Perry L Westbrook, DMD MSD

Dr. Perry Westbrook gets 5 stars and my highest vote of confidence. He is one of few dentists who put your health as priority. Late evening this office was able to take care of my emergency and I was okay because of Dr Westbrook! No nonsense, nothing excessive and the best care I could have asked for. Definitely 5 stars and I will refer anyone here. Thank you Dr Westbrook I really appreciate your help.

This office can be summed up in one word:
smarmy
Office staff (while on the phone) and the dentist could definitely be friendlier. Dr. Westbrook comes off judgmental, right off the bat. Heard Dr. Westbrook ask an older patient if they could have a staff person help write a Unilocal review.
Uh, that’s not real people, real reviews. I mean, come on! Look at all the gushing 5-​star reviews. Unreal.
No bueno.
If you got referred to this office, best to ask your dentist to give you another referral. Besides, these kinds of treatments are very expensive, and getting more than one opinion is probably the best thing to do.

Dear Dr. Westbrook, I am such a fan of yours. You are the BEST Periodontics/​Surgeon I’ve ever met. You are BRILLANT, and all your Patients are SO BLESSED to have you as their Periodontics. THANK YOU for being the BEST! YESSSSS

I reactivated my Unilocal account after many years of dormancy just to say how wonderful Dr. Westbrook and his office are. Everyone I’ve encountered, from the office managers/​receptionists, to the hygienists, to the assistants, to Dr. Westbrook himself, are extremely professional, helpful, and great at what they do.
I started seeing Dr. Westbrook back in October 2014 and have been back many times since for follow ups and each time, I have been impressed with how pleasant my experiences have been. Yep, believe it or not, I actually don’t even mind going to the periodontist!
Perhaps most importantly, Dr. Westbrook does really quality work. I’m really pleased with how well my procedures went and how much better I feel. When I saw my family dentist a couple weeks later, he remarked how great my gums looked. I consider that a job really well done!
On an administrative note, phone calls and questions are promptly and thoroughly answered, and it is easy to schedule appointments. This all makes for a great office experience.
I highly recommend Dr. Westbrook and his team for anyone looking for a periodontist. When you go to the office, you get a sense that they truly care for you as a patient, a rarity in this day and age. My smile looks and feels a million times better, and I have this office to thank. Two thumbs way up.

I heard a lot of scary things about gum surgery in general before i went to dr. Westbrook. Including ‘don’t do it!’. The key is to find not just a doctor who met the requirements to be a peridontist but someone who cares about their work and is an artist. During my procedure, which was right in front of my mouth and highly visible, he repositioned the graft when the first try was probably acceptable. After the surgery, in my first check-​in, the graft looked fantastic. I’m glad he took the time to go beyond acceptable. If acceptable, is not acceptable to you, go see Dr. Westbrook. I’m sure there are uncontrollable situations even to Dr. Westbrook, but he will take the time to do what it takes to do it right.
One more thing, follow the post-​op instructions to the letter. This practice is what helped me to heal ‘amazingly’.

The dentist and the office’s staff are very qualified and very nice .I felt very comfortable during the preparation and the intervention.
The dentist took the time to explain very well the procedure being patient since english it’s not my first language. I strongly recommend Dr Perry Westbrook.

Dr. Westbrook is not sensitive to patients’ pain. He continued to drill when I told him I could feel it. I think it was inconvenient for him to stop at that moment to give me another lidocaine injection. A procedure that was supposed to take one hour stretched into two full hours while he took breaks to fit in other patients. I question his professionalism after he became irate over a suture that wasn’t going quite right. If I were to have gum surgery again, it would not be with Dr. Westbrook.
Update on 9÷14÷2010:
I needed to have similar gum surgery performed on another tooth but this time I went to Dr. Fagan in San Jose, who came highly recommended by my dentist. He performed the surgery quickly, in just 40 minutes, and I experienced no pain. He was very nice and professional.
Update on 6÷23÷2015:
Comparing the two gum surgeries now 5 years later, the one that Dr. Westbrook did has a big lump on the gum where the graft was placed, whereas the one Dr. Fagan performed looks smooth and the gum line is at the correct level. There is no question in my mind who is the better periodontist.

