Eugenia Friedland, DDS

I have been a patient of Dr Friedland’s for over 15 years. When I first came to her my teeth were not in great shape. She got me on a regiment of regular visits (4/​year) and was adamant about flossing. She diligently pushes, prods and educated her patients about good dental hygiene and she got me to floss when no other dentist was able to do so. She does all her own cleanings and is extremely thorough. Her cleanings are deep, but I would rather suffer mild discomfort while getting the cleaning than have issues with my teeth now on in the future.
My son, who is 13 and has braces has also been going to Dr. Friedland since he was little. Our orthodontists always comments on how good his teeth look, much better than other kids he sees. While his brushing techniques leave much to be desired, the regular visits to Dr. Friedland have helped him maintain good oral health, despite having braces.
I am very happy with the level of care I have received and will continue to be a patient of Dr Friedland’s for the next 15 years.

For more than 15 years, Dr. Friedland has provided me with the service, advice and experience required to maintain and promote healthy teeth and gums. Through these years, she has shown herself to be a dedicated dentist whose sole aspiration has been to promote my overall health and whose sole inspiration has been to practice as an honest and caring physician.
While teeth cleanings and oral health procedures are not as pleasant as facials and massages, they are essential to creating the the conditions necessary for your teeth’s longevity and health. I can state with the utmost sincerity that through all of these years, Dr. Friedland has always taken the time necessary and put in the effort needed to provide a proper cleaning while identifying problems and finding solutions for my other dental challenges.
If you are looking for a dentist that puts your oral health first then Dr. Friedland is undoubtedly the way to go.

My wife and I have been going to Dr. Friedland ever since she opened her practice in the early ’90’s. Dr. Friedland is meticulous in her work, always explains patient options and never provides unnecessary treatment. Whenever she has referred us to a colleague for specialist work, we’ve always been happy with the results. The staff is wonderful. Go to Dr. Friedland, follow her dental hygiene advice and you’ll have pristine teeth!

Dr. Friedland is an outstanding dentist! She is very thorough and is a perfectionist which I totally appreciate having worked in a dental office for over 15 years. And who WOULDN’T want perfection when it comes to our smiles? The staff is friendly, pleasant and professional at all times. I have never had to wait which I also appreciate.
I highly recommend Dr. Friedland!

I’m so glad and happy that I have found doctor Friedland when I did. I’ve been going to doctor Friedland for over 15 years and I am satisfied with her treatment after every appointment with her. When I first came to doctor Friedland, I needed a deep cleaning, a few fillings, a root canal, and a crown. Since then, I’ve only gotten regular cleanings twice a year and one more crown. It was really surprising to me how drastically my dental health can be improved with the brushing and flossing techniques that doctor Friedland taught me, along with her precision and accuracy in her cleanings and other work.
Doctor Friedland never gives me any treatment or procedure that is not needed, and on top of that, she stresses the importance of brushing and flossing twice a day in order to prevent cavities developing in the first place, so that I won’t have to go through the expensive and somewhat painful process of treating them. Doctor Friedland’s emphasis on a strong and persistent prevention method really wowed me and showed me how honest of a dentist she is.
During my procedures with her, there is always very minimal pain, and I could tell that doctor Friedland does her absolute best to reduce the amount of discomfort I have. Of course, no one likes going to the dentist, but doctor Friedland makes sure she does her best to make me as comfortable as possible.
The office is pretty nice. It looks pretty newly remodeled, except that the waiting room is just a little bit smaller than some others that I’ve seen. Its still comfortable though, and has multiple big chairs to sit in while you wait. The waiting room also had many different magazines, along with many dental health journals that I’ve found pretty interesting throughout my visits to this office.
Overall, this is definitely a dentist that I recommend to everyone who asks me or is looking for a new dentist. I couldn’t imagine finding a better dentist than Doctor Friedland and I am so grateful that I have found her. Highly highly recommend!

