Edgar Dental is a family dental practice at 252 Childers Road in Gisborne, serving the Tairawhiti community. The practice offers preventive examinations and cleaning, restorative and cosmetic work, extractions, dental implants and indirect restorations, which are made outside the mouth and then bonded or cemented in place. It uses digital technology for precise work. Its website says it aims to make a routine visit feel comfortable, and it describes its surroundings as soothing.
A regular exam includes X-rays where needed and removal of deposits from the teeth. If the exam runs longer than 30 minutes, a follow-up is booked at an additional cost, or the initial exam can be extended. There is also a 15-minute appointment for a specific problem such as toothache, and treatment is scheduled after it. The website says some of the more advanced work costs more but has a strong record of lasting. For a family in Gisborne who wants one practice for every stage of life, the long-term relationship the practice describes is the practical draw.