Chico Dental Group
Philip Guevarra, DDS:
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My family and I go to Chico Dental Group for our dental care and Dr. G is awesome. He is sweet, kind and patient with me and my two little girls ages 7 & 11. Highly recommend! I switched to Chico Dental Group because it always felt “off” with my previous dentist. For example, during a routine visit, he came in, checked my teeth and then told me i needed a crown and started to walk away. When I asked him why, he looked annoyed as he sat back down to show me pictures of the crack in my teeth. I felt “bad” for asking questions about a procedure that was being set up for me. That was one of many reasons why I knew then I needed a new dentist. When I met Dr. G, he sat down, thoroughly talked to me about my dental health including the fact that I have receding gums and ways to prevent further damage, something no other dentist had ever warned me about. Overall, love going there and will continue to go there! My two young kids are also treated with care there as well.

The dentist and hygienists here are excellent. When I came in (after not going to any dentist at all for like 7 years…) I wasn’t doing well, I had gingivitis, and my teeth were starting to erode at the gum line. They showed me the X-rays to show where my teeth needed work and they had some great recommendations to fix it. I had to get a crown put in on the bottom, because I had like 5 cavities in the same tooth. It was no trouble at all. I have some anxiety about going to the dentist and the hygienist (her name is Gio I think?) picked up on that right away even though I didn’t say anything. She did a great job of talking to me as she worked which really calmed me down. It was so bad at first, that they had to numb me for cleaning. I’m embarrassed that I let it get so bad, but hopefully this review encourages someone out there who’s in a bad situation to go get it fixed. My insurance covers a certain number of visits each year for free, and after seeing how bad my situation was, they said I should come in every 3 months to get it taken care of. So we did that, but as we got to the end of the year, it looked like I was going to go over my limit. So instead they just said, come in the first week of January instead of mid December and it’ll be covered again. So it didn’t really cause a problem at all. I had to get all 4 wisdom teeth taken out, but it was such a quick process. They numbed me up, pulled them out, and I was back to normal in less than a week. (closer to 4 days) The only negative thing I can say about it was that hearing the sound of your teeth getting removed from your jaw is absolutely awful. It didn’t hurt one bit, even after the numbing wore off, I still didn’t have any pain, just some slight bleeding that was easy to take care of. i would definitely recommend Chico Dental Group to anyone in town who needs a regular dentist or some dental work done. They treat me and my family well.