Paediatric Dentistry

Take a moment to consider the importance of pediatric dentistry. keep your child’s teeth strong and healthy- even their primary, or “baby” teeth.

We strongly recommend that children begin to visit the dentist for routine dental visits around the age of 3. This is approximately when all primary teeth have erupted.

Keeping your child’s primary teeth healthy is important for many reasons.

We can provide fluoride treatments and place sealants, when necessary, to help protect teeth.

Our staff can also make recommendations to parents about at home care and other important topic such as thumb sucking, orthodontics, and wisdom teeth.

Pit and fissure sealants :

Even though pits and fissues do occur naturally, they can deepen over time, leading to dental caries, so a child whose teeth show signs of pits and fissures may be a prime candidate for dental sealants.

Sealants are a safe and painless way of protecting your teeth from tooth decay. A sealant is a protective plastic coating, which is applied to the biting surfaces of the back teeth. The sealant forms a hard shield that keeps food and bacteria from getting into the tiny grooves in the teeth and causing decay.

Ideal age to put a sealant is 6 -8 years.

FLUORIDE TREATMENT :

Once your child has a tooth, your doctor may recommend that your child receive fluoride varnish treatments in the pediatrician’s office to help prevent tooth decay. This can be done 2 to 4 times per year

Fluoride varnish is a dental treatment that can help prevent tooth decay, slow it down, or stop it from getting worse. Fluoride varnish is made with fluoride, a mineral that can strengthen tooth enamel (outer coating on teeth).

It is usually applied with a cotton swab or brush or placed in a tray that is held in the mouth for several minutes.

Fluoride varnish is safe and used by dentists and doctors all over the world to help prevent tooth decay in children.