Dr. Matthew Young, DDS

Love this place! I highly recommend it!!! Dr. Young and his staff are amazing! Extremely professional, efficient and super friendly! I had been to a dentist for 6 years when I first went there, lots of cavities and deep cleaning! They did such a great job! Fixed all my teeth and I felt bad for pain afterwards! Thank you!!!

The office and service is really great here. Everyone is open to answer any questions you may have. So far, so good!

Stay away from this practice. Not only is he not a good doctor but he is greedy and advertises himself to be a specialist he is not. Save your health and money! I will have to have so much work he did redone. I wasted thousands of dollars on him and my health!

If you are nervous or have dental anxiety, Dr. Young is the dentist to see. I had to have extensive dental work done, including root canals, extractions, fillings, etc. and Dr. Young and his staff were amazing. I am probably the most anxious/​scared person I know when it comes to dental work but they put me right at ease and walked me through every step. He is incredibly gentle and never pushes you to do more than you feel comfortable with. I am very grateful to have found this office. I highly recommend them!

I have been a patient of Dr. Young’s since his practice opened. Service quality started high but over the years has significantly declined. His practice gets a one star because since switching dentists I have found that multiple issues were missed by Doctor Young with regular annual X-​rays and check ups, over multiple years. Not going to go into details but it’s not good. It’s costing a lot to fix and teeth to be pulled.

I went in for a deep cleaning yesterday and had the best experience. The staff was really nice and patient. Dr. Young was very experienced and provided me with a lot of information. I have booked all my appointments here.

Don’t get fillings from this dentist. He is not good. He messed up my front teeth… he insisted to renew my front tooth fillings– and he took out some good tooth structure that was unnecessary. One of my front tooth filling fell out after a few days. Terrible dentist– don’t go to him. A dentist like This should not be practicing.

WOW! If you’re looking for a convenient, friendly, and awesome dentist to visit … This is the one! You can easily book your appointment on ZocDoc too!
When I first walked in, I was greeted by my name. I waited for maybe 5 minutes total. The staff was on top of their game.
Dr. Young is extremely friendly and detailed. I thoroughly enjoyed our chat about my dental health.
The hygienist was on point as well! She did an excellent job and was communicative throughout the process.
Bonus for being digital and saving the trees! Booking, check-​in questionnaire, and receipts, all digital. WIN!

Omg. They are so nice! And thorough, efficient, and. thorough. Absolutely everyone in the office was pleasant and engaged. The hygienist did a great job and was very explanatory. Dr Young was not rushed and open to questions. Best dentist experience I’ve had.

How lovely and pleasant this place was. This is my first time here, and I am new to SF… I was greeted in no time and already have my consult. I was able to go on my lunch break (about an hour appt) and it was perfect.
Dr. Young is so personable and genuine. I highly recommend him; and his staff is very caring and helpful.

First-​rate technically and as a patient-​first dental health care practice. I have continued as a patient over the years because they help me manage my long term tooth and gum health, and they are always ready to come to my aid when life sends those inevitable emergencies.
Staff also work hard to help patients make their way through the thicket of dental health insurance — or to work out the economics if insurance is not the best way for a patient to go.
Anxiety (physical and fiscal) too often accompany dental health, whether ongoing or emergency. I continue to be so grateful for the connection to Dr. Young and the outstanding team he has assembled. They are first-​rate, at both the science and the art of dental health.
Bonus 6^th Star:
Being at their office in the recently renovated 450 Sutter building — the magnificent San Francisco art deco gem — is an amazing treat.

This place is wonderful. I had a tooth that need to be extracted. The first place I went to couldn’t do the job and the second place told me I had to wait until the 28^th of this month. My tooth was in bad shape and Dr. Young was very able to pull it out. His assistant Kim is very nice and very helpful. This is my dentist for life. If you are searching or unhappy with your current dentist, please come to this office.

I love this place! My husband and I have been coming here for over 2 years and I have not had any bad experience with them. Dr. Young and his staff are always friendly and are very knowledgable. I love how Dr. Young and his staff always listens to my needs and they make me feel very comfortable. They educated me about how to keep my teeth healthy and I love how at the end of every visit, I get a bag of goodies.

I have had so many bad experiences with Dentists. So much that I had just stopped seeing them. Then a friend recommended I try Dr. Young’s office. As usual I was very nervous but when I arrived there the staff were very friendly. The environment is welcoming and Dr. Young really makes you feel Comfortable! He explains what needs to be done and shows me on the x rays. I’m also afraid of needles but who isn’t? Well surprisingly he even makes that feel slightly less uncomfortable! He even lets me listen to music when he’s working on my teeth! Needless to say I’m happy to have officially found my Dentist.

Dr. Young is amazing he help me fix tooth that my past dentist mess up. His office makes you feel at home. They treat you nice remind you when your next appointment is due. The people are great the dentist work is great and they are local which make it easy to get to.

Dr Young is a amazing dentist. He has been my dentist for the pass few years. His staff is always friendly. I always get friendly reminders when my next appointment is due. He’s knowledgable and if you have any questions he will explain in details. The plus side is that they are located near the Shopping area. So it’s always nice to treat yourself to something after a day at the dental office.

