J Wesley Taylor, DDS

Dr. Taylor’s responsiveness was truly exceptional. We contacted him at 2:30 pm on Saturday. Even thought he was closing at 3:00 pm he agreed to see my adult daughter. My daughter had experienced a deteriorating tooth that resulted in a visit to the Emergency Room the previous evening (Christmas night). The pain intensified and required immediate dental care. His «bedside» manner was excellent. I had the opportunity to be in the room and his attention to detail was exceptional. He was very thorough in describing every step in the process, was concerned about her pain level and her comfort during the extraction, and was very detailed in describing her aftercare treatment. The entire process took less than an hour and gave her immediate relief and a positive sense of comfort after this very painful negative event.
Providing emergency dental services on weekends is rare. It is even more rare to have a Dentist with his level of caring, competency and responsiveness.
Dr. Fred McFarlane

Dr Taylor was extremely polite and efficient, explaining every step along the way and ensuring I had minimal pain.
I was unable to sleep due to tooth pain, and the next morning Dr Taylor agreed to meet me in an hour from my call to take a look at the issue. He was up front about how he works with insurance, and made sure that am the procedure was explained in full before work began.
I would return to Dr Taylor for any future emergency dentist needs.

Goggled an emergency dentist and Dr. Taylor came up. What a nice man. He loves helping people in dental pain. He saw the problem immediately, gave me meds, and referred me to a specialist. Man was I in pain. the pain didn’t leave right away but Dr. Taylor bedside manners helped.

Dr Taylor is a blessing!!! Thank you so much for easing my 14 year old daughters horrible tooth pain. I knew there was no way she could wait until Monday to go to the dentist! Horrible pain all Saturday night. Called Dr Taylor at 7:30am on Sunday and he saw my daughter at 8:30am Sunday. She had an abscessed tooth and he was able to drain the infection without any pain!
Thank God! He eased her mind and explained every process. He made sure if she felt any pain, he would stop and make sure she was numbed up enough before continuing. He was so kind and compassionate! I can’t give him enough stars! Thank you Dr. Taylor!

Dr. Taylor is a miracle worker. Before I saw him, I spent the night tossing and turning with a pain that felt like a hot knife was running from the base of my neck to the front of my forehead with an electric shock to follow shortly after. Let’s just say things weren’t going well and I have a high tolerance for pain, but this was something different.
I called him up before his business hours and he got back to me a half an hour before he opened up shop. He only works on the weekends — if he worked the whole week I’d be a regular patient. He saw me promptly and I was in and out of there in less than thirty minutes. Unfortunately for me, several hours went by and I noticed the pain was back with a vengeance so I rang up Dr. Taylor and he said to come in immediately because of my pain. I mean, I’ve been to many dentists and I’ve never once had one that was as caring as Dr. Taylor.
His prices are completely reasonable and he removed the extra problematic tooth for me with little pain. He really cares about you and tells you everything that he’s about to do to ease the tension and fear that some may have when visiting a dentist and he works fast so you’re not spending 45 minutes to an hour waiting. He even has a sign that says he wants you to feel as little pain as possible. I felt super taken care of and I can’t recommend him enough. It makes me believe that there are still people out there who care for your general well being instead of trying to make a quick buck off of you who couldn’t care less.
If you’re in pain and ready to take a sludge hammer to the face, you should call him up first.

I had terrible tooth pain during Thanksgiving vacation 3000 miles from home. Thankfully we found Dr. Taylor on Unilocal.He treated the infection from an abscess on a Sunday. The work was done quicly. professionally and with no pain. He is very friendly and explained each step. I highly recommend him.

About a month ago, I called Dr. Taylor because I had a wisdom tooth that was impacting my other teeth. The pain was the worse pain I had ever experienced, I didn’t sleep the whole night. I called sunday morning (after seeing all the great reviews about him) and explained my situation and also explained previous x rays I had already had on my wisdom tooth. After a two hour drive I arrived at a beat up complex that looked like an old three story hotel. His office was clean with just a three panel wall separating his desk and the dentist chair. He was very friendly however, he uses out of date equipment specially when taking x rays. It took four painful tries to finally get a descent x ray. After finally taking a good enough x ray he then told me he couldn’t do it and charge me $ 100 for the visit which I eventually got it down to $ 80. He then told me I had to see a specialist. I was there for less than 20 minutes. He also really pushed the whole concept of leaving good reviews for him in order to get more business which I thought was unprofessional.
I ended up going to Tijuana where I found a great dentist who pulled out my so called complicated wisdom tooth quickly and painless, (I didn’t feel a thing) He stitched me up and prescribed me medication. The whole procedure cost me $ 100 dollars!!! I then went to my original dentist the following day to make sure everything was done right (which it was).
In the end, I felt very disappointed on my visit with Dr. Taylor. I drove about two hours and spent $ 80 dollars (broke college student) all for painful x rays and for him to simply say he couldn’t do it. I also question the validation of all the other reviews specially since he really pushes for people to post good reviews.

