Children’s Dentistry

CHILDRENS DENTISTRY

Your child’s initial visit should be at age 3.

Our goal is to not only deliver the best dental care, but to develop a non apprehensive dental patient. Both parent and child are educated so habits and practices can be developed for a lifetime of optimal dental health. Our six month recall system for children is essential to deliver care at the appropriate time and reinforcement of good dental health practices. One of the most critical aspects of children’s dentistry is space management of the erupting teeth and referral to the most competent orthodontists in the area. Children can have different bite problems which dictate when they need to be treated. Some children with skeletal growth problems require care as early as age six. Late diagnosis can seriously affect outcome and lead to significant future dental problems and treatment.  Some children with simple dental malocclusions can be treated at age 11-13 when the primary teeth are lost. Dr. Jaksa feels that selection of the best orthodontist is one of the most important dental decisions for your child’s dental health that you will make.  Excellence in orthodontics will lead to optimum dental health, where poor orthodontics can lead to a compromised result with a lifetime of dental problems. Dr. Jaksa has the experience in this dental community to refer your child the appropriate time to the area’s most competent orthodontists.  Poor children’s dentistry may lead to future dental problems, TMJ problems, and facial muscle problems and resulting breakdown of the adult dentition and tooth loss.
 

Email us: staff@ladpa.com