Albern L Spoolstra, DDS

If I had to go somewhere to get wisdom teeth pulled, I sure am glad I went to Dr. Spoolstra’s office. First off, the staff was delightful. First I met with Tammy and she was extremely welcoming and helpful. Sheila prepped me for the surgery and she was kind, thorough and set my mind at ease. Secondly, scheduling was very easy. I called and was scheduled the next week. I did the consultation on Thursday and the extraction of Friday. Worked out perfectly with my schedule. Finally, the procedure was as fast and easy as advertised. Dr. Spoolstra came in, introduced himself again, and did his thing. Less than an hour later, I was walking out (with some assistance of course). I am currently 48 hours post surgery and I no longer need pain pills and am eating solid food again. Highly recommend this place!

I would definitely recommend Dr. Spoolstra and his staff when it comes to having your wisdom teeth removed. My dentist referred me to him because she noticed that both of my lower wisdom teeth were impacted. Dr. Spoolstra did a terrific job at explaining what would be done on the day of surgery and was patient in answering my questions. The lady at the front desk was also really nice and would regularly update me on the financial aspect of things (which I really appreciated).
Fast forward to the day of surgery I was very anxious but Sheila did an amazing job at alleviating my fears. She also did a good job at taking care of me post-​operatively. I am so happy that the whole process was relatively quick and easy. Thank you Dr. Spoolstra and Staff!

They get straight to business! Honestly, when you’re dealing with pain from a wisdom tooth, all that matters is getting the darn impacted tooth out ASAP & a smooth recovery! I was referred to this office & got freaked out by the previous 1 star ratings.
My dentist’s office referred me to Spoolstra’s office & set me up for a 9AM appointment early this month.
I go in at 830AM to fill out my application because I was too lazy to do it online from home (+ my wisdom tooth was killing me) .
By the time I finished it using their laptop, they called me in on time! Appointments here matter A+++ for that.
Skip the whole pre-​surgery/​X-​ray deal, Miss Carmen was helpful & nice! Dr. Spoolstra came in to fill me in with more details & reassured that I would be fine because I was nervous. Although, I had the one wisdom tooth killing me, only two of the other three would eventually bring pain just as bad. So I decided to take out all three
I finally get in the surgery mode & the ladies and Dr. Spoolstra were in gear to extract my teeth Great job calming me down right before putting me to sleep lol I could hear how fast my heart was beating through the monitor
I woke up with gauze in my mouth. Miss Carmen helped me into a small recovery room where she let me rest up until I was no longer dizzy lol
Fast forward to my follow up. Spoolstra was a tad bit late– nice of him to actually let me know he got held up in traffic! I told them how my recovery went smooth because I actually slept in right after my surgery until the following day.
His staff are real easy to talk to as well! The nice dental assistant who gets to spend time with her grandson Tuesdays rocks!
Overall, I would recommend this place if you’re looking for a place to extract your wisdom teeth

Daughter had surgery since I didn’t let the staff get to me. We come back a week later to remove stitches n packing. 2 days later I noticed a weird smell, and come to realize that the dr forgot to remove the packing. If I wouldn’t of notice, who knows what infection my poor child would have got.

The receptionist was on the phone making a lunch date for the followings day while I stood there waiting to check in. Once she completed her call she ask my name and immediately started texting so I had to repeat my name. My daughters were referred here to have all four of their wisdom teeth removed and were charged different amounts and the receptionist could not explain why and when I requested to speak to someone else about she said she was the only person that handled billing. I did not get a satisfactory answer. The girls both had only used the insurance once for a cleaning. I plan to contact the Better Business Bureau in hopes of finding a satisfactory answer. I have no complaints about the Dr or the back office staff. They were nice and professional. My daughter that had her procedure last week is doing fine. If money is not an object and you don’t care about front office service then I would recommend this Dentist.

The office is old school. The ladies are lovely and Dr. Spoolstra is a true pro! I visited the office on ¹²⁄₃₁ to have 2 wisdom teeth removed. The assistants were incredible and made me perfectly comfortable and explained everything i should expect during the oral surgery. Dr. Spoolstra is a pretty straight forward guy. He told me his recommendation and explained other alternatives. I was put to sleep and a few minutes later I woke up with gauze in my mouth. 45 minutes later I was shopping with hubby in Costco. 2 hours later I was eating mashed potatoes for dinner.
I have referred several friends and strangers to this office. My husband is going this Friday. I could not believe how easy this oral surgery was. Dr. Spoolstra is a true pro. No wonder my mom referred me :) I highly recommend this office and will continue being seen here.

Absolutely the worst place to ever go to. DO NOT GO THERE, REGARDLESS IF YOU WERE REFEREED OR NOT. I went there in March for extraction of 4 wisdom teeth. Surgery went smoothly although he left my holes open which took about a month to heal. I was also in pain for a week. Other than that it was ok, to say the least. I was told i would need to pay 800 out of pocket so i then applied for care credit card and was only allowed a limit of 500, therefore i paid 300 on my debit card right then and there before my surgery. Two months after i received a payment notice of 1,000 from them. WERID! Because the front desk lady (who by the way has no education) told me my insurance would cover the rest, did she call them? no. Did she double check? no. She read it off a paper. There was no way i could fight paying this, i even called my insurance company (pramera) and was told they had already gave me the allocated amount for the year and they would have given them that information if they called. I have since then been making payments monthly. But every time i call its like i am speaking to a 12 year old, i am not given a confirmation number or a statement balance. I AM YOUNGER THAN THE LADIES AT THE OFFICE and i CANNOT COMPREHEND HOW you would not give the patient that information. My recent statement reflected an incorrect balance, with a note saying: this is your final notice. i made a payment in August, why would it say that? Needless to say i called and had them figure that out since they have no sense on cohesiveness and organization there. IDOTS. I have been very patient and just looked the other way when i called and the girls would be like «um whats your last name? wait what? again? i can’t find your chart?» until today. Today was the last straw. SEND ME MY STATEMENTS ON A MONTHLY AND TIMELY SCHEDULE AND START BEING EFFICIENT !

