text: After years of lacking adequate dental insurance I stumbled into graduate school at the UW and what do you know but they like their graduate assistants to have good teeth I have been in town since and ever since Dr Sifri opened Smart Dental I knew I would eventually end up there I am always impressed by professionals who invest in their communities and Dr Sifri certainly fits the bill I have been hearing about and seeing Smart Dentals sponsorship of community events and organizations as long as he is been in practice here And if you did not know Dr Sifri helped establish the AIDS Network Dental Office I mean cmon That is pretty awesomennArmed with my new insurance I went in for an evaluation and cleaning Everyone in the office was very friendly and not at all judgmental when I admitted to the number of sunrotations since my last checkup Most impressive however was the amount of care Dr Sifri took in not only talking to me like a friend instead of a clueless patient He listened to my concerns looked into some information for me and even helped me find some other care providers for some of my issues I really felt like he cared to inform me about everything that was going on what I would need to have done and why certain options were better than others In short I feel like he went above and beyond what I generally expect from most health care providersnnAs a result of my check up and cleaning which was done by one of his very friendly assistants I learned I had a few cavities to fill sadtimes I think they thought I was joking when I said the care I was provided was going to receive a glowing Yelp review but as you can tell I was not joking I am not a fan of needles nor am I a fan of those Godawful dental drills but my experience had to be the most relaxing painless experiences I have ever had in a dentists chair I will spare the world my history but I have had my fair share of tooth grindings extractions and orthodontics to last lifetimesnnDr Sifri was nothing short of amazing with his injection of anesthetic I actually wondered if anything was happening while I was being injected with the stuff It did not hurt one bit I do not know very much about anesthetic injections so I cannot guarantee all injections were made the same but Dr Sifri is really good at making it not hurt My filling went smoothly and they even got me out minutes earlier than what I expectednnI even got a phone call the following day to check in to see if I was doing alright I liked that touchnnIf you are looking for a compassionate patientcentered dentist not to mention a dentist who invests in his community very important look no further than Smart Dental Dr Sifri and his staff are wonderful