Dr. Karen Wuertz, DDS
- Texas license active, first licensed Jun 1992
- Dental school: UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry, 1992
NPI 1346262201 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, checked Sep 2026 · named on the practice's website
Oral surgeon · Greater Uptown
Memorial Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
7700 San Felipe St Unit 220, Houston, TX 77063
4.5+ stars in 250+ reviews
Opening hours below
Reviews
4.5+ stars in 250+ reviews
4–5 stars: 97% · 1–2 stars: 3% · 222 written reviews
Replies: 14% of reviews · 1 of 7 one- and two-star
44mention friendly, welcoming staff
8mention explaining everything before doing it
7mention putting nervous patients at ease
- Sedation permit (TX board)
Who you'll see
Dr. Michael Huang
- Dental school: Baylor College of Dentistry, 1927
NPI 1316234222 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, checked Sep 2026 · named on the practice's website
Dr. Michael O'Shell, DDS
- Texas license active, first licensed Sep 1995
- Dental school: UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, 1995
- Holds a nitrous oxide (laughing gas) permit (since 2000) and sedation permits for levels 1 to 4 (most recent 2012)
NPI 1467481929 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, checked Sep 2026 · named on its business listing
Dr. Thai Vuu
- Texas license active, first licensed Jul 2005
- Dental school: UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, 2005
- Holds a nitrous oxide (laughing gas) permit (since 2012) and sedation permits for levels 1 to 4 (most recent 2012)
NPI 1669770707 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, checked Sep 2026 · named on the practice's website
Explanations during treatment
People describe hearing what would happen before treatment and getting explanations as the work continued.
How the visit felt
8Explaining everything before doing it
7Putting nervous patients at ease
7Explaining each step as it happens
Staff and office
44Friendly, welcoming staff
5A clean office
A license dating to 1927
Texas records show one dentist's license dates to 1927, among the longest among Houston dentists we list.
- One- and two-star reviews
- 3%of 222 written reviews
- A lower share than 54% of Houston practices
- Middle Houston practice: 4%
- Replies to reviews
- 14%of written reviews get a reply (1 of 7 one- and two-star)
- Fewer replies than 64% of Houston practices
- Middle Houston practice: 35%
- Licensed in Texas since
- 1927its longest-licensed confirmed dentist
- Licensed longer than 100% of Houston dentists we list
- Middle Houston dentist: first licensed 2004
A registered oral surgery specialist
The state board and national provider registry list a registered specialist for wisdom teeth and oral surgery at this practice.
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Wisdom teeth & oral surgery
Listed category: Oral surgeon · Registered specialist with the state board · Specialist taxonomy in the NPI registry
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Sedation & nervous patients
2 of its dentists hold Texas board sedation permits
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Tooth extraction
Listed category: Oral surgeon · 1 page on its website
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Also listed on its website
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Dental implants
Federal Open Payments records link a confirmed dentist to the treatment's maker · 1 page on its website
Cost and paying
No prices on its website
Ways to pay
- Accepts credit cards, debit cards and mobile pay (its business profile)
- Accepts CareCredit (its website)
- Cherry financing (its website)
Appointments for urgent dental pain
Several reviewers describe same-day or next-day appointments for urgent dental pain. Two mention extractions afterward.
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When you can go
- Opens early
- 7:30 am, Friday
- 15% of Houston practices open before 8 am
- Weekends
- Closed
Mon
8 am–4 pm
Tue
8 am–4 pm
Wed
8 am–12 pm
Thu
8 am–4 pm
Fri
7:30 am–12 pm
Sat
Closed
Sun
Closed
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Hours from its listing. Check when you call.
Getting there
7700 San Felipe St Unit 220Houston, TX 77063 Get directions
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance, parking, restroom, seating and elevator
Its business profile
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Sources and dates
Business listing and reviews, Sep 2026 · memorialoms.com, Sep 2026 · Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Sep 2026 · NPI registry · City of Houston super neighborhoods