Dentist Recommendations#
With the SHIP medical insurance provided by the university, you have access to all the medical facilities inside the Tang Center. This includes GPs, specialists, the pharmacy, and the optometrist (through the School of Optometry). See the health insurance page for more details.
The SHIP insurance also provides basic dental care, cleanings every six months and most dental needs, including fillings, X-rays, wisdom teeth removal, etc. This service is provided outside the Tang Center, and the dental care website provides a list of dentists that are covered by the insurance. To help you find a good dentist, here are the names of some dentists that have been tried and liked. (If you add a dentist here, please use the appropriate smiley face to indicate your level of satisfaction.)
Dentists#
Dr. Bryan Haynes :-D#
Dr. Ernie Lavorini :-D#
Dr. Holly Wieber (in-network) =)#
Dr. Amy K. Lee (in-network) :-D#
Hannah: I’m reasonably happy with them. If nothing else, they’re reasonably convenient by bus, and have never tried to push any procedures/whatever on me in the 3.5 years I’ve been going there.
Note
Network status history:
It appears that while Amy Lee is out of network, she is NOT charging out-of-network fees to her Berkeley patients, lest she lose half her clientele! In other words, you can keep going to Amy Lee.
It appears that now Amy Lee has decided not to waive the out-of-network fees. There was no official announcement that I know of, but I got a bill for a routine cleaning, and after calling the office, was told they were not waiving the fee any more. (4/11/13)
As far as I know, she and the other dentists at the practice are now (as of 2019) all in network. If they aren’t, they’ve never mentioned it or charged me out of network fees.