Robert H Iezman, DDS

My kids are past teenagers but they both had ortho work with Dr. Iezman. I suspect he’s as great as ever if not better. His prices, by the way, were always in the middle of the industry. Not the most expensive and not the least expensive. His office was always a pleasure to visit. He communicated well with parents, and most importantly, my kids loved going there. So glad to hear Dr. Iezman is still on the UCSF teaching staff.

Dr Iezman is great. I got my braces off recently. He was always very caring and is clearly a real expert. I’ve also noticed that his staff never turns over, so it must be a great place to work.

Friendly and helpful staff there. Dr. Iezman is professional and caring for his patients. Every time when I arrived, my record was pulled and ready at the screen. They reviewed before they approached me and always got correct information for what they did last time. Yup, they do have strict scheduling policy but depends what side you are laying on. If you like on time appointment and be efficient, it’s definitely your place! You arrive on time and leave on time. Never wasting one single minute on waiting previous delay appointments.

Unbelievably overpriced! I had braces as a teen and recently my once straight teeth started shifting and I could no longer fit my old retainer. I went in for a consult (this practice was recommended to me by my dentist) hoping that they could simply adjust my old retainer for me. After an exam, I was told that surely they could do that. So far so good. Then the doctor left the room and his financial clerk came in with a quote for the adjustment to the retainer and all necessary office visits. I had previously explained that I had orthodontic coverage under my husband’s insurance plan, so I wasn’t too worried about the price tag, especially since I was having such minor work done. I should have been worried. The quote was just under $ 2,000.
Assuming they had not taken my insurance coverage into account, I explained that my medical would cover $ 1,000, so their figure needed to be recalculated. The clerk responds, «Oh, I am sorry for the confusion, this quote has already had your $ 1,000 coverage taken into account.» WHAT. So the grand total would be near $ 3,000! This is with being able to REUSE my old retainer! They don’t even have to make a new one, simply adjust the old one. I was speechless. Assuming I was just very clueless about orthodontic pricing, I politely said I would talk the quote over with my husband and let them know. I did research post appointment, and got several other quotes ranging from $ 500 to $ 1,000 (WITH new retainers being made for me). Needless to say, I did not use Iezman Orthodontics. I felt sincerely taken advantage of. The icing on the cake (and what prompted this Unilocal review) is that today I received a bill for the portion of my office visit that was not covered by my insurance. Fine, but my appointment with this office was OVER 1 YEAR AGO. Do not tell me that Delta took that long to work out their share of the cost, I use them for my regular dentistry insurance and they never take more than 2 months. I call BS on this office, their pricing and their staff!

My daughter sees Dr. Iezman and I wouldn’t put her in any other orthodontist’s hands. Dr. Iezman is an excellent orthodontist!!! Believe me I should know — I had braces for 6−½ years when I was a child and if only Dr. Iezman was practicing back then I probably would have had a better outcome in less time. My daughter and I had very similar crowding problems and rotated teeth… I know, the visual is scary!!! In just two short years, my daughter’s teeth and bite are beautiful. Dr. Iezman and his entire staff are warm, friendly and caring. My daughter and I always look forward to seeing Dr. Iezman and his team as well as enjoying a tea or coffee from the Keurig coffee maker.

A great Orthodontist. My two kids are treated by Dr Iezman who is also a faculty at UCSF school of Dentistry. I highly recommend him

I am a local dentist and have been referring patients for orthodontics to Dr. Iezman for approx 15 years! He is extremely skilled with my patients and the results are always timely and very precise. He is sensitive to the feelings of the young & old alike giving you options and sound advice on the difference between your options. My own children have finished their treatment with him as well. He is a top notch professional and keeps me regularly informed on my all my patients progress with their treatment. Dr Iezman has been consistently good with my patients and I will continue sending patients to him until I retire!

The biggest problem with this office is scheduling appointments. The office is only open a few days a week, they have a strict policy on when certain appointments are scheduled and are incredibly inflexible about making even the slightest accommodations. It does not help that the person who schedules appointments is so unfriendly. Had I know this aspect would be so difficult I would have chosen a different office — that is how much of an obstacle it has been.

