Professional pediatric dentistry

Children should start visiting the dentist at the age of three, as healthy teeth are the key to overall health. Only proper oral care, parental attention, and timely dental assistance can help keep a child’s teeth intact and healthy. Parents often mistakenly believe that baby teeth do not need treatment since they will eventually fall out — however, this is not true. Preventive procedures, enamel strengthening, and timely treatment of cavities in baby teeth ensure the health of permanent teeth that will replace them.

What is “Sa-Nata” pediatric dentistry?

First and foremost, pediatric dentistry, just like adult dentistry, aims to preserve healthy teeth and correct various dental defects, such as the prevention and treatment of cavities, bite correction, improper tooth eruption, and more.

Therapeutic treatment of children’s teeth is necessary in cases of enamel destruction or cavity development. The initial stage of cavity therapy in baby teeth involves fluoride treatment with a special varnish, and in permanent teeth — filling. For moderate and deep cavities, local anesthesia is provided, with the injection site pre-treated with a numbing spray. Pediatric dentists try to complete the treatment as quickly as possible due to children’s fear of hospitals and doctors, so materials are chosen with rapid action in mind.

Surgical therapy in “Sa-Nata” pediatric dentistry is used in the following cases:

• complicated or delayed eruption of permanent teeth;

• defects of the tongue or lip frenulum;

• extensive carious damage;

• cleft palate or lip;

• cyst formation;

• dental injuries, and others.

However, surgical treatment most often involves the removal of a diseased baby tooth to ensure the proper eruption of a permanent one. Orthodontic treatment focuses on correcting dental arch defects in children, such as improper bite, using both removable appliances and braces.

How to talk to your child before visiting the dentist — key advice

Convincing a child to visit the dentist is not easy, so the first visit should ideally be introductory and preventive, without pain or fear. In this case, choosing the right pediatric dentistry is essential. The professional pediatric dentists at “Sa-Nata” aim not only to treat the tooth but also to ensure the child is not frightened — to distract them during the procedure. That is why a pediatric dentist must also be a psychologist.

The atmosphere in the office also plays a major role. Today, there is specialized dental equipment and furniture for children, such as workstations shaped like animals or cartoon characters, bright furniture and wall colors, plasma screens showing cartoons, cheerful music, and more. Naturally, a professional dentist provides an individualized approach to every child — working confidently and efficiently to help the young patient quickly and make their teeth healthy.