Ask our front desk where patients travel from and the answer surprises people: a steady community from Kyalami, Barbeque Downs, Waterfall and Midrand has been coming for years.
They will all tell you the same thing. The drive to Lonehill is the easy direction, and once you are here, the parking is free and the specialist plans your case himself.
From the Kyalami and Barbeque Downs side you come across on Main Road; from Waterfall and central Midrand you drop down and run west along the Witkoppen corridor. Either way you are travelling across the grain of the traffic rather than with the crush into Sandton or up the N1, and you end at the Lonehill Office Park beside the Lonehill Shopping Centre: free parking, no boom, in and out.
That matters because orthodontics is not one heroic trip. It is a visit every four to six weeks for 18 to 24 months.
The families who have done it from your side describe the rhythm as entirely manageable: early slots at 08:00 before the day builds, afternoon slots timed around school, and the shopping centre next door for whichever parent is waiting.
Because between Kyalami and the specialist there is mostly open road. Dr Rashid Essop is a registered specialist orthodontist, HPCSA DP0093483, AAO and WFO member, who examines, scans, diagnoses and plans every case personally: teens, the age 7 check, adults and specialist-planned aligners alike.
And because the money is handled the way people this side of the highway tend to prefer: fee ranges published openly, the Discovery Health specialist tariff, medical aid claims managed intelligently, and interest-free payment plans of 30% down with 12 to 20 months on the balance.
Specialist orthodontists are scarce along the Midrand corridor, and many families in Kyalami, Barbeque Downs and Waterfall travel to Lonehill Orthodontics in Lonehill, a cross-traffic drive along the Main Road or Witkoppen corridors.
Most patients from the Kyalami side describe it as an easy cross-country run on Main Road, against the main traffic flows, ending in free parking at the practice. Appointment times are chosen to suit the direction you are coming from.
Yes. The practice opens at 08:00 and keeps afternoon slots for school-age patients; with visits only every four to six weeks, most corridor families settle into a rhythm quickly.
Book a consultation. If the trip defeats you, you will at least leave with a specialist’s honest assessment to take anywhere you choose.