So… after 2 years of looking like a crack head due to missing teeth and a worn out partial, I stumbled on to this dentist to get my confidence back. I was walking around the gay ghetto in the LBC(you know…90802 area) to find a place for Daisy and I and walked into this spot to make an appointment for full dentures. I hadn’t planned on getting fitted for a brand new smile that day, but Dr. Smith was sitting there reading the paper with nothing else to do, so they took me in right away. Cool. A note to my Unilocal young’uns with a bright natural smile. You don’t need him. Take care of those pearlies while you got ‘em. Take this advise from an old lady. Years of smoking cigs, drinking alcohol and diabetes had screwed of my grill. By the time I found Dr. Smith, I only had SIX teeth left in my head, and they had to GO in order to get my smile back. Dentists are a dime a dozen. Through my teeth journey, I have experienced the good, the bad and the ones who need to be sent out of town with cat-o-nines. I could tell that Dr. Smith was a good one. I lucked up on a Loma Linda School of Dentistry trained dentist who took the time to get my smile bright and the bite right. Whoa was me that I could not enjoy the foods that I once loved. Now, pistachios, corn nuts, and See’s bridge mix are my new best friends again. I am getting catch action as I never thought I would before because dentures change the form of your face! The Metro drivers are flirting because now I look like I did in my disco days.(thought not impressed by them. Seriously! Really? A bus driver or two… or three?) In any case, Dr. Smith hooked a sistah up for 5,000 less than the loser who quoted a price for the same procedure in the I.E. And Dr. Smith was not mad at me(ala Tupac) when I shaped the teeth to my liking with a finger nail file. He approved of my character shaping and told me how to chisel it to my liking without losing the bite. Now, Dr. Smith is retired and only works on dentures. He is not a general dentist any longer, but there is another young lady there that does that other stuff.(In a review, later) Because he his retired from GENERAL dentistry, he has the time to HOOKYOUUP if you need some new choppers. My friends and family compliment my new look. I had no idea how good dentures can change your whole look. So in closing, try to keep your natural teeth. If that is not possible, get a GOOD denturist with optimal training. I can smile with confidence and eat any kind of crunchy stuff… but looking for some bubble gum that won’t stick to these pearlie whites. And trust me, to all that compliment my teeth… I don’t hide it. I tell them that they are as fake as anything in L. A Review notes: I would have given him 5 stars but he charged for a re-line which should have been free according to other denture wearers on the net.