Dr. Rishi Jay Gupta is a native of Walnut Creek, CA and earned his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) from the University of California, San Francisco concurrently with a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of San Francisco and his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) form the University of California, Davis.
Surgical interests: Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Dental Implants, Reconstructive Bone and Gum Tissue Grafting, Stem Cell Technology, Dental Trauma, Wisdom Teeth, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Conservative Surgery, Second Opinions, Laser Frenectomy
Born and raised in San Francisco, Dr. Dennis Song decided to practice in the city he grew up in to serve San Francisco, the Bay Area, and internationally. A graduate of Lowell High School, he completed his undergraduate work from the west coasts first formal university, the University of San Francisco and went on to achieve his dental degree (DDS) from the University of California San Francisco.
For his specialty training to become an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, he completed his medical degree (MD) from the University of California Davis. He completed his internships and residency in General Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of California San Francisco.
He is licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine and has a permit for general anesthesia. He is Vice Chief of the Dental Division and Attending Surgeon at California Pacific Medical Center and Staff Surgeon at St. Marys Hospital in San Francisco.
For ten years, Dr. Song was an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco and now serves as an Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco teaching students and residents. Dr. Song maintains more than double the minimum requirements for continuing education annually to keep abreast of the latest information and techniques and also lectures several times a year. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children.
Dr. Rishi Jay Gupta is a native of Walnut Creek, CA and earned his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) from the University of California, San Francisco concurrently with a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of San Francisco and his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) form the University of California, Davis. Dr. Gupta completed his specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the University of California, San Francisco and a fellowship in Sleep Surgery from California Sleep Institute and Stanford University. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Dr. Gupta is licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine and has a permit for general anesthesia. He has published numerous articles and contributed to many chapters in the field. He is a principal investigator and actively involved in research for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders and sleep apnea.
He serves as Section Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Staff Surgeon of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Northern California VA Health Care System. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and staff surgeon at California Pacific Medical Center.
Interests: Sleep Apnea Surgery and Disorders, Temporomandibular Disorders and Joint Surgery, Facial Pain, Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Head and Neck Pain, Orthognathic Jaw Surgery, Oral Pathology, Dentoalveolar Surgery, Dental Implant and Oral Reconstruction, Wisdom Tooth and Dental Extractions.
Dr. Stephen Thaddeus Connelly was born in New York and obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology from the University of Miami in Florida. He then attended Columbia University to obtain his Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) and his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the University of California San Francisco. For his specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, he attended the University of California San Francisco after which he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Craniomaxillofacial Sciences.
Dr. Connelly is licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine and has a permit for general anesthesia. He serves as an attending surgeon at Veterans Affairs Medical Center and California Pacific Medical Center. He is licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine and serves as an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco teaching students and residents. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and continues his research in the field as a principal investigator.
Interests: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Surgery, Dentoalveolar Surgery, Dental Implant and Oral Reconstruction, Wisdom Tooth and Dental Extractions, Orthognathic Jaw Surgery, Sleep Apnea Surgery, Facial Trauma, Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Head and Neck Pain, Oral Pathology and Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Facial Pain, Inducible nitric oxide synthase, Molecular Markers of Metastasis
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Rating 4.3 out of 5 based on 49 reviews
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a year ago
Posting a review I made previously as they recently again are trying to bill me for appointments that I never had. Strongly recommend finding somewhere else to go for your dental needs. I came to Song Oral Surgery to have my wisdom teeth removed. Dr Young did my procedure and was very friendly and professional. There was a complication with the procedure that caused me pain (since my nerve was exposed) and I had to come back to get my gum filled in. While that was fine the billing department of this office is completely inept. They gave me a wildly inaccurate cost estimate, and then continued to bill me for procedures to fix the mistake they made! They also then tried to charge me for appointments that I never had. Calling them goes to a blackhole as they never pick up the phone. Stay away.
Elizabeth B Gress
2 years ago
Terrible experience. They only want to inject you with Botox. Incapable of properly reading pathology or radiology. Only interested in suggesting over priced treatments instead of actual resolution of symptoms. Disregarded Stanford diagnosis in favor of his own opinion that made no sense.
