1. Do you provide Iv Sedation?

Yes, we provide IV Sedation. This involves a direct injection of a sedative and is approved only after patients obtain medical clearance from their physicians. Basically, this procedure "puts the patient to sleep" for treatment at a local hospital or surgery center. While the dentist performs the proscribed treatment, an anesthesiologist or certified nurse anesthesiologist monitors and controls the sedation.

2. What will my first visit be like?

Your dentist will examine your gums and teeth. We pay especially close attention to gum health because many people lose perfectly healthy teeth to gum disease. Your dentist will talk with you about your goals and suggest a course of action to meet your goals.

3. What is your privacy policy?

4. What is CareCredit^®?

CareCredit is a personal line of credit for healthcare treatments and procedures for your entire family. It is a credit card but it has two advantages. It can only be used for healthcare services and you can get No Interest if paid in full within the promotional period on purchases made with your CareCredit credit card. Not all promotional plans are available at all Participating Professionals. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the promotional purchase is not paid in full within the promotional period or if you make a late payment. Minimum Monthly Payments Required and may pay off purchase before end of promo period.

5. What is Wells Fargo Health Advantage^®?

With the Wells Fargo Health Advantage payment plan, you can provide care for the ones in your life – yourself, your family members and your pets – through financing. That means you can accept treatment today with the convenience of paying over time by selecting from a variety of payment plans.

6. What is the Parkcrest Dental Group story?

In the early 1970s, a few Springfield-area dentists began discussing the possibilities of working together as a group—a group that could provide more complete care for its patients. As the plan evolved, the large investment of time, work and capital required to turn the group concept into reality became clear.

In 1974, eight highly committed dentists broke ground on a group building in the open countryside south of town. Later that year, Parkcrest Dental Group opened for business—also opening a dynamic new idea in total dental care to the people of Springfield and Southwest Missouri.

Today, Springfield has grown up around our practice. Parkcrest Dental Group remains a highly regarded general-dentistry and multi-specialty practice—offering area families and individuals more dental care capabilities under one roof than any other dental group. That’s just one reason Parkcrest Dental Group has grown to become the largest, most visited dental care provider in the Southwest Missouri region.

With a staff of nine dentists and over fifty caring support associates, Parkcrest Dental Group is trusted by thousands of patients for the best of health in their tooth and gum care—along with the smiles to prove it.

7. Is it true you offer general, pediatric and orthodontic dentistry?

It most certainly is!

Parkcrest Dental Group’s leading edge technologies provide the ideal working environment for our general dentists and specialists to furnish the level of care our patients deserve and expect. In fact, no other dental group in the area brings so many years of collective experience and capability to focus on complete care for its patients.

Parkcrest provides access to full oral care in general dentistry, plus licensed specialists in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics. As our practice has grown into the region's largest, Parkcrest Dental Group has established a wide network of independent specialists—ensuring you receive the procedure your care requires.

Parkcrest offers treatment for patients of any age that’s free of stress and discomfort—using appropriate anesthetics wherever applicable. It’s just one way we demonstrate our patient-promise of Total Care • Total Caring.

8. What are your business hours?

Parkcrest Dental Group is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

9. Do you have emergency hours?

Yes, we do!

For emergencies, we have a doctor on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Call 417-887-1220 or 800-798-0112 to have a doctor paged for you.