Skoulas DDS - The SF Cosmetic Dentist

The service I received from Dr.Castaneda was outstanding. She is absolutely amazing and so professional in everyway. She made me feel very comfortable and she also discussed the procedure in detail. Rebecca really takes the time to get to know her patients and gives you the amount of time you need. She is very understanding and doesn't stop until you are completely happy with the results, she also listens to your concerns and wants and makes sure you get what you are looking for. I couldn't think any more highly of the service I received, it was really great in everyway. The team as a whole are fantastic and really friendly. I would 100% recommend Dr.Castaneda, she is amazing and a true artist. more

Everyone was very, very pleasant and greeted me with a smile and concern for me being there. I was very impressed with their professional attitudes. more

I am always pleased with my experience. Everyone is so kind and very professional. I have various dental problems and have been taken care of with care and help through the years. more

I would rate excellent for the attitude and care of all the doctors and employees. Everyone was very helpful. more

I want to say I had such a wonderful time in visiting you dental office. You and your staff was really amazing. Thank you for a job well done. more

The visit went well, as expected, the care was accurately given with good results and very much appreciated. Looking forward to the next visit. more

As always, your office is very efficiently run. Your teams work together seamlessly and take the dread away. more

The best in the business. Staff and all are very professional eager to assit in one's dental health. Thanks again for the great service. more

Aesthetika Dental Center makes you feel comfortable and motivated to take care of your teeth! Perfect combination of friendly and professional. Dr. Castaneda has made my life better. more

Dr. Castenada if you are reading this I want you to know you are the worst dentist I’ve ever been to plus I really question the authenticity of the positive reviews posted here. When someone posted something negative about you, you sent out a mass email asking your “friends” to post positive reviews about you to counter the negative review. That shows lack of integrity. I still have that email.\r \r Dr. Castenada replaced my crowns and I complained several times about sensitivity. Your response was to make a stupid, ugly face and weird noise through your teeth. So when I went to see Dr. Felton, who’s on the same floor and is a fabulous dentist by the way, he adjusted my bite and the sensitivity went away. Why didn’t you offer to do that for me? And you claim to be an expert? What a joke!\r \r I think its an insult to all the great dentists out there to refer to Dr. Castenada as a Dr. so I’m going to refer to you as Becky.\r \r And for all you readers who are thinking of seeing Becky you need to know:\r \r Becky befriends her patients and is always hitting them up to invest in high risk investments that her “friends” are pushing and I use the term friends loosely b/c I don’t believe she has many. She has a reputation for doing this to many of her patients. It wouldn’t surprise me if Becky gets a referral fee. My regular dentist thinks that’s very unethical and I agree.\r \r One time Becky kept me waiting in the reception area, only to emerge 20 minutes later holding a new pair of shoes in her hands and asking me my opinion on the shoes. I don’t care about your dumb shoes!\r \r Another time, Becky offered to do Botox on me. She had just administered it on her face and asked me “it looks good, huh?” I wanted to tell her she looked like a freak, instead I told her I wasn’t ready for that. Then she had the nerve to touch my forehead and said “you do have some furrows here.” First of all, if I were to do Botox I wouldn’t go to a dentist for it and second of all I would go to a dermatologist or plastic surgeon that is experienced in that sort of thing. But what nerve to point out my flaws when I didn’t even ask her to.\r \r My advice, go see Dr. Richard Felton - he’s a far superior dentist with great bedside manner. I get many compliments about my teeth. Oh and his rates are much more reasonable than Becky’s.\r \r more

I am writing this review as a peer,and current patient of Dr. Castaneda.I continue as a loyal patient because I have seen first hand in all three capacities, the devotion that Dr. Castaneda has to her profession and patients. She is the ultimate perfectionist in every thing that she does. She is kind and compassionate and is a mentor to many people, including myself. Her patients see her as more than just a cosmetic dentist, I have seen how they trust in her in so many ways, not just as their dental care provider. This is why I travel to San Francisco, CA, as many of her patients do, to have my dental care with Dr. Castaneda. more

\r Dr. Castaneda is wonderful. She has replaced several crowns and fixed a very bad broken tooth for me. Her services are very expensive, but worth it! more

Dr. Castaneda has a very professional manner and her dental office is very clean. She listens to what you ask for as a patient and does her best to deliver within reason. I would highly recommend her work and her office here in San Francisco, CA to anyone who seeks a better smile. more

I went to Dr. Rebecca Castaneda’s office here in San Francisco, CA also because of my friend’s recommendation and I couldn't agree more. She is so very nice and unassuming, not a pushy cosmetic dentist at all. She is very informative and makes sure you know your mouth, what's going on, the how’s and why's and then she gives you her opinion (which he backs up with medical knowledge). more

