College Street Dental ★9.5

The dental office built around campus plans

College Street Dental sits at the College and Spadina crossroads, steps from the University of Toronto’s St. George campus, and has organized itself around that geography since 2011. Where most downtown practices treat a student plan as paperwork, this one keeps a separate page for every school it works with — U of T, George Brown, Toronto Metropolitan, OCAD, York, Seneca — and explains what each covers before you sit down. The Canadian Dental Care Plan is accepted too.

Services

General care: complete examinations with x-rays, gum-disease assessment and oral cancer screening, hygiene visits, and tooth-coloured composite fillings — swapping dark amalgam for white is the job patients mention most. Endodontics: root canals with up-to-date pain control. Oral surgery: extractions and wisdom teeth. Orthodontics: Invisalign aligners and Six Month Smiles clear fixed braces. Cosmetic and restorative: porcelain veneers, crowns, whitening, implants. Emergencies — toothache, a cracked tooth, a lost filling, facial swelling — are booked the same day.

Sedation

Two routes exist for patients who dread the chair: nitrous oxide through a nose piece alongside local freezing, which keeps you awake but relaxed, and prescribed oral sedation, which needs an assessment visit beforehand plus a responsible adult to stay with you and drive you home.

Dentists

Seven dentists cover the rota, with an unusually clear split of interests. Dr. David Cheng (University of Toronto, residency at New York-Presbyterian) runs orthodontics and Invisalign. Dr. Edmund Lee concentrates on oral surgery. Dr. Cyrus Chang completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at Buffalo. Dr. Conor O’Meara qualified at University College Cork and practised in Ireland and the UK, alongside Dr. Michelle Lee, Dr. Yuchi Kao and Dr. Dao Le.

Languages and who it suits

Dr. Kao consults in Mandarin and Taiwanese, and in French along with Dr. Le, who also speaks Vietnamese. It fits students and university staff, downtown residents needing same-day relief from pain, and anyone weighing quick front-tooth alignment against a full aligner course.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to be a student to book? No — everyone is welcome, including Canadian Dental Care Plan members.

How fast can I be seen with a toothache? Same-day emergency appointments are the stated standard.

How do Six Month Smiles and Invisalign differ? Invisalign uses removable clear trays; Six Month Smiles uses clear fixed braces on the front teeth and finishes sooner. Not every bite qualifies.

Is sedation available for extractions? Yes: nitrous oxide, or oral sedation after a separate assessment.

Can I be treated in another language? Mandarin, Taiwanese, French and Vietnamese are spoken within the team.

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