Crescent Heights Dental Clinic Calgary ★9.7

Hospital-grade experience inside a neighbourhood clinic

Most Calgary family practices answer a medically complex adult with a referral letter. Crescent Heights Dental Clinic has a dentist who spent thirteen years doing that work inside a hospital: Dr. Antonietta Paladino ran a hospital-based practice at the Foothills Medical Centre and served a ten-year term as Division Chief of Adult Dentistry in Calgary for Alberta Health Services, an appointment she still holds. Around her is an unremarkable Bridgeland family clinic: five dentists, a deep hygiene bench, and the Canadian Dental Care Plan accepted.

Services

Preventive: examinations with x-rays, hygiene, fluoride, sport and night guards. Restorative: crowns, bridges, dentures, root canals, extractions. Surgical: wisdom teeth, implants, bone and gum grafting — grafting that other offices hand off stays in the building. Cosmetic: veneers, whitening, enamel recontouring and Snap-On Smile, a removable resin overlay that hides gaps and staining without drilling. Urgent cases are seen the same day.

Sedation, jaw pain and sleep

All three sedation routes are available — laughing gas, oral and intravenous — so fear or a strong gag reflex need not push treatment years away. Two problems at dentistry’s edge are covered too: Dr. Michael Newbert injects Botox into overactive jaw muscles for clenching, grinding and TMJ tension, and custom appliances replace a CPAP mask for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

Dentists

Dr. Newbert covers endodontics, crowns and bridges, oral surgery, implants and bone grafting. Dr. Charles Leung qualified at Boston University and has practised in Calgary since 2012. Dr. Christina Chow, Calgary-born, graduated in dentistry from the University of Alberta. Dr. Genevieve Braganza holds a Master of Public Health as well as a Saskatchewan dental degree. Dr. Paladino, also a Master of Education, teaches dental residents.

Who it suits

Three generations of one household in the same chair; adults with serious conditions or special needs told elsewhere their case is complicated; and anyone facing a graft or an implant who would rather not change clinics halfway through.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are new patients accepted? Yes, always.

Can a serious medical condition be accommodated? That is Dr. Paladino’s field: over a decade of hospital dentistry for complex and special-needs adults.

Which sedation is offered? Laughing gas, oral and IV, chosen after an assessment.

Is implant surgery done in-house? Yes, with bone and gum grafting when the site must be rebuilt first.

When should a child first be seen? Within six months of the first tooth, or by the first birthday.

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