Checkups and cleaning
Low-dose digital x-rays, a look at teeth, gums and bite, and a cleaning by a hygienist at your pace. Every six to twelve months.
from $185New patients from $245
Family dentistry · Uptown Waterloo
Dental care that runs on time and explains itself.
Checkups, cleanings, fillings and emergencies for the whole family. New patients welcome, insurance billed directly, and nothing done before you’ve said yes.
An example day · the kinds of visit
New patients welcome
New patient visitExam, x-rays and a cleaning · from $245
Length90 min
Before you book
Direct billing, most plans and the CDCP
Open until 7 on Tue and Thu
Step-free, ground floor, free parking
Kids welcome from age one
Nervous? Say so, we slow down
The numbers · written before treatment
Fees you can read before you sit down.
Each figure is footnoted with what it includes. Your exact fee depends on what the exam finds, and you get it in writing first.
- 1Usual fee for a new patient visit, in dollars: exam, full x-rays and a cleaning by a hygienist. “From” because a longer cleaning costs more; you see your own fee before we start.
- 2The exam only. Any treatment after it is quoted in writing first. Emergency spots are held every weekday morning; calling gets you one fastest.
- 3Mon and Wed 8 to 5, Tue and Thu 10 to 7, Fri 8 to 2, weekends closed.
- 4We book enough time for each visit that the waiting room stays mostly empty. All figures on this page are for a fictional clinic.
Treatments
Four kinds of visit, one way of working.
You see what we see, on the screen in front of you. Every plan comes with its fee, in writing, before anything starts.
Emergencies, same day
Tooth pain, a chip or a lost filling. We hold spots every weekday morning; call and we fit you in, then quote anything beyond the exam first.
Exam $95Weekday mornings
Fillings, crowns and repairs
Options explained with their fees and trade-offs, then your call. Numbing gets time to work, and you can stop us any time by raising a hand.
Fillings from $180Crowns from $1,150
Children and families
Kids from age one. Book siblings back to back, or a parent and child together, and ask for the quiet first appointment of the day.
Child’s checkup from $120Under 12
What a visit costs
One switch: your plan on, or off.
Pick a visit to see its parts and their usual fees. The switch shows what an example insurance plan would pay when we bill it directly, and what would be yours.
New patient visit · from $245
Usual fees · your exact fee is written down before treatment
Visit total
$245
3 items
Your share
Example plan pays the rest
Your share
Paid by the plan
Usual fee
With an example plan that covers 80% of preventive care. Your plan differs; we send it the estimate first and tell you your share.
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New patient visitAbout 90 minutes · written plan at the endUsual$245
A short chat, exam and x-rays, a cleaning, then a plan in plain words with fees, if you need one.
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Emergency examSame-day spots, weekday morningsCall$95
Tooth pain, a chip or a lost filling. Call 226-555-0118; any treatment after the exam is quoted first.
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Take-home whiteningCustom trays from a scanFlat$395
Trays made from a scan, gel for two weeks, one follow-up. Usually not covered by plans.
Your first visit
What happens, in order.
About 90 minutes. Nothing is booked until you say yes, and you can stop at any step.
First 10 minutes
A short chat
Your health history, any worries, and what you’d like from us. Nervous, a wheelchair user, booking for a family? Tell us here.
Next 20 minutes
Exam and x-rays
Low-dose digital x-rays, and a look at teeth, gums and bite. You see the screen too, and we explain what we see.
Then about an hour
Cleaning, then a plan
A cleaning by a hygienist, at your pace. Then, if you need one, a plan in plain words with fees, in writing, before anything is booked.
What patients say, in their words.
We don’t quote reviews on our own site. Read them on Google, where we can’t edit them.
Read reviews on Google
How we work
Four promises, and the practical things.
What a small clinic can promise and keep. Ask to see the sterilisation room; we like showing it.
Four promises
Kept at every visit
Explain, ask, pace, clean
- Explain
- You see what we see: x-rays and photos on the screen in front of you, in plain words.
- Ask
- Nothing without a yes. Every treatment, written, with the fee, before it starts.
- Pace
- Breaks, numbing that has time to work, and a hand signal to stop.
- Clean
- Instruments are sterilised and logged after every patient.
- Direct billingMost private plans and the CDCP
- Step-free, ground floorAutomatic door, wide treatment room
- Free parkingBehind the building, two accessible spaces
- Low-sensory visitsFirst appointment, lights down, no music
- Your languageTell us when you book; we do our best to match
Questions
The ones people ask first.
Anything not covered here, call or send a note. A real person replies within one business day.
Ask a questionYes, and families: book siblings back to back, or a parent and child together. Kids are welcome from age one.
Because two fillings or two cleanings aren’t always the same amount of work. “From” is the usual case; you see your own fee in writing before we start.
Most private plans and the Canadian Dental Care Plan. We can send an estimate to your plan first, so you know your share before treatment.
Say so when you book. We explain each step first, numbing gets time to work, and you can stop us any time by raising a hand. Ask for the quiet first appointment of the day: lights down, no music.
Call 226-555-0118. We hold emergency spots every weekday morning; calling gets you one fastest.
Book a visit · new patients welcome
Book a checkup, or ask first.
Booking takes about two minutes. We call back within one business day to confirm a time. Tooth pain today? Call: emergency spots are held every weekday morning.
- Nothing is done before you’ve said yes to a written plan
- Insurance billed directly; you pay only your share
- If we run more than ten minutes late, we text you first