Apple Valley Dental & Braces

About Apple Valley Dental & Braces · Seattle

Apple Valley Dental & Braces is a multi-location family dental and orthodontic practice with a Seattle (White Center) office at 10640 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98146. The clinic bills itself as 100% dentist-owned and brings general dentists, orthodontists, denturists, and oral surgeons together under one roof to serve families in central and eastern Washington. The Seattle location is part of a six-office group that also includes Yakima, Sunnyside, Pasco, Spokane (Division St.), and Spokane Valley, and is positioned as an accessible, insurance-friendly practice that accepts Apple Health (Medicaid) for children.

Apple Valley Dental & Braces (AVDB) operates as a regional dental group headquartered across central and eastern Washington, with its Seattle-area clinic serving the White Center neighborhood from 10640 16th Ave SW. The practice markets itself as '100% Dentist Owned' and emphasizes comprehensive, all-ages care delivered by an integrated team: general dentists, orthodontic specialists, licensed denturists, and oral surgeons. On its own About page the company notes that 'when you first encounter Apple Valley Dental & Braces, it becomes obvious we are a little different from most dental offices. Our award-winning architecture and fun atmosphere are the first clue,' and that it is 'one of the few clinics in the country where award-winning specialists work hand-in-hand with general dentists.' The Seattle location's provider roster listed on WebMD includes Dr. Xingtian Xu (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery), Dr. Derek Carter Thompson, DDS (Dentistry), and Dr. Brittany Nicole Gragg, DDS (Dentistry). Across the wider group, named clinicians include Kendrick Gray, DDS; Paul O. Hsiao, DMD; Justin Flinkman, DDS; Emerson Godbolt, DMD, MAGD; KyungHoon Chung, MD, DDS, FACS (oral surgery); orthodontic specialists Jay Sung, DDS, MS and Mladen Zekic, DMD; and licensed denturists Walter Walden, LD and Ruslan Galushkin, LD. Services span general dentistry (cleanings, fluoride, fillings, extractions, preventive care), orthodontics/braces (marketed as 'as low as $99/mo with no down payment, no credit check, no interest'), dentures and implants, and oral surgery. The group accepts most insurance plans including Apple Health (Medicaid) for pediatric patients, and promotes cash discounts. The Seattle/White Center office sits in the 98146 ZIP code, just south of downtown Seattle, and the practice maintains six total clinics across Washington State. Public review aggregators show mixed customer experiences: Yelp reports a 1.5-star average across 141 reviews spanning all AVDB locations, while the Better Business Bureau rates the company F (not accredited).

In business

Domain applesmiles.com registered 2008-08-12; practice operating since at least that period.

Serves

Seattle (White Center) and greater King County; broader group serves Yakima, Sunnyside, Pasco, Spokane (Division St.), Spokane Valley, and the surrounding central/eastern Washington region.

Rating

Yelp: 1.5 stars across 141 reviews for the overall brand (4 locations); Seattle location ~1.8 stars on aggregator sites (Unilocal). Better Business Bureau: F rating (not accredited).