Summit Implants & Oral Surgery

Summit Oral Surgery in Sammamish has the most wonderful and friendliest staff ever! My 16 year old son went in to get 4 extractions and he was very nervous and scared. Dr Beatty and the staff were so accommodating that by the end of it, my son was laughing. Our nurse was the best and went above and beyond to help us through the whole experience.

Like many people the thought of dental work gives me a dreadful feeling. But Dr Cottam did a great job of relaxing me and giving me confidence during my exam. So my ortho reccommended I get 8 teeth extracted (consisted of 4 wisdom and 4 permanent) because of crowding, that number made me nervous. But Dr Cottam reassured me that I would be fine and hes done this procedure many times. After we went over the estimate we scheduled a day for the extractions.
The day came and I was extremely nervous, I had no idea what to expect. I made sure I bought everything I needed (ice cream, jello, gauze) prior to the surgery. We walked through the door and my heart was racing, I wasnt sure what to expect. I checked in and then they sat me down in one of the rooms. While they were prepping me Dr Cottam came to check on how I was feeling. I told him I was nervous and honestly kind of scared. He said everything would go great then I blacked out. I woke up very groggy, It felt like the procedure was done in the blink of an eye. The pain wasn’t too bad at all, I could feel soreness but nothing unbearable. My mouth had a good amount of gauze to absorb the bleeding. The assistant gave me care instructions and sent me on my way.
Overall the experience was great, I could not thank the wonderful staff and doctor enough. If you’re feeling nervous about any sort of oral surgery, I assure you everything be okay. These people have been doing this for years and they are very experienced. If you guys have any questions regarding my post operation experience feel free to message me!

My 14 year old son had oral surgery by Dr. Beatty a week ago and had a great experience! Currently my son is in braces and had a permanent tooth stuck up in the gum, undescended. It needed to be exposed and have a chain placed on the tooth so the orthodontist could pull it down. Dr. Beatty explained to my son exactly what he was going to do and what the medications were he was going to give. The surgery went quickly and the recovery was fast. My son had next to no pain! We plan to see Dr. Beatty in the future for all our oral surgery needs!

I had all four wisdom teeth extracted in the Burien office by Dr. Beatty in October 2015. I was referred to their office by my terrific dentist, Dr. Gilbreath. I definitely am nervous at the dentist office but my dentist gives detailed explanation about procedures, checks on you constantly during the procedure and makes sure you are numb.
Dr. Beatty on the other hand gave no explanation of the cocktail of the five drugs he put in the IV prior to the extractions and spent almost no time with me before the procedure. He asked me what I wanted to know and I replied that as I had never had any teeth extracted he should tell me what I should know. Our conversation was brief, no real substance, no info on anesthesia and he said he would give me something to relax me through my IV and he left the room. He was with me about 5 minutes. Most of our conversation was idle chit chat.
Teri, his nurse, is the only reason I give this review a one a star. She was professional & extremely thorough in explaining the possible complications post op.
I had terrible hallucinations from one of the drugs I was given, which when I asked in recovery I was told it was a result of the ketamine. After being administered the ketamine, I literally mentally left the room (hallucinating) and I was shouting I was dead and Teri was holding my hand and telling me I wasn’t dead and telling to take deep breaths. When the hallucinations subsided and I could see the room again it was shrouded in fog. I remember asking Teri if the procedure was over and she said no, they hadn’t even started. I was extremely distressed to say the least.
The whole experience was supposed to last 45 minutes to an hour and I was there almost 2 hours. I was awake, albeit heavily sedated when they extracted my teeth but I could hear the pounding noises, etc.
It was the worst experience I’ve ever had at a medical office in my 59 years of life, including major surgeries.
Dr. Beatty said in recovery only about 1 in 100 of his patients experience the hallucination reaction to ketamine. A professional would have explained the risk before administrating the drug so the patient had a choice. Researching ketamine once I was home, my reaction to the drug was described as an overdose and going into what is called the K-​hole where hallucinations, out of body experience, near death experience can occur, the drug can even be fatal.
I post all of this detail for the sake of awareness. I don’t want anyone else to have the experience I endured.
Dr. Beatty stated he would call me that night and check on me (and considering my terrible experience one would have thought that call would be a priority) but I received no call. In fact, it was 2 days after my surgery that I received a call from Dr. Beatty which was the result of 2 emails I sent his office with questions and a request for my surgical report. I didn’t even receive a reply to my emails until the second day after surgery. Then some of my questions were answered and some were not. In complete frustration, I reached out to my dentist office for answers to questions not covered on the 2 page post-​op care instructions provided by Summit Implants and Oral Surgery.
I followed their instructions to the letter, I had a lot of swelling & pain. It has now been 2 and a half weeks & while the pain is finally gone, I still need Advil for internal swelling and can feel my stitches. The post — op instructions do not discuss the expected length of time for healing or the stitches dissolving. That would be good information to include with the post-​op instruction sheet.
At the of the day, even if my reaction to the ketamine was atypical a patient should be informed about the potential for this kind of reaction.

