Cory Stacpoole, DDS

I had a veneer pop off on a Friday afternoon and had a very hard time finding someone willing to see me. Dr. Stacpoole did not hesitate to tell me to come in! He was even willing to wait until I could get off work (5pm) which I highly doubt another dentist would do. He was very pleasant and I had no doubt he knew what he was doing. I am so thankful that he sees urgent patients with minimal notice — I was so lucky to find him!

These folks are the best!
I can not say enough good things about Dr. Stacpoole and staff (Eleanor was awesome!)
I had some urgent dental needs and was in from out of town and Dr. Stacpoole was able to accommodate and see me, ON A SUNDAY!
Not only was he an awesome dentist, but he is one of the first medical professionals that I really felt like listened to me as a patient and didn’t treat me like a number. It was refreshing to be treated like a human being.
A big thank you to these folks!

Dr. Stacpoole was absolutely fantastic — great bedside manner, very gentle, fantastic advice. Couldn’t recommend him more.

After making what felt like a gazillion different phone calls to multiple Dentists on a Saturday morning, I easily got in touch with Dr. Stacpoole for an EMERGENCY dental situation.
If I had to rate the pain I was in, it would’ve been a ¹⁴⁄₁₀. I was in INTENSE pain and after talking to Dr. Stacpoole about my dental situation, he offered to see me in a few hours.
Upon arriving, I had to fill out some short paperwork and he got started right away. He assessed the problem area, took some x-​rays, and came to the conclusion that I had a decaying tooth. From that point, he numbed me up and took care of the rest. I basically slept through most of the procedure. Throughout the entire process, he was extremely kind and gentle. I’ve never had a dentist show me what was happening, but every so often he’d hand me a mirror to show me how my tooth looked from it being decayed to the end product.
After the numbing has come and gone, my pain has now dropped to a ²⁄₁₀.
I have no dental insurance, and because it was a Saturday and I was in so much pain, the amount I *thought I’d have to pay was twice the amount Dr. Stactpoole charged, so he’s quite reasonable.
In all honesty, this emergency visit has been one of the best dentist visits I’ve had. I still need a root canal done and knowing that Dr. Stactpoole is reasonably priced and I’ve actually found a dentist I feel I can trust and feel comfortable around, I’m keeping his services in mind.

I went to Dr. Stacpoole about two years ago due to a tooth emergency. It was a Sunday afternoon and he came to my rescue. I was in extreme pain and swollen with an infection. He was so gentle and even though I left swollen, he completely eased my pain. I had a law school final and it was my bday the next day so I really needed help.
Since then, he has become my primary dentist. He is so amazingly patient, gentle and reasonably priced. Today, I went in for a check up and he became so happy at the improvement he saw in my gums. I mean he was grinning and genuinely happy for my dental health. He is an exceptional dentist! Eleanor is also the friendliest woman I’ve ever met, great office overall.

Lost a good chunk of my tooth in a bike accident on Saturday. After speaking with my dentist, decided that it wasn’t an emergency and was going to wait to see my own dentist when he was back in the office on Tuesday. By Sunday afternoon my vanity got the best of me so I started researching «emergency dentists» and by Monday was calling my own dentist for a referral. Imagine my delight and surprise when my own Unilocal research came up with the same referral from my dentist — Dr. Stacpoole! Called the office this morning and was told that they would be happy to stay after regular office hours to help me. By 6:00 p.m. I was already back on Muni with a repaired tooth — just like new! Incredibly friendly office, calm demeanor and great jazz added to the fabulous experience. I will definitely look to Dr. Stacpoole when it’s time to find a new dentist and will be recommending him the next time any of my friends need emergency work. Thank you, Dr. Stacpoole!

My husband was suffering from a toothache for a long time. Finally it culminated into a now or never situation. We went in to see Dr. Stacpoole and he was so nice and reassuring. My husband’s long suffering was over in about 20 minutes. And for emergency weekend work, it was not expensive at all. Amazing.

I went on the hunt recently for a San Francisco dentist (since I’ve always gone to my dentist back home) and somehow I stumbled upon Dr. Stacpoole. Boy, am I glad I did.
The office is in a nice building in a nice part of town and everyone who works there (obviously including Dr. Stacpoole himself) is friendly, honest, and professional. They even play jazz through the speakers in all the rooms, which is super pleasant while you’re daydreaming in the dentist’s chair. This is exactly what a dentist’s office should be like.
I’ve definitely found my SF dentist.

I had lost a filling and part of the molar it was attached to on Friday and suffered something awful through the weekend. When Monday rolled around I was running a good fever and the pain was unbearable.
Dr. Stacpoole and his staff was amazing. I hadn’t been to the dentist in 8 years and was pretty nervous but he was a real prince. He made sure to tell me everything he was going to do before he did it. He was generous with the numbing medicine and had a really gentle touch.
I was floored when I got the bill. it was a fraction of what I expected. San Francisco has a reputation of gouging but Dr. Stacpoole is an exception.

