If it has been years, you are not the worst we have seen.
Genuinely. The most common reason people put off registering is embarrassment about how long it has been, and it is the one thing nobody here will comment on.
Book the first appointment
Fifty minutes rather than the usual forty, because a first visit always takes longer. $120, including any X-rays we need.
Bring almost nothing
Just a list of any medication you take. If you know where your old practice was we can request your records, but you do not need them to be seen.
A full look and a written plan
Teeth, gums, joint and soft tissue. Anything worth doing is written down with a price against it, and you take that away with you.
Decide in your own time
Nothing is booked in on the day unless you want it to be. Urgent things we will tell you are urgent — the rest can wait until you have thought about it.
If you are anxious about it
Say so when you book and it goes on your notes, so you never have to explain it twice or to a stranger with instruments in their hand.
A first appointment can be a conversation with nothing done at all — sit in the chair, look at the room, agree what happens next time. That is a normal way to start and it costs the same as any check-up.
We also stop when you raise a hand. Every time, immediately, without needing a reason. Most of what makes dentistry frightening is not being in control of when it ends.
