Does dental anxiety or fear of the dentist prevent your child from optimizing and maintaining his or her oral health? Anxiety causes many people to avoid routine visits to their dentist, which has a negative impact on their over-all dental health by limiting chances of prevention and early detection.

To successfully accommodate those patients who experience increased anxiety when visiting the dentist, we employ various proven techniques to ease your fears. We believe in open communication about the fears your child experiences. Many times we learn that dental anxiety is a result of a bad dental experience. Therefore, the most important step to overcoming dental anxiety is finding a dentist you feel you can trust.

A dentist should be:

• Highly Competent
• Patient
• Caring
• Nurturing
• Unintimidating
• Willing to Answer Any Question You or Your Child Might Have/Educate Children on Their Treatment 

Creating a good partnership between child and dentist will limit anxiety. Your child should articulate his or her fears to us, so that our dentists are able to create a treatment plan with a special understanding of the child’s individual fears. Our dentists will take time to explain each procedure he plans to perform and describe how it may feel. Your child will know exactly what to expect, with no surprises. We will move at the child’s pace, with no pressure to continue beyond what they are ready to handle.

With a good dentist-patient relationship and with good communication, dental anxiety can be overcome. We are committed to making your child feel comfortable discussing his or her anxieties, and you can be confident that we will do everything possible to reduce your child’s anxiety.