Gennady M Fundaminsky, DDS

Dr. Fundaminsky is not just a regular dentist. He is a magician with hands made of Gold. He has been my dentist for the past 21 years (since I was 10 years old) and has made sure I don’t know what it means to have problems with teeth.
10 years ago, I moved to San Diego was still seeing Dr. Fundaminsky for all my dental work annually. After having kids, however, I got lazy and decided to try out a local San Diego dentist, who also came highly recommended. Well, guess what… BIG MISTAKE.
I went to the local dentist who did x-​rays/​photos and decided that I needed several fillings and a crown. He said we’d start with the crown. I’ve never had a crown before (thanks to Dr. Fundaminsky) but figured this dentist must know what he’s talking about. Though the tooth was not bothering me at all.
After the dentist did the crown, that tooth started to hurt. I came to the dentist NOT in pain and left with pain. After the crown, I went back to the dentist 4 more times to fix the pain and each time he said it was the bite and would drill to fix the bit. The pain remained. After the 4^th attempt at having the local dentist fix my tooth, I said FORGET IT! I am going to take the day off work and go where I KNOW my tooth will be done right and end this pain.
Dr. Fundaminsky was not happy with me for going to this dentist because he had x-​rays of my teeth from 1 year prior and informed me that I never needed a crown in the first place. The local dentist tricked me into believing I did, when the tooth was completely fine. Not to mention the 10 «cavities» he wanted to fill (also completely unnecessary).
Needless to say, after an hour with his magic hands, Dr. Fundamisky re-​did the crown and the pain went away hours later.
Going forward, I will not hesitate to take a day off work and make the trip to see Dr. Fundamisky because he’s the only one I know who will be COMPLETELY HONEST with me even if it means telling me I DON’T need fillings or crown and he’s the only one I know who will make sure my teeth are perfect and I am never in pain.

Posting my brothers review:
My parents have been seeing Dr. Fundaminsky since before I was born. I didn’t myself until I graduated from my initial pediatric dentist and may I say that, and although I haven’t been the most diligent at times, it is always an absolute pleasure to visit Dr. Fundaminsky! The continual and tireless interest he and his whole staff show in learning, exploring, and furthering dentistry is beyond encouraging and downright inspiring to me. When I leave his office, I feel like I’ve just spoken about music with Stravinsky, discussed film with Tarkovsky, or literature with…(insert famous Russian writer here) Excuse the silly Russian references, the point is that I feel like I’m in the company of a master! He is so incredibly passionate about his work and so interested in creative and enlightened forms of dental method and practice.
I’ve never felt compelled to ‘review’ anything publicly in my life, but I think Dr. Fundaminsky deserves his name shouted from rooftops! The loveliest of people, the very best in dentistry and an all around heartwarming experience in a normally sterile and clinical (to some) situation.
As I say, my family has been with Dr. Fundaminsky my whole life and I absolutely intend to keep it that way!!!
Josh Klinghoffer
Red Hot Chili Peppers/​Dot Hacker

Dr. Fundaminsky is the best dentist. I went to him for a full mouth reconstruction because I could not eat anymore. He removed all my bridges and old crowns and proceeded to do minimally invasive implants. He implanted 6 in one visit! My recovery time was minimal. The next day I could go to work, there was absolutely no swelling, and any discomfort was gone the next day. I did not take any pain medication, that’s because I have been under the supervision of a homeopathic doctor for many years. And before Dr. Fundaminsky did 6 implants at one time, he made sure my overall health and immune system could withstand the procedure. And it all turned out great. I recommend Dr. Fundaminsky to anyone needing any dental work, especially full mouth reconstruction. I could not be happier with how my full mouth feels and my ability to eat comfortably.

Quality of dental work could be proven only with time. Dental work that was done by Dr, Fundaminsky is obvious quality combined with the perfect look. Confidence of my smile is a result of his excellent work, great knowledge and professional experience.

