Meyerland mixes longtime households with families who moved in after the bayou floods and rebuilt. Meyerland Plaza is the errand hub, and the trails along Braes Bayou are where people walk in the morning before the heat. Texas Dental Center is about twelve minutes from both, at 9801 Bissonnet St Ste K, Houston, TX 77036, for ZIP codes 77096 and 77035. Retirees often want a morning chair. Working parents want something after the plaza run, before dinner. Neither group wants a vague promise that a failing tooth will “settle down.” The extraction conversations here are slower on purpose. A retiree may be losing more than one molar and needs to hear, in plain English or Spanish, whether the next step is a denture or a single implant. A younger parent may have one cracked tooth and no interest in a full denture. We separate those plans. Hours are Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–6:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM–3:00 PM. The office is closed Sunday. Adult children who drive a parent from Meyerland often use Saturday morning, and they need to arrive before 3:00 PM, not after a long brunch. Call (832) 831-9101 and say whether the patient is coming alone or with family so we hold enough time. Wisdom teeth still show up, usually in college-age grandchildren home for a weekend, but the more common Meyerland visit is an older tooth that finally split or loosened. We remove what cannot be saved and we do not leave the “what next” question for a callback the patient may not answer. The twelve-minute drive from the plaza or the bayou path should end with a tooth out, if that is the right care, and a written sense of implant versus denture.
Yes. Retirees from ZIP 77096 and 77035 often need more than a single extraction, and we plan that with a digital X-ray before we start. Simple extractions are for loose teeth. Surgical extractions cover broken roots and any wisdom tooth that is still present. Afterward we talk about a denture if several teeth are failing, or an implant if only one is missing. Call (832) 831-9101. Hours are Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–6:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM–3:00 PM. Closed Sunday.
About 12 minutes in ordinary traffic to 9801 Bissonnet St Ste K, Houston, TX 77036. Families leaving Meyerland Plaza and walkers leaving the Braes Bayou side of 77096 and 77035 use that same approach. Call (832) 831-9101 before you leave so the chair is held. We are closed Sunday. Saturday care ends at 3:00 PM, and weekdays end at 6:00 PM.
If you call (832) 831-9101 during Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–6:00 PM or Saturday 8:00 AM–3:00 PM, we can usually see a Meyerland abscess the same day, take a digital X-ray, and extract the tooth when it cannot be saved. The office is closed Sunday, so overnight Sunday pain is a Monday morning call. Do not wait in 77035 hoping the swelling leaves on its own if you can reach us while we are open.
No. Texas Dental Center is closed Sunday. Meyerland families and retirees are seen Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–6:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM–3:00 PM. A problem that shows up Sunday after a walk on Braes Bayou or a trip to Meyerland Plaza waits until Monday, unless you already came Saturday before 3:00 PM. Call (832) 831-9101 Monday morning and we will take the digital X-ray on arrival.
We decide from the X-ray and from how many teeth are left, then we say it in English or Spanish before you leave. One missing tooth after healing is an implant discussion. Several failing teeth, which we see often in retirees from 77096 and 77035, is a denture discussion. Wisdom teeth, when they still need to come out, are surgical and are not the same plan as a denture. The twelve-minute drive back from 9801 Bissonnet St Ste K should start with that choice already named.
Texas Dental Center, 9801 Bissonnet St Ste K, Houston, TX 77036. (832) 831-9101. Book online