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North Charleston · Practice profile · November 11, 2026

Coastal Family Orthodontics - Dorchester Road

Traditional braces, clear ceramic braces and clear aligners at the Dorchester Road orthodontic branch; emergency-appliance guidance is linked.

Orthodontics
Informational listing. Overall evaluation withheld. Mandatory eligibility checks remain incomplete; this is not a verified-eligible or “best” recommendation.

Services and treating clinicians

Traditional braces, clear ceramic braces and clear aligners at the Dorchester Road orthodontic branch; emergency-appliance guidance is linked. [office] [detail]

  • Current treating-dentist roster needs confirmation.

Service tags describe offerings; specialist status requires a separate individual credential check.

Credential & eligibility checks

Practitioner LicenseUnverified

Current branch-specific treating-clinician licenses and disciplinary records have not been checked to an individual regulator detail record.

Specialty CredentialsUnverified

Service categories, biographies and Google labels are not independent specialist verification.

Sedation PermitsUnverified

Confirm whether sedation is proposed, the clinician and facility, and any applicable current permission. No blanket permit verification is claimed.

Professional LiabilityUnverified

No current professional-liability evidence was supplied or verified.

Safety EvidenceUnverified

Practice-specific infection-control compliance and relevant facility inspection evidence were not independently verified.

The ten-category evidence review

Expand a category for the finding and its sources. These editorial weights are not a clinical standard; no numeric scores are calculated.

Business Reputation · 15%

Customer-reported. Google listing “Coastal Family Orthodontics - Dorchester Road”: 4.9 / 5 from 200 ratings on 2026-11-11. The 10 newest returned records contain 10 at 5 stars. 8 returned records contain text; 10 contain owner responses. Selected newest sample, not representative. Ratings and individual accounts do not establish clinical quality, safety or complaint outcomes. [google]

Quality of Service · 15%

Not established. Clinical outcomes, comparative quality and suitability for an individual patient cannot be established from this research. Practice marketing and reviews are not outcome verification.

Experience & Qualifications · 15%

Not established. The current branch-specific treating-clinician roster, training and state detail records require confirmation; no credential conclusion is inferred from the Google category or practice name.

Specialties & Expertise · 10%

Practice-reported. Traditional braces, clear ceramic braces and clear aligners at the Dorchester Road orthodontic branch; emergency-appliance guidance is linked. [office] [detail]

Customer Service · 10%

Practice-reported. A public practice telephone and website are provided for direct questions. Response speed, accommodation availability and complaint handling have not been independently tested. [office] [google]

Pricing & Transparency · 10%

Practice-reported. The official site links insurance, payment or financing information. This establishes a public information route, not exact-plan network participation, eligibility for financing, or a complete treatment price. [office]

Reliability & Professionalism · 10%

Not established. Current appointment capacity, punctuality and treatment follow-through were not independently tested. Posted opening hours are not live availability.

Licensing, Insurance & Safety · 5%

Not established. Current individual licenses, disciplinary history, applicable specialty/sedation permissions, professional liability and facility safety evidence remain unverified. This is not a finding of noncompliance.

Local Experience · 5%

Checked source fact. The sources identify the North Charleston listing at 8600 Dorchester Rd #104. A location match does not establish years in practice, municipal boundaries, or a local clinical reputation. [office] [google]

Guarantees & Support · 5%

Not established. No applicable written outcome guarantee, adjustment entitlement or complete follow-up terms were verified. Ask about the support appropriate to the proposed treatment.

A question for this practice

Who supervises appliance treatment, how often are reviews scheduled, and are retainers, replacement appliances and retention visits included in the written estimate?

Third-party feedback snapshot

Google snapshot for Coastal Family Orthodontics - Dorchester Road, November 11, 2026: 4.9 / 5 from 200 ratings. 10 newest returned records inspected, dated 2026-07-25 through 2026-11-05. 8 returned records contain text; 10 contain owner responses. Selected newest sample, not representative. Ratings and individual accounts do not establish clinical quality, safety or complaint outcomes. [google]

Research limits and sources

  • Confirm the exact office and treating clinician before sending records or traveling.
  • Professional liability, facility safety, exact-plan network participation, current availability and full treatment costs remain unverified.
  • Review samples are selected and do not establish clinical outcomes. No clean disciplinary or complaint record is claimed.

Missing evidence does not imply noncompliance. Search leads alone are not proof of active licenses or complaint outcomes.

  1. Coastal Family Orthodontics - Dorchester Road — office: Official source reviewed for branch identity, contact and the practice-reported offerings described here. This is not independent credential or clinical-quality certification. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  2. Coastal Family Orthodontics - Dorchester Road — detail: Screened official source for the treatment scope discussed on this profile; branch-specific availability still requires confirmation. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  3. Google listing: Coastal Family Orthodontics - Dorchester Road — google: Dated Google branch identity and third-party rating/count snapshot. Provider-listing ratings are not transferred to an entire practice. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  4. South Carolina LLR — regulator: Official individual dental-license lookup route. No individual detail record is claimed for this practice. Accessed 2026-11-11.

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