Initial Visit

We appreciate your decision to partner with our team to maintain your periodontal health. Our staff is committed to creating a periodontal experience that is as comfortable and pleasant as possible.

Your initial visit provides us a chance to get to know you. More importantly, this initial visit gives you a chance to know us. When you visit Drs. Caldwell and Dimmitt for evaluation and treatment, you are not simply a patient…you are family! During your initial visit, our doctors and staff will accurately evaluate your current periodontal health status. Additionally, this allows us to treat you in the safest manner possible.

No treatment is rendered during your 1st appointment. This appointment allows us to gather information, listen to your questions/concerns, and recommend a potential strategy that will improve your oral health. To minimize your wait and respect the time of our other patients, we ask that you provide the following information at your first visit:

• Medical History – This may be completed by filling our and bringing the printed form that will be mailed to you prior to your first visit in our office.
• Xrays – To accurately diagnose your health, we require current Xrays and/or CT scans. If your referring dentist has taken Xrays in the last 24 months, please forward them to us. If you do not have recent images, or if additional imaging is needed for diagnosis and treatment, our doctors and their staff will take the necessary imaging.

Drs. Caldwell and Dimmitt and their team are available to perform dental treatment Monday through Friday. Please allow 60 to 90 minutes for your initial visit. We will do our best to schedule your visit as soon as our calendar permits. If you have severe pain or need emergency care, we will do everything we can to see you as soon as possible.

We request that you give us 48-hour notice if you need to cancel an appointment. This courtesy allows us to reschedule your time for another patient. We do charge a fee for appointments that are missed with no prior communication.

NOTE: Patients under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.