
Dr. Suma Venugopal
GDC- 211349
Dr. Suma Venugopal has experience in hospital, general, and community dentistry, treating both children and adults in all aspects of general dentistry. She has developed a real interest in treating children and she enjoys getting to know her patients and putting them at ease.

You will need to attend the first consultation with your child for a full assessment and treatment planning. For the first visit, please only attend with the child being seen, and both parents must attend at this consultation stage.
Tooth Decay
Prevention is the key to oral health. Helping kids to have healthy teeth is our main goal as children’s dentists and instill positive oral care habits in children that will serve them well throughout their lives. By focusing on early intervention and education, we aim to equip young patients with the knowledge and tools necessary to maintain a healthy dentition from childhood through adulthood.
Dr. Venugopal‘s Advice
For children who feel nervous about visiting the dentist, our highly experienced dental professionals provide a reassuring and gentle touch. Your child will be treated with the utmost care, ensuring a comfortable and supportive experience every step of the way.
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 have a profound impact on the development of your Child’s adult teeth.
Extraction of teeth at a young age can create an imbalance, causing the adult set of teeth to come through in a ‘crooked’ manner. Your dentist may also refer your child to an experienced dentist in order to avoid treatment under a general anesthetic (as this carries great risk to your Child’s general well-being).
The dentist can occasionally “win” your child over, build up their confidence, and alleviate their anxiety; thus on many occasions, General Anaesthesia can be avoided.

It is always worth exploring this route! For those children requiring difficult treatment or who have a fear of dentistry, the dentist can use sedation- sometimes referred to as “twilight sleep “ or “Happy Gas”.
This is a safe, short-acting, and efficient way to relieve anxiety in a child. The aim is to provide gentle and pain-free treatment and build up a positive attitude towards dentistry.