Gary Glasband, DDS

I love mu dentist. Past dentist drove me to my psychologist. This ones the best and hes gentle.

Waited for my second visit to write this review and they did it again-​incomparable service! Such a nice office staff. Everyone made me feel calm and comfortable throughout my visit. Leaving with clean teeth and a big smile! Thanks Dr. Glasband and staff!

I have this amazing fear of going to the dentist it really does involve a few shrink visits for this introvert. I just had my two back teeth cemented in, I must say what a gentle dentist and how nice and kindDR. Glasband and his staff were. I will for sure be going back. I must add my two back teeth are better then before.

A personable and honest dentist. His work is excellent and staff is very friendly. I have been seeing Dr. Glasband for years now.

I had a problem tooth. Hard-​to-​reach. Needed to go. Not the kind that gets ground on and filled. It was the kind that just needed to go away. 1^st dentist I went to wouldn’t touch it. Oral surgeon he referred me to would have been expensive and of course it would have been a surgical solution (oh, and that guy was «out for a month» so there was even more waiting involved.). It was an honest solution, just an expensive one.
Dr. Glasband was able to safely and quickly pull the tooth thus solving my problem. In and out like I was just there for a checkup or some other similar simple procedure. Nice part was because of his initial analysis of the problem, it prevented both excessive trauma and expensive surgery. Obviously every situation is different so what worked for me might not work for someone else. But clearly this dentist was careful to make sure what he was doing was safe and that my recovery time would be short with as little pain as possible. And, unlike the medical DR where you call today and then they get you in sometime next month, this dentist’s office fit me in VERY quickly. Office was clean and the people were professional too.
So yes, I would recommend Dr. Glasband.

I have had a great experience with this office. Everyones so nice and professional. Ive been too plenty of shady dentist offices but this ones legit. Dr. Glasband obviously knows his trade and will explain every little thing he does articuately. Had a root canal today and only discomfort comes from having my mouth open for the hour. Common sense. i dont know what the other reviewer was blabbin about (the only negative nelly). Theres also alot of modern equipment and they even do the xrays from the same chair you get all your work done in. Fancy! Ive always been hesitant of the dentist but so far so good here.

I have no problem w/​Dr Glasband personally. I went in b/​c I received a letter offering free exray and discount on cleaning. Well like your car, they advised me I needed more work done, so I paid for a deep cleaning.
My complaint is not w/​the entire staff nor their professionalism. What I have aproblem with was the hygenist, I simply said my tooth area was not numb. So I would expect her to inject me in the area I pointed out, well she wanted to save time-​not that I needed any I was not in a hurry, but she gave me a shot directly in my nerve. The shot was directed right where my jaw bone is, well needless to say her comment «I got it where it starts– the nerve so it should not take long at all.»
I didn’t have a problem waiting for the shot to take if she had placed it where it was noted, instead she hit me so hard it went into my nerve area… Well instead of it not taking long, it took over three weeks. I am still annoyed since I went back and discussed this with Dr Glasbland he simply «schooled» me on how this happens to many and how I will have to do mouth exercises to correct the mistake. I simply couldn’t open my mouth all the way, it was painful to say the least. And by three weeks later I still can’t get my mouth around a sandwich. Had he informed me that he was going to speak to his hygenist regarding her lack of tackfulness and over zealous «time managment» strategy I would have been ok with that.
Instead I get a lecture, a couple of tongue depressors to help spread my mouth open wider and work on getting my mouth to open as much as it did before. I used to open it at 26 milimeters, now it opens to barely 16. As long as I have been going to a dentist, and that is over 40 years now, I HAVE NEVER BEEN HIT IN THE NERVE W/​A SHOT, SO IT IS NOT COMMON AND I DON’T APPRECIATE THE DENTIST NOT SPEAKING TO HIS EMPLOYEE WHO DID MADE THE MISTAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE. HOw many other clients does she use this approach on when she is in a hurry to finish? That means others walk out with a sore mouth, a jaw that wont open properly and clicks when you eat your food? Well that was me, and I don’t think it needed to happen in the first place!
Of course the dr explained I may need to come back and get something to wear at night to help my jaw from clicking and put it back into place. I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. And I certainly don’t want to pay for a mouth guard to correct their mistake. I will not return, had he admitted his hygenist mistake and took the right course of action I would be returning in 3 months. My mistake was answering an ad in the mail.
I suggest the next time a client complains, that the DR take it seriously and investigate it more by speaking to the dental hygenist who took the action in the first place. I have spoke to others and nobody has had their nerve shot w/​novicane directly in the bone except one. Her trigeneral nerve was hit and it left her with «shingles»
Thank god I am not older than 65 this could have happend to me. I am sure the Dr’s young hygenist has no idea what «shingles» is nor will she since he doesn’t seem to think they have a problem.

Dentists and I go waaaaayyyyyy back, like a set of Ataris (
). I’ve been a steady in their chairs since I can remember, probably due to genetics combined with my love of novelty candy. Either way I am one of those people that need teeth cleaning every 4 months instead of 6 because I produce more plaque than normal. Hey, even my teeth are overachievers! Beyond that I have odd fillings and only 1 out of 4 of my wisdom teeth so my mouth is a *slight* mess.
Dr. Gary Glasband and all of his staff are extremely pleasant and professional and I couldn’t be happy to have this dentist to call my own in Long Beach. They have been able to schedule me on short notice and have such state-​of-​the-​art equipment and views on dentistry he’s even been featured in Reader’s Digest. (That’s not how I found him though. I, of course, used Unilocal.)
If you need a routine cleaning or even something more serious and you don’t have a steady dentist in your life I definitely recommend this office.

My husband and I both go to Dr. Glasband and he is by far the best dentist I have ever been to and I have been to many many dentists in my life. I actually look forward to going to his office, because he and his staff are so professional, gentle, and kind. They have all the latest dental technology, they explain everything in detail before they do it, and they don’t try to rip you off. Plus, he is really funny and honest, which puts you at ease. My mouth was a mess and he and his staff have done wonders. The office is clean, the bathrooms are clean, and there is plenty of parking. I would highly recommend his office.