A dentist in gloves checking a patient’s teeth in a bright treatment room
A dentist in gloves checking a patient’s teeth in a bright treatment room
A dentist in gloves checking a patient’s teeth in a bright treatment room

Brightleaf is a dental practice in downtown Ann Arbor. We book same-week, quote every treatment before we start it and never sell you dentistry you do not need.

Chipped on Monday.
Fixed by Thursday.

New patient exam and cleaning, $89

Same-week visits

Most dental plans accepted

318 S Ashley St, Ann Arbor

Thirty-two teeth.
Five reasons people call.

Pick the one that sounds like you. Each one lists what it usually is, how we treat it and how many visits it normally takes. A starting point, not a diagnosis.

Swelling in the face or neck, a fever with tooth pain or trouble breathing needs emergency care. Call 911 or go to the emergency room.

A dentist making notes while a new patient talks through their history

Front desk, the first five minutes

Sixty minutes,
six steps, $89.

New patient visits are $89 and take about an hour: a full exam, X-rays if you need them, a cleaning and a written plan with prices.

0:00

Check-in

You fill in the forms from our text link before you come, so check-in takes two minutes. Bring your insurance card and a photo ID.

0:05

History

What hurts, what you have had done before, what you are afraid of and what you want your teeth to look like.

A dentist checking a patient’s X-rays on a bright light box

Digital X-rays, twenty minutes in

0:20

Exam and X-rays

A tooth by tooth exam, gum measurements and low-dose digital X-rays, with a camera so you see what we see.

0:35

Findings

What is going on, in plain words, with photos. If a tooth can wait, we say so instead of drilling it today.

A hygienist polishing a patient’s teeth during a cleaning

Cleaning, forty-five minutes in

0:45

Your cleaning

A hygienist cleans, polishes and flosses, and shows you the two spots your brush keeps missing.

0:55

Your plan

A written plan with what is urgent, what can wait, what each item costs and what your plan covers. No pressure to decide today.

Median plan for a new adult patient, 2025

From our chart records

2

visits,
not 12.

A man smiling widely, photographed in black and white

That is the typical plan for a new adult patient here: an exam and cleaning, then one more visit for anything we found. Some people need more, and we say why.

9,800

cleanings and fillings in 2025

4.9

average from 740 patient reviews

11 years

on S Ashley St

Figures from our 2025 chart records and patient surveys. Individual results vary.

Same dentist,
every visit.

Three dentists and two hygienists, each with a focus. You book with one of them and keep seeing that person, not whoever is free.

A woman laughing on a sunny street

4.9 average from 740 patient reviews

Shared with permission

“Dr. Okonkwo found the cracked filling in five minutes, showed me the photo and told me the other three could wait a year.”

Rachel K., Burns Park, cracked filling

Individual results vary.

$89 gets
you in.

Exam, X-rays if you need them and a cleaning. After that you pay per treatment, with the price written down before we start.

New patient exam & cleaning

Exam, X-rays and a cleaning, 60 min

$89

Checkup & cleaning

30-40 min

$120

Tooth-colored filling

One tooth, 30-45 min

$185

Whitening with custom trays

Two visits

$299

Crown, porcelain

Two visits, lab made

$1,150

In network

Delta Dental, Cigna, Aetna, MetLife and Guardian

HSA and FSA cards welcome. Out of network? We file the claim for you and you keep the difference.

Questions.

Anything else, call Tara at the front desk. She checks your dental plan before you come in.

Do I need a referral?

No. You can book directly. If your dental plan requires a referral for a specialist, Tara at the front desk will sort it out before your visit.

Does a filling hurt?

How many visits will I need?

Are X-rays safe?

I am nervous about the dentist.

Do you take my dental plan?

318 S
Ashley St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Two-hour street parking on Ashley, the Ashley and William structure a block away, and a bike rack by the door.

Mon, Wed, Fri

7 AM-4 PM

Tue, Thu

10 AM-7 PM

Saturday

8 AM-1 PM

Sunday

Closed

A quiet dental treatment room with a chair beside a tall window

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