A dentist who does everything — under one roof
If you've ever searched "a dentist that does everything near me," this page is for you. Here's what actually stays in-house at Dupay Dentistry, why continuity of care matters more than people think, and the honest list of when we'd still send you to a specialist.
The referral runaround, and why it happens
Modern dentistry has quietly split into pieces. Many offices handle the cleaning and the filling, then refer the root canal to an endodontist, the extraction to an oral surgeon, the implant to a periodontist, and the appliance to someone else again. Each handoff means a new office, new intake forms, often new X-rays, a separate bill — and nobody who sees your whole picture.
There's a structural reason it's getting worse: more and more dental offices aren't owned by the dentist working in them. By the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute count, dentist practice ownership fell from about 85% in 2005 to roughly 72% in 2023, and more than one in four early-career dentists now works for a corporate dental support organization. Corporate offices run on volume and rotation; the associate you saw in January may be gone by June.
A one-doctor, doctor-owned practice is the opposite bet: fewer chairs, deeper training, and one person who is accountable to you for the whole result.
What stays in-house with Dr. Dupay
- Exams, cleanings & prevention — including oral cancer screenings
- Fillings, inlays & onlays — tooth-colored, matched to your smile
- Crowns & bridges
- Root canal therapy
- Tooth extractions
- Single and double dental implants — placed and restored by the same dentist (Dr. Dupay is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists)
- Invisalign® clear aligners
- Cosmetic dentistry — bonding, whitening, veneers
- Custom oral appliances for snoring & obstructive sleep apnea — the service most patients never knew a dentist offered
- Night guards & athletic mouth guards
Wondering about something not on the list? Call the office — if it's not something we do well in-house, we'll say so on the phone, for free.
The honest list: when we would refer you
Any dentist who claims they never refer is selling something. Dr. Dupay refers the rare cases that truly belong with a specialist — for example, full-mouth implant reconstruction, complex jaw surgery, or a medically complicated case that needs hospital-level sedation. When that happens, you get a named specialist she trusts, a direct handoff of your records, and this office stays your home base before and after.
That's the real promise of one-dentist care. It isn't "we do literally everything" — it's you always know who your dentist is, and referrals are the rare exception with a clear reason, not the default business model.
Why continuity of care is a health issue, not a convenience
Research on long-term dental attendance finds that people who see the same dental practice routinely have less decay, fewer missing teeth, and better oral-health quality of life than irregular attenders (see the 2024 systematic review in BDJ Open). It makes intuitive sense: the dentist who did your crown five years ago is the best person to judge how it's aging — and a doctor who knows your history catches small changes before they become big ones.
“The dentist who placed it is the dentist watching it — that's the quiet advantage of staying in one chair.”