Optimum Dental

I’m one of the people that has always hated the dentist but Optimum really make the experience as easy as it can be. They make me feel comfortable, explain everything and take great care of me. The TV’s on the ceiling and headphones make the whole thing fly by. Wouldn’t go anywhere else.

The girls that work here are beyond amazing. I am always met with a smile ( all prefect smiles btw.) . I had them do a cleaning, Wich I have neglected for a better. Super smooth and flawless. 2 min wait time after I checked in. Dr Bladerson made me fell like family. Didn’t judge me or make me fell bad about my (now white but then yellow teeth ). I will be back!!!!!!! Thank you optimum dental !!!

Got the recommendation from my friend. Growing up always nervous and anxious going to the dentist. However I can’t brag enough about Optimum, from the time I made a phone call to make my first appointment Kim had been a saint answering my …

Once upon a time I hated going to the dentist. Like, with the passion of Zeus. I would fight the anxiety in my brain, trying to convince it that I could make it through another session in a dental chair, but the anxiety always turned to panic, blasting out of me with an exit velocity that could launch a rocket into space. When I moved to Northern VA, I had to find a new dentist, and the fates conspired with the universe, leading me to Optimum Dental and the caring hands of Dr. Balderson and her staff. I say the following with the utmost conviction: if our planet became a post-apocalyptic wasteland I would STILL go to Optimum Dental for my care, fighting hordes of mutant zombies just to get my teeth cleaned. Why you ask? Quite simple: because my first encounter with Dr. B was nothing short of life changing precisely because she, and her staff, put me at ease in a way I had never experienced before. After more than ten years of working with Optimum Dental my anxiety is no longer an issue and I actually get excited to go to the dentist!!! But this sense of ease is not the only reason I look forward to my visits. No, it is also because I have never met a provider, and a staff, more dedicated to actually talking with and getting to know me as a patient. Truthfully, I get excited to go to the dentist now in no small part because I just like chatting with the people who work there, and I would probably drop in just to chat if I didn’t have other daily responsibilities. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not share that one of my most memorable interactions with Dr. B was when she complimented my shoes by saying “Nice kicks!” This small and admittedly random exchange with my dentist left a memorable and endearing impression on me. How come? Well, because it is an example of how perceptive and genuine Dr. B is as a person. And honestly, I think that is what was always lacking in past visits to other dentists. Those dentists were not interested in seeing me for who I was, whether it was my emotional state or just the shoes I decided to wear that day. They had a job to do and just went about doing it. Fair enough. But this also meant they lacked an authenticity that allowed me to connect and relax. With Dr. B I have never felt she is being anything but her true self, and I have no doubt she truly meant it when she said I have “nice kicks!” So yeah, go to Optimum Dental. Give them a call, set up an appointment, and get ready for one of the best dental visits you will ever have. And then, get ready to fight zombie hordes because, like me, you are gonna want to keep going back and seeing Dr. Balderson and her staff.

Dr. B and her team are the most professional, caring, knowledgeable, gentle, and experts in the DMV area. As someone who has a very complicated lifelong dental history and ongoing intensive dental needs -- I can say of the hundreds of …