James R Anderson, DMD, PC

Our family has used Dr Anderson for many years. Work is flawless with minimal discomfort. Staff is friendly, responsive, and caring. When we retired and lost dental insurance, Dr Anderson started giving us a discount.

Moved to portland recently and needed to find a dentist. Me my husband and my 5 year old have now all had visits. The staff and doctor are very knowledgeable and friendly. No one is hurried which I appreciate as I don’t like feeling like a number. I am glad we have found our new family dentist.

I’m one of those. you know the type. tortured by dentists as a child back in the more primitive days. That being said, my teeth did not get to see a dentist for a very long time. trauma is like that.
I looked around, felt it out and decided on this dentist. It worked incredibly perfectly. I am up front about my background so at least I have some sort of an excuse for the disaster to be found inside my mouth. It’s embarrassing as well. The whole crew here never made me feel like that. They were kind and thoughtful on all points.
I became a pretty common sight there but I stuck it out and made up for lost time even. The dentist’s diagnosis of my situation was straight ahead. I felt like I was in good hands and no nonsense. He did not come at me with. oh dear. you’ve really done it. there’s no cure for any of this. You are going to require major surgery, or any other sort of scary tactic that you know those dentists do. ;) (Kidding, a little) It seemed like a serious craft to him and I did not have to go anywhere else to get all of my work completed. Dr. Anderson and his office does it all. I gave him my goal and we achieved it with a number of crowns, a few fillings, and presto, I felt like a queen.
I had to have a ton of work done and I stuck it out and finished it with a smile at this awesome dentist office.

I had my routine cleaning performed today by Laura and could not have been happier with the service provided. Very courteous, kind and professional! I will be back:)!
The main purpose for my visit was I had lost a filling while travileling. Jolly ranchers while delicious but are dangerous to fillings:) Dr. Anderson did a great job performing this procedure. I am normally hesitant when visiting the dentist. The environment I was in was calming and relaxing. The dental assistant was a calming presence. While there I had an additional cavity taken care of.
Could not be happier!

This is the best dentist for sure. I just googled his address up to give to a friend in need, and happened to see he’s on Unilocal.
I’ve been going here for about 5 years, along with my husband, and 4 other people we’ve referred, who also love this dental office.
Everyone is really nice there, gentle, accommodating, and it’s never hard to get an appointment.
Anyway, before I started going here, my last dentist had said I needed over $ 4,000 worth of dental work, and no matter how much I said I couldn’t afford that, would not think of any way I could lower that amount.
But Dr. Anderson came down a lot from that amount, and had out of the box alternatives on ways they could be fixed, and worked on priority teeth first. He was willing to work with me to produce the effect I wanted at a price I could afford. They also have a payment plan, and interest free financing, but I didn’t need to use it.
Also, after I’d had the prep work done there for a route canal and crown, I got a job that I didn’t want to take time off from to get dental work. I explained to him that I’d need to see a dentist that was open on Saturdays, to finish the job, so they gave me my chart, no hard feelings.
The Saturday dentist was about 30% MORE to do the same procedure that I’d had done on another tooth from Dr. Anderson. Same insurance carrier, same procedures. Also, the other dentist hurt so much worse, I had to get 3x the Novocaine shots, and was still in pain, I walked out shaking. That was the last time I strayed from Dr. Anderson, he totally got my business back, and I’ll never try another dentist again.
So in the unfortunate chance that you need a tooth hero, I might just share mine. Just give him my name, and you might just swear off other dentists altogether. =)

I was torn between 2 and 3 stars on this one, because it’s complicated.
First of all, his staff is first-​rate. The office is nice.
However, I had two issues with him that made me want to change dentists.
1. He did a special test on me once to diagnose something, saying my insurance would cover it, but it turned out it didn’t. It was only $ 50, but the test was inconclusive so he then sent me to a specialist, so that cost me another $ 40 copayment (plus time off work, being crazy worried, etc., and getting my phone stolen on the way to the appointment). And it turned out to be nothing, which after I found out what the «problem» was and researched it, I really think Dr. Anderson should have recognized it. Maybe he was just erring on the side of caution — which a doctor should do — so I let this one go.
2. The wall outside the patient rooms is decorated with photos of him and his buddies posing with various dead, sometimes bloodied animals. Not only is that disgusting and nothing to be proud of, but I have no desire to fund that, so I switched dentists.

I find it amazing to believe that I am going to write a review about a dentist, and even more amazing that I’m giving him five stars. I mean, come on, the dentist office is rarely a place of enjoyment, and my trips have never come with eager anticipation. Rather they usually are filled with anxiety and pain. Not so with Dr. Anderson. I have been to other great Dentist, and some really horrible one’s, but in my adult life Dr. Anderson has been the best.
Dr. Anderson has been my dentist now for over six years. I found his office, in the old location, after having a terrible experience with another large dental office here in the Portland area. Dr. Anderson fixed me up great from the bad service I had received elsewhere. I didn’t have to wait six weeks between each appointment, and I was and continue to be treated like a human being instead of a number.
The entire staff here is wonderful. Communication is great, with appointment reminders, clear information on appointments and procedures, and all options for services are discussed and recommended without feeling pressured. Estimates have always been provided, and I have not had a single problem with billing from this office to my insurance or in the payments I am responsible for.
The office is state of the art, comfortable and relaxing. Considering what a person is often there for, that is important because anxiety can be high, and I have had nothing but stress free dental work from Dr. Anderson. Appointments have always been easy to come by and convenient to my busy schedule. This is a five star recommendation that didn’t take much thought about at all.