What a kid’s dental care actually costs in Jacksonville
Here’s something you won’t find on most Jacksonville dental websites: a number. Pediatric pricing usually hides behind “schedule a consultation,” which is a strange way to treat parents doing budget math. So before we even open, here is the founding fee schedule as it applies to a child: cleaning $79, periodic exam $60, fluoride varnish $45, sealants $55 per tooth, and white fillings from $175 to $295 depending on the tooth and surfaces. One honest disclosure up front: we don’t keep a separate “kids’ menu.” A child’s visit is assembled from the same published schedule as everyone else’s — which means there’s no pediatric markup hiding in the gap between two price lists.
The second thing parents deserve is knowing what moves those numbers. A first visit costs more than a recall visit, X-rays only appear when they’re actually due, and a cavity adds a defined line item — never a mystery one. The factors below cover all of it, along with what happens when the $25/month child membership turns the entire prevention layer into $0 line items. Every figure is confirmed in writing before treatment starts, and the schedule locks at opening in September 2026.
The founding fee schedule — real numbers
This is our founding fee schedule — real prices, published before we open. Every fee is per procedure and confirmed in writing before treatment starts. No surprise billing, ever. Member prices apply with any Restoro membership plan. Final schedule locks at opening.
Prices last checked: 2026-07-03
What moves the price up or down
- First visit vs. a routine recall
- A new patient gets a comprehensive exam at $95; after that, checkups run at the periodic-exam rate of $60. Pair that with the $79 child cleaning and the recall visit lands at $139 — the number your calendar actually lives with, not the first-visit number.
- Whether X-rays are due
- Kids’ X-ray schedules follow age and cavity risk, not habit. Bitewings are $65 for the set and typically appear about once a year; if nothing is due, nothing is taken and nothing is billed. The kiosk knows the history, so a busy front desk can’t accidentally re-order them.
- The prevention layer: fluoride and sealants
- Fluoride varnish is $45 — or $0 at every visit on the child membership. Sealants are $55 per tooth ($44 for members) and usually enter the picture when the permanent molars arrive, most often four teeth in one short visit: $220, or $176 on the plan.
- If a cavity turns up: which tooth, how many surfaces
- A one-surface white filling on a front tooth is $175; on a back tooth $195; two surfaces $245; three $295. Members pay $140–$236. You see the exact figure in writing the same visit it’s diagnosed — and the filling gets its own short visit rather than being bolted onto the checkup.
- Pay-per-visit vs. the $25/month child plan
- The child membership covers every cleaning and exam, all routine X-rays, and fluoride at every visit, then discounts everything else on the schedule by 15–25%. For a kid who visits on our ~90-day rhythm, the plan covers more visits without the price moving.
- The cases we refer out
- A child who needs sedation or hospital-level pediatric care is referred to a specialist, with a plain explanation of why. That’s a cost factor in the honest sense: those fees belong to the specialist’s schedule, and we will never improvise that kind of care in-house just to keep the billing.
The membership math
Run one child’s prevention year at published fees: two cleanings ($79 × 2 = $158), two exams ($60 × 2 = $120), one set of bitewings ($65), and fluoride twice ($45 × 2 = $90) — about $433 pay-per-visit. The child membership is $300 a year ($25 × 12) and includes all of it, with fluoride at every visit instead of twice. Add the common molar-sealant year — four teeth — and a member pays $176 instead of $220. That’s roughly $175 saved on prevention alone, before the 15–25% member pricing ever touches a filling ($140–$236 instead of $175–$295).
Questions, answered plainly
What will my child’s first visit cost with no insurance?
Comprehensive exam $95, child cleaning $79, fluoride varnish $45 — $219, or $284 if bitewing X-rays ($65) are due by age and history. Bring records from a previous office and anything already current drops off the total. You’ll see the arithmetic before we start, not on a statement afterward.
Why is there no separate kids’ price list?
Because separate lists are where padding hides. A child’s cleaning, exam, fluoride, sealants, and fillings are ordinary line items on the same founding fee schedule every adult sees — same codes, same published numbers. If a kids’ price ever differs (a $79 cleaning versus $105 for adults, for instance), the difference is printed, not discovered.
Do you take Florida Medicaid or KidCare?
No — and we’d rather say so plainly than let you find out at checkout. We open fee-for-service with the membership as the affordability engine: $25 a month covers a child’s cleanings, exams, routine X-rays, and fluoride. For families with PPO plans, we file out-of-network claims where the plan allows, and in-network credentialing with the major carriers begins the day our lease signs.
A filling for a seven-year-old — what am I realistically paying?
Most single cavities in kids land between $175 and $245 at founding fees, depending on the tooth and surfaces; the ceiling on the schedule is $295 for a three-surface back tooth. Members pay $140–$236. The number is quoted in writing at diagnosis, and it doesn’t change between the quote and the chair.
Are sealants worth $55 a tooth?
The math is the argument: sealing the four permanent molars costs $220 ($176 for members), while a single one-surface filling in a back tooth runs $195 — and fillings, unlike sealants, tend to bring company over a lifetime. Sealants exist to keep food and plaque out of exactly the grooves where most kids’ cavities start. We’ll tell you when your child’s molars are at the right stage; it’s a short visit, not a project.
Come in when it works for you.
We open September 2026 in the Ponte Vedra–Nocatee corridor. Founding members lock $29/month for life — cleanings, exams, X-rays, and a whitening touch-up with every visit.