Your first visit
Ninety minutes, start to finish. Here's what to bring, and what we do in what order.
What to bring
- A photo ID.
- Your insurance card, if you have one. Maya checks your benefits before you come.
- The list of medications and supplements you take, with doses.
- Your last dentist's name. We ask them for X-rays from the past year, so you may not need new ones.
- For a patient under 18, a parent or legal guardian at the first visit.
After you book, we email you our patient forms. They take about ten minutes on a phone. If you'd rather fill them out on paper, come ten minutes early.
Before your first filling
California law requires dentists to give new patients the Dental Board of California's Dental Materials Fact Sheet before any filling, and to keep a signed acknowledgment in the patient's record. We hand it to you at your first visit and answer your questions about it.
Your first visit, step by step
0:00
Check-in with Maya
Five minutes for your ID, your insurance card and a glass of water.
0:05
Photos and X-rays
Fifteen minutes. Digital X-rays and close-up photos of your teeth.
0:20
Cleaning with Rosa
About forty minutes. Tell her where it's sensitive and she adjusts.
1:00
Exam with your dentist
About twenty minutes for your teeth, gums, bite and jaw joints, plus an oral cancer screening, with the photos on the screen.
1:20
Your plan and your next visit
Ten minutes. You leave with your plan and its prices in writing, and your next cleaning booked if you want one.
If your gums need a deep cleaning, we tell you at this visit and schedule it separately. It only starts once you've said yes to the plan.
Bringing your kids
- First visit by the first birthday, or within six months of the first tooth.
- Under 4, the exam happens on your lap, knee to knee with the dentist.
- Book the whole family back to back on the same morning.
- A parent or guardian stays in the room for kids under 12, and is always welcome after that.
Nervous about the dentist?
- Tell Maya when you book. We plan a longer visit so nobody rushes you.
- Noise-canceling headphones and a ceiling TV in every room.
- Raise your left hand and we stop, every time.
- Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is available for $75.
- Your dentist explains each step before doing it.
Finding us
1188 Rosecrans St, Suite 204San Diego, CA 92106
Second floor of a white stucco building in the Roseville part of Point Loma. Look for the bougainvillea by the door.
- Parking
- Free lot behind the building with 12 spaces, plus 2-hour street parking on Rosecrans Street.
- Elevator
- We're on the second floor. The elevator is step-free from the parking lot to our door.
- Wheelchair access
- One treatment room is sized for a wheelchair transfer. Service animals are welcome.
- Bus
- MTS Route 28 runs along Rosecrans Street between the Old Town Transit Center and Shelter Island, with stops a short walk from our door.
Usual drive times
- Liberty Station5 min
- Ocean Beach8 min
- Mission Hills15 min
- Downtown15 min
- Coronado25 min
Outside rush hour.
Office hours
- Monday7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Tuesday7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Wednesday10 am–7 pm
- Thursday7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Friday7:30 am–1:30 pm
- Saturday8 am–1 pm
- SundayClosed
Mon–Sat, from 7:30 am
Closed Thanksgiving and the day after, December 24 and 25, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4 (observed) and Labor Day.
Book your first visit
Ninety minutes, $395 without insurance, included in the membership. Most PPO plans pay for it.