Vernon · North Okanagan · Open now, accepting new patients
Two seats.
One direction.
Tandem is a new kind of dental studio — where every decision about your mouth is made side by side, in plain English, at your pace. You steer. We pedal.
The practice is open today and taking new patients. Sore tooth, or just overdue? Pick up the phone.
The Idea
Every dental office says it listens. Then it lays you flat, puts a light in your eyes, and talks at you with two hands in your mouth. We built Tandem the other way up. You sit up. We sit beside you. The screen sits between us. You ask anything. You decide what happens, and when. In tandem.
The second seat
Every visit starts with you sitting up, beside your dentist, at eye level — not under a light. Two chairs, one screen, no lecture.
Plain English
Your treatment plan arrives translated — what it is, why it matters, what it costs — in words, not billing codes. You'll never leave wondering what you agreed to.
Your pace
This year, next year, one step at a time. You set the tempo and the budget; we build the route. "Not yet" is a complete answer here.
What we make together
The dentistry itself.
Everything below is being done at 2903 32nd Avenue today, by the same team, under the same roof. Call (250) 545-2169 to book any of it.
Checkups & hygiene
The unglamorous work that keeps everything else optional. Booked at your rhythm, explained as we go.
Fixing & restoring
Fillings, crowns, root canals — the craft of keeping your own teeth yours, with every option and price on the screen between us first.
Cosmetic work
You define what beautiful means. We bring the craft. No trends pushed, no packages sold — a plan built around your face and your call.
Implants & bigger builds
The long rides. Staged clearly, sequenced around your life and budget, with one person guiding the whole route.
Kids
Front-seat sized. First visits that are mostly questions and zero fear, so the next thirty years of dentistry start on the right foot.
What things cost
The numbers, before you're in the chair.
We follow the BC Dental Association's Suggested Fee Guide — the province-wide reference, updated every February. Here is what the common visits cost under the 2026 guide, effective 1 February 2026.
| Code | Procedure | Suggested fee |
|---|---|---|
| 01201 | New patient exam (limited) | $68.80 |
| 01103 | Complete exam & diagnosis, adult teeth | $150.00 |
| 01202 | Recall (checkup) exam | $42.90 |
| 01205 | Emergency exam | $76.90 |
| 02142 | Bitewing x-rays, two images | $32.50 |
| 02601 | Panoramic x-ray | $89.90 |
| 11111 | Scaling, per unit of time | $60.50 |
| 11101 | Polishing | $48.40 |
| 12113 | Fluoride varnish | $24.60 |
| 13401 | Sealant, single tooth | $33.40 |
One unit of time is 15 minutes. A cleaning is usually one to three units depending on how long it has been and how much there is to do — we tell you which before we start, not after.
Fillings, crowns, root canals and implants vary by tooth, by surface and by what we find. That is exactly why nothing gets quoted from a website: your plan comes back with every fee on it, in plain English, before you agree to anything. If the numbers change, the plan comes back to the screen before we continue.
Dentists set their own fees, and the guide is a suggestion rather than a rule — so ask us, and ask any other office you are considering. The full list is public: BCDA 2026 Abbreviated Fee Guide for Patients (PDF). Where your plan allows it, we bill your insurance directly and you cover only your portion.
The Studio
A studio,
not a clinic.
A clinic is where things are done to you. A studio is where things are made with you. Ours is being built now in Vernon — warm stone walls, walnut, brass, morning light, and not one fluorescent tube. It will feel less like an appointment and more like a good conversation that happens to fix your teeth.
Ask to see the plans at your next visit — they're pinned up at the front desk.
You sit up. We sit beside you. The screen sits between us.The second seat — how every Tandem visit begins
The Doctors
Two front seats.
You already know one of them.
Dr.
Mark Wasylyk
The dentist Vernon has trusted for years isn't going anywhere — he keeps practicing right here, in the studio his practice becomes. Same hands, same judgment, new second seat beside you.
Dr.
Michael Webster
An Okanagan practice owner from down the lake in Kelowna, joining Dr. Wasylyk in tandem — and bringing the philosophy this studio is built on: nothing about your mouth without you.
The proper introduction arrives with the reveal, both of us on a tandem, naturally.
Straight Answers
The things you'd actually like to ask.
I'm in pain right now. What do I do?
Call (250) 545-2169 and say it's pain — that changes how the day gets arranged. We're in the chair Monday to Thursday, 8:00 to 4:00. If we can't get to you, we'll say so on the phone rather than leave you waiting, and point you somewhere that can.
I haven't seen a dentist in years. How bad is the first visit?
It's a conversation. You sit up, we look together, and you decide what happens next — which can be nothing, for now. Nobody here does guilt. This is a lecture-free building; that's the founding rule.
Will I know what it costs before anything happens?
Always. Your plan arrives translated into plain English with every fee on it, before you commit to a thing. If the numbers change, the plan comes back to the screen between us before we continue. No surprises isn't a courtesy here — it's policy. The common ones are already posted on this page, before you even call.
Do you bill my insurance directly?
Where your plan allows it, yes — we submit directly and you cover only your portion. Bring your card to the first visit and we'll handle the fine print together, before treatment, not after.
I'm nervous. Genuinely.
Then you're exactly who we built this for. You set the pace. You can pause anything with a raised hand. And nothing ever happens in the chair that we haven't decided together first, sitting up, at eye level. The chair is where the work happens — never where the decisions do.
Can my kids come?
Front-seat sized. First visits are mostly questions and a ride in the chair, zero fear — so their next thirty years of dentistry start on the right foot.
Who's behind Tandem?
Two dentists, two front seats. Dr. Mark Wasylyk — the dentist Vernon has trusted for years — continues practicing right here, in the studio his practice becomes. Riding with him: Dr. Michael Webster, an Okanagan practice owner from down the lake in Kelowna. Same hands you know, plus a whole new way of working.
How do I book?
Right now. Call (250) 545-2169 — the practice is open, it's Dr. Wasylyk's, and care continues uninterrupted through the transition. If we're closed when you're reading this, leave a number and a time that works and we'll call you back inside one business day to put you in the book.
The Ride
Vernon, let's ride.
We're named for the most honest machine ever built — the tandem only moves when both people are in it together. Fitting, for a town at the head of the Okanagan Rail Trail. When we open, we ride: a tandem-bike Saturday down the Kalamalka shore with our neighbours, our team, and anyone who wants the second seat.
Book
Take the second seat.
The practice is open and taking new patients today. Leave a number and a window that works, and we'll call you back inside one business day to put you in the book. We're in the chair Monday to Thursday, 8:00 to 4:00 — which we know is not everyone's Tuesday.
In pain today? Don't wait for us to call — (250) 545-2169, and say it's pain.
- 4.9 Dr. Wasylyk's patient rating on RateMDs
- Open Seeing patients today — the practice never closed for the handover
- Direct Insurance billed for you, where your plan allows it