Dr Spoolstra and the women that work here are amazing. I went in yesterday for a tooth abstraction and and a bone graph for a dental implant. I was so scared and uneasy because I hate being put under and so scared about being in pain but the girls made me so comfortable and were all so nice.
Normally I wake up after surgery feeling nauseated so I told the doc before and he made sure to give me the proper meds to make sure that didn’t happen. And to my surprise I woke up to no pain and feeling great.
I highly recommend them!

This dentist tried to trick me into paying more than my insurance will allow. They purposely withheld information from my insurance causing them to deny my claim. Luckily I checked with my insurance and subsequently approved my claim, I’m going to another dentist.

This was my first time having any type of surgery, the staff was very professional and friendly and addressed all my concerns. The procedure was quick and painless. After the procedure, I was still without pain and my swelling went away after 3 days. I loved that they seemed to be really concerned about my welfare especially during this day in time.

Dr. Spoolstra and his staff are very professional & friendly! I have gone to him for years for various procedures and have always been more than satisfied with the results. Highly recommend!

I actually had a good experience here. I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed almost two weeks ago and, (this is a big one for me) the staff was very friendly and caring. I appreciated that they gave me an appointment quickly and once there, they were very fast and I was out of there much earlier than expected. I am still having some pain in my jaw, but I do understand that everyone heals differently and I’ve heard stories of people being fine the next day and of people being miserable and out of work for weeks. In my case, I have to give it some time and see how I progress, if not I’ll be sure to go back but I do seem to get better everyday and I’m glad that I got the issue taken care of, I was terrified to do it, but now that it’s done I feel like a huge load was lifted off my back.

Such a waste of time. So I go to this office yesterday to get an incision done because I got a staph infection in my throat. Fresh out of the hospital and I’m still on IV antibiotics. With my insurance they wanted to charge me over $ 400. For an incision and drainage. $ 67 for the xray would have been fine, but $ 350 for general anethesia is way over the top. Especially when local would have been enough and free for me. This guy is obviously only out to get money. He didn’t even come and speak to me the whole time I was there. The only reason I know what he looks like is because of his picture here on Unilocal.No one even had a reason as to why I needed general anesthesia other than local is «just too much» and «he’s an oral surgeon». How is local just too much when I’m barely even swollen anymore? I don’t want to be put to sleep, simple as that. Not unless it’s necessary. In this case it absolutely was not. Even if they did end up taking out my wisdom tooth at the same time. This place is a huge joke. The woman in the front was nice enough I guess. In a fake, let me see how much I milk you for kind of way. Pick someone else if you need work done. This guys could care less about his patients. He never even spoke to me.

I’ve had my teeth removed before but was never put to sleep so when I came in to get my wisdom teeth removed I was beyond scared, especially since I would hear horror stories of people using anesthesia and not waking up. The dental assistants were very comforting and gave me laughing gas to calm my nerves. After one giggle I feel the IV going into my vein and next thing I know I’m waking up in the chair and my face is numb. Dr. Spoolstra and the nurses carefully guided me into the recovery room where my boyfriend (driver) was already waiting. I fell asleep while they gave my boyfriend extensive details on what to do and what not to do following the surgery.
It took a while for the blood to clot so around 11:30pm I called the office who transferred me to Dr. Spoolstra personally who gave me great detail on what to do to help stop the bleeding. It worked! And I felt extremely cared about that my doctor was able to help me at such a late time.
The day after surgery I woke up to a voicemail from the office seeing how I was feeling and if the bleeding had stopped, which was also very nice. I was in minimal pain and was able to go out to lunch for my grandmothers birthday. I’m glad my doctor recommended me to Dr. Spoolstra, they actually care about their customers and I would recommend anyone that needed oral surgery to them.

I went to see Dr. Spoolstra in his Bellflower Blvd office based on the 5-​star review he had recieved, but I must warn all that this doctor is not 5-​star quality. I have never had surgery before, so while his staff of nurses were very nice, polite, and reassuring, the doctor himself was terse, impersonable, and mechanical in his approach. I had 4 wisdom teeth removed. I appreciated that he gave me pain killers before I woke up. I was pain free for two hours before it wore off. Since then, I’ve continued to be on pain killers because the wisdom teeth extraction still hurt. My gum was not sutured, as standard procedures suggest. He simply said that the wounds will clot and heal itself. I still have a gaping hole in my gum that causes pain to radiate to the nearby tooth. After a week, the pain and hilatosis combined had me worried that it can lead to a gum infection. When I came back for the check-​up, the doctor was less encouraging than before. Within 5 minutes, he quickly answered (in a dissmissive manner) my concerning questions, told me my body will heal itself, and sent me home with a syringe to squirt water into the holes. Since then, the hilatosis is gone but the pain remains and the recover will continue to be slow as the hole tries to fill itself in the coming weeks/​months. I’ve heard my friends describe their painless recovery from surgeries performed by other dentists. I wish I had been in town to visit those dentists instead of Spoolstra. He’s a competent, experienced dentist, but if you’re looking for a thorough, caring doc, do yourself the favor and look elsewhere. Lastly, I was unimpressed by the follow-​up phone call, which was primarily to confirm my listed address.