Two generations of Chapmans. Designed, built, and fitted by the same family, in our own lab. You meet the people who make your teeth on day one, and they’re still here when you come back.
Most offices scan you, ship your case to a faraway lab, and wait for it to come back. The person who fits your teeth has never met the person who built them.
We don't work that way. Licensed Denturists are trained as both the clinician and the dental technician. A lab can build a great-looking set of teeth, but whether it works in your mouth is a different question. We know, because we're the ones fitting it.
Our denturists design and mill your case in our Hood River lab. The same family that scans you also builds your teeth.
Every standard denture and every snap-on restoration at WestCoast is designed and milled in our own lab. What that means for you:
A digital scan of your mouth captures every contour
Delivery on our timeline, not a third-party lab's queue
Same-day adjustments .
If something needs adjusting,we adjust it here, today.
A smile designed for your face
You tell us how you want it to look, and we build to that.
Chris and Austin are both ZestMaster-certified, trained by the manufacturer of the snap-on attachments (clinically: locator/Zest attachments) that connect the denture to your implants. It's
the difference between a denture that holds and one that doesn't. Many dental offices in our region don't carry that training.
WestCoast was founded in 1980. The Chapman family bought it in 2008. They live in the Gorge. Their kids grew up here. Between Chris, Melanie, and Austin, the team holds 45+ years of combined Licensed Denturist experience, mostly with patients from Hood River, The Dalles, Hermiston, and the surrounding Gorge.
Founder/owner. 30 years in the field. Started as a lab technician in Roseburg
in 1997, trained at George Brown College's International Denturist
Education Program in Toronto, and sat for his Oregon Board of Denture
Technology exams in 2001. ZestMaster- certified. Bought WestCoast in 2008.
Co-owner. Licensed Denturist (American Denturist College, 2014). 12+
years in the practice. Known for her hands-on care and the time she takes
with every patient.
Chris and Melanie's son. Licensed Denturist (American Denturist College).
ZestMaster-certified. Joined the practice in 2021. Combines traditional
denture training with modern digital workflows.
Their other son. Dental designer and laboratory technician. Joined the
practice in 2019. Trained in digital denture design, the computer-aided
workflow that designs and mills every denture in our lab. He designs and
builds every case in Hood River.
Three offices across the Columbia River Gorge. The alternative for most patients is a 45-to-90-minute drive to Portland, Bend, or Tri-Cities, WA.
Main Lab
Snap-on, and digital dentures in Hood River. 926 12th St.
Same-day & Snap-on Dentures, in The Dalles. 417 Washington St.
Denture care for eastern Oregon. 115 W Hermiston Ave., Ste. 150 (inside Grainary Square)
We stand behind what we build. The standard around here is 30 to 90 days, sometimes nothing in writing.
If there's something that needs attention within that period, you can bring it back and we'll make it right.
A lot of patients who come to us have been somewhere else first. They've been rushed, talked down to, or quoted one number and charged another. We've sat across from a lot of those patients.
Two things you'll notice the first time you sit with us.
