Dental clinics in Fairfax County – Blessed

A visit to the dentist every six months are very expensive especially since many private insurance companies do not cover you for dental expenses. Ignoring your teeth can lead to many serious oral problems like gum disease, tooth decay, bad breath and worst of all oral cancer. To encourage residents many Dentist Tysons Corner and Great Falls VA have special promotional offers for patients who have been away from their clinic for more than 6 months. A discount coupon for your next visit is a good way to attract old patients. 

Dental clinics in McLean offer a variety of procedures to patients. The Dentists in the area specialize in cosmetic dentistry, teeth whitening, crowns, extractions and many other oral dental procedures that need attention. They have latest high-tech dental equipment for x-rays, zoom bleaching system and dental restoration procedures. 

As required by the law Mclean Dental clinics are members of the American Dental Association as well Virginia Dental Association and Northern Virginia Dental Society, making them safe. 

Majority of the dental clinics in the area are open from 7Am to 4Pm Monday to Friday, but they do have an emergency number that you can call after the working hours for any ‘emergencies’. When you call the operator will ask you a few questions and while you are on the line they will call a doctor to schedule an appointment for you within the next couple of hours. Do remember however, that a tooth ache does not qualify for an emergency. The operator will than tell you the charges for the emergency. 

Regular patients at Dentist Great Falls VA can make an appointment over the phone or use their website. They also have patient forms for dental registration and consent and disclosure on their website for you to download.

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Where is the Dentist?

Toothaches just like headaches come at the wrong time. I was recently in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia visiting some college friends. My weekend trip started off well but on the second day I had this horrible pain in my tooth. I tried taking painkillers but the relief was just temporary. Being a weekend I was sure that no Mclean Dental clinic would be open, never the less I asked my friend. We called a few clinics but as I guessed all were closed for the weekend. Another friend who had come from Rockville gave me an emergency number for a dentist in Rockville, which is 13 miles from McLean. We called the number and after answering a few question I managed to get an appointment for the same day in the evening. 

It was just a minor infection and a course of antibiotics did the trick. I naturally had to return to a dentist a week after just for a follow-up and so made an appointment with my dentist for the following week. 

Looking back at what happened I realized that did not know if my dentist or another dentist for that matter in my area offered such facilities. I looked online and in the yellow pages for ‘emergency dentist’ but nothing came up. I realized than that despite paying so much for dental care there is no way that Americans can get dental help in an emergency. 

A tooth ache is not considered an emergency but patients who are under treatment for implants or any other reconstruction procedure. Patients have to wait for 4 months after the first stage of treatment, what happens if they have an emergency? Is the doctor available for them 24 x 7 or do they need an appointment as well?

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