I am very picky about dentists in LA. My teeth mean a lot to me and I want them to be not just good, I want them to be PERFECT. It’s actually very hard to impress me even with a good job, because its always something I don’t really like or I’m not really satisfied with. I must confess that Dr. Fundaminsky is the only one who truly impressed me. He does the best dental work in LA so far. Moreover he is a very polite, nice and educated doctor with lots of years of experience. The job he does is beyond excellent! Perfect location, beautiful nice and friendly staff very clean and bright office with the newest technologies. When you visit his dental office you will leave it very satisfied with a beautiful Hollywood smile on your face. It was a great pleasure to meet this nice, smart and very educated person. He knows what he is doing. I’ll definitely recommend him to all my friends and I recommend him to YOU!

I have had three implants placed by Dr. Fundaminsky and each one was a masterpiece. Besides his technical expertise, which was impeccable, the results were outstanding. Good dental care is hard to find these days, and Dr. Fundaminsky and his team are the best in the business. Dr. Fundaminsky is godsend! His training and experience are of the highest standards. His continued practice extends to 30 plus years so you can confidently and comfortably put your expectations into his proficient hands. Not surprising his technique is unique in the industry of implants; there are no sutures, no pain, and no swelling and perfect byte results. He even called me after each surgery to clear up any issues regarding my treatment… For a top notch doctor to give you his time on the phone speaks a lot about his caliber as a professional and a human being. Dr. Fundaminsky specializes in delivering genuine and compassionate care while maintaining the highest standard of professionalism. He goes above and beyond to achieve excellence in dental care

Dr. Fundaminsky is the best. Genetically, I do not have the best teeth, so through the years I had to go to many dentists to maintain the health of my teeth and I’ve been to the best of them. During this time, I had a lot of different procedures done.
Sometime last September I starting having very severe headaches and pain on one side of my face, the pain was so debilitating that I would pass out from it. I went to see my old dentist who said that I needed another root canal to kill yet another tooth. I could not deal with it anymore. I thought pretty soon I will have no live teeth, so I went for a second opinion to Dr. Fundaminsky.
When I met Dr. Fundaminsky for the first time, he took a look in my mouth and right away he could tell what the problem was and why I was having all the pain. He said that I do NOT need a root canal, the tooth that hurts is not the problem. The problem is that most dentists see the trees, but not the forest. They treat teeth one at a time not taking into consideration the whole mouth. Dr. Fundaminsky explained that my bite was all wrong and that was causing all the pain. He explained that I was not really chewing my food because the teeth do not even touch each other when my mouth is closed.
So, since September, Dr. Fundaminsky reconstructed my whole mouth, put it all together like it was supposed to be in the first place. He did not have to do a root canal, I do not have any more headaches, I can chew on both sides of my mouth equally and comfortably and I feel and sleep much better than I ever used to.
Dr. Fundaminsky saved me from a life of misery. He is the best dentist I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot of them). Dr. Fundaminsky is very passionate about his field of work, he thinks of it as art, and it is like art in many ways. His skill level is unprecedented and I would recommend him to anyone.

I don’t know if he’s a good dentist or not, but he’s a liar and a cheat when it comes to insurance. He charged me full price for his work even though he’s in-​network for my insurance company. He gave me a claim form and told me to submit it to the insurance company myself. He told me that the insurance company would send the money to me. Not only did they send the money to him, they told me on the phone that they *always* send the money directly to the dentist and that Fundaminsky must have known that. So he’s gotten paid twice now. I filed a complaint with the insurance company and they say they’re going to refund my money but they haven’t yet and so Fundaminsky has had hundreds of dollars of my money for almost a year now. I’m surprised that this behaviour isn’t considered criminal. It’s certainly unethical. If you do go to this dentist don’t believe him if he tells you to file your own claim. He’s also rough and jerked my head this way and that way while yelling at me the whole time. Ick.

