Neo Smiles Dental Studio Serangoon is a full-service dental and orthodontic clinic on Serangoon Central Drive, a short walk from NEX shopping mall and the Serangoon MRT station and bus interchange. The clinic traces its roots to a group founded in 2015 to bring specialist braces care into the heartlands, expanded to Kovan in 2017, and relocated to its current, larger Serangoon premises in May 2022 to serve patients along the North East and Circle Lines more centrally.
Alongside its specialist orthodontic offering — braces, Invisalign, Smartee clear aligners, Invisalign First for kids, Damon self-ligating braces and student braces packages — the Serangoon team handles the full range of everyday dental needs: tooth extractions and specialist wisdom tooth surgery, sedation dentistry for eligible cases, scaling and polishing, fillings, dentures, dental implants (Medisave-claimable for the surgery component), veneers, teeth whitening and Icon/Bioclear aesthetic treatments, plus emergency dental attention during clinic hours.
The clinic is staffed by orthodontists, an oral & maxillofacial specialist and general dentists from the wider Neo Smiles team, all registered with the Singapore Dental Council in MOH-licensed premises. It accepts CHAS, Medisave, Baby Bonus, Merdeka Generation, Pioneer Generation, Public Assistance, SG60 and CDC voucher schemes.
Neo Smiles Dental Studio Serangoon brings specialist orthodontics and everyday general dentistry to the heart of Serangoon Central, a short walk from NEX shopping mall, Serangoon MRT station and the bus interchange. It is the Northeast branch of a dental group that began with a simple observation: specialist braces care was concentrated in the city centre, while the families who needed it most lived in the heartlands.
That observation belonged to founder Dr Neo Bijuan, an orthodontist who started the practice in Bedok in May 2015. Because braces treatment typically means monthly visits over roughly two years, Dr Neo reasoned that care should sit close to home, school and work rather than a long trip downtown. The idea found its audience. In June 2017 the group expanded to Kovan to serve the Northeast, and on 17 May 2022 the Kovan clinic became Neo Smiles Dental Studio Serangoon, relocating to larger premises on Serangoon Central Drive with additional facilities and dental chairs to better serve patients along the North East and Circle Lines.
Orthodontics remains the practice's signature. The Serangoon clinic offers conventional dental braces, Damon self-ligating braces, Invisalign and Smartee clear aligners, Invisalign First clear aligners for children aged 7 and up, Invisalign palatal expanders, retainers and student braces packages — all run to the same specialist standard as the group's Bedok and Bishan clinics.
But this is deliberately a full-service neighbourhood clinic. The team handles simple and surgical tooth extractions, specialist wisdom tooth surgery, sedation dentistry for eligible cases, and emergency dental attention during clinic hours, alongside scaling and polishing, fillings, dentures and 3D digital scanning. Dental implants are available too, with the surgery component Medisave-claimable. For patients focused on their smile's appearance, the clinic provides veneers, professional teeth whitening, and Icon and Bioclear treatments for discolouration, small gaps and enamel concerns.
The clinical team draws from the wider Neo Swmiles group — note: Neo Smiles — and includes orthodontic and oral & maxillofacial specialists Dr Neo Bijuan, Dr Jason Chua and Dr Noah Teo, alongside general dentists Dr Dennis Tng, Dr Shawn Tan Jun Ying, Dr Lim Li Hong and Dr Pramilah Streram. All Neo Smiles dentists are registered with the Singapore Dental Council, and the clinics are licensed by the Ministry of Health under the Healthcare Services Act.
Visits are designed to be as comfortable as a dental appointment can be. The clinics are fitted with modern dental chairs, 3D intra-oral scanners and digital X-ray machines, and patients can count on free WiFi and video entertainment in the clinic. Sedation options help eligible patients through longer or more anxious procedures. One thing to note for surgical planning: CBCT (3D cone-beam CT) imaging is available at the Bedok and Bishan branches rather than Serangoon.
The practicalities are heartland-friendly. The clinic is open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 8pm, Saturday from 9am to 5pm and Sunday from 9am to 2pm, closing on Mondays and public holidays — worth remembering when scheduling an extraction or a braces adjustment. It accepts CHAS, Medisave, Baby Bonus, Merdeka Generation, Pioneer Generation and Public Assistance schemes, as well as SG60 and CDC vouchers, and there is ample public parking nearby for those not arriving by MRT.
Whether it is a child's first orthodontic consultation, a troublesome wisdom tooth, a replacement denture or a whitening session before a big occasion, Neo Smiles Serangoon sets out to make specialist-standard dental care feel like a neighbourhood errand rather than a city expedition.