Dr. Westbrook is quite agressive on the gums. It seemed my dental hygiene was also never good enough eventhough I do brush regularly twice a day, floss and use mouthwash everyday. I think a little more sensitivity from Dr Westbrook would have been nice given that everyone is different.
Also, I feel his services are a bit pricey. Given that he wasn’t a provider under my insurance and my insurance only paid for what was reasonable and customary, i would have had to pay approximately $ 750 out-​of-​pocket for a deep cleaning. I dreaded to have to pay this amount of money just so that I could be in pain. So finally after putting it off for almost a year, I decided to switch to a periodontist that was covered under my insurance. I have to say, I am glad that I made this decision. The new periodontist was gentle and understanding. I can’t even say enough about the office staff. They were awesome! After the doctor examined my teeth, their office person immediately advised me how much I would have to pay out of pocket — $ 176 — before they proceeded with the cleaning. I just saved myself $ 574!
After approving the services, the new periodontist gave me the ‘option’ of a topical anesthetic or an injection (which was stronger), which I was never given any options for at Dr. Westbrook’s office. This was a huge relief to me because I dreaded all the poking. So it was a very pleasant experience.
In the end though, I was told that the gum sugery by Dr. Westbrook I had a while back was done well. So if price is not a consideration and you are tolerant of gum poking, then Dr. Westbrook might be okay.

I have to second Paul C. I had a very similar experience. He pressed extremely hard with the gum check, causing pain, and then «demonstrated» how lightly he was touching my gums by oh-​so-​gently pressing on my arm. Then he put the pick back in my mouth and told me about all the gum decease I have. No kidding… you just poked an unsterile instrument into my gums. Of course I have gum decease now!
I felt like someone was trying to sell me snake oil from the back room. Definitely did not leave there with any confidence in his opinions.
I also believe Tu D. is his dental assistant — she looks a lot like her. Or maybe I am showing some bad taste on this one. Anyway, don’t think this is a good periodontist to go to.

This man is a shill, he was constantly trying to upsell me on my dental work, refused to let my regular dentist for deep cleaning and insisted that he do the work, gave me gum check numbers consistently 2 – 3 points lower than my dentist did. I wouldn’t believe him if he said the sun was rising tomorrow.

When I found out I needed to get some periodontic stuff done. I was freaking out.
My original periodontist, who wasn’t on ANY network, wanted to get me in surgery as soon as they could when they found out I had a problem around late October. (even though it would exceed the maximum coverage after he does all the deep cleaning). So when I got a new job in December, I went back to my favorite dentist (Dr Alexia Lucero) and asked her for a referral to someone who is within my Guardian network. Cuz the deep cleaning I did with the other dood cost me an arm and a leg since he wasn’t in the network. My dentist immediately thought of Dr. Westbrook.
So JOY! He is in my network, and I immediately made an appt.
They KNOW about my concern over finance. Even Dr. Westbrook understands. He was nice, and explained everything to me patiently. He didn’t act like he was in a hurry to leave. He was professional and caring, and I really felt like I could trust him. I was a bit freaked out that i needed a few surgery, but he was able to reassure me that it’d be nothing big.
The staff there is totally friendly too and helpful. They follow the procedure and sends paperwork in to the insurance to get a written estimate/​preapproval type thing… so now I’ll know exactly how much I have to pay. In any case, I feel that i“m in good care, and that’s really important for me.
I’d definitely recommend him to anyone who is looking for a periodontist.
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Just got my gum surgery yesterday — 4÷11÷08. Dr Westbrook was nice and pleasant and it helped calm my nerve. One cool thing: he has one of those video goggle thing where I was able to watch a DVD that i brought with me. Helped distract me during the whole procedure.

I actually refer patients to Dr. Westbrook. I really respect his work and his philosophy of care… and he’s a great guy.
His office is always nice and CLEAN and his staff is wonderful.
You’re in good hands with Dr. Westbrook.