We came to this office as a referral from both our regular dentist and our orthodontist.
We came first for a consultation, they took x-​rays and sat with me to talk about the procedure for my son and his wisdom teeth. The staff was really nice and explained a lot. At the end I was sooo nervous to talk to the billing to get a quote.
Here it comes…
Here it comes…
What?!
This office was a third of the cost of the previous office we had been to for a consult.
Sign me up!
We called them later for an appt to get his 3 teeth taken out. They gave us the run down of do’s and don’ts. The day of the surgery was pleasant. The nursing staff and Dr Cottam were really great. My son was treated great. I even got a call a few hours later from Dr Cottam to check on my son (How nice!!!)
However, here was a billing issue that I did not anticipate. I paid for the procedure the day of, but a few weeks later got a bill in the mail for a few hundred dollars.
Wha huh!!!
I compared the estimate and what I was now being billed. Sigh. I see it was something unexpected. Oh well… So I waited a few paydays to find some cash.
I called today and talked to Kathy in billing to get the final tally of what I owed.
She had great news!!! The insurance covered the rest and more. I actually had a credit!
WHAT?!
So this has made my Monday. Thank you Kathy at Summit. Thank you Dr Cottam and your staff. Kudos and referrals all around.

Just had my wisdom teeth pulled this morning by Dr. Beatty. I was definitely extremely anxious going in to the procedure but didn’t like the idea of being put to sleep. I went with just novocaine, no gas, and the procedure was quick and easy. One of his assistants, Nathan, was a Afghanistan war veteran and gave me some meditation exercises pre-​surgery which were probably more effective at calming me than any gas would have been! The whole experience was great!
EDIT: I need to update my five star review rating to a 1 star. Three days after the surgery I called up Dr. Beatty on the after hours line after the crown next to the wisdom tooth fell out when I sneezed. I wanted to know about the risks of re-​cementing it during the wisdom tooth healing process (it originally came out during the procedure and was temp cemented in). I was also concerned about a bone looking substance in the wound. Three more days have passed and I have yet to receive a phone call back from the doctor or his office — I don’t have a follow up to see if my wisdom teeth have healed properly and with no returned phone calls, it seems like patient recovery is not a major focus of this practice. One other note, I just went to my regular dentist to deal with the crown (since Dr. Beatty wasn’t calling me back) and they said the 10 year warranty on the crown was not valid since this appeared to be Dr. Beatty’s mistake. So I now need to pay out of pocket for a new crown. So frustrating.
EDIT #2: I had the crown that fell off during the procedure replaced (which thankfully did indeed end up getting warranties by my regular dentist), but now seem to have developed a horrendous, unrelenting pain that has lasted a few days and seems likely to be dry socket. I have yet to get my phone call returned from Dr. Beatty or any type of follow up whatsoever from his office (even after my first «edit» on this review over a week ago). I really, really wish I could give negative 50,000,000 stars in this review, but even that would be generous.

I swallowed a crown in August, and ended up having to get the tooth extracted in the Burien office. I hadn’t been to the dentist in years, so I was already nervous but, It was my first experience with an oral surgeon. Dr. Cottam and all the staff were totally professional and completely friendly! Could not have had a better experience, and they gave me a great recommendation for a general dentist to help get my dentistry back on track.
I went back this week (to the Renton office) for the extraction of all 4 of my wisdoms removed. I was at a different location this time, so I was worried that my experience might be different, but everyone from the receptionists, assistants, anesthesiologist, and of course Dr. Cottam were amazing. I was incredibly nervous to go under with the IV meds, but they were very thurough in their explanation of the procedure, what to expect when i went under and came out, and of course the risks. They are obviously used to having people come in really nervous because they had just the perfect amount of professionalism and hilarity to put me at ease.
And I’d forgotten about the follow up phone call that Dr. Cottom did in August, but he called again last night to make sure that I was feeling ok, not in too much pain, and made sure that I understood all the care instructions. Again, super friendly and definitely seemed concerned about my well being and not just checking a box on my chart. He left me with his cell phone number just in case I started having issues.
You cannot find a better oral surgeon and staff. Seriously, Dr. Cottam is a dream come true as far as oral surgeons go. And by the other reviews, it looks like Dr. Beatty is the same. They have a ton of locations too, and have been more-​or-​less completely flexible with times. I literally called on Wednesday to see if I could get an appointment before the end of the year, and they were able to fit me in on Thursday. I’m assuming they had a last minute cancellation, but they were just as flexible in August.
Anyway, five stars all the way.