I thought my old front bridge was loose, but a careful examination by Dr. Castaneda showed a broken supporting tooth. After thorough discussions with me, she proposed some treatment options that my budget could handle. Once treatment began I was grateful for the extra steps she took to make the aesthetics as sound as the dental work. She made minor touch-ups to some of the other teeth--which made a surprising difference in the overall appearance. She understood my unusual bite better than any other TMJ expert I'd ever seen. I couldn't be happier with the final results and didn't need any follow-up bite adjustments! She's the best! more

Dr. Castaneda was the perfect answer to my prayers for a dentist with both great scientific and artistic skills. My confidence in her was confirmed as she treated me with respect and gentleness from the very beginning, ensuring my pains were immediately attended to. She made every effort to understand my history as well as what I needed and wanted. I may have seemed to be a bit of a difficult case on several occasions, but she was always kind, patient, and gracious. She asked questions to ensure our mutual understanding and that I would be happy with the final results. No more TMD, neck, or bite pains! I will thank and bless Dr. Castaneda each and every day for all that she did and made possible for me! She also has a friendly and attentive, yet very professional, staff – Dina, Jessica, and Chris – for whom I am also very grateful. more

Dr. Castaneda is one of the nicest doctors I've had the pleasure of working with. She has an excellent eye for detail and an outstanding work ethic. I had a very challenging job for her which included (3) crowns and (3) veneers and I am very pleased with the result. In addition, I also have to mention that her staff is excellent. Dina and Jessica are two of the best and brightest in ANY doctors office. Their follow up with the insurance companies is superb (and we all know how much fun that can be.) They were always very nice and accommodating which made the whole procedure that much better. more

After meeting with my regular dentist, an orthodontist, a cosmetic dentist, and then Dr. Rebecca Castaneda, I felt that Dr. Castaneda would produce the best results with the least amount of work. I had significant wearing of several teeth due to grinding, and my front top 4 teeth were not very straight. With some bonding and 2 veneers, she fixed my top and bottom front teeth, and a few on the side. She also developed 3 custom, clear Invisalign type braces that I wore for only 6 weeks. They were surprisingly comfortable and I could take them out to eat and when I had an important meeting or phone call. My teeth are now straight, equal in length, and they look great. I am very happy with the results. My family is very impressed too. Her staff is great and Dr. Castaneda is a true professional. I give her my highest recommendation. more

I have  just completed 20 months of dental work with Dr Castaneda and I couldn't be more thrilled with the result. I chose Dr Casteneda to do an implant  bridge and implant crown on my 4 front teeth after doing extensive research and meeting with several dentists and prosthodontists. From my first meeting with Dr Castaneda through to the completion of my dental work, it became increasingly clear to me that Dr Castaneda not only earns her reputation as the best prosthodontist in the  Bay Area, but is truly in a class by herself as a dental artist.  Long after most dentists would call it finished, Dr Castaneda continued to refine and improve my restorations until they were completely comfortable and beautiful beyond my expectations.  I am definitely not wealthy and the dental work that I needed (3 implants, one crown and a 3 tooth implant bridge) posed considerable financial hardship for me. I was tempted to choose a dentist that was less expensive, but every time I met with Dr Castaneda the sense of mastery, commitment to excellence and genuine caring that she exemplified made me so grateful that I chose to spend a bit more to have the best work possible.  It was the best decision I could have made.  I am certain that none of the other dentists I had considered working with  would have had the technical and artistic skill or taken the time to create the result that Dr Castaneda achieved.   Though she has a full and busy practice, Dr Castaneda  was completely present and always took as much time as necessary to get everything perfect. When she was working in my mouth I had the feeling that my teeth were the most important thing in the world and she was incredibly patient with my multitude of questions, concerns and sensitivities. I am a flute player so it was especially important to me  that my new teeth didn't affect my playing. Dr Castaneda allowed me to bring my flute to her office and spent a seemingly endless amount of time making minor adjustments until both me and my flute were happy with the results In addition to the magnificent end result, the entire process of being a patient in Dr Castaneda's office is unlike anything I've ever experienced before in a dentists office There is an abundance of kindness and a palpable sense of being cared for from the entire staff.   The environment is peaceful, elegant and comforting. I've never felt so at home in a dentist's office. Several times I would come to Dr Castenada's office immediately following dental surgery, in pain and vulnerable. The healing atmosphere and gentle caring of both the Dr and staff greatly contributed to the ease and speed of my healing I would highly recommend Dr Castaneda to anyone needing any type of dental work. She is truly a master Pros: Skilled, Artistic, Attention to detail, Perfect Results more

I was referred in 1999 when my DDS convinced me to finally do something about my stained, chipped, and crooked teeth. Over several months, Dr. Castaneda installed a full set of veneers that not only transformed my smile; it gave me renewed self-esteem. It's hard to believe the difference between the before and after pictures. She is a total perfectionist and a consummate professional who really cares about her clients. Over the years I have admired her skill, patience; even her mentoring abilities. Pros: Complete satisfaction Cons: a bit expensive - and worth it! more