Children and adults in the same practice, and the specialist work in the same building. Nobody gets sent somewhere else halfway through.
- Open seven days, Sunday included appointments that do not cost a school day
- Every age, from the first tooth on toddlers through to grandparents
- Hablamos español at the desk and at the chair
One practice for everyone in the house
The usual arrangement is a paediatric dentist for the children, a general dentist for the adults and a specialist somewhere else for anything complicated. That is three waiting rooms, three sets of forms and three sets of opening hours to work around.
The children
First visits, checkups, cleanings, sealants and fillings. Early visits are mostly about getting a child used to the chair while nothing hurts, which is a much better introduction than an emergency.
The adults
Checkups and cleanings, fillings, crowns, root canals and gum care. The ordinary maintenance that keeps the expensive work from being necessary.
The grandparents
Dentures, bridges and implants, including full-arch work, done by a board-certified implant dentist in the same practice your grandchildren come to.
And nobody gets sent across town
The usual pattern is that your dentist does the checkups and the fillings, and anything involving surgery, implants or braces goes to somebody else, in another building, with another set of records. Every handover is a place for a treatment plan to stall.
- Implants and full-arch work, placed and restored by a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology.
- Oral surgery, including extractions and wisdom teeth.
- Braces and clear aligners, planned by an orthodontist.
- Crowns and implant teeth made in our own lab on site.
A child's first visit
Earlier than most people expect, and far less eventful than most people fear.
The ADA's guidance is a first visit within six months of the first tooth appearing, and no later than the first birthday. At that age there is almost nothing to do, and that is the point: the visit is a look, a chat about brushing and bottles, and ten minutes of a child discovering that the dentist is a place where nothing bad happens.
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Just a look
Often sitting on your lap. We count teeth, check how they are coming through and look at the gums.
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The questions you actually have
Bottles, dummies, thumb-sucking, fluoride toothpaste, how much is too much juice, and when the next tooth is due.
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A plan for the next few years
Usually: come back in six months. Sometimes a sealant when the back teeth arrive, and a first orthodontic look around age seven.
What a checkup actually includes
A checkup is not a clean with a look thrown in. The examination is the part that matters, and the clean is what follows it.
- An examination of every tooth, for decay, cracks and failing old fillings.
- The gums, measured pocket by pocket, and you see your own numbers.
- The soft tissues, the tongue and the throat, which is an oral cancer check whether or not anyone calls it that.
- X-rays only when they are due.
- The clean itself, and a straight answer about which bits you are missing at home.
Appointments that do not cost a school day
Most dental practices are open the same hours as a school and the same hours as your job, which is why family appointments end up spread across three weeks of early finishes. We are open seven days, including Sunday, with an evening on Tuesday.
Bring everyone on a Saturday morning and have it done. Call and ask for back-to-back slots; it is a normal request and the front desk is used to it.
What we do here
Questions patients ask
Yes, from the first tooth. We are a general practice, not a paediatric specialist. That suits most children well, and if a child needs specialist paediatric care we will tell you.
Usually, and it is worth asking for when you book. Back-to-back appointments on a Saturday morning are a normal request here.
Within six months of the first tooth appearing, and no later than their first birthday, which is the ADA's guidance. The visit at that age is a look and a conversation.
Seven days a week, Sunday included, with an evening clinic on Tuesday.
We work with most PPO dental plans and file the claim for you. Call us with your plan name and we will check your coverage before the visit. We do not accept AHCCCS, Arizona Medicaid.
Yes. Members of our team speak Spanish, so you can ask questions and go through a treatment plan and its cost in Spanish.
Mostly we go slowly and let them look at everything first. Early visits while nothing hurts are the single best thing for a nervous child, which is the real argument for coming before there is a problem.
What patients say
“Having everything in one place with a gentle staff helped ease a ton of anxiety.”
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Where to go next
Moving the whole family over?
Tell us how many of you there are and roughly when suits, and we will come back with times that work for all of you.
- We reply the same day we are open, seven days a week.
- Back-to-back appointments are a normal request.
- Hablamos español. Ask in Spanish if you prefer.
Book the family in
Pick a time that works for everyone, including a Saturday or a Sunday. If you want appointments back to back, say so when you book or call and the front desk will arrange it.
Open 7 days a week
- Open seven days, Sunday included.
- We don't accept AHCCCS (Arizona Medicaid).
- Hablamos español.
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance, parking and restroom.
