Michael J Horii, DDS

ZERO stars! I think my experience beats the other 3 before mine. I can’t believe this guy still has his license to practice! He had an office in Pacifica when I was in high school (in the 80’s). I had the misfortune of being one of his unsuspecting victims. Who ever heard of braces for just 9 months? He wanted to extract teeth to make room but since I refused, he accommodated for the «space» he felt was needed by FILING – and it looked like a metal nail filer – in between my upper front teeth! Dentistry 101 alert! Does anyone know what happens when you file teeth? Oh, they lose their enamel? And they are succeptible to cavities and decay? And it will cost the patient thousands later on down the road of life because they need to get root canals on the 4 teeth? OHHHHH…
So many a dollar and dentist visits later, my teeth are still not straight, thanks to Dr. HorriBLE. But the veneers still look good as new.

Who knew you could review orthodontists on here? I had Dr. Horii as one, and I’m relieved (in an ironic sort of way) to find him on here with one star. My teeth are much better now than they were before, but I’ll probably have to get braces again at some point if I want them perfect.
Well, granted I didn’t exactly wear my retainers all the time, it does say something that I want to get a new set of retainers or whatever it takes to get my teeth back to «cosmetically normal», but I’m terrified to go back to him. Absolutely terrified.
He’s weird. And one time he «patted me on the back», except it felt more like a passive-​aggressive, I-​hate-​my-​life blow to the back. Hmm.
The only reason I had him as an orthodontist back in high school was because my cousin had him when she was in high school. If I knew sooner enough what I was getting myself into, I would’ve looked for a new orthodontist altogether. But I was 16 and my parents didn’t know any better, either.
[EDIT]: Oh, I also remember when I said something he did to my mouth hurt one time, and he got mad. What the eff? Then he handed me off to one of his assistants and went to a different patient. Asshole. He’s like Dr. Evil and his assistants are Fembots. But in a good way. Fembots, because they were all attractive females — and they were all way nicer than he was. They didn’t have gun-​tits, though.

Well I got my braces off around 2006. Dr. Horii isn’t exactly a great orthodontist, you’d wait for him like 30 mins to see him for about 2 mins. Lately, I’ve been noticing gaps between my teeth more and more. Compared to the pictures I took when I first got them, my teeth really moved. The retainers he gave me also sucked. I’m thinking I’m going to have to get braces again.

I pretty much agree with the first reviewer. I had my «braces done» with this «orthodontist» back when I was in high school. It was never really a complete job. I’d have to adjust my schedule around his scheduling so I’d wind up missing a majority of the appointments. Very little flexibility from what I remember. When it was time to «take out the braces», it really didn’t feel like a whole lot has changed. Whatever. Do yourself a favor, save yourself some time, and see another person for braces.