Comfort Dental Braces
Registered legal name: Best Smile, LLC
651 E 24 Hwy, Independence, MO 64050
The registry record
- NPI
- 1225276090
- Registered as
- Type-2 organization (not an individual dentist's personal NPI)
- Dental categories
- General, Orthodontics
- Taxonomy codes
- 122300000X (Dentist); 1223X0400X (Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics)
- Practice location
- 651 E 24 Hwy, Independence, MO 64050
- Telephone
- (816) 461-0300
- NPI issued
- 1 February 2009 (17 years ago)
- Record updated
- 19 December 2014 (11 years ago)
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
- Metro area
- Kansas City, MO-KS (metropolitan area, Jackson County)
- State
- Missouri (1,811 registered practices)
- Operator size
- 23 addresses registered under this organization name nationally
- Same address
- Independence Pediatric Dentistry LLC
- Map position
- Census address match at street level
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026
What the record tells you
Comfort Dental Braces, the trading name of Best Smile, LLC, is an NPI registry record for a dental organization at 651 E 24 Hwy in Independence, Missouri 64050. CMS issued NPI 1225276090 on 1 February 2009, and the practice last updated its own entry on 19 December 2014. That was 11 years ago, so treat the phone number and the suite number as unconfirmed until someone answers.
It is registered under 2 dental taxonomy codes: Dentist (122300000X), Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (1223X0400X). That puts it in 2 categories on this site, led by general dentistry. A practice that registers more than one category is telling CMS it does more than one kind of dental work at this address, which is why it has a page here rather than a row. The same registered name appears at 23 distinct addresses nationally. That is either a group practice or a name common enough that unrelated offices share it, so ask whether pricing is set locally or by a parent company. One other dental record shares the street address: Independence Pediatric Dentistry LLC.
Independence holds 54 registered dental practices inside the Kansas City, MO-KS area, which has 472 in total on the Missouri side and ranks 2nd in the state. 31 of the Independence records also register general dentistry, so this is one of several local options in that category. Across the metro the mix runs general dentistry 60.6%, dental clinic or center 23.1%, orthodontics 7.2%. The closest other registered practices are Independence Orthodontics, LLC (0 miles, Independence), Independence Pediatric Dentistry LLC (0 miles, Independence) and Celebrate Dental & Braces (0.1 miles, Independence), with 2 more inside 0.6 miles.
On our figures a routine adult cleaning in Missouri runs $90 to $135 cash and scaling and root planing $165 to $255 per quadrant, against a US average of $125. This practice's own prices are not in the registry and never will be: NPPES holds identifiers, not fees. Call (816) 461-0300 and ask for the cash price on code D1110, whether the exam and X-rays are included, and whether they run a membership plan if you have no insurance.
Nearest alternatives
The 5 closest registered dental practices to 651 E 24 Hwy, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are listed on their metro page rather than having one of their own.
| Practice | City | Distance | Categories | Phone on the record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Orthodontics, LLC | Independence, MO | 0 mi | Orthodontics | (816) 461-0300 |
| Independence Pediatric Dentistry LLC | Independence, MO | 0 mi | Pediatric | (816) 461-3661 |
| Celebrate Dental & Braces | Independence, MO | 0.1 mi | Dental clinic | (816) 995-8000 |
| Celebraces Independence LLC | Independence, MO | 0.1 mi | Dental clinic | (816) 995-8000 |
| Abc Dental LLC | Independence, MO | 0.6 mi | General | (816) 461-0055 |
The benchmark to hold a quote from Comfort Dental Braces against. All 50 states compared.
What to ask when you call
- The cash price for D1110, a routine adult cleaning, and whether the exam (D0120) and X-rays (D0274) are inside or outside that number.
- Whether you need scaling and root planing before a routine clean, and the per-quadrant price for D4341 or D4342 if so.
- Whether they run an in-house membership plan, and what it covers against what it costs a year.
- Whether they are taking new patients and how far out the next hygiene appointment is.
- The practice license, with your state dental board. An NPI is a billing identifier and proves nothing about licensing.
CMS NPPES NPI data file, August 2026, snapshot 10 August 2026. US federal public data (FOIA-disclosable, no charge). CMS NPI files. NPI registry records, status as reported by CMS in the August 2026 data dissemination file. NPPES is an identifier registry, not a license register: an NPI does not validate that a practice is licensed, accredited or currently open. Practices maintain their own NPPES entries. Every page shows the date the record was last updated; addresses and phone numbers are as self-reported and are not verified by us. This page describes a registry record. It is not a review, an endorsement or a check on Comfort Dental Braces.
Price figures are our own, last verified April 2026. State averages are our estimates compiled from FAIR Health regional cost data and CMS Medicare fee schedules; the ADA discontinued its national Survey of Dental Fees in 2023, so no national fee survey exists. Treat them as a starting point and call two or three offices for an actual quote.