This Russian «dentist» is an absolute swindler. It seems like he tells everyone the same story. «Your problems began when you were a child and your bite formed in a wrong way» «If your parents were smarter you wouldn’t have any of your root canals, or headache, or neck pressure…» He was telling me that Russian dentistry sucks and called his former colleagues «impotents». He said that 90% of american dentists do not know what they are doing. And that he is the only one, genius, master of all trades, artist…
He doesn’t like to do root canals, because it’s cheap. He’d better do some crowns or implants. And he will show you your treatment plan later, when there’s no way back. In my case, when I asked him to do a cleaning, he trimmed away my upper front tooth in order to make a four tooth bridge in the future. I had to leave LA next day and left with plastic tooth. Obviously, I didn’t plan to make any crowns or get a «hollywood smile» in two days of my stay in LA. I just wanted to get a consultation and general cleaning at most.
Be careful, don’t make my mistake. On the initial consultation he asked for deposit of $ 4,000 «in order to feel himself like a real dentist». By mistake I paid him without even seeing a treatment plan. No he is refusing to refund it. He even called some Russian mafia to frighten me. I’m going to sue him and will require to recall his license. And it’s not even about money, it’s about health and the fact that people like him should not operate like doctors.
People, avoid this doctor at his empty office on Rodeo Drive. If you still go, keep in mind that he doesn’t hesitate to show his patient’s teeth models (yes, he makes them, for himself and will charge you $ 500 for that) to other potential clients saying «you see, how horrible it was, now we can go and see what I did»
By the way, picture on my
profile is before visit to Fundamisky. He said that with smile like this I can not live in the US, it’s out of beauty standard. :-(

The negative review was very unfair.
I’ve gone to Dr Fundaminsky for years and had excellent results, consistently. I think he’s more tuned in to the overall picture than most dentists I’ve used, and explains his thinking quite well

Dr. Fundaminsky has saved both me and my husband from unnecessary dental work. I went to see Dr. Funadminsky to get some bonding repaired from a previous dentist’s work. He noticed I had some old silver fillings and didn’t like the looks of one in particular. Sure enough when he removed it, he discovered secondary decay. Yikes! Thank goodness he pays attention and practices good preventive care or else I have no idea how long that would’ve been left to fester. Eww! My husband is equally grateful for getting a second opinion from Dr. Fundaminsky on a toothache he had had for a month. He originally went to see another dentist (actually a friend of ours!) who said he most likely needed a root canal. When my husband came to see Dr. Fundaminsky, he was outraged to hear what the other dentist suggested upon looking at his teeth. Fundaminsky said there was no way, even to suggest, that my husband would need a root canal. He fixed it without the root canal and my husband hasn’t had a problem since! Phew! Thanks for saving our teeth and wallets!
As for the previous review, I’m not sure what happened, but I know that I’ve had bonding on my four front teeth and have had to do a few repairs over the past 5 years from my previous dentist. Dr. Fundaminsky had to go in twice to get my bonding right but that is because of the subpar job of my orthodontist. To make a tooth look aesthetically nice looking while not interfering with your natural bite, all while having an incorrect bite in the first place can be tricky with some patients. Nonetheless, my bonding work has held up with Fundaminsky. He is also a very straightforward person and takes his profession very seriously.
The take-​away is that Dr. Fundaminsky goes in and tackles problem areas before they become bigger problems while avoiding unnecessary and overly aggressive procedures. I trust that I will have my teeth into old age as long as I’m going to see Dr. Fundaminsky!

This guy is an unfriendly scam artist. He did some work on my molar, then in a couple of months part of the same tooth chipped off. I came in, telling him that the tooth he worked on got messed up, and he started scolding me, telling me that i accused him of doing shoddy work, when in fact i chipped my tooth, not the work he did. well okay, i apologized, and he fixed the tooth. then, not a month later, the same molar chipped off. that happened today, and now im taking time out of my vacation in seattle to go to a dentist, because dr fundaminsky is clearly unqualified to make lasting restoration work.