Scott Clayhold, DMD DDS

The office is warm and welcoming, the staff is top notch and Dr. Clayhold is incredibly thorough and caring. I had concerns after my daughter’s surgery and Dr. Clayhold got back to me immediately. I highly recommend Dr. Clayhold to all of my friends and family and would not hesitate a moment to go back if I needed his services again.

In regards to Dr Clayhold and bone grafts –Took my eldest daughter to him for wisdom teeth removal and bone grafts «highly recommended». I like to go w the pro’s opinions so agreed even though the $ 1800 for this was not covered by insurance.
One year later, took my next daughter to him. Was given same line about her needing bone grafts even tho her wisdom teeth not even fully formed (minimal roots developed). Took this daughter for 2^nd opinion and when I asked 2^nd doctor about bone grafts was told for a healthy 17 year old in normal health there is no medical need. They happened to guess that the 1^st recommendation was from Dr Clayhold before I produced the paperwork with his recommendation for her.
Currently know a family having a long recovery (going on 2 months) resulting from Dr C’s wisdom teeth removal/​bone grafts. After 2 rounds of antibiotic, swelling is reduced but still present along with ache and discomfort to this 16 yr old. Dr C did not return phone call to this family on his «emergency» phone either so that first antibiotic prescribed by another doctor
I find Dr Clayhold’s bone grafting recommendations disconcerting now that I have researched more on my own, talked to other families who have not had bone grafts and had this 2^nd opinion.

I had all four of my wisdom teeth taken out by Dr. Clayhold last year. When I went in for the consultation, the office was nice, the staff was very nice and professional. Dr. Clayhold himself seemed very nice, reassuring, and friendly. I was relieved because I have had bad experiences at dentists before, and have been worried about it for months. I came in for the procedure and it was simple enough, went fairly smoothly from what my driver was told.
The next day around 6pm I began vomiting uncontrollably, over 6 times in a few short hours, couldn’t keep ibuprofen, antibiotics or even water down. The bile I was eventually vomiting was causing my incisions to bleed and was leaving me in horrible, excruciating pain. My mom called Dr. Clayhold on his emergency line multiple times and even left a message to see if he could possibly call in a prescription for an anti-​nausea medication. He never picked up, never called back even the next day to see if everything ended up okay. I ended up having to go to the Emergency room where I had an IV drip put in and sat there for two hours while they pumped me full of electrolytes and fluids and anti-​nausea medication because my blood-​pressure and heart rate had been through the roof and I was extremely dehydrated from the vomiting.
I am still in disbelief that a doctor would give an emergency number out, and tell his patients to call if they have any questions or abnormal side effects, and then never even call back to see if they were okay or if the symptoms had subsided.
I was contemplating coming to Dr. Clayhold for some possible gum-​grafts in the near future, and after this experience, I know without any doubt that I will be going some where else and will do my research this time to find a oral surgeon that cares a little more about their patients post-​surgery.
This «doctor» never called back, never checked to see how I was healing, never bothered to respond to the multiple messages my mother had left him. EVEN the ER doctor I saw for the vomiting and dehydration called the next day to see how I was. But Dr. Clayhold couldn’t be bothered. On top of that, when I went in for my initial exam, they told me how much I would owe after speaking to my insurance company ahead of time. That amount was paid in full at the time of the visit, however they have continuously harassed me with a bill for $ 110 more on top of the amount already paid, and have now threatened to send me to collections.
UPDATE: This doctor hides behind his office staff. To this day I have never heard from him or had any personal apology given by him. I have never heard from his staff myself either, they have only contacted my mother saying «Dr. Clayhold is very sorry». Well if Dr. Clayhold was «very» sorry, he should contact his patients HIMSELF. I have worked for numerous doctors, and if there was ever a problem or a patient was upset, the doctor would call the patients themself and make sure the issue was resolved or that the patient knew how sorry they were. This is not an office that is SO busy, that the doctor does not have a free moment to call and leave a message or contact the patient himself. Truly ridiculous.
I do not recommend this office to ANYONE.

I think the earlier high reviews and current low reviews show the decline in professionalism and service at Dr. Clayholds office. Both of my sons had their wisdom teeth removed and all went well. My daughter had hers removed this summer. I was told she needed bone grafts, which it is debatable whether she really did or not. But that made the total cost over $ 4,000. Because I had positive experiences with Dr. Clayhold I didn’t question or get a second opinion. Shame on me. Since then I have been sent someone else’s bill with all of their billing and personal information on it, which means someone else has mine. The office staff doesn’t think this is a big deal. Why then do we have HIPA privacy laws? Now I find out that the office billed my daughters surgery under my husbands insurance so he has a dental emergency and can’t be seen until this is fixed. Save yourself some time and grief, see a different oral surgeon or at least get a second opinion!

My first complaint: My son was in extreme pain for over 3 weeks from a simple wisdom teeth extraction. Their response was to tell him it was normal and to deal with it. Not impressed at all.
Second complaint: When I walked in with my son, they demanded upfront over $ 2100 for three removals: and my son is covered by two insurances. (Bear in mind my husband went somewhere else and got it done for $ 250 OOP. We should have gone there!) The receptionist argued with me over whether or not the secondary insurance was checked. When she realized her mistake she said it only covered $ 500. So out of pocket «until insurance sends in actual reimbursements»: $ 1800. It took them over 8 weeks to file the primary claim, which was bounced back. It’s been nearly 5 months and I still have not heard from them over the claims and reimbursement.
Go somewhere else! They will take your money and never respond back to you. And you will be in unnecessary pain. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
Update: It’s now been 6 months. The dental insurances paid out 3 weeks ago all but $ 400. (Meaning they owe me at this point $ 1200.) I instructed billing to bill the final $ 400 to both medical policies. As of yet neither insurances have been billed. And I still have yet to see any of my money.
Again, do not go to this surgeon. Terrible.