Seher Dholakia
2 years ago
Dr. Gupta, Rachel, Jamie, and the staff at Song Oral Surgery are the absolute best that I've ever come across and I highly recommend them. I've been a patient of Dr. Gupta's for over two years now, and he's always so thoughtful, kind, and patient (especially with my millions of questions), and I feel like he truly cares about me and my teeth journey. I've had a tooth extraction, a bone graft, and an implant placed by him, and I wouldn't trust anyone else drilling into my mouth His expertise and experience in the area really shows, and he really makes patients feel like they are each, individually, his sole focus. He's very personable and easy to chat with. During a time of an urgent gum issue, the team got me set up with Dr. Silva for the next morning who was also amazing. Rachel and Jamie are also fantastic and their commitment to a positive patient experience is unparalleled. I can't recommend this practice enough!
Tessa Craver
3 years ago
Poor virtual timeliness and communication. I Had successful surgery in Jan 2017, in which I ensured my insurance covered the operation prior to having the surgery and paid my copay upfront. Three and a half years later, yes Years, Song Oral Surgery sent me an invoice to my very old address, for the copay again, $500, claiming my dental insurance did not cover it. I have received emails telling me to call them with any issues with my invoice, however I live internationally and cannot call. Their financial department do NOT respond to emails despite emailing them multiple times. Extremely inflexible in this virtual era. Similar experience to ms Li's review
Seher Dholakia
3 years ago
Dr. Gupta, Rachel, Jamie, and the staff at Song Oral Surgery are the absolute best that I've ever come across and I highly recommend them. I've been a patient of Dr. Gupta's for over two years now, and he's always so thoughtful, kind, and patient (especially with my millions of questions), and I feel like he truly cares about me and my teeth journey. I've had a tooth extraction, a bone graft, and an implant placed by him, and I wouldn't trust anyone else drilling into my mouth His expertise and experience in the area really shows, and he really makes patients feel like they are each, individually, his sole focus. He's very personable and easy to chat with. During a time of an urgent gum issue, the team got me set up with Dr. Silva for the next morning who was also amazing. Rachel and Jamie are also fantastic and their commitment to a positive patient experience is unparalleled. I can't recommend this practice enough!
Eva Gross
3 years ago
I would give Dr. Silva 10 stars, I had a bone graft and implant with her and she was fabulous. She is gentle, kind, patient and very caring and always available to answer questions. I recommend her highly, she also took my wisdom tooth out a few years back. I am an anxious patient but she made me feel very comfortable. The billing and assisting staff is polite and professional but a bit disorganized at times. I think they're trying their best during this time so I can't speak for how they are during normal times. The front desk couldn't keep my surgery times straight and called me early for both surgeries because I was "late" but was then very apologetic when they realized I wasn't. Billing was my biggest pain point but I think that has more to do with the nature of insurance than the Billing department. When I had inquiries, Anna, Heinrick and team patiently walked me through the very confusing billing breakdowns and fixed errors where needed. One piece of advice for Song: please assign a patient care coordinator to patients that sticks with the patient through the entire relationship. I had Jamie and then Maria, and Jamie all of a sudden just disappeared and stopped returning emails. That was not a great experience. I also recommend getting more email addresses than just info@songoralsurgery.com because you never know who will read your email and reply, which might lead to some do the internal disorganization. Reading between the lines, I think the place is not just stressed through Covid but also understaffed, the staff frequently seemed overwhelmed. Overall I recommend this place because of the excellent job Dr. Silva did, and because the rest of the staff tries really hard.
Zoey Li
3 years ago
I did my surgery in June. The surgery was just fine, not as good as my last doctor who charged me only $260 for one wisdom teeth and an extra teeth, and I got recovered really well with a short time. Here, they charge me $4015.19 for three wisdom tooth. I mean, okay, the good thing is I have insurance, but I still need to pay $444.8 before the surgery. Then, some wired things stared to happening after that. They make me to pay another $503.2 after 3 months, without any explanation. In the meanwhile, the financial department is really hard to contact. I called them many times, and they called me back like a week later. I paid the additional fee in the end, and I thought that is all. But, It's not. Two days ago, I received an email that is telling me to make a payment of $507.39. I contacted my insurance company this time. They told me that my only out-of-pocket expense for this whole surgery is $727.60. So, what is going on here?
