Treatments > Childrens Dental Specialist

At Longwood House we have a children’s specialist dentist

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There are not many dentists specialising in children’s dentistry. Many specialists work in the hospital where your child may wait up to a month to be seen. Your child is being referred to a specialist in order to have treatment or advice regarding their dental development. Your dentist may not have all the resources required for specialist treatment.

Children scared of the dentist’s chair will benefit seeing a specialist, as your child will be treated very gently and there will be lot’s of TLC.

Many parents believe that children’s first dentition is not important and a loss of a tooth is ‘OK.’ This is simply not true- Decay and poor dental development has a profound impact on the development of your Childs adult teeth- for example extraction of teeth at a young age create an imbalance, causing the adult set of teeth to come through in a ‘crooked’ manor; to then have these teeth straightened; further extractions of adult teeth are then unavoidable. A dental abscess left untreated or poorly treated can also damage and weaken the developing adult teeth.

Your dentist may refer your child to a specialist in order to avoid treatment under general anaesthetic (As this carries a great risk to your Childs general well being.) – The Specialist can occasionally “win” your child over, build up their confidence and alleviate there anxiety; thus on many occasions General anaesthesia can be avoided. It is always worth exploring this route!
For those children requiring difficult treatment or have a fear of dentistry, the specialist can use “Happy Gas”.(nitrous oxide) as it is a safe, short acting and efficient way to relieve anxiety in a child. IV sedation is also available for older children. The aim is to provide gentle and pain free treatment and build up a positive attitude towards dentistry.

To increase the longevity of treatment the use of rubber dam will be undertaken for most treatment. The specialist will explain this concept to your child when used; thus ensuring a much higher quality of restoration which is also longer lasting. Crowns can also be adapted to a child’s tooth, by covering and protecting a whole tooth it can prevent decay or reinfection in the same tooth.
The Specialist will discuss all aspects of your Childs treatment needs with you and your general dentist (if you are a referred patient) and provide her expert professional opinion. She will also undertake surgery for children; extractions, frenectomy, orthodontic extractions and exposures.

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