Buford Highway alone has enough dental offices that picking one can feel like picking a restaurant on a strip-mall block — several with thousands of reviews, most offering roughly the same menu of services. A1 Dental isn’t trying to out-market that corridor. It’s a smaller practice up GA-20 in Cumming where Dr. Mila Poznyak personally handles every patient who walks through the door.
What that means in practice: no marketing team deciding which promotions run this month, no rotating list of associates, and a treatment plan that’s the same doctor’s opinion from your first visit to your fifth.
The trip itself is short enough that it barely counts as leaving town — about 13 miles, 24 minutes, straight up GA-20.
Past the Mall of Georgia and across the county line, and you're parked at our Market Place Blvd office in under 25 minutes — often less time than fighting Buford Highway traffic to reach a competitor's lot.
There's no "which provider is in today" question here. Every visit is with Dr. Poznyak, which means fewer repeated explanations and a treatment plan that actually stays consistent.
Family checkups, a crown, sedation for a nervous teenager — it's handled without shuffling between separate specialty offices around town.
Cleanings and checkups for the whole household, scheduled with enough time per visit that questions actually get answered instead of deferred to a follow-up call. See family dentistry →
Crowns and fillings placed with long-term function as the goal, not just closing out the appointment. See restorative services →
Veneers and whitening, planned around how your teeth actually function — not just how they’ll look in a before-and-after photo. See cosmetic services →
Nitrous oxide and oral sedation give genuinely anxious patients a real reason to stop postponing care. See sedation dentistry →
A chipped tooth or sudden ache usually gets a same-day answer — call first and we’ll tell you what’s realistic. See emergency dentistry →
GA-20 West is the whole trip — past the Mall of Georgia, over the county line into Forsyth, and into Cumming without a single confusing turn. Coming from the Lake Lanier side near the dam, GA-20 still ends up being the fastest option even though it looks like the long way on a map.
Several Buford practices have built real scale — thousands of reviews, multiple locations, marketing budgets to match. A1 Dental isn’t competing on that scoreboard. It’s a single-location, single-doctor practice that treats a smaller number of patients well rather than a larger number adequately. If that tradeoff sounds appealing, the drive up GA-20 is a small price for it.
Buford City Schools families tend to have tight schedules — practices, rehearsals, and everyone’s own appointments stacked on top of each other. A1 Dental keeps dental care from adding another separate calendar to track, coordinating visits for kids, parents, and grandparents under one roof. Pediatric dentistry → · Senior dental care →
PPO plans and Medicare are accepted, and Cherry or CareCredit financing handles what’s left uncovered. We verify your actual benefits before treatment, so the estimate you get is the number that shows up on the bill.
Bigger isn’t automatically worse, but it isn’t automatically better either. If the busiest practices near the Mall of Georgia have started to feel like a waiting room with a dentist attached, A1 Dental is thirteen miles in the other direction and built around a different idea of what a dental visit should feel like.
Not far — about 13 miles up GA-20, roughly 24 minutes from most of Buford.
It’s real — patients from Buford, the Lake Lanier area, and both Gwinnett and Hall County make up a meaningful share of our schedule.
Major PPO plans and Medicare, plus Cherry and CareCredit financing for anything left over. Details here →
For the vast majority of cases, yes — Dr. Poznyak’s training spans all three, which is why most patients never get referred elsewhere.
Yes, though it’s the first time slot to fill — Tuesday through Thursday (8AM–5PM) usually has more room on shorter notice.
Yes, we’re actively welcoming new patients from Buford and the surrounding Lake Lanier area.
Accepting New Patients
Dr. Mila Poznyak looks forward to serving the Cumming community with comprehensive dental care that prioritizes your long-term oral health and satisfaction. Contact us to learn more about our services and schedule your consultation.
