Dental Health Week is August 3–9, 2026, TLC Dental, the Castlereagh Street practice that has cared for Sydney CBD workers since 1998, is reminding the city’s newest graduates and young professionals that a healthy smile shouldn’t be the first thing sacrificed to a packed diary.
— With Dental Health Week running August 3–9, 2026, TLC Dental, the Castlereagh Street practice that has cared for Sydney CBD workers since 1998, is reminding the city’s newest graduates and young professionals that a healthy smile shouldn’t be the first thing sacrificed to a packed diary.
This year’s Dental Health Week, run by the Australian Dental Association, is built around the “My Smile” campaign, which focuses on Australians aged 18 to 25. It’s an age group in the middle of enormous change — moving out of home, starting university or a first job, learning to budget, and juggling responsibilities they’ve never had to manage before. According to the ADA, oral health is often the first thing to give, with many young adults delaying a dental visit until a problem has become an emergency.
For TLC Dental, based two floors above Castlereagh Street near Martin Place, that pattern is a familiar one. The practice sees no shortage of city workers who arrive on their lunch break with a toothache that’s been ignored for weeks, or who haven’t seen a dentist since leaving school because Sydney CBD life doesn’t leave much room for it.
“We see it every week — someone in their early twenties who’s just started their first corporate job, moved out of home, and simply hasn’t had the time or the guidance to think about their teeth,” said Dr Leonard Hoffenberg, founder and principal dentist of TLC Dental. “Dental Health Week is a good reminder that a five-minute check-up now is so much easier than an emergency root canal later, and that’s exactly the message we want young Sydneysiders working in the CBD to hear.”
Dr Hoffenberg, who founded TLC Dental in 1998 and has practised in Sydney for more than 25 years, built the clinic around the idea that dental care should feel personal rather than clinical — something he says matters even more for younger patients who may feel anxious about walking into a dental chair for the first time as an independent adult.
To make check-ups easier to fit around a working week, TLC Dental offers extended hours Monday to Friday, a CBD location within walking distance of Town Hall, Martin Place and Wynyard train stations, and flexible payment options including Afterpay and HICAPS, so cost is never the reason a young professional puts off a visit. The practice also notes that Dental Health Week’s focus on informed decision-making around cosmetic treatments, such as teeth whitening and clear aligners, is particularly relevant to a generation that often researches these treatments on social media before ever speaking to a dentist.
“Our advice for Dental Health Week is simple: come and talk to us before you make a decision based on something you saw online, and don’t wait for pain to be the thing that finally gets you in the chair,” Dr Hoffenberg said.
TLC Dental is encouraging young adults working or living in the Sydney CBD to use Dental Health Week as the prompt to book a check-up, particularly those who haven’t seen a dentist since finishing school. In conjunction with Dental Health Week, patients are invited to schedule a Check and Clean appointment to take advantage of the practice’s Smile Deals® Offers.
TLC Dental is located at Level 2, 74 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000, and is open Monday to Friday. Appointments can be booked by calling (02) 8599 7107 or visiting the TLC Dental website.
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Name: Dr Leonard Hoffenberg
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Organization: TLC Dental
Address: Level 2, 74 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: (02) 8599 7107
Website: http://www.tlcdental.com.au
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