- Consult
- Records
- Bond
- Adjust
- Debond
- Retain
Every journey starts at node one — a free consultation, and a drive you'll make many times.
Our clinic is at 1158 The High Street, Unit 106, beside Coquitlam Centre and a short walk from Lincoln Station on the Millennium Line. Underground parking is off Atlantic Avenue. From Port Moody it's about ten minutes; from Port Coquitlam, ten to fifteen; from Burke Mountain or Westwood Plateau, twelve to fifteen. We hold early-morning and Saturday appointments for school-age patients.
Why "near me" matters more for braces than for most things
Braces are a two-year relationship measured in visits: bonding, fifteen to twenty adjustments, the occasional repair, debond, retention checks. Ten minutes each way, twenty times, is a real cost of a family's time — which is why we chose a location the whole Tri-Cities converges on anyway, with transit for teenagers and parking for parents. It's also why we'd never tell a family that distance doesn't matter. It matters fifth, after the things on the braces pages — but it matters.
How we make the trip easier
- After-school and Saturday slots held for school-age patients; book ahead, they go first.
- Sibling appointments back to back, so one trip covers two or three children.
- Short visits — adjustments run fifteen to twenty-five minutes; aligner checks ten.
- Transit-friendly — Lincoln Station is a few minutes' walk, and many teenagers come independently once treatment is under way.
- Same-day repairs for poking wires and loose brackets, so an emergency isn't a second trip on another day.
A closer look: what "orthodontist near me" should actually mean
The nearest clinic is rarely the point; the nearest clinic you'd be happy to visit twenty times is. That means a specialist you've verified, a consultation that started with records, a fee with retainers inside it — and then, fifth, a drive that fits a school-age family's afternoons. The Tri-Cities converge on Coquitlam Centre for shopping, transit and school runs anyway, which is why we're here: an orthodontic visit becomes a stop on a trip families were already making.
How families from each neighbourhood use the clinic
Port Moody teenagers ride the Millennium Line and come alone once treatment is under way. Port Coquitlam families book siblings back to back on Saturdays. Burke Mountain households take the early-morning slots before school. Westwood Plateau teens walk or bus down to the Centre. Coquitlam Centre families fold an adjustment into a lunch hour or an errand. We schedule with that geography in mind and hold appointment types for it.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the nearest orthodontist to Port Moody?
Coquitlam Centre, about ten minutes by car or SkyTrain. Port Moody guide.
Is there an orthodontist in Port Coquitlam?
There are options in PoCo, and we're ten to fifteen minutes up Lougheed. PoCo guide.
How far is Burke Mountain from your clinic?
Twelve to fifteen minutes down Coast Meridian or David Avenue. Burke Mountain guide.
Do you have parking?
Underground, off Atlantic Avenue at Coquitlam Centre.
Do you offer Saturday appointments?
Alternating weeks, held for school-age patients — book ahead.
Misconceptions we correct most often
“I should choose the closest orthodontist.”
Choose the closest one that meets the standard. Distance is a fine tie-breaker and a poor first criterion.
“Teenagers need a parent at every appointment.”
Adjustments are short; many teens come independently by SkyTrain once the plan is set.
“Saturday slots are for emergencies.”
Ours are for school-age patients, on alternating weeks.
What Coquitlam families search for, answered
“Orthodontist near me open Saturday”
Alternating Saturdays 8–5, held for school-age patients. Book ahead.
“Braces near Coquitlam Centre”
We're at 1158 The High Street, Unit 106, on the High Street side of the Centre. Finding us.
“Orthodontist near Lincoln Station”
A few minutes' walk. Many teenagers come by SkyTrain.
A closer look: the drive, twenty times
A comprehensive case is roughly twenty visits over two years. From Port Moody that's twenty ten-minute drives, or twenty SkyTrain trips a teenager can make alone. From PoCo, twenty runs up Lougheed — many on Saturdays, siblings back to back. From Burke Mountain, twenty early mornings before school. From the Plateau, twenty quick trips down Pinetree. We've built the appointment types around those patterns because the visits are the part of treatment families feel most, and the part we can make easiest.
Compare us with whoever's closer
There are credible orthodontic practices across the Tri-Cities. Take the same questions to two free consultations — who diagnoses, what the fee includes, whether retainers are inside it, whether the visit started with records — and choose the reasoning you could explain to a friend. If the closer clinic meets the standard as well as we do, the shorter drive is a perfectly good tie-breaker. We'd rather you chose well than chose us.
Before you go
Read your neighbourhood's page for routes, parking and slots, then book. If you're the parent of a seven-year-old anywhere in the Tri-Cities, why seven first.