Gum graft surgery periodontist recommendations

Hello,

  Thank you to all of those who responded to my earlier question about gum graft surgery. It seems like I need to get a second opinion so I can feel confident about moving forward. Can you please recommend your periodontist if you loved them when you had gum graft surgery? And what did you love about them? Oakland or Berkeley only, please. 

Thank you!

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I recommend Ryan Horn.

I don't know if you've received this recommendation yet or not, but I can't recommend Dr. Ryan Horn (Berkeley) highly enough.  I had to have a series of gum grafts, and Dr. Horn made an unpleasant surgery as bearable as possible.  I had gone to a couple of other periodontists before, but none were as good as Dr. Horn, both in terms of bedside manner and in the results.  (If not done properly, gum grafts can have to be re-done, which really sucks!)  

Dr. Glenn Fujinaka in Oakland was excellent! I had 2 gum graft surgeries in the last few years from him and his team. They are very professional, precise, communicative, nice, friendly and did a great job with every possible part of the process, including the most important part, the surgeries themselves. 
 

Good luck!

Dr. Keith Chertok in Berkeley has been my periodontist for many years now. He's done a few gum grafts on me during that time. I appreciate his calm manner. He seems knowledgeable and thoughtful. I have not felt like he's pushed me to do the gum grafts. He recommended grafts in several areas and I've spread them out over time as I have the money to do them. His office staff is great too. My gum graft surgeries all went well.

Well, I don't love anything that expensive, time-consuming, and (sometimes) uncomfortable, but I was very pleased by Anand Maharathi's competence and good humor; he clearly loves his work and is good at it. His group, Berkeley Periodontics, near Alta Bates, was efficient about explaining the procedure, billing, etc. (although I wish they had prepped me more carefully, as in sending an e-mail about not taking blood-thinning analgesics for several days before the procedure, etc.). http://www.berkeleyperioimplants.com/