Valentine Mary

With a neighborhood office above Washington Avenue’s mid-block storefronts, Valentine Mary brings a no-frills clinical approach to Scranton dental care. The practice sits on the seventh floor of 327 N Washington Ave # 709, a building few outsiders climb by accident—you’ll need the right floor and suite number to arrive straight at the door marked 709. Inside these walls they handle cleanings and digital radiographs in one sitting, while crowns, bridges, and simple extractions are scheduled after a single office visit; orthodontics and urgent dentoalveolar care occupy separate rooms down the hall.

Although downtown is only a ten-minute walk from the courthouse block, the relative quiet of the Endless Mountains’ western slope gives the practice a calm threshold. Emergency appointments appear in the daily roster around 7 a.m., and weekend hygienists often finish early—details that keep patient turnover breezy when the parking gap on street level fills and empties twice a day. Valentine Mary itself leaves the décor choices to someone else; they simply hang a pair of frosted glass panels at entry and call it a day.

Plenty of Scrantonites already know the drill: step out of the elevators, follow the beige runner to the last door on the left, and you’ll find the front desk tucked into the corner between the vending alcove and the cold-air return. Downstairs, a coffee kiosk trades stale pastries until 3 p.m., but Valentine Mary neither endorses nor criticizes it.

The fastest way to lock in a spot is to arrive early or call (570) 344-4699 during the 9-to-11 gap mid-morning—they pick up before the lunch-rush. Directions are straightforward once you filter the map for the Washington Avenue address; your screen should show a traffic-light cluster at Adams Street, then zoom up to 709 tucked just past the left-turn bay. https://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x89c4ded4066f053f:0xadd00bdf05131739