Arakawa Kenneth H, DDS

Got referred here from Uehara. At first the quote was very very low — however when I arrived they overlooked that my medical was new– and it would not cover as much as they thought. It ended up being $ 300 more than I was prepared for — but the receptionist came in the surgery room as I was being debriefed and let me know — I really appreciated that. If I didn’t wanna/couldn’t pay I knew before going under (I suppose I could’ve walked away), and it gave me time to figure things out before hand. I did move some money and go through with it, just the local anesthetic. He made it sound more painful than it was (But I have anxiety and a high pain tolerance so things are usually less painful than I think it’s gonna be lol). There were cracking sounds, the nurse was very nice, I never felt strained or anything. The shots were the worst part haha. The nurse told me how to take care of it, I got a pamphlet with care info and a ziploc of gauze. They even let me keep my teeth!
Dr. Arakawa called me HIMSELF that night — late at like 8pm to see how I was doing! I really appreciate that he didn’t make his receptionist do it, he called me himself! The nurse did call two days later to check in again! How great is that. It wasn’t too painful afterwards, no complications and I never even took the pain reliever he prescribed! After 3 days I was pretty much eating normal! I did schedule a checkup for a week after and they took a look and said everything was great!
*update — my mom whose insurance I’m also on, got a letter that my procedures were not covered. the amount not paid was $ 800! I paid much less than that at the office and I called multiple times to figure out what was happening. I received the same letter from my insurance as well. they said they’d call back after doing some research and it turned out my insurance billed itself before they did and it looked to them that it was billed twice (hence it wants covered the 2^nd time). they called me today to let me know id actually be receiving a refund for $ 40! I appreciate the office looking into things and clearing that up!

I’m not a fan of doctors of any kind. Very early this morning, I woke up to a dental emergency [wisdom teeth], and was referred to his office. They tried and were able to fit me in by two pm, and the rest of my experience was just as wonderful. Everyone was very kind and informative. I was in an out in less than an hour, and the entire experience was very professional, clean, and as painless as possible. I would recommend this team to anyone and everyone.

This was our first experience with Dr Arakawa and his team. What an amazing experience. My daughter had 5 wisdom teeth extracted. There was no wait time; from the time I sat in the waiting room until the nurse came to me to say she was done was just over 20 minutes. The entire team is professional and explained everything from A to Z. We left with a gauze kit and instructions on oral care. Dr Arakawa called our home in the evening to see how our daughter was adjusting and asked if we had any further questions. Top notch team! Very impressive. Dr A is a total ROCK STAR!

He is a awesome DDS, He helps me to took off my impacted wisdom teeth !

Today was my first experience with Dr. Arakawa’s office. It was superb! My son got his wisdom teeth extracted. There was no wait time… I was actually bummed because they had good magazines to read. The initial estimate was over a thousand dollars with my insurance (a worst case scenario) and after x-​rays they said it would $ 636. After the teeth were taken out, because of the ease of the top ones, they again lowered my bill another hundred dollars! Fantastic!
The doctor and nurses were informative and professional, as was the office staff.
Thank you for making it such a pleasant experience!

Tooth extraction. Never fun. My DDS recommended Dr. Arakawa and frankly, I’m glad he did. Dr. Arakawa is simply the kind of medical/​dental professional they all should be. He explained everything he was about to do and everything he was doing as he was doing it. He made sure I let him know if I felt any pain at any time during the procedure (none, other than the sensation of the anesthetic being injected) and he was polite and sensitive to me, the patient, at all times.
His assistant (Norma) had a post-​procedure packet and instructions waiting for me after and they were very clear in how to treat the affected area at home.
Finally, I had read on Unilocal that Dr. Arakawa calls later in the day to personally check up on you — and sure enough he did. It is less than 24 hours after my procedure and I am literally back to normal — minus one tooth.
This guy is a dental rock star. In my opinion, there is no other choice if you ever need an oral surgeon in Hawai’i.

Referred by my dentist, avoided get tooth pulled with horrible memories from the last tooth pulled.
I opted to be put under for this procedure, Dr Arakawa came in, sat down and showed my my x-​rays explained what he was going to do. (last dr never did that)
Woke 15 minutes later, tooth was gone, trama.
Then he called me 9 pm that night to see how I was doing

While yes, I’m giving Dr. Arakawa 5 stars, which technically means «Woohoo! As good as it gets!» in Unilocal-​ese, I can’t say I enjoy Oral Surgery in general. Having someone stick a scalpel in my mouth to cut my gums open, then hammer away with a chisel at an impacted tooth to pull it out piece by piece? Really, no that’s not as good as it gets.
I AM a fan of Dr. Arakawa though, because when it comes to Oral Surgeons, this guy is a badass.
I got a referral to him after nearly dying in the hospital a couple of weeks ago because of an antibiotic resistant bacteria that had taken over my neck and swelled it out to the point where it nearly killed me by blocking my airway and infecting my blood. The CT scan said it had come from an abscess formed from a problem tooth that, as a guy who used to get punched in the head on a regular basis for 20+ years as a Muay Thai, then Shooto, then MMA type person, I just kind of ignored because I figured it was just leftover nerve pain from getting punched in the head too many times. Turns out it was more than that, and 25cc’s of dead crap cut out of my neck later, left with a mean-​ass scar that looks like I lost a fight with Zorro, and after being discharged from the hospital two weeks later, I got sent to Dr. Arakawa to deal with the offending tooth.
1) He made space in his schedule to see me immediately for consult (and I mean immediately — as in YOU COME HERE NOW). +1 awesome.
2) He looked at my CT scan, did a full mouth X-​ray, then told me the tooth had to come out ASAP and made space in his schedule to perform the procedure because it was so critical. +1 awesome.
3) When I got in for the surgical consult, he explained everything to me so I understood everything completely and was comfortable with the procedure, all the staff were super professional, and worked like a well-​oiled, friendly tooth extraction machine — kind of like if the Terminator was a really nice oral surgeon. +1 awesome.
I lay down in the chair, talked story for a few seconds while the IV went in, went KO, opened my eyes, and asked if they were done. They indeed were done, and I told them I didn’t feel anything but minor numbness. Literally, 30 minutes and Dr. Arakawa was done. I was out the door, the Anesthesia was so precise that I had no problems walking and driving afterward, fully awake with no pain. Now that’s masterwork with anesthesiology.
In fact, even though they had given me a prescription for Vicodin to pick up BEFORE the procedure, they had done such a good job that I had NO swelling and NO pain whatsoever during my recovery period. I was eating solid food that night even, just on the other side of the mouth and irrigating the open wound on the other side to keep it clean. Amazing. If I knew Dr. Arakawa could have done my extraction so easily and so painlessly, I would have done it 15 years ago when I should have done it and I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and a near death experience.
I would highly recommend Dr. Arakawa to anyone looking for an Oral Surgeon.
Also, if your tooth hurts like someone is stabbing you in the face with a ice pick, don’t be a dumbass. Go see a dentist. You could end up nearly dying like me thinking «nah, I can handle pain, only minor kine tough em out». And if you need an extraction, Dr. Arakawa is like the Leon the Professional of Oral Surgeons. He gets the job done, done right, and done quick with no mess and no fuss.

If you ever need your wisdom teeth extracted or if your kid’s need teeth extracted this is definitely the place to go! When I worked for Dr. Chen he would refer patients to go see Dr. Arakawa when they needed teeth extracted.(removed) I can say first hand from experience Dr. Arakawa is very gentle. And he will let you know what he is doing in your mouth during the procedure. He always makes it a point that the patient is comfortable and never in pain during the procedure.