I got Doctor Friedland’s contact info through one of my colleagues for which I am very grateful. She’s the type of a doctor I’ve been looking for a very long time: very polite, attentive, highly knowledgeable and very skilled. I was pretty impressed after I noticed on her wall behind the receptionist a diploma and an award for graduating in the top 10% of the class. While I was filling out the patient form, I saw quite a few dental publications and articles on her desk, which was very reassuring as it’s always nice to know that my dentist is on top of all the latest techniques and procedures.
As someone who didn’t see a dentist in 18 months I came expecting a lot of problems and a scary estimate. There were a couple issues but the proposed treatment plan looked quite conservative, unlike past dentists that I’ve been to, with only one filling requiring attention within a month, and the rest were placed under observation which I’d eventually schedule. Before the exam, she did a full mouth cleaning and with over a year and a half since my last cleaning, she did a very thorough job. Doctor Friedland told me about how dental cleanings may not be the favorite part of my day and certainly not a highlight of my week, but they are something that must be done twice a year to prevent buildup of plaque, bacteria and bad breath among other health issues. I learned that in the long term, it’s certainly better not to skip cleanings. Doctor Friedland really showed the importance of not skipping flossing and to brush after meals, at work after lunch, and especially after having coffee with sweets.
Overall, what really stood out to me about Doctor Friedland is that she never over treats or does unnecessary procedures, unlike what many other dentists do nowadays, and I’m very thankful for that. Doctor Friedland is definitely a hard to find, thorough, and honest dentist, and I highly recommend her to everyone that I know who is looking for a dentist.

Have been a patient at this office for over 40 years and have always feel the staff has placed my well being and care as # 1 on their list. Dr. Freidland’s «bedside manner» takes away my anxiety that often a trip to the dentist – very much appreciate her approach to dentistry! Worthy of a visit if you’re considering a new dentist.

Love, love going to dentist now after I switched to Dr Friedland!!! She and her staff is very friendly and professional. Small practice, very clean and cute, and there is no waits! Never! Wish I found her earlier! Keep good job Dr. Friedland, Manuela and Sandy!

We were visiting the San Jose area from Los Angeles, when my child started to complain and cry of tooth ache. We googled for a dentist in the area and found Dr. Friedland, who made time for us even though her schedule was full. Her front desk staff was very courteous and professional. Dr. Friedland was great with our kid, talking him through the treatment and calming his anxiety about being in the dentist’s chair. When Dr. Friedland was done, our son was no longer in pain (apparently he had bitten down on a pit, piece of which was lodged between his gum and tooth). We were very grateful to Dr. Friedland for her professional and compassionate treatment of our son and for saving our trip. We are sorry that she cannot be our regular dentist. We highly and jealously recommend her to San Jose residents.

Most painful cleaning I have ever had, and she gave me a numbing cream! But worse than that, she would not stop lecturing me about what a bad flosser I was, even though she admitted that she could tell I flossed! After 30 minutes I asked her to please stop repeating this, but she kept doing it!
After the torture, I mean, «cleaning» I explained that extensive lecturing does not lead to behavior modification. Then she said she feels like she has to keep on explaining what the patient has done wrong so they won’t think it’s her fault that it hurts. Bizarre!

Cannot say enough about Dr.Friedland. Today she completed my implants treatment. I’ve been rather miserable over the last 8 – 9 months after having a 3-​unit bridge removed and a large hole on my left side of the mouth. I was afraid to open my mouth, could not talk quickly at meetings, very uncomfortable feeling. The new implants are aligned extremely well, the hole is gone, no more whistling noises when I talk, teeth shades are perfectly matched, I can smile again! Thank you many times!

I’ve switched to Dr. Friedland about two years ago, too bad I did not switch sooner. I lost trust with my previous dentist, since I never was sure if he was doing things properly or just doing something quick to get rid of me? Dr. Friedland started with educating me on a proper dental hygiene and in two visits addressed all my problems (sadly i had a number of problems, since my previous dentist was slacking off). Since then, I’ve been doing well, my teeth are no longer sensitive to heat and sweets (yes, eating chocolates used to be a huge pain :(). I had an appointment with her this morning, it was great as usual.
I used to work in San Jose, but now work in SF. I still make a trip down to South Bay specifically for an appointment with her. I don’t want to change my dentist, since I am quite sure at this point that Dr. Friedland will do everything properly and thoroughly. I don’t really want to take a chance with my teeth with another dentist.

