Shelliann Kawamoto, DDS

I shopped around before deciding where to get my invisalign and am very happy I chose Dr. Kawamoto and her team. Super professional, friendly, and fun staff. They make you feel like you are their favorite client!
Parking is a LOT easier now that they built the new structure in front of longs. You can walk over on the 3^rd floor.

Honestly, I don’t have a problem with the doctors. You initially see one for a consultation then are seen by I guess a tech whenever you come in for maintenance. But God forbid life happens and your child doesn’t go back for awhile. While their receptionist tries to come off as nice, her tone drips with condescension. I understand that if my child doesn’t go back regularly it could make the process take longer, however we have great insurance and paid our portion in full when my son had his braces put on. It’s not like I owe them money. I’m an adult and don’t need scolding a from anyone who doesn’t know the issues my family has been going through, nor do I feel ANY inclination to have to explain said issues to a receptionist. Get off your high horse

She is professional and good at what she does. She made wearing braces fun with her sunny personality. She was able to adjust my invisilines to made them work whenever I had a «stubborn tooth». My teeth are straight and look great! I totally got what i paid for! I moved to NY and had to have my last sets of invisilines mailed to me. She was totally accommodating! LOVE HER!

Dr. Shelli ROCKS!!! And I“m not just saying that because my teeth are perfectly straight and gorgeous right now. But if you are looking for a perfectionist, sweet, thorough, warm, and caring orthodontist, look no further. PLUS, her staff rocks, too. From the Ala Moana receptionists to the staff helping all the patients, you can’t ask for better service.
In one instance, I needed to get a wire retainer to move my teeth quick (I have Invisalign), the sweet, sassy, & cute staff let me have a pink, glitter, and glow-​in-​the-​dark acrylic… FUN!!! I always have a great time when I go for my checkups.
And their technology?! You not only get a phone call reminder the day before… BUT you get an email confirmation a week before your appointment. Way to go Dr. Shelli & Co. Thank you for everything! I’m referring you right now… tell Dr. Shelli I sent you!

Where do I begin? If I had to sum up Dr. Shelli in one word, it would have to be: Perfectionist. No, wait. Friendly. No, that’s not it either. OK, I got it! Awesome. Seems like a hard adjective to live up to, doesn’t it? But she is.
I’ve had crooked teeth since I was a kid. Not crooked enough for people to notice and say, «Ewww!» whenever I opened my mouth or smiled. But enough to make me stare in the mirror many a time when I was in high school and ask my mom to get me braces. Mom said, «No.» Tragic, when you’re an impressionable young teen and everyone around you is getting their crooked teeth fixed and you want to just be one of them. So let’s just pretend that a straightened out paper clip is my retainer and that’ll make my teeth straight. *cue violin music here* Needless to say, as an adult, my teeth were still crooked and now the gap between my two front teeth was starting to get noticeable. Not Madonna wide but wide enough where there was no friction between them when I flossed. Too noticeable for me.
So being the planner that I am, I set aside some money in my company’s flexible spending account so I could pay for my new teeth straightening tool via pre-​tax dollars. Smart, huh? With a small amount being taken out of my paycheck every other week, it was hardly even noticeable. And to top it off? I even got some airline mileage when I charged it to my frequent flier card. Score!
I opted for the Invisalign. It’s really like the commercial says, where the girl smiles and says, «Thee, you canth even thell I’m wearing anything rigth?» Your unnatural lisp will go away once you get used to having a foreign object in your mouth 22 hours of the day.
This office has to be the most friendly, technologically advanced dentist I’ve ever visited. I’d get email reminders, text reminders. Reminders reminding me to acknowledge the reminder. And again, another text about an hour before my appointment. A bit obsessive, if you ask me, but I’m probably one of those rare people that actually look at my planner and is on time for things. But then again, I’m not like your normal person who dislikes going to dentist appointments. I actually look forward to teeth cleanings and actually even go an extra time in a year so I can get my teeth cleaned every 4 months instead of 6. Go on and say it with me… weirdo. So the fact that Dr. Shelli is a perfectionist? If I were a guy, I’d totally propose.
I went through my first set of aligners in 8 months, took a break so she could order a refinement set to move one tooth in a little more to get rid of my cross bite and am 7 months into my second set. One more month and I’m done. But can I just say that I’m secretly kind of sad that it’s almost over? I mean, I can do without the trail of saliva connecting my aligners to my mouth, especially in front of some hot guy, and the fact that I can’t randomly eat things without feeling like I need to rinse my mouth or brush my teeth, therefore skipping some MONSTER desserts or snacks that were presented to me… but I’ll let you in on a little secret. That «willpower» people think I had when I refused to eat? It’s called laziness. I just didn’t want to succumb myself to the spit web, satisfy the visual craving that I had for what was shown to me, then have to excuse myself to miss some juicy gossip I could’ve heard instead of brushing my teeth in a gross public restroom. Looks like my «willpower» will be expiring in a month. *Sigh*
Dr. Shelli works in Dr. Tammy Chang-Motooka’s office and they have another office in a part of the island that I don’t venture off to too often. But then again, for a townie like me, going beyond downtown makes me want to pack my overnighter bag to make a pit stop somewhere because the drive is too much. But I realize there are people that live beyond town so I would imagine that it would be convenient to have an office in another area of the island.
If you’re considering an Orthodontist, you DEFINITELY have to go see Dr. Shelli. Like I said, she’s just awesome!