Dr. Carrico is a very gentle dentist, who cares about his patients. I don't like dentist in general, however, when I had my wisdom teeth pulled, I was surprised how painless it was, and as scared as I was, he kept checking to make sure I was comfortable and that the numbing injections took full effect before he started working on my teeth. He even called me at home the next day to check on my recovery. I've never had a dentist do that before and that was reassuring to me, that I had a dentist who cared about his patients. I have been his patient for years and would highly recommend him to anyone who is looking for a Professional, caring, and reliable dentist.

Dr Carrico is truly an exceptional dentist. I say that not only as one of his patients, but as an equal. Many years ago, I was in a group practice with Dr Carrico and saw him interact with patients on a daily basis. This also gave me the opportunity to see his work first hand. Though his senior in years, I was always quite impressed by the extent of his knowledge and the quality of his work. In fact, he is the dentist whom I chose to crown a tooth I recently fractured. Though I am now retired, I continue to have such confidence in Dr Carrico's knowledge and abilities that I have given him my highest compliment - he also treats my family.

When I moved to Kailua from the mainland, I needed to find a new dentist. I found Dr. Carrico through his fancy and inviting website. However, when I arrived at the office, I was disappointed with how dirty the rooms were. Dr. Carrico gave me a long evaluation, reviewing all my teeth, then told me I had multiple cavities and needed caps, a dental guard, and multiple other dental work. He said my estimate is $2,500 for all the work needed to be done. I have never had a cavity in my life, nor needed braces or anything, so was shocked my dentist from the mainland (who was my dentist for 30 years) never recommended any of this. I faxed my mainland dentist Dr. Carrico's estimate and he said "RUN AWAY as fast as you can! He is scamming you". In fact, Dr. Carrico said I needed work done on my wisdom teeth (which I had extracted 5 years prior). He is the reason why people are scared to go to the dentist. Save yourself a lot of money and piece of mind and go to Dr. Sonson in Kailua. It's a clean facility, with nice staff and excellent service. I must also add that Dr. Carrico sent me a spam email requesting me to review him on the internet. This compelled me to post my review on every site possible to help those who need dental service to stay away from this fraud

After years of bad dentists and an ever growing fear of dentists I found Dr. Carrico. From the first moment in his office I felt welcome. The staff understood my fears and were very helpful and considerate. Dr. Carrico's kind and understanding manner has dentist visits MUCH easier. Although I'll never be totally over my fears, but I can say that I am much less afraid of my next visit. I no longer dread going to the dentist.

Dr. Carrico met me sight unseen and extracted the tooth causing the worst toothache of my life literally pain free. I'd recommend nim to anybody who is as paranoid as I am about climbing into that dentist chair. He's awesome!