I’ve been meaning to Unilocal about Dr. Stacpoole for months! Finally getting around to it:
He’s great! I definitely recommend him and his lovely staff. I had an emergency abscessed tooth and was in too much pain to wait until Monday. So on a Sunday morning I called a number I found online. Dr. Stacpoole answered and agreed to meet me at his office in the matter of hours. He not only agreed to see me right away, he was so nice on the phone (not an easy feat with me in a state of panic on the other end), and even arranged a reduced fee for the emergency visit when I told him I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to afford the hefty fees to come. (The work I had done was going to be expensive anywhere, but Dr. S’s prices are definitely reasonable).
Over the next few months I came back to Cory for a root canal, cleaning, and to have a crown put on. He did great work on all fronts. His receptionist and assistant were both great as well. AND, he has old school jams playing on the speakers all the while — nothing wrong with Nina Simone and Sinatra to get you through a root canal.
I wouldn’t recommend letting it go until you have a throbbing mouth of pain, as I did, but if you do, Dr. Stacpoole is your man.

I’m lucky to have been born with great teeth. In the genetic lottery, teeth are my big win. This means that I haven’t had much happen with them over the years, thus I’ve become an infrequent dentist-​goer (this is not recommended — you should get your teeth looked at and cleaned twice a year, even if your chompers are as fantastic as mine). So when I started having persistent pain in one of my molars I freaked and needed to find a good dentist fast. Dr. Stacpoole was recommended by a colleague.
As other reviewers have noted, it was easy to get an appointment and everyone in his office was fantastic. The pain in my tooth turned out not to require a root canal (phew!) but a smoothing down of the top of the tooth. Simple and painless.
My most recent experience with Dr. Stacpoole was an emergency visit thanks to a chipped tooth. I emailed his receptionist about the problem — that it was a small chip at the top of the tooth and that I wasn’t in any pain — and Dr. Stacpoole called me himself within ~ 30 minutes, offering to see me at the end of the day. I stopped by after work and he filled in the chip. Again, simple and painless. I’ve never experienced this level of service from a dentist. Highly recommended!

I’ve never written a Unilocal review for anything, but my experience with Dr. Stacpoole yesterday was kinda unbelievable.
First, you should know that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to characterize myself, if I may be so bold, as conspicuously manly. I bow hunt ALL of my groceries, even the produce. I was once struck by lighting and in response, as any true man would, I struck it back. Lightning learned a mean lesson that day, one it won’t soon forget.
I explain this only to provide context. Being such a man as myself, you can imagine my dismay when on Sunday of this week I was suddenly afflicted with an ouchie in my mouth that laid me whimpering in a slobbery heap like a wounded little girl (no offense to little girls). It felt like I’d been shot in the face at close range and nobody wanted to be the one to break the news. I tried everything, but nothing helped. Even talking was miserable, so my savior Olga sat with me and called dentists.
After multiple calls to every dentist within a 12 mile radius of home, we could find no appointments prior to next Tuesday. It was then that I did a google search for: «Holy god, need help, great pain, $@^&$… dentist.»
That’s how I found Dr. Stacpoole.
All joking aside, they made me a same day after-​hours appointment on 4 hours notice, even though they already had another emergency after-​hours appointment. Meaning, after a full day of dental miracles, they were seeing 2 additional patients entirely because he didn’t want us to be in pain through the night. During my exam, he was able to tell me in a few minutes that I had a small abscess and needed a root canal. At this point, he looked at his already full schedule for the following day and scheduled me for the root canal which I believe was scheduled (at least in part) during his lunch break. I honestly think he ate a handful of raisins for lunch in order to squeeze me into the schedule.
My root canal: I have had my unfair share of root canals in the past. I’ve had more canal work than Venice (Yes, I said that. What?!). I think of them as part of my requisite MAN training, preparation for if I am ever captured by Al Qaeda and need to endure hours of torturous facial abuse. However, my root canal with Dr. Stacpoole was so fricking boring that I kept forgetting that a man I’d just met yesterday was drilling inside my actual face. I found myself daydreaming. At one point I actually forgot the procedure was happening. It was not the traumatic «character building» experience I was accustomed to. I don’t think I developed any character at all!
Also, you know that moment when you’re sitting in the chair thinking «I wonder how this is going?» and you can’t ask because there is a hardware store in your mouth? Without fail, each time I would begin to wonder what was up, Dr. Stacpoole would chime in calmly with an update «This is going great. No problems.» or «So, what I’ll be doing now is…» He even let me look inside my hollow tooth before filling it back in with miracle-​science-​goo.
Their office does not look like two pottery barn trucks collided at high speed in a hotel lobby like some do. It is not a dental spa where nubile virgins lotion your feet and sing Namyohorengekyo during teeth whitening. But I expect you won’t find a better dentist anywhere.
On the way out, they recommended I get a cleaning. It had been 7 years since my last confession, so I hopped back in the chair. Their hygienist (Tammy I think?) went to work, and this poor brilliant woman actually broke a sweat hammering the dense stucco exterior off of my grill. She found long lost car keys, childhood toys, years of cigarettes and coffee and eventually uncovered a whole mouthful of actual human teeth. She was kind and never once gave me the stern lecture I clearly deserved. When finished, I was actually able to fit floss between my teeth. How exciting?!
One last thing, Eleanor at the front desk is my new best friend. She was really sweet and clear and direct and accommodating. She called first thing this morning to make sure I was doing well.
I’ve had more difficult haircuts than this emergency root canal.

