Gary A Olen, DDS

Boys love their dentist and the staff is always nice, caring and professional. Office is clean and plenty of parking. Dentist always makes sure we understand what’s going on. We never have to wait long before being seen. Love this place!

Always friendly, very professional staff. My daughters have been going here for years – never a problem. We’ve had orthodontics, tooth removals, cavities, and plain old cleanings – everything has been done very well. We’ll continue to go here for the foreseeable future!

Horrible service. Moved and had a balance of 105 called and let them know I had a legal matter with landlord and that I would send it in as soon as possible. I mailed in check with three month of moving and when I checked my credit the following month I had a ding on my credit from the dentist office even though the payment had gone through. Not one phone call or any notice and my number hadn’t changed. This after already paying over $ 1000 for the work my daughter had done. Just rude and uncalled for. Mess up my credit and didn’t even call me on top of the bill was paid and it’s still on my credit. Never will I go there and j would not recommend them.

Bringing my child to Dr. Olen and Dr. Maurer’s dental office has been a pleasure. We appreciate that he goes back for his appointments on time and the staff is always friendly.
If you are looking for a kid friendly dental office, this is the office you want to come to.

All three of my children love Dr. Olen and Dr. Maurer! Before I found this Dentist, my youngest was terrified to even have a cleaning done because of a previous bad dental experience. Now she loves to go to the dentist. I’m so glad I found them! Two of my kids had braces with them and I couldn’t be happier with the results. The office is always very clean and the staff is always very accommodating.

I can’t believe how patient these women are! They are totally helpful with my three Rugrats running around! They are so calm and kind and loving towards my children even though they were just being kids…
I really love Dr. Mauer. I appreciate the parent consult and he gives me the run down in a calm non surprised manor.
The front desk lady was back to being her really friendly self today! They are very organized.
We all love the Hawaiian Décor!

For a place that says they offer specialized services for «specially challenged children», it leaves a lot to be desired. My son has ASD and we were not able to get his teeth cleaned because he was nervous and would not sit still. I know my son and what works to calm him down and I was trying to help but they didn’t have anything to offer in terms of distractions like TV or a book or anything. Then I came to realize that we were segregated from the «normal» kids that have video games and a video playing on a huge flat screen because my son was «louder» and they thought he would disturb or scare the other kids. This dental office needs to take an ABA therapy class to learn how to deal with Autistic kids and also learn how to take charge of the appointment, not be intimidated by a nervous child. Thank goodness my son is too young to realize when someone is humiliating him, even if I’m not. If I knew how to clean teeth with that machine, I would have done it myself. Instead, I chose to leave with my dignity and not make a follow-​up appointment, ever.

Great service and kids have know problems when coming here big plus much recommended.

I take both my nine-​year-​old and 11 year old daughters to this office. They used to hate the dentist until they met Dr. Olen. Now they actually want to go to the dentist and look forward to their cleanings! My nine-​year-​old even had to get her tooth pulled and still said it was painless and would do it again if she had to! I couldn’t believe it! There is definitely a reason that he keeps being nominated by his peers for best pediatric dentist in the area. We love Dr. Olen and will continue to go to his dentist office.

I have been going to Dr. Olen for about 5 years, my mother recieved a recommendation from a coworker. Now that I am over 18 I realize this dentist was horrible. He never spent more than 5 minutes with you the patient and the staff that handles all your braces needs are extremely rude. On more than one occasion I witnessed them yelling at the other children and I learned more about thier personal and home lives than I ever needed to know.
The last time I was there the blonde lady at the front desk was too busy with her facebook account to sign me in. The ladies that book the appointments however are extremely sweet.

I took my son for his first dental visit here. The staff are friendly but it really bothered me that I wasn’t allowed to go back with my son. After a long talk with the dentist, I let my son go back for x-​rays, and when the dentist came back out he told me my son had multiple cavities and that he could tell my son would need braces. Really!!! He hadn’t even lost his first tooth yet! They ended up giving me an estimate for almost $ 1,000. They wanted to give my son something to sedate him, which I did not agree to. The bottom line is that they made me uncomfortable so I looked for another dentist and requested a second opinion. The new dentist told me my son indeed had 2 cavities and I only paid $ 140 for the whole procedure (and he did not have to be sedated). I do not recommend this place.

If I could give zero stars I would. I took my daughter in a few weeks ago. She is only 21 months old. The initial impression is that the office is very nice and friendly. They do not allow parents to go back with the kids which I find rediculous. I told them I was going to go back because my daughter is just a baby. When we met Dr. Olen he spent about 2 minutes with my daughter, then told me she had 10 cavities. She is not even 2 years old, and only has 15 teeth. REDICULOUS! They took an xray, maybe to try to «justify» themselves. However, that xray was a total blur because my daughter wasn’t still when they took it. He told me that the «shadow areas» were all cavities. THE ENTIRE XRAY WAS A BLURRY SHADOW!!! They ended up giving me 2 estimates for her work that needed to be done that ranged from $ 800-​$ 1600.
I went to another dentist 2 days ago to get a second opinion. This dentist spent a good 10 – 15 minutes in my daughters mouth. The result… NO CAVITIES!
I will never go to Dr. Olen again. I advise you not to go either. They are running a very dirty scam at that office. Who is disgusting enough to take advantage of a baby? Who would drill out a childs teeth when it is completely unecessary?! STAY AWAY FROM THIS OFFICE!
Also, on another note, her appointment was about a month ago now and I still have not heard back from them. They are supposed to be calling me to set up her appointment to fix her teeth. You would think that if a child really had that many cavities, they would want to get that child’s mouth fixed. AWFUL PLACE!

