About the Practice
Built on 75 years of trust in western Augusta County.
Originally established in 1950, our Churchville office has cared for three generations of families along the US-250 corridor. The building sits where it has always sat, the lights still come on every weekday, and the work that happens inside still answers to the same neighbors it always has.
Our Story
The practice that has been here longer than most of its patients.
When this office opened in 1950, Eisenhower had not yet been elected, the Staunton-to-Parkersburg Turnpike was still called that by the locals who remembered it, and most homes in western Augusta County had a party line for a phone. Three quarters of a century later, the same office is still treating families in the same chairs your grandparents may have sat in.
Some of that is luck. Most of it is choice. Communities along US‑250 do not change dentists casually, and a practice that earns local trust is usually trusted for generations. Patients here have asked us to keep showing up, and we have.
Today the practice is led by Dr. Atul Agrawal, DDS. He brings the modern tools and training a careful patient expects in 2026, and he carries forward the small-town pace the office has always been known for. Patients are not rushed. Treatment plans are explained, not pushed. Questions are welcomed, and second opinions are honored.
Our Philosophy
Take your time. Explain everything. Recommend only what is needed.
Dentistry is not a one‑visit decision in western Augusta County. The families who come here are educated, deliberate, and patient. They want to understand what is happening in their mouth before they agree to a crown, an extraction, or an implant. Dr. Agrawal practices the same way: an unhurried exam, a clear conversation, and a plan you can ask questions about.
You will not be sold treatment you do not need. You will not be pushed into a same‑day decision on a procedure that can reasonably wait. And you will not be talked down to about the visit you put off, the floss you did not buy, or the appointment you missed. That is not how this office has operated for 75 years, and that is not how it will operate going forward.
Community Ties
Anchored to the US-250 corridor — from Staunton to the Alleghenies.
The CDP of Churchville itself is small. The communities we serve are not. Families drive in from Buffalo Gap, Deerfield, Middlebrook, Greenville, Fort Defiance, Swoope, and the Bath County mountain towns west of here. For many of these households, this is the closest established dentist west of Staunton.
That responsibility shapes how we schedule. A patient who drives forty minutes down US-250 should not arrive to a cancelled appointment. A retiree from Warm Springs should not need three visits when two will do. A working family from Swoope should be able to schedule a cleaning, a filling, and a child‑visit in the same morning. We try to plan that way, and we try to deliver.
Read more about the communities we serve or revisit the long version of our story on the history page.
What to Expect
Your first visit, in plain English.
Plan on about an hour. You will be greeted at the front desk, walked back at your appointment time, and seated in a treatment room that has been freshly turned over from the patient before you. A hygienist will take updated X‑rays if needed, do a careful cleaning, and check your gum health.
Dr. Agrawal will come in after the cleaning, do a full exam, and walk through what he sees on the screen with you. If something needs treatment, he will explain why, what the options are, what each one costs, and what would happen if you chose to wait. If nothing needs treatment, he will tell you that too — and he will mean it.
The full new-patient flow lives on the New Patients page, with sub-pages for registration, insurance, payment, and what to bring.
Plan Your Visit
Meet the practice that has been on US-250 since 1950.
We accept new patients from Churchville, Staunton, and every community along the western Augusta County corridor.