This is NOT a safe periodontist.

Faud Malki, DDS (Periodontics) was unable to read an x-ray during an appt to pull a tooth. Instead of advising that he could not read the x-ray, he placed a metal mirror in my elderly mother's mouth and banged it against her aching teeth with a metal pic. He banged on teeth on the sore side of her mouth and loudly proclaimed "Is this it? Is this the tooth you want me to pull?" number 1 (BANG!) or number 2 (BANG!)" All my mother could do was say "ow and OW!!!!"

After what seamed like an eternity, he explained that he could not see diagnosis provided in the x-ray. He did not listen as we tried to explain that the portion of the x-ray he was viewing was incomplete. The portion he was viewing did not show the damaged tooth. Instead of pulling the tooth as instructed on the referral, he aggressively and intentionally exacerbated the pain on the left side of my mother's mouth.

When I asked why he used metal instruments to bang on patient's teeth, he explained that he expects his patients to tell him which tooth to pull, by banging on the teeth to see which one is in pain!

Malki's practices are unorthodoxed, unprofessional and dangerous.

This is NOT a safe periodontist.

Submitted Jan. 29, 2022

I have been a patient for 5 years. Dr. Fuad Malki and staff are always professional and courteous. I continue my periodontal cleanings because the Hygienist does an excellent job.

Submitted Oct. 8, 2020

In addition of being an utterly incompetent dentist, he is a horrible and despicable person.

Submitted Sept. 29, 2020

Dr. Faud Malki is an arrogant misogynist. I probably saw him 8 times and I don't believe he let me finish a single sentence. He may do fine work, but you had better hope everything goes perfectly because if it doesn't, he won't let you tell him about your problem. - because he does not care.. He does not care if you are concerned about something. He does not care to have you involved in your own health care.. basically he doesn't care about you as a whole human. You are just a set of tooth sockets..

He appears to consider himself infallible but was happy to talk trash about other dental professionals. Since the time I was forced (by my dental insurance) to work with him, I have met a number of people who have crossed his path in a professional setting. Let's just say that so far the impression stated above has been universal.

Submitted June 29, 2017

He was excellent, I was very satisfied. I will be a patient for life.

Submitted March 28, 2015