First off I am TERRIFIED of the dentist. When my general dentist told me I needed to get all four of my wisdom teeth out I put it off for almost 6 months. Then my husband found these guys. I read the Unilocal reviews and hoped to God they were right!
Dr.Beatty and his staff was AMAZING! I asked if I could be put to sleep. The last thing I remember before the procedure was telling Dr. Beatty my prediction for the Super Bowl. Lol. Before I knew it I was waking up and my husband and kids were in the room. Dr. Beatty even called me later that night to see how I was feeling (I didn’t answer cause I was sleeping) and he even left me his cell number so I could call or text him if I had any questions or concerns. So nice.
My procedure was on Friday and by Sundays Super Bowl I was able to eat all the good Super Bowl food. I highly recommend going to Summit Implants & Oral Surgery! If I could give more than 5 stars I totally would!

I went to my dentist yesterday with in infection under my back molar. It was determined the tooth needed to be extracted. My dentist office called Dr. Jared Cottam’s Renton office and they were able to get me in the next HOUR!!!
Oh my gosh — from the front counter to the assistant (Doina) to Dr. Cottam, it was the best experience extracting a tooth can be. Everyone was so nice and Dr. Cottam had a good sense of humor. I was put at ease immediately. I had no pain through the procedure and was given wonderful instructions on care and cleaning. I even received a call from Dr. Cottam later in the day making sure I was doing okay and if I had any concerns or questions. That to me, is always a sign of a caring and wonderful professional. I can’t say enough about Doina — I would ALWAYS want her by my side if I have to go through that again!!! The front office ladies even came in to let me know they checked with my insurance and it was going to be covered and no out of pocket for this, which put me at even more ease before the procedure began. This office truly cares for their patients!!!
Today, day after, I have NO pain at all. A big hole in my mouth, but no pain!!!
I have now found my permanent oral surgery office. Thank you to EVERYONE there!!!
Linda Weldon

I had four wisdom teeth extracted all in one day. My doctor was Dr. Cottam. He reassured me it was going to painless and to raise my hand whenever I needed another injection of local anesthesia to numb me while I was awake during the whole procedure. It was a brave move for me to be awake but I barely felt a thing. He called a day later to check on me. He’s really sweet. The receptionist apparently forgot to charge me for my consultation and when I received it in the mail, I asked why they didn’t just charge me when I was there in person paying for the surgery. She apologized and said that it was their mistake and knocked it off the bill for me.

I had my wisdom teeth extracted this morning by Dr. Beatty in his Burien location, and he just called to check up on how I was doing! He even gives his patients his cell phone number so they can contact him at any time post surgery with questions or concerns. I was very concerned about the operation as it was my first time getting put under, but Dr. Beatty made it as painless as possible! Highly recommend.

I had my wisdom teeth extracted by Dr. Beatty three days ago. My teeth had been hurting for the week prior, and I woke up with major swelling and pain when I brushed. Summit Implants & Oral Surgery was the first place I called at 8am, and they had me in for a same-​day extraction 2 hours later at 10am. It was the best dental experience ever. I mean, the thought of having your wisdom teeth out is hell enough, let alone having to experience it.
I went under general anesthesia for the procedure, which I HIGHLY recommend! It was so awesome, the last memory I had was taking my glasses off about 2 seconds after the IV was placed, then I woke up from the craziest dream and it was over. Just like that! I have had no pain since the procedure. I expected to be cooped up in my bed with chipmunk cheeks for a few days after. But I only took half of one pain pill prescribed to me, and after that I didn’t have to b/​c of how great I felt. I’m not sure if my case is common, but I’m going to give the credit to Dr. Beatty and his expertise! I literally had no chipmunk cheeks, and went back to work 2 days after getting them extracted.
I was very impressed with his staff as a whole. Jo was the receptionist who took my call that morning, and she was very nice, empathetic, and really heard the urgency in my situation. The dental assistant was also very nice and helped calmed me despite how nervous I was.
Thank you Dr. Beatty & Summit Implants/​Oral Surgery!