine are screwed up. I recently had a consultation and was told that she had the opportunity to pull my front teeth back to keep them from flaring. Great.
She also has some seriously advanced skills in the field of tsk-​tsking and humiliation. Every time she examines your teeth and sees something she doesn’t like, she’ll make a bunch of comments to herself and to her assistants in Vietnamese, then proceed to tell you (in English, if you don’t speak Vietnamese, though you could probably figure out from her tone that you wouldn’t want a translation anyway) – no, HARANGUE you for everything wrong with your teeth.
Yes, I’ve cried two or three times in the hands of this woman. Stay away.
I’ve told my current dentist about this lady and apparently she’s quite infamous in the Little Saigon dental community for basically what I detailed above. She might have the mechanics of straightening your teeth down, but don’t expect her to correct any real dental problems between crooked teeth (jaw/​bite alignment, incorrect tongue placement/​thrusting, etc).