Riverbend Dentistry - Dr. Tyler W. Slaughter, DDS

01/05/2026

We know what patients want and we are excited to deliver it! ➡️➡️➡️ To be scheduled as quickly as possible. Not a ton of unnecessary paperwork. Great appointment reminders. Caring staff in a judgement-free zone. Clean office. Less time in the dental chair. More questions answered. (And referral goodies in the mail!) 😃 Happy 2026 and cheers to our 12th year!

12/24/2025

🎄 We hope your holidays are merry and bright (and warm!) ☀️ We will miss you while we are closed until the New Year! In case you miss us too, here is our very fancy Christmas card to hold you over until 2026.

(For dental emergencies: please follow the prompts on our voicemail or send a message through the contact form on our website and we will return your message as soon as possible.)

12/23/2025

Happy 2nd birthday to our unofficial mascot, Rudy! 🐶 🎉 He has been at the office since he was 8 weeks old. He knows no stranger and wants all the love—we had to change Dr. Slaughter’s office doorknob because he figured out how to escape to see patients and he’s stillllll not very helpful to the Amys up front. 😆

If Rudy has Houdini’ed to see you (leaping over the check-in counter or surprising you in a dental chair), maybe it is extra good luck?!

12/20/2025

New patients with dental anxiety often say they chose Riverbend Dentistry based on our reviews so thank YOU for sharing your experiences online—it truly helps others who have avoided the dentist for a long time.

Dentistry has changed A LOT over the years. We try to make it as quick and …fun/not terrible as possible?? 😆🤗

550+ 5-star reviews and growing, THANK YOU!!

12/18/2025

Big thanks to Sharon Tucker, Peggy Hull, Evelyn Wieberg, Kimberly Hardin, Theresa Backes, Laura Dampf for all your support! Congrats for being our current top Facebook fans! 💎

12/17/2025

Cool dentists with cool shoes. 😎 💯

12/05/2025

💚 The Riverbend family had a very merry succulent Christmas! We made succulent wreaths (they’re real!), ate too much food, made a quick stop to see the Mayor’s tree, and successfully solved our escape rooms. 💙

Thank you to all these local businesses for hosting us—this group is a little silly when you let them out of the dental office…. 🤪 We had the best time!

O’donoghues Steak & Seafood
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W&W Transportation

10/27/2025

“Same day crown,” ….but what does that mean?!? 🤔

Traditional crowns mean goopy impressions are taken and mailed to a dental lab, who design and fabricate a crown and mail it back, which means about 3 weeks of waiting! If it ever broke or the design was poor, you’d have to repeat the cycle.

Crowns made at Riverbend are done with a digital scanner (no more goop), the shape and fit are designed by Dr. Slaughter or Dr. Jonas directly, milled in-house by a fancy machine, so patients can go home with their permanent crown within a few hours. If they need to be re-made we still have the digital scan of your mouth.

Dental technology is pretty amazing! Same-day crowns make the patient experience better and we love offering it to our patients.

10/23/2025

☺️☺️ Proud to be a TOP 4 FINALIST for Small Business of the Year! Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce / Boy Aaron Photography came to shoot some video this week. We can’t wait for the announcement on 11/6!

Thank you again for the nomination!

10/02/2025

🤯 THANK YOU for the JC Chamber’s Small Business of the Year nomination!! 😍

Such an honor to be among some amazing local businesses. To whoever nominated our hard-working team, we appreciate you!! We love what we do by helping thousands of our community members, of all ages and states, each and every year—11 years strong and counting. 💚💙

08/29/2025

Smiling is our favorite! 🤗

08/13/2025

Monroe is back open! Thank you to all of our patients who maneuvered around the street detours the last few months! And thanks to the City for doing an amazing job with not only the street but also reopening the sidewalks for all to use by installing a beautiful retaining wall in front of the bluffs. Driving to work today was exciting like Christmas morning! 😄

Monroe & Dunklin intersection is open!

Thank you for your patience during the detour and construction of this joint City/County project. Over the next few weeks, please use caution as crews finish work outside the roadway and drivers adjust to the reopened route.