My boyfriend and I were celebrating in San Francisco for NYE and a day or so prior had developed an infection in his mouth from his wisdom teeth coming out. After waiting it out for two days in hopes of it getting better, we contacted Dr. Cory Stacpoole at about 7:40pm and had requested emergency dentistry services since my bf was in so much pain. We got there and I was so thrilled that Cory had been so sweet and accommodating! He helped out my boyfriend in relieving his pain and got him the antibiotics we needed, and filled the prescription across the street at the Walgreen’s. The next day my bf had felt a million times better and thankful that I had found Cory. Cory was even so sweet to call us the next day and see how Mark was doing and to wish us a Happy New Year. ;) All in all the cost was VERY fair considering my boyfriend did not have dental insurance and for being so late at night. Would definitely recommend him!!! He saved our NYE trip to San Francisco.

Dr. Stacpoole is the best dentist I’ve ever seen, (and I’ve unfortunately seen quite a few).
He is a fabulous dentist, very friendly, and definitely a perfectionist when it comes to dental work — if something is even slightly off, he’ll spend as much time as it takes to make it perfect. The rest of his staff is excellent as well.
His practice is right off Union Square (tip: park in the city garage under the park, rather than the expensive private garages), and is clean and comfortable. The most distinctive thing about the office is the wonderful selection of jazz and other relaxing but interesting music.
Pricing is quite reasonable (I would expect a big premium for being in the City, but it’s cheaper than other dentists I’ve used in the Bay Area). Scheduling appointments is convenient, although they are definitely busy; if it’s an emergency they always find time. In fact, I first discovered Dr. Stacpoole when a filling from another dentist cracked the night before I was going to fly to Afghanistan — I called at 8pm, and he saw me after a show at 11pm.
The only slight negative was that until recently, the practice used film x-​rays, but they just upgraded to the latest digital (less radiation, better images), so that’s no longer an issue.
I would recommend Dr. Stacpoole to anyone who needs dental work — I’d drive up from the South Bay or schedule dental appointments around trips to San Francisco.

woke up yesterday morning with swollen gums, near wisdom tooth. Looks like bacteria infection, so I googled — then– called Dr. Cory (he answered the phone), and then told him my issue. (close to work)
He asked if i had time to come in between his appointment, which i did — he inspected, and made me feel much better, along with writing me a rx.
Professional, personal service, recommend to anyone.
not that it matters, but they use macs

After having neglected my teeth for years, I finally was required to do something. I had been living in pain for quite sometime and it was only getting worse. Dr Stacpoole came highly recommended so it was with some comfort that I approached my appointment. I had two teeth painlessly and noiselessly extracted by Dr Stacpoole. The thing that most impressed me was his judicious use of Novocain. The Novocain was applied where it was needed, I was not numbed to my eyeballs nor was I drooling when I left his office. I have seen Dr. Stacpoole three times now and I have no qualms about going back. I had spent most of my life terrified at the thought of going to the Dentist. This professional, personable, caring and skilled Dentist has made this a thing of the past.

Low key, relaxed, and good music.
Not quite what I expected in a dentist. I was referred by my folks who have been going to Dr. Stacpoole for years. While I will admit the photographs were a bit awkward by the last one i was laughing at my odd faces.
The jazz music added a nice relaxing touch to the whole ordeal. I hadn’t been to a dentist in two years because my last one was so bad. Which is not to say that I welcome my next visit, but at least I know when it is my time to go, it won’t be a horrific experience, in fact it will even have a bit of music.

I needed an emergency visit and my regular dentist could not see me for a month. The office got me in the same day I called and took care of some followup work.
I’m switching insurance plans at the end of the year and will make Dr. Stacpoole my regular dentist!

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Stacpoole since the year 2000. At the time I was still under 40 and feeling young, but some twinges in my teeth told me I ought to go in to the dentist. What the hell, I had insurance at the time! Dr. Stacpoole was recommended to me by another happy customer, a co-​worker.
Let me tell you, you’re not likely to find a more professional, personable, caring, skillful dentist anywhere west of the Mississippi. He has completely taken care of all the problems I had (I won’t go into the gory details here but it included several crowns and overlays), and I really «got religion» on brushing and flossing every day. So, hopefully I will keep all my teeth until I depart this mortal coil.
I’ll tell you how much I like this guy: I’ve been through 2 full-​time jobs and several contracts, in and out of the city, with and without insurance, and I live on the peninsula. Even when I was working in San Mateo I continued to see my dentist in San Francisco.
If I could give him 5 ½ stars I would! He’s that good. If you need to go to the dentist in SF, go to him. Seriously.

We have been going to Dr. Stacpoole for a few months now and he has managed to undo years of dentist avoidance… both the causes and the results. (wow– my teeth feel like teeth again!)
By far one of the most pleasant medical environments I’ve ever been in, it is difficult not to break into an enormous smile as soon as you walk through the door to his office.
Bonus– For those without insurance, their services are reasonably priced.