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Chaney Family Dental Group - Vallejo

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Chaney Family Dental Group - Vallejo

Drs Victor Chaney and Alex Chaney focus on delivering long lasting dentistry with comfort and care. Please come and visit our Vallejo, California dentist.

Vallejo, CA dentist, Chaney Family Dental Group is committed to dental excellence and offers patients a comprehensive scope of dental services including Family Dentistry, Cosmetic Dentistry, Periodontics, and Dental Emergencies, with some of our most popular services being Dental Implants, Dentures, Teeth Whitening, and Veneers.

04/15/2026

I genuinely try to maximize the amount of benefit we can get from insurance, but I draw the line at compromising my care. So many of the things I recommend will prevent greater damage down the line, but I also get it; I live in this expensive world too. I routinely help patients prioritize their treatment, and phase their care according to their needs, wants, financial limitations, and yes their insurance.

I’ve seen so many times where I recommend a service this isn’t covered by their insurance, and then they end up needing something more expensive later. While that treatment might be covered, their out of pocket cost still rivals what they would have paid before, but now they’ve taken some damage and spent more time and money pursuing care

Insurance and finances are a reality of my practice and it still plays a role in what we do, but I always start from a place of clinical need and then work backwards from there. While I wouldn’t always call the result ideal, at least I can make sure we aren’t wasting their resources on wha we’re doing now. Then hopefully later we can solidify things even further without slipping further down the slope

04/06/2026

This week we have a San Jose juniper paired with a moss planting featuring an ox.

I purchased this juniper a few years ago along with the rock it’s planted on and paired them the following spring. It’s the first tree I’ve purchased which inspired me to do a windswept design. I’m inspired by a lot of the hikes we’ve done around the Mt Diablo area which features similar rocks with junipers feeling the effects of the wind currents nearby

The moss planting is a simple composition I’ve fallen in love with, and so has my daughter. She wants to pick up and hold the ox and talk about how it’s in its pasture eating the grass, much as the cows do on Mt Diablo. The pot it rests in is one I made a few years ago

The little figures are Kodama as seen in the movie Princess Mononoke, and are Japanese forest spirit guardians. Lyra loves to see the “little guys” and then put them back and pick up a different one

I just finished wiring this tree and with every tree I wire I learn lots about what to do and what not to do. Bonsai is a journey for both the tree and myself as I learn how to care for and style them. I’ll never achieve perfection but I can always reach higher in my pursuit of mastery, much as I do with my dental practice

04/02/2026

Sorry to everyone who we had to reschedule this morning! Thankfully Vallejo water department came out pretty quickly and replaced it. They mentioned a cage the could be put over it so it makes theft more difficult, so I asked for one. They said they have so many requests for cages that they can’t keep up with them, but the request is in at least. I asked if someone couldn’t just come do it again tonight, as now they’re practiced at it, and he said “yeah, that’s a possibility”

So really hoping this isn’t an issue again. Oh, Vallejo

Thanks to the water department for such a quick and efficient response. I tease but they did a great job and had us up and running again really quickly

03/31/2026

Check out our display for the week! I’m finding I need some more elements for a regular rotation but it’s just spurring me to improve my offerings and plant some new ones. Hoping to have a tree in again next week!

The Netsuke was a gift from a kind patient and one of my treasured belongings

03/30/2026

Don’t get me wrong, I love doing a full mouth rehabilitation, but I think Instagram can set an expectation that we are always going to want to do this dramatic transformation. Some of my most satisfying cases are when I can go in and change a few key things and suddenly their smile goes from something they don’t like to something they love. Other times I simply help folks start to live without pain. Whether you need key moments of precision or a total overhaul, we have you covered

03/25/2026

Mendocino Pygmy cypress bonsai! This week we have this tree which was collected from nature and then over time turned into a bonsai. What I love about this species is the foliage has a very strong citrus scent, like citronella which makes it a pleasure to work on. They grow naturally stunted in a clay soil which has to be gradually changed out at risk of killing the tree

This tree started out as a much bigger tree that I’ve gradually trained back to just get the two branches I wanted near the base, which has all the character I wanted to highlight. The third pic shows it right after I purchased it, and the fourth pic shows it once I had chased the foliage back part of the way and was starting to get an idea of how I wanted it to look

I couldn’t cut back to those branches right away, so I had to take the time to develop their vigor before I could make them the main branches. Dental rehabilitation also has the same need for patience. So many posts we see on IG show transformations that look immediate, but the truth is they can take months or even years to properly accomplish. Doing things the right way takes patience

03/16/2026

The display of the week is this cherry plum that I dug from our previous house. We really wanted a dog and made a deal with our landlord that if we built a couple sections of fence, that we could have a dog. This little tree was in the way so of course I stuck it in a pot. It’s been developing into a really nice little tree

For the accent, I have an ivy that was also dug from the same yard as a sapling. I twisted it as much as I could and as much as I’m not an ivy fan, I’ve actually started to like this little tree too. Fitting they were both collected near each other

I’m starting to realize that I really can’t have a tree in show-ready state each week, so I’m leaning into showing trees that are in process. I also simply don’t have enough show-ready trees in general for a year-round rotation of trees. This cherry plum has a sacrifice branch on the bottom that I am leaving alone to try to thicken the lowest branch. These trees are very apically dominant so it’s a real challenge getting anything down low to grow vigorously

Bonsai require consistent effort and attention just like our teeth. If they are not moving forward, they are moving backwards! Consistent effort over a long time period for both teeth and trees bring health and strength

03/10/2026

Sometimes the answer really is to get the nerve out, start the root canal, etc. if there’s a chance to save the nerve, it’s always a discussion between me and the patient on whether or not they want to try for that. Sometimes they just want it to be over and we can simply initiate the root canal. Sometimes we can get the decay out, get a bonded restoration in, and give the nerve a chance to recover. Conservative dentistry sometimes means asking them to live with it for a bit for the chance at a better outcome, and co-diagnosis means if they choose to initiate treatment, we can do that too!

03/09/2026

This week in the Tokonoma, we have a serissa foetida tree, or “tree of a thousand stars”. This species is notable for having a stinky smell when cut but also can have lots of tiny white flowers which can fill out the canopy.

It is paired with a lithops succulent on top of a petrified wood stand. This succulent disguised itself by appearing as a rock in nature, and the stand is a plant that has been turned into a rock by nature

Both of the pots were made by me in an era where I had time to have a pottery studio membership

This tree is only about 6-7 years old and I developed it from a small cutting. These are a joy to work with as the develop pretty quickly compared to most trees

03/03/2026

Check out my new tokonoma bonsai display! The conversion of the nook that formerly held Max is now complete! This weekend was installation weekend and while there’s a couple finishing touches left to do, it’s ready for the first tree.

I selected a fuscia which was collected from my parents yard. This felt fitting because this office and practice both came from my Dad, and this alcove housed Max while he was at the office every work day for his whole life. Now that it’s mine, and Max has passed away, it’s time to make it my own.

As I was driving this tree to work this morning it occurred to me that now I have this new routine of bringing a living thing to the office regularly, which is what my Dad did with max every work day

Now that this is done I suddenly have motivation to improve the level of my trees and obtain display elements like stands, scrolls, and accents

Make sure to check it out if you’re in the office this week! It’ll change weekly so there will always be something fresh to see

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1524 Tennessee Street
Vallejo, CA
94590

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm

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https://chaneydentist.com/our-office-vallejo-ca/, https://app.nexhealth.com/appt/chaney_family_dentistry

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