Seeing a dentist without insurance

You always know the number first

Nothing is started here before you have been told what it costs. For anything beyond a check-up that means a written estimate, and you are free to take it away and think about it.

Ask what can wait

Not everything found at an examination has to be done this month. Some of it genuinely should be, because it will cost several times as much in a year. Some of it can be watched. Ask which is which, and we will tell you straight. A practice that says everything is urgent is telling you something about the practice.

Virginia Dental Club

Virginia Dental Club is a membership plan administered by Membersy LLC, not insurance. There is nothing to file, no waiting period, and no annual maximum.

Your membership includes two cleanings, two routine exams, one problem-focused emergency exam, and your X-rays at no charge each membership year.

Most other services are 20% off our standard fee.

$279 a year for an individual, $259 a year for each additional member in the same household. No enrollment fee. Renews annually.

For anyone who goes twice a year for a cleaning and an exam, the membership tends to pay for itself on those visits alone, and the discount on anything else is on top. It is worth doing the arithmetic on your own situation rather than taking our word for it.

Prevention is the cheapest dentistry there is

A cleaning and an exam twice a year costs a fraction of one crown. Sealants on a child's back teeth cost a fraction of a filling. None of that is a slogan; it's just arithmetic, and it is the reason we would rather see you regularly than heroically.