Welcome to Dakota Dental

We are a family practice dedicated to excellence in dentistry and patient comfort. We have been serving patients from the Minneapolis/St. Paul suburbs of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount, Farmington, and Lakeville for more than twenty years.
If you are looking for a dentist who will treat you with respect and compassion, we’d like to meet you. From the moment you walk in the door in our Apple Valley Dental office, you’ll notice that our office has an entirely different “feel” from other dental offices. We want you to be relaxed and at home during your visits with us. Everything we do is with your comfort in mind. While your dental health is of the utmost importance to us, We believe we can deliver excellent dental services while keeping you relaxed and comfortable.

We welcome your entire family, even those whose fear has kept them from seeing a dentist for an extended period of time. We promise to work with you to alleviate any fear you may have. My Staff and I are a team of highly trained professionals who work together to bring you the highest quality treatment in a warm, caring setting. We take pride in each of our staff member’s training and capabilities. We want you to have the same confidence in them that I do, and let them serve you fully.

About Our Practice

Drs. Wakefield and Isabella, and their staff, are a team of highly trained professionals who work together to bring you the highest quality treatment in a warm, caring setting.

We take pride in each staff member’s training and capabilities. We want you to have the same confidence in them that we do, and let them serve you fully. We are located in the Pennock Professional Building in Apple Valley. Dr.Wakefield designed this Apple Valley dental clinic to provide a facility equipped with state of the art technology that is at the same time comfortable and welcoming to staff and patients alike.

Preventing disease is an important part of our goal as professionals, so our patients are educated in the cause and prevention of oral diseases. With the advances made in dentistry, we know that we can give better care than ever before.

Dental care is now so thorough that if patients do their part, we know it is possible for the majority to keep their natural teeth for a lifetime. We have provided this web site so that we may better serve you. It contains answers to the most frequently asked questions. However, if you have other questions, please feel free to call.

Preventative Visits

We believe in the importance of regular preventive dental health care. Therefore, we encourage all of our patients to return for periodic re-examination visits. Our office staff maintains a highly active and effective recall system to ensure a greater degree of oral health for you and your family. Together we can determine the time interval between re-examination appointments to ensure optimal health.

Emergency Dental Care

Emergency dental situations do arise and we will do everything in our power to respond to your problems as quickly as possible. If you have a dental emergency, please call the office as early in the day as possible, as we reserve special times for those patients in need of emergency dental service (952) 431-5774.

Education

We believe an informed patient makes intelligent decisions. Our Apple Valley Dentists will share with you the information you need to make these important decisions. Our doctors and staff are dedicated to lifelong learning. To keep abreast of the newest techniques, we attend several seminars each year and our staff joins us. We pride ourselves in providing your care using the latest innovations and technology.

Insurance

As a courtesy to you we will process your insurance forms and aid you in receiving the maximum benefits to which you are entitled. However, remember that the relationship is between you, the insured employee, and your insurance carrier. If you have questions regarding payment from your insurance company, we recommend that you inquire of your insurance carrier. All professional treatments are rendered and charged to the patient and not to the insurance company. Dental insurance is intended to cover some, but not all, of the cost of your dental care. Some companies pay a fixed allowance for certain procedures and others pay a percentage of a fee determined by the insurance company. It is your responsibility to pay any deductible, co-insurance, or other balance not covered by insurance. You are directly responsible to the clinic for your account.

Fees and Payments

We welcome and encourage frank discussion of payment arrangements prior to treatment. We make every effort to keep the cost of your dental care as low as possible. You can help by paying for treatment at the time of your visit. If your treatment program requires several visits, you can be given an estimate and establish financial arrangements for monthly payments. Remember, even if you have insurance coverage, you are still responsible for the payment of your account. You may charge your dental investment on Visa, Mastercard, American Express or you may finance your investment through Care Credit. Call our Apple Valley dental clinic for details.

For Your Safety

To protect your health and prevent transmission of infectious disease we strictly adhere to the guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Dental Association. Some of these precautions are readily visible to you during a dental visit. Other precautions, such as sterilization of instruments in an autoclave, are performed before your visit. If you have questions about specific procedures and precautions, please feel free to discuss them with.