I was referred to Dr Clayhold by a dental clinic in Issaquah, Wa to check a lump in my mouth. Dr Claybold met me and examined me in the waiting room. He did not even take me to a dental clinic room. He decided after looking in my mouth everything was ok and sent me on my way. Now, I have had multiple issues that I have since gone to another Dr for. Please get a second opinion if you see this Dr.

Came here to get my all 4 of my impacted wisdom teeth removed. First called in and had an appointment were I filled out some paper work, had them run an x-​ray. After waiting a bit Dr. Clayhold came in to talk to me, outlined the risk involved, which was minimal, and then went through how the procedure worked. Gave me a sheet explaining what medicine I needed and then had me go talk to someone else to get an estimate of the costs. Overall friendly and professional.
When I came in on the appointment to remove them, they gave me some laughing gas, then put in the IV drip to administer anistetic, then I just fell asleep and woke up in bed at home. Overall very smooth and well done.

Dr. Clayhold is a terrific professional. one of the best in medicine we’ve ever received care from. Our former dentist did an implant to repair a damaged tooth that went horribly. the gum and bone became infected and we ended up referred to Dr. Clayhold due to the seriousness of the situation. With less than 6 hours notice, he fit us in to an extremely busy schedule. He very rapidly assessed the damage (he has terrific 3D imaging technology, astounding stuff), provided stronger drugs to eliminate the infection, and was able to save the implant. without his expertise it was likely the implant would’ve had to been pulled and would’ve taken 6 to 12 months to restore the bone and repair the gums. Enormous pain, stress and expense was spared through his terrific work. can’t praise him enough.

I came to Dr Clayhold dafter a dental implant I had done by a Periodontist, in Seattle, went bad. The implant was infected and I was at serious risk of my infection spreading and loosing my implant.
When I first choose my implant team I had done a lot of research and thought I had a solid provider. Looking back, I would urge everyone considering an implant to only consider an Oral Surgeon. The training and education between a periodontist or a Prosthodontist and a surgeon is monumental.
Secondly, because of Dr Clayhold’s expertise my dental emergency had a very happy ending. Right down to the warm and comfortable office space his team is top rate.
Dr Clayhold was in close contact with me throughout the pre and post op period.
I highly recommend Dr Clayhold’s practice.

My son just had his third procedure with Dr. Clayhold. The first was for extraction of wisdom teeth and the following two were procedures requested by his orthodontist to help his back molars come into the mouth. Dr. Clayhold made him feel very comfortable each time. He set expectations appropriately and followed up to make sure he was doing well. Overall, it was a great experience each time.

My daughter had all four of her wisdom teeth extracted by Dr. Clayhold. He was very confident that this would be an easy procedure with minimal recovery time. This was NOT a good experience.
–Recovery was really painful, she could not sleep and had a lot of swelling.
–When trying to reach the clinic after the surgery, there was no answer. After many attempts I sent my sister in to let them know my daughter was having a rough time.
–No apologies, only excuses as to why they didn’t hear the phone.
–There was no interest in seeing my daughter post op, even though she was in terrible pain (recently the office told me that we were offered several post op appts) NOT TRUE
–I made a direct complaint to the Doctor and he did not seem interested, and only made the point that my daughters reaction to the extraction was rare (it is the only one she had) She had a full week of severe pain.
–My daughter also called the doctor after a week because her stitches were loose (it took him a long time to call her back), he just told her to cut them out– still didn’t ask to see her
–I was required to make a large payment at time of service to pay the difference after the insurance payment. 6 months later I was sent a bill for more money. This procedure was overpriced.
–My second daughter just had her wisdom teeth removed at another clinic (I didn’t want to return to this one) and my payout was ¹⁄₃ the amount-​same amount of teeth and she had general anesthesia too.

Dr. Clayhold removed my daughter’s wisdom teeth in December. At the time of the surgery, we were required to make a payment even though our insurance would cover 80% of the surgery. The payment we were required to make was in excess of 20% of the cost. Our insurance made the payment to Dr. Clayhold in mid January. That payment resulted in a credit balance. It is now March 7^th and we have still not received our refund. I called in early February and was told there did apear to be a credit (wonder if I would have received a refund had I not called). A check would be mailed in a month. I called again this week. Still no check. No return call.
The surgery went fine. Never heard from the doctor after surgery though. Didn’t really make my daughter comfortable taking her into surgery… she is very scared of dental/​surgical procedures.
Good thing this was a one time experience because I would not use this doctor again. I hope to get the refund due to us.

I recently had my wisdom teeth extracted by Dr. Clayhold. I’m a big baby about this stuff and he did a great job of making the process as anxiety free as possible. He gave me really solid expectations and instructions. At first I was really nervous about the fact that they did IV sedation instead of the gassing to sleep method as they give you laughing gas first and you don’t even end up noticing the IV. He even called my house personally the next day to check up on me and answer any questions I might have. The office is really well setup as well for the conveinence of your driver and my wife was really impressed by how smoothly run it was.