Lourdes M Acuesta, DDS PS

Great Dentist and staff! I would highly recommend this office to anybody who is looking for a dentists that uses nothing but the highest quality dental restorations such as crowns or bridges. All of her crown and bridge restorations are metal free!

I saw Dr. Acuesta for about two years and would not recommend her to friends. On most of my dental appointments, I have waited over 30 minutes past my appointment time. I have also been contacted to change my scheduled appointments multiple times due to schedule conflicts on their end. The dental hygienists are great but Dr. Acuesta is mediocre.

I was in need of some dental work before my insurance ran out (was getting laid off, and had been working too many hours before that to make time to go to the dentist) and she was able to take me on short notice, for which I was initially grateful. Now I am set with a crown that my current dentist said will need to be replaced in the next few years as it was so poorly done and the indelible memory of pain from the experience. She had an assistant fit me for the temporary crown, who did a terrible job. When I called back the next day to say it was really hurting, they minimized me and told me they could not see me that day. They made an appointment for the next Monday. I came in that Monday after spending the weekend managing the pain. The assistant took one look, called in Dr. Acuestra and the doctor had the nerve to say in a pedantic and condescending tone «it really did hurt.» She fixed the temporary crown. Meanwhile, a man in the chair next to mine was wailing in pain while the dental assistant was working on him. I felt like I was in the film «Little Shop of Horrors.» When I went back in to have the permanent crown put in, they were very insistent on selling me a tooth whitener, a new technology they had gotten apparently. It did not work after two applications, so they offered a reduced price, to which I asked why I was paying at all? My lasting impression of this dentist and her assistants is that this is a great place to go for a masochist — and if your seeking to live the role of Vincent Gardenia. (not something I ever wanted).

I do not have too many good things to say about this dentist.
I saw her a few times, for a cleaning, and then for several follow-​up appointments (as described below). In my first cleaning, she told me I had several cavities, but before I had a chance to get them filled, I ended up seeing my childhood dentist in Colorado when I was visiting home, and he said I didn’t have any. I’ve since been told by my new dentist that often newer dentists are much more conservative, so they could have been the start of cavities or something similar. I don’t take too much issue with this anymore, but it certainly threw me off a bit.
Here’s the main issue I had with this dentist: I had one cavity that she filled that was in an awkward location on the corner of a tooth. She cleaned out the decay and filled it with the metal filling, but less than a week after the appointment, the filling fell out. I went back and she filled it again, this time with the white filling which she said holds better (I was only charged for the difference in the two fillings, which was good). This lasted a few weeks, but fell out again. At this point, I did not want to return. I still have yet to get this one filled because it now requires a crown (and is a much bigger hole from all the scraping and digging for the fillings), and I couldn’t afford it with last year’s insurance.
Aside from these issues, I always felt like I had to wait a long time, and she seemed fairly rushed and distracted. My new dentist is very thorough and explains everything he’s doing, so Dr. Acuesta’s services seem even more lacking in retrospect.
I would not recommend this dentist.

I really like Dr. Acuesta. She was very nice and I definitely felt like family, walking into her clinic.
I was transferring from another clinic that didn’t do white fillings on teeth, and i had heard about this dentist from a friend. When I made the appointment, I was assured that they would get my x rays from the other dentist, but I should call the other office just in case to get them transferred. So I did. When I walked in a month later for my first appointment, the Dr. Acuesta’s office had not received the xrays and had not called to let me know (I would have run over to my old dentists office and brought them) So my first appointment consisted of me sitting in the dental chair for an hour waiting to see if they could get the xrays transferred over. They couldn’t so I made another appointment for a month later, and called my old dentists office again for the x rays.
This time, with x rays in hand, I went to my appointment. Dr. Acuesta began drilling on a cavity. During the cavity filling process, she took breaks from drilling to see other patients. I was waiting so long for her, that my novocaine ran out, and I could feel again as she was drilling. She numbed me again and finished up the procedure.
As a self pay patient, this cost me over $ 200
It’s been 2 months, and I continue to experience pain on that tooth whenever I bite down. I will not go back to this dentist to fix it.
Yes, I think you should go to Dr. Acuesta if you only need a cleaning. Not sure about the fillings, which makes me sad because I really like her as a person.

I love Dr Acuesta! She is very caring and personable. I went to her because she was the only dentist that accepted my cruddy dental insurance. I was a little nervous when I first went in as the door (yeah, I know, who judges a dental office by the door??!) was decorated with a slightly cheesy curtain. Once I was there, she and her staff just warmed my heart. She is genuinely excited about teeth AND patient care! She gives of her time and her practice, and it is obvious that her staff really like her as well.

In the past I have been absolutely terrified of dentists. Then I found Dr. Acuesta. I chose her because I wanted a female dentist near my home that accepted my insurance. She met all those criteria.
She was able to give me the honest truth about what needed to be done without scaring me (my fear of dentists kept me away for way too long). Also, I didn’t feel like I was getting gouged for unnecessary treatments.
Also, the hygenist Teresa… awesome!
I will be going to Dr. Acuesta for a long time, for sure!

I found this office as a compatible dentist through my military dental benefits, and am glad I did. While I’m not a huge fan of the receptionist staff (often handed off 2 – 3 times to different people while trying to schedule an appointment and a bit nosy while settling my account), I was thrilled with the care that Dr. Bahl and the dental hygienist gave. Dr. Bahl was efficient, careful and honest about her work and took care of two fillings on the spot.
Dr Bahl was also concerned that I might need a root canal and gave me prescriptions and a recommendation for an endodontist preemptively to ensure I didn’t have to wait around in pain if that were true. Unfortunately I did need the root canal but was so thankful to already have a doctor to call and medication to help with the pain over the weekend.

I LOVE Dr. Acuesta! I’ve been going to see her for almost 10 years and she is wonderful. I always get top notch treatment. From cleanings to fillings, she treats you with kid gloves. Even better, she treats you like family! (she once sent me home with some homemade chicken adobo because I told her how much I loved it!) Fred Z. you must be wacko. On the contrary, Dr. Acuesta is keenly aware of dental expensives, she works hard to get you what you need – not just what the insurance (bastards) company says you need! Take the doh. wa with a grain of salt… that report is so vague. Take the word of the reviewers — or better yet just go see her for yourself!

I actually found Dr. Acuesta through the insurance company website and went to her because she was close to my carpool parking location. So it was a gamble, but it paid off!
She and her staff are all very nice, and easy-​going. Dr. Acuesta is also a very honest person. Neither of us could remember if something had been done to one tooth, so she did it for free because she didn’t write it down in my records.
I actually referred 3 of my friends to her, and they all like her too!

Good solid dentist. I mean that in the best possible way — good dentists are hard to find.
I really don’t see her too much, but her assistant are nice and personable. Dr. Acuesta usually swoops in at the end, looks my teeth over, says some nice words and swoops out.
Not a bad gig, I should have been a dentist. :)