Watchout!!! I stopped going to this dentist after he told me I had 7 cavities with no showing of xrays or any kind of explanation. I had not had a cavity in 20 years! Subsequently, a different dentist has confirmed I have no cavities. What really made me write this, is that after speaking to the person who referred me, it appears she was given a lot of work, $ 7,000, which she did not need too. After reading the postings here, there is a definite pattern of this dentist doing work that is not needed & not wanting to release a patient’s records upon request.

Great Dentist! Nice, kind, and listens. Also really nice staff!

Both the dental hygienist and Dr. Young went out of their way to be friendly and make me feel as though they were genuinely interested in me. It’s the little things that go a long way! Even though the cleaning was a little painful, I felt as though I was in great hands, and will definitely be going back for my next cleaning.

I can’t speak for any actual work/​cleaning but that was because I realized after the required ‘consult’ that I was being sold on a lot of services that I didn’t need (and were probably more focused on collecting money from both me and the insurance). For someone who gets their teeth cleaned regularly, has good dental hygiene, and is only 25 I found it hard to believe I all of a sudden in less than a year, I needed deep cleaning requiring anesthesia. I personally work in the medical field I know many doctors who do this and it was a huge red flag for me to go forward with anything.
Following my intuition I took my x-​rays and went to my prior dentist (in the east bay). Sure enough, he was pretty stunned that they had even tried to sell me on the ‘findings’ of the consult. I completely trust him as he went to the same dental school and knows my childhood orthodontist.
I would come prepared and be sure you are knowledgeable about your prior dental findings and health state.
It’s sad that people like this only add to the reason health care costs so much and is exponentially rising.

Some time in November or December, I had awful pains in my jaw. I thought maybe I had an infection or something, so I got an emergency appointment to see Dr. Young. Apparently, there is this thing called lock jaw and it’s a muscle issue. I’ve never had such a painful experience before. He told me not to worry, and that they would use lasers to help loosen up the muscle. I instantly felt better.
I really like Dr. Young because he is not quick just to prescribe painkillers and send you home (I’m really sensitive to medication and I prefer not taking any unless I have to). He wants to get to the root of the problems and help you solve it. He recommended me a night guard because I’m a teeth grinder, and the stress from that helped contribute to the lockjaw. Since I started using the night guard, my jaw is no longer as tense and that horrible, awful pain has not come back.
Recently I found out I needed an implant, and a bone graft was required while in for a routine check up. Well, I should never have googled what a bone graft consisted of because the photos scared the living crap out of me. Scared. I was really nervous going in. Dr. Young and his staff (Veronica is the sweetest person ever) made me feel very comfortable and treated me like I was part of their team. A short while later, I was out of the office without any pain. It’s 48 hours later, and the wound has pretty much healed, and I can eat solid food again (hurray!).
I’ve never had such a great dentist before. If you need solid work and a staff that treats you like a person, I can’t recommend a better place. I think I almost cried a little when thanking him and his staff for how they treated me during the bone graft. I don’t get emotional that often, but I was really nervous about the surgery, shaking a little. They did everything to make me feel comfortable and to make sure I had as little pain as possible. Aside from the initial local anesthesia injection, there was no pain. I’m always greeted by name, treated with respect and care. When you see Dr. Young, you don’t just get him, you also get his wonderful staff.

This review is mainly about my most recent visit to get a lost filling replaced.
I lost a filling from my wisdom tooth at 6.30pm on a Friday night. I made a call to the office figuring it was too late to see anyone. True enough, I got their voice mail; however, the recording gave me the «after hours emergency» phone number. I decided to call the emergency number because I didn’t think I’d be able to survive the entire weekend with a gaping hole in my tooth.
Within SECONDS of calling the emergency number, Dr. Young called me back! It turns out he was still in the office. I explained to him what had happened, and he offered to see me «NOW»! Unfortunately I had to head to the airport, so that wasn’t going to work for me. Dr. Young then told me about some temporary filling material you can pick up at Walgreens (DenTemp — it’s amazing!), and fill the cavity yourself. It’s like silly putty that you shove into the filling hole and it then hardens so you can eat on it!
Dr. Young also scheduled me for an 8am Monday appointment to get the filling fixed. THIS VISIT WAS FREE! I assume since he did the original filling, he figured it was his fault that it came out, and that he should fix it free of charge (who knows — I was only eating a snickerdoodle when it fell out). That’s just good business.
The repair appointment went pretty well. I seem to need about three times the normal amount of novocaine to get numbed up, so it was a bit painful. But it was fixed.
The only downside to the office, and this has happened over several appointments, are the dental hygienists. They can be a bit rough — especially with the suction thing. And when I was getting my filling replaced, the hygienist ended up shooting water down my windpipe causing me to choke/​cough violently. She just looked at me as if I was being dramatic. Uh, no… you just shot water down my lungs! When I told her what she had done, she just blankly stared at me. Umm… thanks.
Anyway, for as much as going to the dentist can suck, Dr. Young makes it a pretty tolerable experience.
UPDATE: 21 May 2009
I was in for a routine cleaning. They have a new (well, at least to me) hygienist who was very gentle! I think her name was Kelly. She was a nice change from some of the other hygienists who were a little rough. Kelly was fantastic. They also got a new x-​ray machine — the kind that circles around your head & gives one big image of your entire mouth.