You don't have to be brave to come here.
Most new patients at Hale Smile Studio haven't sat in a dental chair for years. Nobody will ask why, and nothing happens without your yes. Ask the assistant below anything — at any hour, without giving your name.
Nothing happens without your yes.
Dr. Renee Lee, DDS built this practice around the nervous patient. The sequence below is how every first visit goes — read it now, so the visit itself holds no unknowns.
It starts with talking, not a chair
Your first visit begins in a small consult room, sitting up, instruments nowhere in sight. You say what you want and what worries you. That conversation costs nothing.
You set the stop signal
Before anything begins, you and Dr. Lee agree on a hand signal. Raise it and everything stops — mid-sentence, mid-anything, no questions asked.
Every step is a question first
Nothing touches your teeth without being named and agreed to. You will never be surprised by a sound, a tool, or a sensation.
Numbing before the numbing
A strong gel numbs the spot before any anesthetic, so what most people brace for as a pinch arrives as mild pressure. If needles are your line, say so — delivery is slow and gentle, and nitrous oxide is available on request.
Your headphones are welcome
Bring your music or a podcast — noise-canceling encouraged. Many patients never hear the sounds they were dreading.
No lecture, no matter how long it's been
Two years or twenty — you will not hear a word about it. You came in. That's the part that matters.
What things cost, before anyone asks you to commit.
These are the real ranges patients pay here, not teaser rates. Your exact number comes after Dr. Lee looks — and it's always quoted before anything happens.
Checkup & cleaning
$95–$180Exam, x-rays, and a gentle cleaning. If today needs to be talk-only, that's fine.
Fillings
$150–$350 per toothTooth-colored, done in one visit, fully numb before anything starts.
Crowns
$1,100–$1,600 per toothFor a cracked or heavily filled tooth. Two visits, about two weeks apart.
Implants
$3,800–$5,500 per toothA permanent replacement, start to finish, paced over a few months.
Whitening
$250–$550A take-home kit at the lower end, about an hour in the office at the higher.
Emergency visits
$95 same-day examPain, a break, a knocked-out tooth — you move to the front of the line. Treatment cost is quoted before anything happens.
Not ready to come in? Send a photo instead.
Attach a photo of your smile to the assistant below and say what worries you. Dr. Lee looks at every photo personally and replies within a day. It costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and nothing leaves the practice.
Attach it below
Use the camera button in the ask bar at the bottom of this page. Bathroom light and a phone camera are plenty.
Dr. Lee reviews it herself
You get an honest read and rough options within a day — from the dentist, not a sales script.
It stays here
Your photo is seen by Dr. Lee and no one else, and it's deleted if you ask.
One gentle call. That's the whole process.
Leave your name and number — or tell the assistant below and watch it fill this in for you. The coordinator calls once within one business day, and anyone in pain goes first.