Getting to the office
Highway 49 is the road for most of the way. It comes into Oakhurst and meets Highway 41 in town, and Road 426 branches off from there. Our office is at number 49414.
Addresses along Road 426 sit further apart than a map suggests, so watch for the number itself on the final stretch. Neighbors from up the Highway 49 side are always welcome here, and we're glad to be your dentist over the county line.
How we can help
Dr. Robert J. Brosi is a general dentist. General dentistry covers most of what a household needs across a lifetime, and each page below explains what a treatment involves and what to expect at the appointment.
- Preventive care: examinations, cleanings, x-rays where they are needed, and screening of the soft tissue.
- Restorative work: fillings, crowns, bridges, dentures and root canal treatment, and what the options are once a tooth has been lost.
- Periodontal care: charting, treatment and long term maintenance of gum disease, which is a leading cause of adult tooth loss.
- Cosmetic dentistry: whitening, bonding, veneers and porcelain crowns, planned conservatively.
- The orthodontics page explains what clear aligner treatment involves and what it can and cannot correct.
- Jaw pain and clenching, and a separate page on oral appliances for diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea.
- Dental emergencies: a broken tooth, a lost crown, swelling, or pain that has not settled.
Office hours and appointments
We're open Monday through Wednesday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and Thursday from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm, and closed Friday through Sunday.
To make an appointment, give us a call at (559) 683-4694 or use the appointment request form. Let us know what you'd like to come in for, and if a specific tooth is bothering you, mention which tooth and what it has been doing.
Some treatment includes a laboratory stage or a healing interval, which is why a crown, a bridge or a denture takes more than one visit. When treatment is planned, we're happy to walk you through the sequence so you know what the schedule will look like.
Transferring your records
If you're changing practices, ask your current office for copies of your records and recent x-rays before your first appointment here. That request usually needs to be in writing. You have a right to copies of your records, and recent images matter because they give us a baseline to compare against rather than a single image with no history.
A first examination takes a little longer than a routine visit. It covers the teeth, the gums and the soft tissue, and it ends with an unhurried talk about what Dr. Brosi found and what, if anything, he recommends, in order of priority. What to expect as a new patient.
Treatment we provide
Patients from Mariposa are seen at the Oakhurst office for all of the following. Each page explains what the treatment involves and what to expect.
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Preventive Dentistry
Regular exams, professional cleanings and x-rays that can catch problems while they are still small.
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Cosmetic Dentistry
Veneers, whitening, porcelain restorations and bonding, planned so the result looks natural.
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Restorative Dentistry
Implants, crowns, bridges, dentures and root canal therapy for teeth that are damaged, failing or already gone.
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Periodontal Care
Diagnosis, non-surgical treatment and maintenance for gum disease, a leading cause of adult tooth loss.
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Sleep Apnea Treatment
Oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnea that a physician has diagnosed, and how it compares with CPAP.
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Orthodontics
Straightening crowded, gapped or shifted teeth, often with clear aligners instead of fixed braces.
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TMJ and Jaw Pain
Evaluation and conservative treatment for jaw pain, clicking, locking, clenching and grinding.
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Dental Emergencies
What to do about a broken tooth, a lost restoration, swelling or severe pain, including what matters in the first hour.
Every treatment the practice provides is listed on the services index.