Daniel M Schulze, DDS

Dr. Schulze is great-he’s thorough and honest. He really takes time with each patient to understand their dental issues. I appreciate that he doesn’t seem hurried or out for $. His dental hygenist, Marissa, does a great job cleaning my teeth. I have dental insurance but his charges do not seem excessively high, especially considering his office is located in Menlo Park. Highly recommended.

After moving to the Bay Area I struggled for 2 years with dentists until I was referred to Dr. Schulze by a co-​worker. He is just the right doc for me: professional, honest, conservative, gentle, friendly. I am lucky to have him as my dentist for 10 years and counting. I like that he does cleaning himself and I like how he does it. I trust him 100% whether he says «Lets watch it» or «I think we need to take care of it». All work that he had done on me (a crown, an implant, fillings) is of a good quality, it matches perfectly with my teeth, and it is long lasting (no replacements or fixes yet). Appointments are always on time. Dr. Schulze assistant Chantal always calls a day before to confirm the appointment and sends reminder cards for regular cleanings.
I highly recommend Dr. Schulze to my friends and to anyone who is looking for a good dentist.

Dr. Schulze & Chantel are the best! They are always so accomodating and professional. My kids LOVE Dr. Schulze — my littlest (6) said she wants to be a dentist because of her treatment there. I had to have a root canal (after walking around with a broken tooth for a few months (I am not a great patient)) and he fixed me up and took his time — which I totally appreciate. I have a crown that never gives me problems (over 1 year now) and I never have a hard time scheduling appointments. Chantel always gets back to me in a timely manner. I wish there were more than 5 stars to give!

I Love this man! and woman (Chantal his assistant)! Dr. Schultz is one of the first dentists that I have been to in a very long time that I feel like I can trust. I have had the good fortune have having good dental insurance and I have had many dentist take advantage of that and do unnecessary work.
Dr. Schultz is honest and conscientious, and does great work. My entire family is now going to him.

Finding a good dentist is like finding a good mechanic. You want someone you can trust, who is honest and isn’t taking you on some BS ride for your money making up problems that don’t exist. When you find a good one, you want to keep them for as long as you can.
My experience with Dr. Schulze is about a decade old as well…
The first time I saw Dr. Schulze was for a second opinion on a cavity. I had first seen a dentist who was friends with a lady I worked for and had done extensive work on a co-​worker of mine. I had met him many times before, he seemed friendly enough and I decided to give him a try. He found a cavity on a back tooth and told me I needed a crown. My mom couldn’t believe it was so severe and before I had any work done, she talked me into seeing Dr. Schulze to double check. He said it was only a tiny cavity! Nothing that needed such drastic work as a crown. He drilled out just a tiny bit of tooth and put in a very small filling. That experience left me with confidence that Dr. Schulze is honest, trustworthy and not out to demolish perfectly good teeth for the sake of a higher pay check. I shudder to think how much unneeded drilling my co-​worker must have gone through at the hands of that dentist who was not as conservative as Dr. Schulze and obviously in it for the money, not what is best for his clients.

Daniel Schulze is the second of only 2 dentists I’ve ever been to… and I’m 53 years old!
My pediatric dentist kept his patients into adulthood, until he retired. At that time he recommended Dr. Schulze. I wanted a dentist who did the cleaning himself.
His work is always conservative. Only drills the minimal amount needed, after thoughtful consideration. He knows I prefer not to have novocaine whenever possible. So, he advises me with that in mind.
BTW… re: Kate T.‘s review… my inlay lasted longer than expected. (I have a very ‘heavy bite’ and chew my food very thoroughly) And, he takes the time to carefully adjust and polish fillings because the patient has the best result this way. You have to live intimately with it for a long time so, it shouldn’t be a distraction to the tongue or create jaw problems. I appreciate that!
I also appreciate that he and Chantel don’t make me feel hurried like they are running an assembly line to cram as many patients as possible into each day. It’s more about my dental needs, not about making top dollar!
Dr. Schulze has always shown the highest integrity and professionalism while at the same time is friendly is genuine. They both ask about family and remember details from the last visit!
Unfortunately, they just don’t make’um like Dr. Schulze anymore! What a shame! Selfishly, I hope he doesn’t retire until he’s 80!

I can’t seat back and let this person Kate T. disrespect the ethically dentist Dr. Schulze really is. Kate is not a dentist she didn’t go to school for eight years. When your in school you do have patients. And it’s extensive amounts hours in training with professor’s evaluating your work.
Kate you should be very grateful that Dr. Schulze spent so much time doing your fillings. I work in the dental field and the reason why Dr. Schulze was taking «so long» was because you had extensive decay and when your a good dentist when there is extensive decay you want to remove it slow because the dentist doesn’t want to disturb the nerve. If you are disturb the nerve then you need a root canal. Dr. Schulze wanted to be conservative in doing a large filling you probably needed a crown. Sometimes when there is more filling material rather than tooth structure fillings can fail. Regarding the polishing it’s important that a filling is polished. You want to be able to floss and your filling to be smooth to your tongue. If you have a great dentist then you don’t have to worry about overhang in the filling which causes gum irritation and it’s important to make sure the filling is set correctly to your bite which that can cause a toothache or jaw pain.
My duty today was to set things clear that Dr. Schulze is incorrect able dentist. I use to work with Dr. Schulze and I know a great dentist when I work with one. Dr. Schulze loves being a dentist and he is a honorable person and he values great dentistry and patient care. So please don’t
read Kate evaluation she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

This review is a little over a decade out of date, but i’m going to write it anyway.
I cannot recommend Dr. Schulze, unless he’s vastly improved in the intervening years (which seems unlikely, as he wasn’t fresh out of dental school or anything back then).
My regular dentist decided he had too many patients, so he transferred some of us over to Dr. Schulze without really telling us (they shared an office at the time). Any time i needed a filling, the appointments took forever, often well over an hour when i’d never had a dentist take more than ~45 minutes before or since. It turns out there were two reasons he took so long: 1) he really, really likes smoothing and polishing fillings far more than necessary, and 2) he drilled out more tooth than necessary, resulting in large fillings even for tiny cavities.
And the best part was that his fillings were so bad, some of them would come loose or fall out entirely within a year or two. This, of course, meant another visit to Dr. Schulze to replace it, and resulting in an even larger filling, etc.
I’ve gone through more than a few dentists over the years, and i’ve never had as much trouble with any of them or their work as i had with Dr. Schulze and his work.