Pediatric Dentistry - Nashville, TN

Start Kids on a Path to Dental Health!

Do you have children who need to find a Nashville dentist? Belle Meade Family Dentistry is the perfect place for you to place your trust in the care of your child’s dental needs. Our primary focus is to ensure that your child has a positive dental experience. Our team loves seeing children and carries a desire to make each and every child feel comfortable with dentistry. We strive to relieve our children and parents of fear and anxiety that they may have. With televisions for entertainment and treasure chests full of surprises, we hope to create an inviting environment that is stress free and allows your child to grow up with a positive view of their oral health. We are very excited to be able to use state of the art anesthetic techniques such as buffering our anesthetic to adjust the pH and prevent the painful sting many associate with dentistry. In addition, we commonly use lasers to remove tooth decay and shots are often not !needed. We are well equipped to do fillings, make children’s crowns, remove teeth, maintain dentition space, recommend preventative care, provide orthodontic advice, make mouthguards, manage children’s soft tissue problems, treat dental injuries, and much more. We welcome children for their first cleaning and exam at age 3 but would love for you to come by earlier and have your child meet the staff and acquaint themselves with our dental office, alleviating future fears and stresses.

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Common Children’s Dentistry Treatments

Some of the most common treatments we use in our pediatric dental practice include:

Routine check-ups. These occur twice per year, just as they do for adult patients.
Application of sealants. Sealants can help protect the molars from decay, and may be useful for some patients. When the permanent teeth come in, sealants may no longer be used for protective purposes.
Filling of cavities. When decay is detected, we have the ability to efficiently fill a tooth. Even if the tooth is a “baby tooth”, we usually recommend that it be filled with a composite material unless the baby tooth is loose.
Removal of baby teeth. In some cases, baby teeth do not come out. In these cases, we can perform extractions to remove the baby tooth and give the adult tooth room to come in.

Do You Have Questions About Your Child’s Teeth?

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When Should Children Start Visiting a Dentist?

In most cases, children should have their first dental appointments when they are still toddlers or preschoolers. This gives them early exposure to dental techniques, and they fear dentists and their services less in the future. Of course, if you have a child who is older but who has never been to the dentist before, we encourage you to bring your son or daughter to our beautiful, comfortable Nashville, TN office!

What is Our Goal With Every Child?

We enjoy helping kids understand their roles in taking care of their teeth and gums. When we work with pediatric patients, our initial goals are to make the child as comfortable as possible, and answer any questions the parents may have. While we would love to get x-rays at the first appointment, we know that some kids are afraid of the process, so we go slowly. Our focus is on making them feel like Belle Meade Family Dentistry is their home-away-from-home!

All of our treatments are done with care and gentleness. We understand that kids can sometimes be scared during their first times with us, and we do our best to make them laugh, get them talking and help them see how valuable their teeth are! You never know… your child might become the “floss police” around your house!

Got kids? We would love to help them keep their teeth and gums sparkling! Learn more about children’s dental options at Belle Meade Family Dentistry in Nashville, TN. Contact us at (615) 298-2030.

WHY WAIT? - With one call to our Nashville, TN, office, you can start the process to become a Belle Meade Family Dentistry patient. Call us at 615-237-7338 today!

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Tennessee Dental Association American Dental Association Academy of General Dentistry American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry American Academy of Implant Dentistry Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation Six Month Smiles