Sorry, he's about 2,300 miles away from the Bay Area. :)

Hmm, may I take this as further evidence that my absolutely terrible selection metric has indeed blundered onto a good choice? (I'm honestly surprised, I honestly thought I had just been out of the loop.)

Could you name the dentist anyway?

Dr. Metz in Brighton, Michigan, since you ask.

Sorry to be coy with the name, it's my instinctive "protect other people's privacy" thing from being on the Internet too often. I forget "he" is also a business and that doesn't really apply.

Wouldn't happen to be anywhere near Atlanta, would he? :)

I had a very similar experience and found this dentist (Ravi Sahdev) in Palo Alto to whom I've referred half a dozen or more people from my company to and everyone has loved him. He's so much better than any other dentist that I've gone to that it's hard to describe. And he's very up to date on all the latest advances in dental technology and tools. The website makes it sound like it's primarily for cosmetic dentistry but he does normal family work as well.

http://www.cosmeticdentistpaloalto.com/