X-​RAYS:
Assistant said very innocuously: «Okay we’re going to take a COUPLE of x-​rays now» (emphasis my own). I had just had a full-​mouth x-​ray 6 months ago. But she said a «couple», and had no signs of being deficient in English, so I assumed she knew «couple» means 2 or 3. I definitely didn’t expect to have more than 4 x-​rays.
Unfortunately it was a lie because it ended up being 18 X-​rays! By the time she was on the 10^th one there was no point in backing out because I might as well have this updated record instead of wasting the whole procedure. But if she’d just said «eighteen x-​rays» instead of «a couple» at the beginning, I would have simply asked for them to obtain the records from my previous dental office instead of taking an entirely new set of redundant x-​rays only 6 months apart.
Just to be clear, they probably wouldn’t have taken the x-​rays if they’d known about my x-​rays 6 months ago, but I would have brought it up immediately if the assistant had said «18 x-​rays» instead of «couple of x-​rays». This fiasco was not the result of any sort of malevolence or money-​grabbing scheme, but rather miscommunication.
For those thinking I’m a paranoid health nut, dental x-​rays do cause increased risk of benign brain tumors
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Additionally, I have an abnormal bite and usually discuss this with my dentists while looking at x-​rays but these people didn’t discuss the x-​rays with me AT ALL and I never even saw them throughout the entire session. They didn’t seem to think it was important.
CLEANING:
I assumed the cleaning would be pretty standard since this office got very high ratings on Unilocal.Unfortunately, either Dr. Friedland was having a very bad day, or her patients are all masochists. I have been to two other dental offices: Czekala in San Ramon (extremely well-​respected) and Butterfly Dental in San Jose (also high Unilocal rating). I have a pretty good idea of how a standard cleaning is. Dr. Friedland was poking my gums so hard that they were bleeding (which has NEVER happened before). I asked her multiple times to tone it down but she said she couldn’t because «this is the way I clean».
She also said «normal gums do not bleed when poked; you have some degree of gingivitis”*. Whelp, imagine a doctor telling a perfectly healthy person: «normal skin does not bleed when poked; you have some skin disorder» while sticking sharp needles VERY DEEP into your skin, because that’s EXACTLY what Dr. Friedland was doing to my gums. She was trying to poke through every single «in between the teeth hole» with the dreaded sharp dental HOOK THINGY. If you look at your teeth in the mirror you might notice that some teeth are so close together that there IS NO «in between space» to poke through, yet apparently this didn’t daunt her at all because she would just poke THROUGH THE GUMS UNTIL IT GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE. I don’t care how healthy your gums are; if a needle goes THROUGH them, they will bleed!
By the end of the whole ordeal her gloves were literally coated in my blood, my gums hurt like hell, and I even developed a complication (swelling) in the corner of my mouth that didn’t go away until 1 week later.
*I know my gums are healthy because my previous dentists have never had any problem with them. They can be poked pretty hard without bleeding and show no symptoms of gingivitis. In fact, at a previous dental office, an assistant kept apologizing for flossing deep into my gums, and I said «don’t worry it doesn’t hurt at all» which surprised her because she says it hurts most people. So from this it seems pretty obvious that I do NOT have problematic gums.
REDEEMING QUALITIES:
–Staff is nice.
–Dr. Friedland taught me a couple of things about dental hygiene and gave me some special products to help clean my teeth, including a small-​head toothbrush that can brush wisdom teeth easily, and special flossing strips that you can insert between your teeth to clean plaque. She means well (probably). But she is crazy.

Very straightforward, knowledgeable, professional and conservative treatment dentist. Office is no frills, very clean. I feel like Dr. Friedland really knows what she’s doing, is honest, and I feel safe with her. Office staff is very helpful and friendly.

I’ve been going to Dr. Friedland’s office for over 14 years and I wouldn’t go anywhere else. It’s a clean and comfortable space. The service and care I’ve been receiving over the years, leaves me happy and satisfied after each visit. Dr. Friedland always presents me with procedure options that are specific to my dental health so I can make an informed decision. Because I see her regularly, my dental health has been in top shape. If you are looking for a dental office that will accommodate your needs while providing you with top of the line service, you have come to the right place.

I went to Dr. Friedland for a root canal and I am very happy with the treatment I received. Her office staff is very sweet and helpful. The doctor herself genuinely cares for her patients. While other dentists tried to sell me treatments I didn’t need, Dr. Friedland gave me very honest and helpful advice. Her fees are affordable and she is gentle. She was always asking if I was ok throughout the procedure. I can’t say enough good things about Dr. Friedland and her staff.

I absolutely highly recommend going to Dr. Friedland! As somebody who dreads going to the dentist it takes a lot for me to be able to bear the experience but she and her knowledgeable, friendly staff have even gone further to make it an enjoyable experience as well.
I have been going to see her since I was just a kid and she has always tried to be very sensitive to my needs as a patient. She is very intuitive to her patient’s needs and comforts.
I would highly recommend her to anybody!