Pinecrest Family Dental

Pinecrest Family Dental occupies a small office on SW 117th Street, a quieter side street off the main South Dixie Highway commercial strip, in a residential pocket of Pinecrest closer to the village’s western edge. The practice is led by Dr. Taidy Costoya, a prosthodontist, which is a meaningful distinction from a general family dentist. Prosthodontics is a recognized dental specialty focused on restoring and replacing teeth, so a prosthodontist-led general practice tends to bring deeper training in crowns, bridges, dentures, and implant-supported restorations than a typical general dentistry office, even while still handling routine exams and cleanings.

The practice’s stated mission is to provide general and cosmetic dentistry in a comfortable setting for families throughout the Pinecrest area, and its service list spans both ends of that spectrum. On the cosmetic side, the office offers teeth whitening, porcelain veneers, dental bonding, and Invisalign clear aligner treatment. On the restorative and general side, it provides dental implants, crown and bridge work, oral rehabilitation, root canals, sealants, and standard exams and cleanings. That breadth lets a single-location practice serve most household needs without referring routine restorative work elsewhere, which smaller cosmetic-only studios sometimes cannot do.

The office keeps a limited, specific schedule, open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 9 AM to 6 PM and Friday mornings until 3 PM, with Wednesdays and weekends closed entirely. That kind of condensed four-day week is typical of a smaller independent practice where the lead dentist manages a tighter patient load rather than running multiple treatment rooms simultaneously the way a corporate dental group might. Patients accustomed to evening or weekend appointment chains should plan visits around this narrower window.

Staffing includes a practice manager, Michael Ortega, and a hygienist, Sayre Vazquez, in addition to Dr. Costoya, indicating a compact team well suited to a practice built around personal familiarity between staff and patients rather than rotating providers. The office also lists a direct email address for patient contact, a small but telling detail that suggests a practice still handling scheduling and inquiries in-house rather than through a national call center, as is increasingly common with dental support organizations that have acquired independent practices across South Florida. For Pinecrest families looking for a dentist within the village itself rather than commuting to South Miami or Coral Gables offices, this location offers a full range of general and cosmetic services from a single, specialty-trained provider. Anyone considering a first visit should call ahead during the posted window to confirm current insurance participation and whether the practice is accepting new patients, since a compact schedule like this one can fill up around a smaller provider roster than a larger multi-chair office would run.