First Visit

Great, you found us!  

Now, we’d like to help you preparing for your first visit hoping to make it time efficient and pleasant experience:

1. Call us

We strongly recommend that you start with calling our office at 847-890-4444.  It is still the quickest and easiest way to reserve the doctor’s time during the hours most convenient for you.  Our friendly personnel will also explain what specific forms must be completed prior to your visit, what you should bring and will check with you whether there are any special requirements or considerations.

You can call us directly during our office hours or you can use this form to send us a callback request.  Please let us know when is the best time for you to answer the phone and we will contact you during these hours.

Alternatively, you can visit our online appointment reservation system or simply send us an email using the form on the right specifying the time of the day that is most convenient for you.  We will do our best to accommodate your schedule.

2. Prepare a few things for your visit

• Dental x-rays: If you had dental x-rays taken within the last 6 months, please make sure you have them with you.
• Patient forms: With just one simple form we’ll collect the information relevant to the treatment received in our clinic: your medical and dental history, information about allergies, medications and insurance coverage that you may have.  We also ask that you familiarize yourself with policies observed in our clinic and you authorize us to deal with insurance carriers and other health care providers on your behalf.  You will find all required forms with instructions on the Patient Forms page. 
• Insurance: If you have dental insurance, please have your insurance card with you.  You can learn more about the dental plans and how we interact with them on the Insurance Coverage page.
• Payment: If you don’t have insurance and plan to pay for your visit yourself, ask our front desk coordinator about different payment options and visit our Payments page to learn more about our policies.  If you have insurance plan that requires your co-payment, the co-pay fee will be collected after your visit.

3. Get directions and check the driving time

Please afford us a few minutes before your scheduled time for going over your paperwork.  If you elect to fill out all the patient forms in our office, please make sure you arrive at least 15 minutes earlier.  Click here to get the directions and calculate the driving time on Google Maps.  We can even send our information directly to your computer or the smartphone – just select one of the options below. 

4. What to expect at the first visit?

Our doctors will take the time to listen to your concerns and expectations. We will take a comprehensive series of x-rays to evaluate/visualize your teeth and surrounding structures. A comprehensive intaoral and extraoral exam will evaluate the teeth, gums, TMJ, and oral mucosa.

Intraoral pictures will be taken to help the patient visualize what we see in the mouth. An intaoral diagnostic scan will be performed to evaluate areas of concern such as wear, excessive biting forces, malaligned teeth that are contributing to existing or potential problems.

All findings will be discussed with the patient. Proposed treatment plan and alternatives along with benefits and risks will be discussed.