I have 3 children 15, 16, and 25 who have all went to Dr. Olen all their lives. He is great and almost more importantly his staff is wonderful. There is not much of a turn over rate so I have seen some of these people for years. My last two are/​have been in braces so for the last four or five years we have been there at least once a month many times more and I have never had a bad experience.

The atmosphere and lobby are nice. It stops there.
I feel like the minute we are in there that we are part of an assembly line. After 3 visits to get all my son’s stuff done to get his braces on, they decided to tell us to be referred out and that they didn’t want to do it!!! I will say and in that time I saw the actual dentist 2 times. The time he told me they couldn’t do my son’s braces I saw him less than a minute. The face to face personal service is horrible. I was referred to another ortho from him. I didn’t go to that one and have found one over here that is 100% satisfactory and very friendly.

I am a little surprised by the high ratings that this dentist received. I went there as a child but did not realize that when I brought my boys there based on a recommendation. Yes the ambiance of the office is very kid friendly but there are way too many negatives for me to ever bring my boys back.
My first issue was one visit the lady did not see us there after we had signed in. She yelled at my 5 year old for being late. One, we were not late she just didn’t see us and two, who yells at a 5 year old? Especially at an office geared for children!
Then one of my boys had a cavity. The Dr told me it would be filled with white composite. He filled it with silver and then charged my insurance company for white… I hear this shady stuff happens all the time over there.
I was complaining to a girlfriend about the office and she told me that she use to work there and to never bring my boys there again. She said the office is very dirty (which you feel a little grimy just being in there anyway). She said they do not properly sterilize their tools.
My mom also told me she stopped taking us there as kids because the dentist were a little creepy and the office seemed dirty.
There are way more important things to consider when you bring your child to a dentist than video games and TVs on the ceiling. We will not be going back.

We have been taking our kids here routinely since they turned 2. they are now 6,3,2 and love going to the dentist. They office staff has always been very helpful to me and friendly. We always get in and out in a timely manner. I wouldn’t take my kids anywhere else.

I was not happy with this dentist because my 2 year old had a small bit of decay on his front 2 teeth and Dr. Olen said he needed to give him anesthesia and completely put him out in order to fix this. I took my son for a 2^nd opinion at a dentist located in the Medical Office Building at Children’s Hospital (San Diego) and the dentist gave me a topical fluoride to use instead. The new dentist said we’d monitor the decay. The decay never progressed and my 2 year old is now 7 with those same two front teeth.
Also, my older child had 1 – 2 cavities everytime I took him to Dr. Olen. Since we have switched dentists, my child hasn’t had one cavity. I find that odd since he’s brushing the same as before and we always flossed. Perhaps it was since I didn’t have dental insurance and paid cash for all these services?
One other thing of importance — Dr Olen DOES NOT let parents go back with their children. I find this very strange. Do you let your child go anywhere else with out you? Does your child go to their pediatric physician without you? Our new dentist encourages parents to accompany their child through the entire process.

I went to Dr. Olen for 17 years. He’s very gentle and I was never scared as a youngster to go to him. I got my braces and had a multitude of work done from teeth pulled to cavities filled, etc. Very pleasant office and the workers there are really friendly and I enjoyed talking with them.
One fond memory that I remembered as a kid is I would get to pick a prize out of the treasure chest (if I was good). Well I was always a good kid and never cried or threw a fit so I always got my pick of the goodies out of the chest. My favorite that I will never forget is a heart bracelet that had pink and blue hearts. I sometimes wonder where that bracelet is and wish I could beam it back.
Last time I went to Dr. Olen, I was in my late 20’s I believe and too big for the treasure chest (darn it, I really still wanted a keepsake). They still had that treasure chest there. I was tempted and looked inside of the chest diverting my eyes real quickly before anybody noticed lol. Oh why can’t we be kids again?
Anyway, I recommend this dentist very highly. He’s a good family dentist and very caring.

Rotten service! The recpetionist told me the «doctors» would not want to see a 1 year old in the afternoon. I work from 6am to 2:30pm so afternoon is the only time possible .
Not sure how they can claim they are a pediatric dentistry specializing in infants and children. What a joke.

I went to Dr. Olen for about 18 years, and my little sister still goes there. I personally have a very difficult dental history, braces, appliances, fake teeth, the whole works — so if anyone knows the aches and pains of the dentist its me, and I can highly recommend this dentist. Unfortunately they didn’t get the giant flat screen TV’s till I was too old to go there, but they are great for keeping kids entertained while in the dentist chair. They even have grape flavored gloves! The technicians are the nicest women around — as is the office staff. They were always willing to work me in in an emergency.
As long as you don’t mind a little humming (ahem, Dr. Olen), this is the place to go for pediatric dentistry or orthodontics.