If you are new to the Tulsa area, we would like to welcome you to our beautiful city and we are so glad you’re here. We here at pediatric dentistry Tulsa to provide services for your child from birth to age 18 and give them the care and the special program that they will need that they may or may not be able to get at a regular family dentistry , we feel that children need a pediatric dentist because their needs are different than those adults are dentist and hygienist have spent extra time or Dentist spent 2 to 3 years in school to be prepared to work with children. Their behavior psychology development has also had training in children with developmental delays and handicap children.
One unique thing that we offer here is three for free which in essence means you have the first three years of your child’s life to see us free and unlimited amount of times to get an early Head Start on your child’s dental health as well as introducing your child to the dentist so it’s not a scary place as well as adults have dental anxiety and it is our goal to provide an environment where your child will enjoy coming every six months for cleaning and check ups we offer mini child friendly options such as awaiting room very kid friendly with big screen TVs educational shows lots of books kids magazines, educational toys And in bottled water for them to sip on while they wait for their appointment.
When your child comes from the first visit, we take them to the back. The first thing we do is we introduce them to all the dentists and all the dental hygienists. We fill that meeting of our wonderful staff here at pediatric dentistry Tulsa. They’ll never see a strange face. They will be in for quite a few appointments, and we want them to feel comfortable with the dentist that they have previously met and to be familiar with all our hygienist we all offer the same great care and we care about your child and we want them to feel at home, we give them a tour of the back we show them the chairs. We have a tray of tools for them to touch and see so it’s not such a scary experience. They get to the x-ray room and see that the dentist office is not a scary place. We do provide the lowest radiology Available for x-rays, which will be completely safe for your child. We will place a lead apron over them quickly and then show you and your child the x-rays explaining what we see and this also allows your child to see their teeth that are still developing that will be coming in at some point in life.
One thing we pride ourselves on here at Pediatric Dentistry Tulsa, love not only planning a custom dental hygiene program for your child, but to actually teach you how to make this an integral part of your child’s life. When children start seeing a dentist early in life, it makes it so much easier for them to look forward to appointments and see that seeing a dentist should not cause anxiety. We want your child to look forward to seeing us as much as we look forward to seeing them!
One thing that will give you when you come to Pediatric Dentistry Tulsa is a chart so you can know which teeth will be coming in and the approximate time that the eruption will occur. Of course, this is only a guideline. Each child is different so this is only meant to be used as a guideline.
If in the event that your child needs braces, while we do not provide that service, we partner with the best Orthodontist Clinic in the Tulsa area. It’s important that your child receive the services of the orthodontist to guarantee beautiful, straight teeth, it’s just as important to continue seeing your regular dentist. Keeping teeth clean and healthy is much trickier while having braces. The wires and brackets make it more difficult to keep the teeth as clean as before the braces were applied.
Sometimes there will be emergencies that occur. If your child has a terrible toothache, give them some pain relief with ibuprofen and hold a cold compress to the swollen jaw. Call the office first thing in the morning if it is after office hours. If your child happens to knock out a baby tooth, this is not an emergency. Just give us a call the next morning and we’ll see you as soon as possible. There won’t be a treatment plan, because the baby tooth will eventually fall out anyway. Now, if the child has a permanent tooth that gets knocked out or severely chipped, give us a call. If the tooth is out of the mouth, try to find the tooth. Do not pick it up by the root, and let it soak in milk until you can see us. This will need to be done quickly to increase the chances of saving the tooth.
Please do not ever put your child to bed with milk or sweetened juice! This is the fastest way to almost guarantee that your child will develop cavities and even possibly need caps to protect the rotting tooth. It will be difficult to wean your child off of the sugary juices and milk, a good way to start is to dilute the milk or juice a little at a time. After a week, the child should be used to the decrease in sugar. The best thing that your child can take to bed to drink is plain water.
We here at Pediatric Dentistry Tulsa want to make dental health and hygiene important to your child from a young age. Besides developing cavities and needing root canals, the decayed teeth will need to be removed and dentures would replace the teeth. No one wants a future of dentures for their child. Let us start from day one and get your child through their teen years and get them on the path to healthy teeth and gums!