Riverbend, Oregon · Est. 2010
Dentistry that keeps its voice down.
Four operatories above a bookshop. Ninety-minute first visits. An in-house lab so your crown never leaves the building, and a written plan that still says the same number in June that it said in March.
What we do
Seven doors.
One building.
Everything below happens at 512 Ash Street. We refer out for wisdom teeth and orthognathic surgery, and we tell you that on day one rather than three appointments in.
The first visit
Four steps, in this
order, every time.
We do not clean teeth on a first visit. We look, we photograph, we talk, and you leave with a plan. The cleaning is booked afterwards, once we know what we are cleaning.
- 01
Ten minutes, tray closed
What brings you in, what has hurt before, what you have been quietly avoiding. Nothing goes in your mouth until this part is done.
- 02
Photographs and a low-dose scan
Intraoral camera plus a digital series at roughly a tenth of the dose of film. You see the same screen we do, at the same time.
- 03
The plan, in order of urgency
Three tiers: what needs doing now, what should be watched, what is optional forever. We are explicit about which is which.
- 04
Numbers before needles
A written estimate with your insurance already applied, before you agree to anything. Take it home. Take it elsewhere. We do not chase.
The lab upstairs
Your crown never
leaves the building.
Most practices scan you, mail the file, and see you again in three weeks. We mill on site. That means fewer temporaries, fewer numb afternoons, and a technician who can walk downstairs when the bite is a fraction off.
- Digital scanning, no alginate trays unless you prefer them
- Zirconia and lithium disilicate milled in-house
- Shade matched under three light temperatures, not one
- Remakes at our cost, however long it takes to get right
In their words
Three hundred and twelve
people have said something.
“I put off a crown for two years because I was braced for the sales pitch. There wasn’t one. They showed me the scan, told me what would happen if I waited, and let me wait.”
“The lab is upstairs, so I walked out with the temporary the same afternoon. But the part I remember is that the estimate I got in March is the number I paid in June.”
“My son is eight and genuinely likes going. They let him hold the mirror and narrate the whole thing. I have no idea how they do it.”
Journal
Written between
appointments.
The four minutes before we touch anything
Every appointment here opens with a conversation and a closed instrument tray. Here is what we are actually asking about.
Night guards: who actually needs one
They are prescribed far more often than they are needed. Three signs that yours would earn its keep, and three that it would not.
An implant is a three-month decision
The surgery is the short part. Here is the real calendar, from first scan to final crown, with the waiting written in.
Next step
Come in once.
Decide after that.
First visits are ninety minutes and end with a written plan you can take to any other dentist. No deposit, no obligation, no follow-up calls unless you ask for them.