Smile Central Oregon

Smile Central Oregon provides orthodontic services to kids. And actually, I’m sure that they take adult patients as well, but I never see any and I know that the majority of people who wear braces are kids. My daughter is currently a patient there and has had her braces on now for almost a year. She has been very happy with Dr. Panchura and her staff. Although braces can be pretty uncomfortable at times, my daughter has been very happy with the results.
As a parent, what is very cool is that they allow parents and patients to do volunteer work in the community and use the time worked towards the ortho bill. You are allowed to use hours worth 50% of the cost of services. Each hour of volunteer work equals $ 10 towards your bill. For example, if the visit costs $ 100 you can use 5 volunteer hours and pay $ 50 to meet the obligation of $ 100.
My hesitations on five stars is that while they try to be accommodating, they are only in the office a few select days a month. They also have an office in Redmond with limited hours and Bend patients are welcome there as well. Also, only the doctor is able to talk about projected treatment which means that you have to talk to her while you child is at an appointment. I was trying to figure out how many volunteer hours I would need going forward, just an estimate and the staff was unable to give me that information. So, just a couple of small inconveniences.