First Steps  at Our Office

We will meet you where you are at in your journey.

We will find a schedule and appointment type that will work for you! Dr. Wolfe will take the time to get to know you. She understands that anxiety or trauma may have prevented you from scheduling in the past. We are here to make it easier for you. When it is time for an exam, everything is explained step by step. Nothing is rushed, you can pause or ask questions whenever you need. 

Gentle Care

We are a private practice with a focus on gentle dentistry. We provide comfort care to all patients. Our care is built around people with anxiety or past dental trauma. Because of this focus we are a fee-for-service office. We will always prioritize the best care for our patients. 

Watch: If Dental Anxiety Has Kept You Away

Team member reviewing treatment options with a patient during a consultation

We Have Options!

Our goal is to give you the chance to get the treatment that you deserve. 

We accept PPO plans, and will bill as a courtesy.

We have multiple payment options and are always open to having a discussion to find the best mutual option. Have questions about payment options? Contact us anytime.`

Insurance, In Plain Terms

Dr. Wolfe is in network with Aetna. With every other PPO, this practice is out of network — by choice.

That choice is what pays for the way this office runs: appointments measured in hours rather than minutes, and a dentist who is not being pushed through a volume schedule by an insurance contract. We still file your claim for you as a courtesy, so the paperwork is not yours to chase.

What you actually pay depends on your particular plan, and the honest answer to that is a phone call rather than a page. Call (818) 788-1231 before you book. We can confirm your coverage is active and talk you through how we handle insurance — what we cannot do is tell you what your plan will pay toward treatment nobody has examined yet.

That call costs nothing, and you will have our practice’s fee in writing before any treatment is scheduled. The full picture on insurance and payments is on its own page.

Membership Program

We have membership programs for routine care for any patients without dental insurance. We have a variety of membership plans to cater to our patients. The membership program can be paid annually or monthly and offers routine services as well as discounts to other services.

First Visit

We like to start with a discovery appointment. 

To get a new patient established in our office we like to discover together what is going on in the mouth. It always starts with a conversation with our team on the phone. They will walk you through the next steps and process. Give us a call at (818) 788-1231

What the First Visit Actually Looks Like

About an hour — and nothing happens that you have not agreed to.

It starts with a phone call. Tell whoever answers that you are new — and if you are nervous about being here at all, say that too. It changes how the appointment is booked and how it is run.

Paperwork is your choice. We can email the new-patient forms so they are done before you arrive, or you can fill them in here. Some people would rather not walk in to a clipboard; others would rather not think about it at home. Either is fine.

Getting here is easier than it looks. We are at 16311 Ventura Blvd, #1296, on the Encino stretch between Hayvenhurst and Balboa. The building has valet parking and we validate it — in full for first appointments — so you can pull up at the door instead of circling for a meter.

Then you talk, and Dr. Wolfe listens and looks. Whether anything else happens that day — a cleaning, or a first piece of treatment — is settled on the phone beforehand, not sprung on you in the chair. Bring your insurance card if you have one, a list of anything you take, and any recent x-rays another office may be holding.

 Welcome—Start Here

Your journey to calmer, whole-body dentistry begins with one simple step. Reach out today to schedule your first visit and discover what it feels like to experience dentistry at your pace.

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