Accessibility

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Our Commitment to Accessibility

Newark Smiles Dental wants every visitor to our website to be able to find information, request an appointment, and reach our team without difficulty, regardless of ability or the device they are using. We view digital accessibility as part of the same care we bring to our office and our chairside manner, and we work to keep improving it over time.

This statement explains the standard we aim for, what we have done so far, where we still have work to do, and how to reach us if something on this site is not working for you.

The Standard We Follow

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA, as our reference point when building and reviewing this website. These guidelines are widely recognized and cover areas such as text readability, keyboard access, color contrast, and compatibility with assistive technology like screen readers.

Meeting this standard is an ongoing process rather than a one-time task. As we add new pages or update existing ones, we check them against these guidelines and correct issues as we find them.

What We Have Done

Several practical steps have gone into building this website with accessibility in mind:

Semantic markup: Pages use proper heading structure and landmark elements so that screen readers can announce the page in a logical order.
Keyboard navigation: Menus, links, and forms can be reached and used with a keyboard alone, without needing a mouse or touchscreen.
Color contrast: Text and background color combinations are checked against WCAG contrast ratios so that copy stays readable for people with low vision or color blindness.
Descriptive alt text: Meaningful images include alternative text so their content is available to screen reader users.
Clear, consistent layout: Navigation, buttons, and links are labeled in plain language and appear in the same place across every page.
Resizable text: Content is built to reflow and remain usable when text size is increased in the browser.

Known Limitations

We want to be honest rather than make claims we cannot fully back up. Some parts of our website, particularly older pages, embedded scheduling widgets, or third-party tools we do not control directly, may not yet meet every part of the WCAG 2.1 AA standard.

Examples of areas we continue to monitor and refine include PDF documents that were not originally created for screen readers, and some interactive elements supplied by outside booking or payment providers. When we find a gap, we work with our developers to fix it or find a reasonable alternative.

Report a Problem or Ask for Help

If you run into a barrier anywhere on this website, or if you need information in a different format, please let us know. We take these reports seriously and will do our best to respond quickly and find a workable solution.

Call us: (510) 793-8300 during office hours, and one of our team members will help you directly or arrange another way to give you the information you need.
Visit our contact page: use the Contact page to send us a message describing the issue and the page where it happened.
Stop by our office: 7340 Thornton Avenue, Newark, CA 94560, United States, if you would rather speak with someone in person.

Please include the web address, the type of device or browser you were using, and a short description of what happened. That detail helps us track down the issue faster.

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Ongoing Review

Our website is reviewed on a regular basis as part of routine updates. This statement will be revised whenever we make meaningful changes to how our site is built or presented. We appreciate the patience of anyone who has run into an issue, and we welcome your feedback as we keep working to make this site easier to use for everyone.

Last updated: recently, as part of our ongoing accessibility review.

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