Interviewed three different Orthodontist before making the decision to using Dr. Iezman for my children’s treatment. I have no regrets.
They have always been able to accommodate our schedule for appointments and we make every attempt to be prompt and courteous by being on time. Dr. Iezman always made time to talk to about any changes or progress regarding treatment and his staff is just a informative and approachable. The kids enjoy their visit not so much the adjustments on their braces but over all have a pleasant experience.
The only problem I’ve encountered is the parking in the afternoon. This can be challenging at times if your visiting the North Berkeley site. But as far as service and professionalism I very happy with my choice.

horrible policy around scheduling. apparently they don’t take you if you’ve been unable to make more than two appointments, which in this economy i truly don’t understand, but it seems ridiculous. especially in terms of what they define as «miss», which apparently is being 5 minutes late.
awful around new patients. not helpful in the leaset.

Scheduling has been sometimes difficult, but overall the service is good and Dr Iezman has been very attentive.

I have been going to Iezman’s office for many years with my kids, one after the other. His office is well organized and appealing. Iezman himself certainly knows what he is doing and the treatments that my kids got were superb. Price-​wise he is on the upper end, but you get what you pay for. All costs were clear and in writing before start of treatment, and they are rather uncomplicated with re-​organizing payment plans along the way.
The only negative that I found over the years is that scheduling an appointment can be an ordeal. Office staff, although efficient, tends to be rather bossy when it comes to scheduling. I found that giving them exact available times (and being firm about these) is important, otherwise you will be stuck with times where you have to take your kid out of school.

My daughter goes to UC Berkeley. She lost her retainer at school and needed a replacement urgently. I called Dr. Iezman based on the reviews on Unilocal.I thought the office staff seemed very pleasant. The one red flag was that they would not tell me anything about how much it would cost my daughter to replace her retainer even though they said it was a fixed fee (not variable at all, so they knew exactly how much it would cost). I should have known better to trust this kind of business practice, and I will in the future.
However, since they were charming on the phone and they had good reviews, I went ahead and suggested them to my daughter as a possibility. I had some quotes from other orthodontists for retainer replacements. I assumed they would be reasonably within the ballpark since they were such nice and decent people. My bad:-)
My daughter called me in tears and inconsolable after her appointment. The price she was quoted once she had already stepped into the office and paid her $ 90 office visit fee was basically double the quotes I had received from other orthodontists (if you include the non-​refundable office visit fee). This was approximately $ 300 more than I would have paid elsewhere.
Needless to say, we put the $ 90 office visit fee down as the price of our stupidity for trusting this organization to have fair pricing, and our daughter has an appointment with another office who has high recommendations from Unilocal AND will quote the entire cost to us over the phone. In addition, this other office said that if she decided not to get her retainer with them, they wouldn’t charge her anything! I’ll do a very nice Unilocal review for the new orthodontist after my daughter’s visit tomorrow:-).
I’m sure that Dr. Iezman is lovely to work with if you are going through the whole orthodontia process and have insurance to cover it, but please be careful if you need to pay out of pocket for his service. This business practice of not giving out a quote till you pay the $ 90 office visit fee is unacceptable especially when they are dealing with college students.
I’m very sad that someone who has such great reviews on Unilocal and who seems like a nice person couldn’t just have warned us that it was going to be over $ 600 to get a retainer if we went to them (including office visit).
I hope my review keeps others from being too trusting just because someone seems nice.

I have been very happy with the care at Iezman/Osterman’s orthodontic office in Berkeley. My daughter went thru a round of braces there. She was always seen quickly and everyone is very friendly and efficient in the office. Unfortunately they no longer accept our dental insurance (otherwise I would have given 5 stars), so I will need to find another ortho for my son.

Having had orthodontics in the past, Dr. Iezman’s office is definitely state of the art, and his professional manner makes him a pleasure to visit. I saw him as an adult patient for remedial orthodontics and was impressed with how carefully he listened.
His office and staff are superb, and he is very attentive with his younger (children) patients. I’d recommend his services to patients of any age.

This is one healthcare provider who is truly a pleasure to visit. The office is state-​of-​the-​art in every way, from the fingerprint ID self check-​in to the new online services. The kid-​friendliness goes above and beyond, from «prizes» given for each visit to seasonal festivities and decoration at all times.
Dr. Iezman is the soul of friendly graciousness; my eight-​year-​old daughter and I are equally charmed. His staff are very professional, also warm and personal. All are gentle, encouraging, and highly competent. My only complaint is that they whisk us in and out so efficiently, I never have time to get through any of the juicy magazines in the amply stocked waiting room.