Eva Gross
3 years ago
I would give Dr. Silva 10 stars, I had a bone graft and implant with her and she was fabulous. She is gentle, kind, patient and very caring and always available to answer questions. I recommend her highly, she also took my wisdom tooth out a few years back. I am an anxious patient but she made me feel very comfortable. The billing and assisting staff is polite and professional but a bit disorganized at times. I think they're trying their best during this time so I can't speak for how they are during normal times. The front desk couldn't keep my surgery times straight and called me early for both surgeries because I was "late" but was then very apologetic when they realized I wasn't. Billing was my biggest pain point but I think that has more to do with the nature of insurance than the Billing department. When I had inquiries, Anna, Heinrick and team patiently walked me through the very confusing billing breakdowns and fixed errors where needed. One piece of advice for Song: please assign a patient care coordinator to patients that sticks with the patient through the entire relationship. I had Jamie and then Maria, and Jamie all of a sudden just disappeared and stopped returning emails. That was not a great experience. I also recommend getting more email addresses than just info@songoralsurgery.com because you never know who will read your email and reply, which might lead to some do the internal disorganization. Reading between the lines, I think the place is not just stressed through Covid but also understaffed, the staff frequently seemed overwhelmed. Overall I recommend this place because of the excellent job Dr. Silva did, and because the rest of the staff tries really hard.
Tessa Craver
3 years ago
Poor virtual timeliness and communication. I Had successful surgery in Jan 2017, in which I ensured my insurance covered the operation prior to having the surgery and paid my copay upfront. Three and a half years later, yes Years, Song Oral Surgery sent me an invoice to my very old address, for the copay again, $500, claiming my dental insurance did not cover it. I have received emails telling me to call them with any issues with my invoice, however I live internationally and cannot call. Their financial department do NOT respond to emails despite emailing them multiple times. Extremely inflexible in this virtual era. Similar experience to ms Li's review
Zoey Li
4 years ago
I did my surgery in June. The surgery was just fine, not as good as my last doctor who charged me only $260 for one wisdom teeth and an extra teeth, and I got recovered really well with a short time. Here, they charge me $4015.19 for three wisdom tooth. I mean, okay, the good thing is I have insurance, but I still need to pay $444.8 before the surgery. Then, some wired things stared to happening after that. They make me to pay another $503.2 after 3 months, without any explanation. In the meanwhile, the financial department is really hard to contact. I called them many times, and they called me back like a week later. I paid the additional fee in the end, and I thought that is all. But, It's not. Two days ago, I received an email that is telling me to make a payment of $507.39. I contacted my insurance company this time. They told me that my only out-of-pocket expense for this whole surgery is $727.60. So, what is going on here?
Arseny Tseytlin
4 years ago
The dental team is so caring and attentive that I want to come back!
Steve Austin
4 years ago
I had an emergency appointment with a broken bridge and the entire staff was fabulous and dealt with the problem in a professional matter.
Genelle Izumi
4 years ago
Informative, patient, caring, and with a good sense of humor. Dr. Song and Maggie, the coordinator, embodied this. I know I'm in good hands!
Wayne Covington
4 years ago
Professional, efficient and caring. Those are the three words that come to mind regarding my wisdom teeth extraction with Dr. Song and his team last week. I was quite nervous about the procedure, but everyone put my nerves to rest and I've bounced back much quicker than expected. Thank you Dr. Song and your great team of employees!
Tony Molina
4 years ago
Straight forward and honest team. High quality
Isabel Penzini
4 years ago
Dr. Young was excellent. He was able to get me into surgery very quickly. His staff was very professional and friendly.
Larry Helzel
4 years ago
Very efficient, very friendly and 'painless' oral surgery. Of the several practitioners that I've visited over the years for such procedures, Song is clearly the best BY A MILE !
Arseny Tseytlin
4 years ago
The dental team is so caring and attentive that I want to come back!
Maddie Andres
4 years ago
my surgical experience was okay, but I was disappointed by the price
Brynne Gorman
4 years ago
Dr Conolly removed my wisdom tooth swiftly and painlessly! I made an appointment at 3pm and had my consult and tooth out the same day. They do a follow up appointment 1 week later just to check in on healing--it shows that they really do care! I could have gone somewhere cheaper but opted to go here because of anxiety about the procedure. It has been a week now and I am feeling almost back to normal. The Dr was Professional and caring!
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