Family & cosmetic dentistry — Harborview

Dentistry you stop dreading

Brightwater Dental runs on time, explains everything before it happens, and has sedation options for the one in five of us carrying a bad memory. New patients welcome — including the ones who haven't been in a decade.

Check-ups & hygiene

Exam, X-rays when due, and a hygienist who teaches rather than scolds. Recall intervals matched to your mouth, not the calendar.

Whitening & cosmetic

Professional whitening, bonding and veneers — planned on a mock-up you approve before any tooth is touched.

Restorative & implants

Fillings, crowns, bridges and implant restoration, with each step's cost and timeline in writing.

Honest fees

New patient exam + X-rays$95

Includes the plan; no treatment sold on the day

Hygiene cleanfrom $110

With the hygienist, 45 minutes

Composite fillingfrom $185

Per tooth, shade-matched

Crown, porcelainfrom $1,150

Digital scan — no trays of goo

Whitening, in-chair$420

Includes take-home top-up kit

Implant, completefrom $3,400

Placement, healing, crown

No insurance? No problem

The Brightwater Plan

Our membership covers what insurance usually would, with no claims, no caps and no pre-approvals — $29 a month, cancel any time.

Included every year

Two exams + X-rays

The full works, twice

Two hygiene visits

Booked when you want them

10% off treatment

On everything else we do

Emergency slots held

Same-week, members first

New patients

Your first visit, minute by minute

1

0:00 — The conversation

Before the chair: your history, your worries, and what you actually want from your teeth. It runs the first ten minutes because it matters more than the mirror.

2

0:10 — Look and measure

Exam, X-rays if due, gum measurements and photos you can see on the screen beside you.

3

0:30 — The plan

Findings in plain language: what needs doing now, what can wait, what to watch. Priced, printed, yours to take.

4

0:45 — Your call

Nothing happens today unless it's an emergency you want treated. You book the next step when you're ready — or never, guilt-free.

Twenty years of avoiding dentists, gone in one visit. They never once made me feel bad about the gap — they just fixed the urgent thing and gave me a plan I could pace. I have been back three times now. Voluntarily.
R. Okonkwo · New patient, long absence
The plan on the screen with prices before anything started was the thing. No surprises, no "while we're in here" — I could say yes with my eyes open.
Marissa Vollmer · Crown + whitening
My son is autistic and the sensory protocol here (warning before every sound, heavy blanket, breaks on request) means he ASKS to go. I cannot overstate what that is worth.
Dana Kowal-Berne · Family plan
I'm scared of the dentist. Really scared.

You are our average patient, not our difficult one. Tell us when you book — first visits can be conversation-only, sedation options exist from nitrous to oral, and the stop signal is always yours: raise a hand and everything stops. Nothing starts without your yes.

Do you take my insurance?

We bill most major plans directly and handle the paperwork. Whatever the plan doesn't cover, you see before treatment — our estimate is written, and the rare gap between estimate and claim is explained line by line.

Payment plans?

Interest-free over 3–12 months for anything over $300, arranged in five minutes at the desk. The Brightwater Plan exists for the uninsured on purpose: dentistry should not be a luxury good.

Emergencies?

Held slots every weekday morning for pain, swelling and trauma — call at 8 and we will almost always see you that day. Out of hours, the phone line triages and opens early for genuine emergencies.

Book the first visit

Brightwater Dental Suite 2, 140 Marine Pde, Harborview Mon–Fri 8–5:30 · Thu till 7

Gag reflex? Needle fear? Tell us.

Whatever made you stop going, we have seen it, planned for it, and worked around it a thousand times. The first conversation is free and chair-free.

Request an appointment

Nervous patients: mention it below and we'll plan the visit around it.