Vision Statement / Mission Statement
Our office, as well as the The American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP), the American Dental Association (ADA), and the
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) all recommend
establishing a "Dental Home" for your child
by one year of age. Children who have a dental home are more
likely to receive appropriate preventive and routine oral health care.
The Dental Home is
intended to provide a place other than the
Emergency Room for parents.
You can
make the first visit to the dentist enjoyable and positive. If old
enough, your child should be informed of the visit and told that the
dentist and their staff will explain all procedures and answer any
questions. The less to-do concerning the visit, the better.
It is best if you refrain from using words around your child that might cause unnecessary fear, such as "needle", "shot", "pull", "drill" or "hurt". The office makes a practice of using words that convey the same message, but are pleasant and non-frightening to the child.
We invite you to stay with your child during the initial examination. During future appointments, we suggest you allow your child to accompany our staff through the dental experience. We can usually establish a closer rapport with your child when you are not present. Our purpose is to gain your child's confidence and overcome apprehension. However, if you choose, you are more than welcome to accompany your child to the treatment room. For the safety and privacy of all patients, other children who are not being treated should remain in the reception room with a supervising adult.
We strive to make each and every visit to our office a fun one!
Our practice will
continue to be known in the community for offering exceptional Pediatric
Dental and Orthodontic Care.
Our practice is a place
where our patients and parents get the time and attention they deserve
and expect. It will be a
place where our patients know us and we know them.
Our practice will
always welcome infants, children and teens with special needs.
We will be empathetic and understanding to both parents and
children who need a “special dental home” for their dental and
orthodontic care.
Our practice will
continue to maintain our office building in a way that is visually
appealing, professional, clean and safe for our patients.
Our practice will
continue to offer the most up-to-date and clinically successful
techniques in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics, while at the same
time are cost effective to the families we treat.
Our practice will be a
great place to work and help children, teens and their parents achieve
excellent dental health. We
will always have a positive attitude and greet our patients and parents
with a smile.
Our practice will
enable us to feel good about our lives and all the positive things that
we will and can do for our patients and ourselves.
Our goal is to provide exceptional pediatric and orthodontic dental care for infants, children, teenagers and the special needs patient. What will make us different from other practices is that we will practice with compassion, treating all of our patients with respect and individuality as each patient and family has different needs. We will strive to always have the patient's best interest at heart.
We will create a "dental home" for our patients, providing:
1. An accurate and honest assessment for dental diseases and conditions.
2. An individualized pre3ventive dental health program.
3. To guide our patients regarding growth and development issues (teething, habits and orthodontics).
4. A plan for emergency treatment, including pain or dental trauma.
5. Information about proper care of the child's teeth and gingiva.
6. Information about proper nutrition practices.
7. Comprehensive dental care in accordance with accepted guidelines and recare schedules for pediatric dental health.
8. Referrals to other dental specialists when care could and should not be provided within the dental home.
9. That all professionals rendering pediatric and orthodontic dental care will continually and regularly educate themselves, keeping abreast of all new treatment modalities that would benefit our patients.
10. That we will always keep our office new, modern and offer the latest technology to benefit patient care.
11. That all employees in this practice will provide services to our patients in a kind, respectful and courteous manner.