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Family Braces East

What patients mention most: how they look after children (169 reviews) and kind, gentle care (67 reviews).

★ 4.5+ · 1,000+ Google reviews

In 1,242 reviews, patients mention mostGood visits for kids 169 · Kind, gentle care 67See the reviewsHide
Good visits for kids169 reviews · 14%
Kind, gentle care67 reviews · 5%
Explains things clearly57 reviews · 5%
Appointments run on time32 reviews · 3%
Nervous patients felt at ease26 reviews · 2%
Friendly, helpful staff211 reviews · 17%

Counted in the 1,242 Google reviews we read, up to September 2026.

Every theme in the 1,242 reviews ↓
165 E Hills Blvd SE, Calgary, AB T2A 7A6
Is Family Braces East your clinic?

Sources: open or closed from Google hours, read 9 Sep 2026; holidays may differ.

Family Braces East at a glance

  • 211 of 1,242 reviews mention friendly, helpful staff
  • No prices on familybraces.ca
  • 2 dentists listed on their website

How Family Braces East compares with other Calgary clinics

1% of its 1,242 written reviews are one or two stars
Middle Calgary clinic: 3%
A smaller share than 75% of Calgary clinics
Pushed to have treatment they doubted is its most common complaint: 4 of its 12 unhappy reviews since Oct 2023
Most common in Calgary: work failed or had to be fixed
94% of its 135 written reviews in the last 12 months give 4 or 5 stars
Down from 99% of its 1,107 reviews before that
0% of its written reviews get a reply from the clinic, including 4 of its 13 one- and two-star reviews
Middle Calgary clinic: 47%
Replies less than 86% of Calgary clinics
14% of its 1,242 written reviews mention how they look after children (169)
Middle Calgary clinic: 3.6%
4 times the Calgary rate
2.6% of its 1,242 written reviews mention appointments that run on time (32)
Middle Calgary clinic: 1.3%
About twice the Calgary rate

Family Braces East’s 1,242 written reviews set against 639 Calgary clinics with 20+, to September 2026; hours against 789 Calgary clinics with posted hours; its website against 678 Calgary clinic websites. How we compare

Type of clinic

Family Braces East is a clinic that lists itself under orthodontics on Google

Their focus is braces and aligners.

Some specialists only see patients referred by a dentist, so ask when you call.

What Family Braces East can help with

Family Braces East lists braces or Invisalign (its focus).

Before you call Family Braces East

  • Closes by 6 p.m. and isn’t open weekends
  • Their website covers 6 locations, so some dentists or services it lists may be at another one

Insurance and paying, in patients' words: payment plans (22 reviews)

  • 22 reviews mention a payment plan (only 9% of Calgary clinics have any)

Counted in the 1,242 written Google reviews of Family Braces East up to September 2026; each kind of fact was checked on a sample of matching reviews before it was used. How we count

Who comes here: teenagers (5 reviews)

  • 5 reviews about teenagers' visits (only 2% of Calgary clinics have any)
  • 5 reviews say they came on someone's recommendation (only 8% of Calgary clinics have any)
  • 2 reviews come from patients watching what they spend

Counted in the 1,242 written Google reviews of Family Braces East up to September 2026; each kind of fact was checked on a sample of matching reviews before it was used. How we count

The team, in patients' words: the whole team (239 reviews)

  • 239 reviews praise the whole team
  • 5 reviews praise a dental assistant
  • 10 reviews praise the front desk
  • 4 reviews praise a hygienist

Counted in the 1,242 written Google reviews of Family Braces East up to September 2026; each kind of fact was checked on a sample of matching reviews before it was used. How we count

What 1,242 reviews of Family Braces East mention

How the visit felt
Kind, gentle care 67 reviews
Explains things clearly 57 reviews
Nervous patients felt at ease 26 reviews
Getting an appointment
Appointments run on time 32 reviews
Kids, staff and the dental care plan
Friendly, helpful staff 211 reviews
Good visits for kids 169 reviews
Treatments patients mention
Braces or aligners 678 reviews

Counted in the 1,242 written Google reviews we read, up to September 2026. A theme shows once 12 patients mention it; stars and totals are rounded down. How we count · Today’s reviews on Google ↗

What unhappy patients of Family Braces East say

All 12 one- and two-star written reviews of Family Braces East since October 2023, each sorted by an AI reader: 12 describe a problem with the clinic. How they were sorted

Pushed to have treatment they doubted4 reviews · 1 in the last 12 months
Hard to get or keep an appointment3 reviews · 2 in the last 12 months
Work failed or had to be fixed3 reviews · 1 in the last 12 months
Problems with a child's care2 reviews · 2 in the last 12 months
Dentist was rude or dismissive2 reviews
Phones not answered or calls not returned2 reviews · 2 in the last 12 months

How the clinic replies. It replied to 4 of these 12 reviews: it apologised in 2, invited the patient to get in touch in 4, defended the clinic's side in 1 and said the reviewer wasn't a patient (the clinic's position) in 1.

Who you’ll see at Family Braces East

Their website lists one team for 6 locations. See the dentists on the Family Braces NW page, and ask which of them work at this one.

Cost and paying at Family Braces East

Paying at Family Braces East: Payment plans and free consultation.

Family Braces East posts no prices online; what patients across Canada said they paid gives a rough idea.

Fear and comfort: never feeling rushed (6 reviews)

  • 6 reviews say they never felt rushed

Counted in the 1,242 written Google reviews of Family Braces East up to September 2026; each kind of fact was checked on a sample of matching reviews before it was used. How we count

What treatment was like: clear aftercare (2 reviews)

  • 2 reviews mention clear aftercare instructions

Counted in the 1,242 written Google reviews of Family Braces East up to September 2026; each kind of fact was checked on a sample of matching reviews before it was used. How we count

What Family Braces East offers for each need

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Other locations

The same clinic at its other locations.

Clinics near Family Braces East that also offer braces or Invisalign

Stoney Trail Dental
Applewood Park · 0.1 km · Check-ups and cleanings and Emergencies
Planet Dental
Applewood Park · 0.4 km · Check-ups and cleanings and Emergencies
East Hills Dental Clinic
Applewood Park · 0.5 km · Check-ups and cleanings and Emergencies

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Call Family Braces East

(403) 234-6005
EveningsCloses by 6 p.m.
SaturdayClosed
Dentists2
Group6 locations

Open 5 days a week

Monday8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tuesday8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Wednesday8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Thursday8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

Getting to Family Braces East

165 E Hills Blvd SE, Calgary, AB T2A 7A6. Wheelchair-accessible entrance

In Applewood Park, Calgary

How this page was made

Made from the 1,242 written Google reviews we read, up to September 2026 and familybraces.ca, checked September 2026. Its Google profile is managed by the clinic and established 2013.

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