All these years I wanted to paint a true picture of this man's abilities and skills as a dentist. I did not know how really to evaluate but figured that I could write about every experience and encounter that I had with him. I have been seeing Dr. Athari since October 2011 here in Las Vegas. I used to go to his north Vegas office which was an incredible design with the latest stuff. Found out later that he designed every inch of it. At the age of 26 I had gone to many dentists in different countries and had a mouth full of all kinds of work from a root canal to fillings and my two front teeth always had a gap and years before a dentist had decided to add bonding to them to close the gap and boy what a mistake that was. For over a decade my two front teeth looked so fat and wide with leaking bondings and were discoloring and once in a while they would break and here you go again more of the same. I had no clue what taking care of teeth actually meant. I had always thought if I go to any doctor that I could trust the judgment and operation. Boy did I know little that each time the tooth gets worked on there will be less of it left. Well I had gone because of pain and I was fearful. He showed me pictures of my mouth and educated me about everything. To gain my trust he went out of his way to numb me as softly and delicately as possible. The tooth came out in less than like 2 min and I left wondering if I could actually believe what I was feeling. Since he had shown me pictures of my teeth I knew they were in need of cleaning and once I finished later on with that appointment and next my wisdom teeth started bothering. This was during recession and times were hard. I still had fear and anxiety of something coming out of my mouth again. Long story short they all came out one at a time at future appointments and each was uneventful and a few minutes long and he did all my fillings some weeks later and I started thinking about my two front teeth that were so wide and ugly and I wanted veneers to upgrade my smile that I hated all the years. I wanted to be pretty like the photos I would see or people I would meet with attractive smiles. This was roughly 2013 and he went out of his way each cleaning appointment to talk me out of the idea of veneers showing other cases and pictures of failures and educated me in depth. His suggestion was a "more comprehensive approach to maximize lifespan of your oral health", so he got me a complimentary orthodontic appointment with Dr. Beth for braces. I hated to have metal braces especially in Vegas at this age when I was so self-conscious.
He made me understand the reasoning. Signed on for braces and every so often she would take the braces out and he would disc away a little from the old white and super wide bonding making the size less wide. He used to be present in some of the orthodontist appointments and would talk in gibberish to Dr. Beth. This went on for over a year and a half until the size of my two front teeth looked more proportional with my other teeth. When they were the perfect size he did redo both with new bonding at chair side. He told me that it is more conservative than cutting 8 upper teeth for veneers. Instead of having finished my smile with 8 veneers he made me realize the importance of braces and the correct planning for each treatment. My braces are out for four months now and he and dr beth also planned the perfect position for one implant since I lost that old root canal in 2011 and in 2017 he placed the implant in that spot. If you need an implant this guy is awesome and has all the high tech tools for that. The 3D planning and the surgical stent is so amazing. The surgery is done on a computer and gets transferred over to the mouth, don't ask me how. What an amazing eye opening appointment that was. One implant was done under 45 minutes. In a matter of 6 years under his "guardianship" as he likes to put it and makes no quarrels boasting about that, I went from fear and loss and bad looks with unhealthy teeth to my mouth being in a good shape looking natural super white and attractive as hell with absolutely no veneers or crowns. Each appointment was completely me and no other patient. I guess that's why people like it so much. I felt special each time. Each appointment he would show me how to brush and keep my teeth clean. Thank you Dr. Athari for taking real good care of me. I am very happy with my teeth and those who I have sent your way have all told me great things about you.