Your experience begins with a phone call to our friendly front desk staff. You’ll schedule an appointment, whether for an emergency need, a periodic exam and cleaning appointment, or a thorough and comprehensive exam with Dr. Rogers.

A comprehensive exam has the highest impact on your dental health. Results can be much better when Dr. Rogers has all the appropriate information concerning you and your dental needs. Scheduling a new patient exam is the cornerstone for building a relationship between you and Dr. Rogers for a lifetime of dental health.

This is a co-discovery examination—allowing both you and Dr. Rogers to determine aspects of your oral health and appearance that can be improved. Our intra-oral camera lets you observe the exam in progress. You're able to see exactly what Dr. Rogers is seeing, and together you can agree on possible solutions.

A new patient exam usually begins with your dental history and learning about your past experiences with dentistry. Dr. Rogers gains valuable insights from this, hearing what you want for yourself, how you see your present level of oral health, and your expectations.

The next step is a complete clinical exam, much more thorough than the cursory “check-up”. Dr. Rogers gathers data about your chewing muscles, jaw joints, and bite. He evaluates the health of your gums and surrounding tissue, looking for disease, oral cancer, and injury. We completely assess each tooth, as well as the condition of any existing fillings, crowns, bonding, and prostheses, such as dentures.

An aesthetic evaluation is also included. If you’re concerned about the way your teeth look, you’ll have the opportunity to “tour” your mouth together with our oral camera technology, during which you can discuss concerns.

Dr. Rogers will suggest any appropriate and necessary x-rays. Diagnostic impressions of your mouth may be taken, along with a complete set of close-up photos of your teeth.

We are committed to your comfort, priority needs, and long-term health. Starting with your comprehensive oral health evaluation and through all appointments, we will always take the time to listen to your concerns and objectives for dental health.

After all, who’s the most important member of your healthcare team? You are!

We’re committed to providing you and your family the best in dental care available today. We’ll meet this commitment through our continued education and improvements in technology.

We also recognize that delivering superior dental care comes with increased costs to both the dental team and patients. Our recent survey confirmed that many of you share with other Americans the two most common obstacles to receiving dental care: fear and cost.

For patients with high anxiety:
Our team offers modern dentistry in a pain-free, relaxed atmosphere. You don’t have to avoid the dental care you need.

With regard to cost:
We offer flexible payment options to help patients afford the dentistry they want and need without dependence on dental insurance benefits.

Insurance:
Through discussions with patients, many of you are aware of changes we’ve made in processing your insurance claims. Experience shows that with flexible payment options, patients are much less concerned with dental insurance restrictions.

Dental insurance is more efficiently handled if the insurance company directly reimburses the patient, not our office. We'll continue to offer a high level of customer service by handling:
• X-ray duplication
• Narrative explanation of treatment
• Clinical photos for dental insurance companies

Payments
We ask patients to pay for their treatment at the time of service for routine visits, such as cleaning, exams, x-rays, fillings, etc. For larger treatment recommendations, please feel free to discuss a personalized financial arrangement. This may include accepting payment directly from the insurance company. We also recognize that for certain patients and large families payment at the time of service is a prohibitive financial strain. Please let us know your concerns so we can create a payment arrangement that best fits your needs.

Please be open with any concerns you have. Through good communication with our team, we’re confident that you'll find it easy to afford the dental treatment that you deserve.

Richard L. Rogers, D.D.S., F.A.G.D.
301.663.1700
E-mail: dentalpride@aol.com
2100 Old Farm Dr.
Suite 1F
Frederick, Maryland 21702