Dr. Taylor did a great job explaining to me the reason why my tooth was causing pain, what he could do on an emergency basis and what follow up I need when I am home from vacation. I have never needed dental work before, so I was a little nervous. He did a wonderful job calming my nerves and talking through everything he was doing. He followed up the next morning to see how I was doing which was great too. I hope to not ever need an emergency dentist again, but if I do or someone I know does in the San Diego area, he would be the one!

Dr. Taylor was the best. I took a spill and messed up my front teeth. It was the weekend and I thought it was hopeless. But he got me in first thing saturday morning, put all my teeth back in the right spot, and splinted everything. Prices were very reasonable (which was great because I didn’t have insurance) and the 3 follow up appointments I needed were included in the initial price. I can’t say enough good things.

At first I was hesitant about the place because it looked like I was entering an apartment complex, reminded me of the movie Hostel. LOL!.. Dr. Taylor is awesome! He definitely knows how to distract you from thinking about the excruciating pain of getting an extraction. He assured i would not feel any pain during the procedure and he didn’t lie! =) Now i can finally sleep tonight! Thanks Doc! FYI. He even showed me how to get/​file re-​imbursement, his emergency extraction price is very reasonable. No highway robbery here! =) Good luck on that tooth! =D

Pain — Dec. 23 – 25, 2013.
Day 1 — The pain in my mouth, particularly in my tooth, was so intense that it kept me awake all night. The next day, my left cheek started swelling. I decided to do some unsuccessful home remedies from the internet for the pain in my tooth.
My regular dentist was on a two week vacation for the holidays.
My husband was really worried since day 1 and started searching for an emergency dentist on the internet. I thought that it would be difficult and expensive to find a dentist around Christmas time.
Day 2– My pain was so intense that I had to try sleeping in a seated position. By now, regular pain relievers didn’t work any more.
That’s when I decided to go to urgent care. After hours of waiting and even more pain, the doctor gave me antibiotics and a common pain reliever.
Day 3– On Christmas Day, I decided I couldn’t wait no longer. I could not even enjoy my Christmas brunch or presents from my husband and family. My gums started to swell and a cyst started to grow inside my gums. I then told my husband to call Dr. Taylor.
That was the best decision I have ever taken in relation to the pain I was experiencing. He was an angel in taking away almost all of the pain; by just lancing that section of my mouth, I almost fell asleep in his operating chair. My fear of needles was not in my mind anymore. He even gave us each a gift, a mini flashlight for our keys.

Dr. Taylor has something good going on, he only practices his craft on the weekends, just for people like me. He really cares about how much pain you are in and strives to relieve your pressure. Thank you for being there on a Sunday Dr. Taylor.

When flossing on a Friday night my composite on my central incisor broke when I pulled down on the floss. I called Saturday mid-​morning and met Dr. Taylor within an hour at his office. Fast, friendly, straightforward, and honest with pricing! He gave me honest advice to make it until I could see my regular dentist in Seattle over Spring break. He also provided me with all of the necessary paperwork to file with my insurance for reimbursement. I highly recommend his services! I noticed that he also offers a discount if you pay for his services with cash, but he does take credit card payment as well.

Woke up Sunday morning with a horrible toothache. I didn’t even get any sleep because of how unbearable the pain was. So I began researching dental offices that were open on Sundays (usually dental offices are closed on Sunday) and I was lucky enough to find Dr. Taylor. I saw he had great reviews both on Unilocal and Google. I called him and explained my symptoms then he asked me to come right away to see him. When I arrived to his dental office he was so attentive and helpful. After explaining my symptoms more in detail he told me that I had an infection on my nerve and as a result I would need to get a root canal. He then gave me a few options to relieve the pressure and pain from my tooth. I decided to take an antibiotic and medication to relieve the pain. It would also allow me to get the procedure done by my own dentist. And in the meantime the antibiotic would help the swelling go down from the infection. Nobody likes going to the dentist but my experience with Dr. Taylor even with the pain I was feeling turned out to be very pleasant indeed. I definitely recommend seeing him if you ever have a dental emergency.
Thank you Dr. Taylor :)

My mom was visiting from the east coast and was having throbbing pain in one of her teeth. I called Dr. Taylor early on a Saturday and he agreed to meet within an hour. He was wonderful! He took X-​rays of the tooth for my mom to bring back to her dentist and gave her antibiotics to prevent infection and medicine to treat the pain until she could see her dentist to have a root canal. He was thorough and caring and knew exactly what he was doing. It was great to now have an emergency local resource for visitors!

