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Children’s Dentistry2024-02-22T23:44:18+00:00

Inverness Family Dentistry: Children

Peaceful, welcoming children’s dentistry in Englewood

A child’s visit to the local family dental clinic can be fraught with anxiety. That’s why Inverness Family Dentistry goes to extra lengths to ensure both children and parents have as calm and easy an experience as possible when getting needed dental care for kids.

Dr. Pasternak has over 30 years of experience in pediatric dentistry in Englewood. He has a strong track record in making every visiting child feel comfortable and safe. By communicating with children in the terms they understand, he’s able to reassure them about the procedures they’re going through and promote good dental habits.

Every child is different. Inverness Family Dentistry is committed to relieving the nerves and developing the healthy routines of every child and parent that comes into our clinic. Our dental hygienists and staff have treated hundreds of children with patience and compassion.

We know how stressful a medical clinic can seem to younger ones, and part of building good health habits involves making such facilities accessible and free of fear. When you and your children visit Inverness Family Dentistry, you’re greeted by a staff of friendly professionals who take the mystery and worry out of dental care, making both child and parent feel welcome and accepted.

Whether your child needs a regular checkup, deep cleaning, or a more advanced procedure, Inverness Family Dentistry provides compassionate and thorough care with all your children’s needs uppermost in mind.

Family dental services we provide

As a comprehensive center for children’s dental in Englewood, Inverness Dentistry provides several services to keep our kids’ teeth and gums in excellent health.

  • Regular cleanings. Our dental hygienists remove buildups of plaque and tartar, deep-clean with an electric brush, floss between teeth, and apply any additional treatments needed for optimal teeth maintenance. They may also apply sealant or fluoride treatments to treat or prevent tooth decay. Kids can expect to spend around 15 to 30 minutes to get their teeth cleaned, depending on their age and the treatment they need.
  • Checkups and examinations. Routine checkups are at the core of quality family dental care and are how dentists detect and prevent teeth, gum, and mouth issues before they spread. We take quick, painless x-rays in different areas of the mouth, examine teeth and gums, check bite movement, and look for signs of tooth decay and developing oral conditions.
  • Fluoride treatments. Whether done on their own or as part of cleaning, fluoride treatments offer an additional level of protection that can prevent tooth decay and fix oral issues in their earliest stages. The procedure is quick and simple: We apply pleasant-tasting fluoride varnish to the teeth with a swab or a brush, and recommend children to wait half an hour before eating or drinking.
  • Should a child have a cavity that needs to be filled, we sensitively drill the affected tooth and fill it with metal or composite to prevent further damage. The procedure may sound scary, but it’s painless and can take as little as 20 minutes to finish. If your child is experiencing pain, filling their tooth may stop it.
  • Surgical and preventative procedures. Occasionally advanced procedures may be necessary to treat developing conditions in children’s teeth and gums. We take extreme precautions to make sure the procedures are safely executed and thorough and provide sedation when necessary to make treatments as trouble-free as possible. Some of these procedures include:
    • Gingivitis or gum disease treatment – Deeper cleaning or potential surgery to stop the spread
    • Tooth decay treatment – For more advanced filling needs, we provide additional applications of crowns, veneers, bridges, inlays or onlays
    • Tooth extraction – Using local anesthesia and other relaxation procedures, we loosen and remove the child’s tooth from its socket with safe and precise dental instruments.

As an experienced and trusted dentist in Englewood, Dr. Pasternak treats every child’s teeth with sensitivity and professionalism. He and his staff make sure kids know what’s happening and instill confidence and security at every visit. Even though dental care often entails dealing with the unexpected, Inverness Children’s Dentistry strives to make all our services as predictable and clear as a dental clinic can.

Preventative care

Part of being the best option for children’s dentistry in Englewood is establishing good dental habits that will last a lifetime. Inverness Children’s Dentistry strives to instill those practices in every child that walks through our doors.

Our staff works to make Dr. Pasternak’s office as comfortable and pleasant an environment as possible. We know children often find medical offices to be scary or anxious places, so we go to extra lengths to ease their fears by being friendly and welcoming.

That’s especially important since we help families set up a schedule for routine visits. Regular checkups and cleanings—ideally about every six months or so—are effective tools in preventing more advanced dental problems from happening later. Not only can repeated visits improve and maintain dental health, but they can also reduce a child’s chances of needing more expensive procedures down the road.

Inverness Children’s Dentistry’s staff will help you and your children of easy steps you can take every day to maintain excellent oral health. We’ll advise you on establishing routines for brushing, flossing, additional cleaning, and nutrition. We’ll also implement practices for more specialized care, such as managing braces or treating dental concerns at home.

Flexible appointment scheduling

Through his experience as a dentist in Englewood, Dr. Pasternak knows that emergencies can happen at any time. Especially with younger patients, a sudden dental need can be frightening or painful, and always needs to be addressed in a timely and compassionate manner.

In addition to regularly scheduled visits for cleanings and exams, Inverness Children’s Dentistry accommodates patients needing immediate care. We take same-day appointments in case of emergency. If a scheduling conflict comes up, we make room in our schedules for last-minute visits whenever available.

Children and parents lead busy lives, and emergencies can be disruptive in ways beyond mere inconvenience. Inverness Children’s Dentistry’s flexible scheduling policy was created to take care of urgent issues in as calm and adaptable a manner as possible.

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