St. Petersburg Family Dentist | Dr. Joseph R. Craig, D.D.S.

Providing Quality Dental Care for You and Your Family.....

Family and Cosmetic Dentistry

Learn to smile again!

We welcome new patients who are ready to receive the latest advances in dental technology, while being given the chance to decide which treatment plan would be best. Our caring approach will help to ease all fears and concerns about your dental care. Our experienced and courteous staff will help maximize your insurance coverage and benefits, while minimizing your out of pocket expenses. We even file the insurance paperwork for you electronically.

CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY: A treatment philosophy - The dental office where Less is More! Less removal of tooth structure, leaves more of the natural tooth intact. Therefore, less anesthetic and restorative material is needed. Also this decreases the chance that the tooth would require a root canal. This shortens your time spent in the dental chair, and your fee is considerably lower. Consequently, no unnecessary crowns or root canals are performed.

Patient Review:

I wanted to take a moment and thank you and your staff for the way everyone has helped me keep my teeth. I had considered getting dentures and Dr. Craig said he could fix the problems. Ten years later I still have my teeth (no dentures or partials). Emergency Care, cleaning appointments, Dr. Craig is MY dentist for the rest of my life. I forgot to mention affordability. Fair prices for Great Work.

Rick Jacobs

Computer Engineer

New Patients and Emergencies Welcome!

We offer a wide variety of general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry procedures. Our professional staff will work to keep you informed about dental problems and treatments, because informed patients are better capable of making decisions about their health and well being.

With the help of our support staff, we will make sure your general pain is relieved, problems are resolved, and your health is improved.

The procedures we offer include:

Whitening & Bonding
Smile Make Over
Artistic Veneers
Crown & Bridge Work
Root Canals
Extractions
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
Reduced radiation with digital x-rays
Cleanings
Same Day Relines & Repairs
Invisalign
Lumineers
Personal TVs for comfort
Pain-free injections with Dental Vibe
Most dental plans accepted
Insurance Paperwork Filed for You
0% Financing available

Member:

John S. Zapp, D.D.S., Executive Director
American Dental Association
211 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

Dear Dr. Zapp,

I’m sure you get your share of complaints about members of your profession. Don’t worry. This is not a complaint.

A close family member of mine had some serious dental problems. She visited a dentist (covered on her insurance plan) who told her to go to an oral surgeon and get all of her teeth pulled. We decided against this. She is only 25 years old.

So we went to Dr. Joseph Craig of St. Petersburg, Florida, who was not part of her insurance plan. Dr. Craig told her not to worry and set up a long-range plan of action and started work. He had to pull two teeth, but he rebuilt the rest with root canals, crowns and bridges.

We were in his office many times throughout this course of treatment and he was always helpful and sympathetic. Her teeth are fine now, thanks to Dr. Craig.

I’m sure it is easy for a dentist to start viewing patients as just numbers, but Dr. Craig always treated her with respect. Now, you’ve got to remember she hates going to the dentist. That is how her teeth got in bad shape in the first place.

If Dr. Craig wasn’t such a decent human being, she would have never made it through all those hour-long sessions.

So, in closing, I don’t know if the American Dental Association has an All Star Team, but if you do, I nominate Dr. Joseph Craig. Rest assured, I am not related and my bill is paid in full. I just wanted to give credit where credit is due.

Sincerely,

Terry Tomalin
Outdoors Editor
Tampa Bay Times

Testimonial for Dr. Craig