Suddenly my wisdom teeth were killing me and I could tell I was getting an infection. I went to urgent care on a Saturday in the hopes of coming home with pain killers and antibiotics to buy some time until I could get in to see someone the following week. They would not give me any antibiotics but they did give me pain killers.
I was really concerned because I knew there was an infection. On a Sunday morning (over Memorial Day weekend!!), I called quite a few dentists offices all over San Diego and left voicemail after voicemail… I was dreading waiting until Tuesday to even reach a dentist to set an appointment AND I was dreading the thought of having to take time off work to get it done.
Then I called Dr. Taylor. He answered after two rings and I let him know what was going on. He empathized with my pain and was able to get to the office to see me 45 minutes later. Before setting the appointment, he explained how everything would go, gave me an idea on pricing and made sure I had directions to his office.
Throughout the process he explained everything that was going on and what he was going to do next. I was nervous about the whole experience but from the minute I arrived, I began to feel more and more comfortable. The entire appointment took an hour and fifteen minutes (including the paperwork in the beginning and the payment at the end). The entire wisdom tooth extraction probably took one to two minutes MAX.
Dr. Taylor gave me a prescription for antibiotics (I already had enough pain killers) and I was on my way. I asked him at the end of my appointment if I could schedule routine appointments with him since he works on Saturdays and because I was so thrilled with the entire experience, but he only does emergency work. I would definitely recommend him to anyone in pain who needs to see a dentist right away.

What an amazing dentist! Nicest guy, retired with a ton of experience who truly enjoys what he does. He is retired and only works the w/​e to help people who need help when no other dentists are open. Love him! :)
My story: i was having HORRIBLE wisdom tooth pain, even tho i was scheduled to have all 4 removed in a week i couldn’t take the pain of one of them that was badly infected. Antibiotics & vicoden were not helping. I called Dr Taylor Saturday morning around 830 & was in his office around 9, tooth pulled by 930, home by 10. Couldn’t have been happier.
Also, he takes insurance, but you have to pay him upfront & then send the claim into your insurance company for reimbursement.

I rated him «excellent» on Google and I wanted to share that rating with you Unilocalsters. The part toward the bottom of the review was basically aimed at someone on Google who put up a negative review because of the cost of the procedure they needed to get done. I hate when people put up negative reviews because of things that aren’t necessarily the fault of business owners. I work at a library and would be mad if someone gave us a bad review because the book they wanted was already checked out. So here goes:
It has been a while since I’ve been to my regular dentist. Even though I have some dental insurance, I’m still struggling with all of my other bills and doctors and co-​pays and it’s just another thing that I usually just put off … UNTIL… tooth pain.
I started getting a toothache last Friday, but I just kept taking otc pain meds because I figured I would be able to last until Monday. But Super Bowl Sunday came and I was in SOOO much pain I couldn’t handle it. I called Dr Taylor and was able to get in there immediately. I’d been there before, but ended up just waiting for my dentist to get the procedure done at that time. This time I needed help… and pronto!
So he gave me an emergency root canal. Was it expensive? Yes. Thankfully someone let me borrow enough to get it done. Unfortunately I’ll have to pay her back with my tax return, which kinda sucks. BUT… if you’ve been to the dentist in the last twenty or so years (even if you have dental insurance) you should be aware that any procedure is costly. Will my insurance cover my visit with Dr. Taylor? Hmm. not sure yet. But I don’t think you should take the expensive price of dentistry and use it against him in a Google review. I’m just sayin’.

Called Dr. Taylor as soon as I woke up SUNDAY morning and described my pain ive been having due to my wisdom tooth. He answered all the questions I had and told me I could come in immediately (mind you it’s a Sunday morning, not to mention Super bowl Sunday).
I came in, he took the xray he needed and got it all worked out. I woke up less than 3 hours ago and im already home feeling much better.
Definitely would recommend him for any weekend dental emergencies!

One word: AMAZING!
Dr. Taylor is an emergency, on-​call dentist who works on the weekends when other dental offices are closed.
The story:
After visiting a couple of BS dental offices and the emergency room, no one was able to tell my wife exactly what was wrong with her teeth. She was feeling excruciating pain in her wisdom tooth area and has lost a couple of days of sleep along with the ability to eat for a couple of days. To make matters worse my wife has Medi-​Cal and they don’t cover certain things. To make matters even more worse, her pain increased to an all time high on the weekend… We had to get something done immediately and we couldn’t find a good quality dentist that could help us on a Saturday.
We found Dr. Taylor online and I gave him a call three times searching for answers and he was very helpful each time. He wasn’t trying to make money by giving us BS and trying to sell his service to us, he was assuring us that he would be available if we needed to get something done immediately. He even gave us a flat rate on the phone that included consultation and the procedure!
We decided to go with it and give him a visit. He told me to call him when we arrived at his office since he lives one mile away and he could be there in a jiffy. He arrived about 3 minutes after we got there and he got started right away! He took X-​rays and explained to us very easy and thoroughly about what was going on with my wife’s teeth. It turned out she needed a root canal. He also gave us a couple of different options on what kind of procedures he could perform besides a root canal, still at the flat rate he promised over the phone. He did a very quick job in releasing the pressure in her teeth and cleaning out the infected area.
Dr. Taylor is an amazing dentist who is actually retired and provides emergency weekend dental services as a hobby! Yes, I asked about it and he explained to me how he was bored after retirement so he started his own personal practice.
In short, Dr. Taylor is kind, honest, professional, gentle, and AWESOME! He’s the coolest old man I’ve ever met! I’d recommend him to anybody and everybody!