Dean Tan DDS & Associates

Came here a few months ago for a dental cleaning. Overall good experience, the staff was friendly but the girls at the front seemed more focused on their gossip than actually answering my questions.
The procedure went well too. Only thing is she found FIVE cavities, which is incredible because I haven’t had one in several years. Plus, my last cleaning with my regular dentist wasn’t too long ago and they didn’t find anything. Will follow up with a second opinion…
6÷13÷15: Visited my regular dentist (who I trust more) and said I had NO CAVITIES. This place was out to get our money! Do not trust them.

I have been seeing Dr. Tan for my dental services for 16 years now. I am so grateful of receiving professional services from him. I also had a dental implant here in the past year. It was a smooth and comfortable experience. Thank you, Dr. Tan.

The dentist is something I usually dread and would never take initiative to go. However, I was in dire need of a checkup so I came to SC Dental because it is in close proximity to my work.
Upon entering, I was greeted by the front desk people. They were very friendly and made sure I knew the exact costs and what my insurance would cover.
The assistant, Edith, was soo patient with me while I gagged half the time during the X-​rays. Dr. Tan was extremely kind and gentle during the whole process. He explained to me the process of the periodontal chart and why he was evaluating my gums. A few minutes into the conversation and I could feel Dr. Tan knew exactly what he was doing and well experienced. I appreciate how he explained the terms and procedure to me without sounding like jargon.
Dr. Tan was meticulous and detail oriented in his work. I can tell he genuinely cares about his patients and goes the extra mile to make patients feel at ease. After the teeth polishing, I felt much better and cleaner.
Looks like I have found a great dentist in the neighborhood. A plus is that they open at 7am on Saturdays! Makes it convenient if you wish to get your dentist appt out of the way early in the morning.

I am very fortunate to have Dr. Tan as my dentist:) He is very nice and experienced. i have visited at least 5 different dental places in irvine and I chose Dr. Tan over the other ones because he cares about his patients very much. So far I have extraction and implants done and I am very pleased with the results. The other staffs are very professional and approachable. Michelle is Dr. Tan’s sister and she is in charge of billings and everything :) she is the sweetest person ever. I would definitely recommend Dr. Tan to other people.

We are very happy to have Dr. Tan to be our family’s Dentist since we moved to Irvine on July 2001.
We not only experienced the best care of our teeth by Dr. Tan, we also experienced the continuing improving and upgrading of the office equipments, treatments, and environment.
Believe that’s why both our 2 college kids (both born in this country, and both study at UC-​Davis now), still making appointments only with Dr. Tan and fly more than 400 miles for the visits.

So I recently moved to CA, and needed a dentist. I randomly picked Dr. Tan soley due to the fact that he was really close to the apartment that we rent.
I didn’t have the greatest experience. Equipment looks antiquated. Being the clean freak I am, I noticed quite a bit of dirt. The dental assitant taking my xrays was great. Then Dr. Tan cleaned my teeth… which seemed very haphazardly (sp?). Most denstist I go to when using the rotating brush go very slow focusing on each tooth. However, he went over very quickly all of the teeth like he was in a rush.
Clearly it didn’t look like any people in the waiting room, so I have no idea why he went so quickly.
Good things:
Well I guess my teeth were clean, but not quite the dentist clean that I am used to. Besides I do only get this cleaning twice a year… shouldn’t he be making my mouth über clean?