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Brightside Children's dentistry

Children's dentistry,
and one trip.

Kids are seen from the first tooth onward, and they can be booked alongside your own appointment so the household makes one trip instead of three.

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What it is

A first visit is mostly questions and a ride in the chair.

For a young child the first appointment is a count, a look, and getting used to the room. There is no expectation that they open wide on day one. What matters is that the next thirty years of dental visits start somewhere unremarkable.

  • Their first tooth has come through
  • They are due for a checkup and clean
  • A tooth was knocked or chipped at sport
  • You have noticed a dark spot on a baby tooth
  • They are anxious about dentists and you want it handled gently
  • Their adult teeth are coming in crowded

What the visit is like

How a child's appointment runs.

  1. They meet the room firstChair up, no instruments, a look at what everything does. Most of the fear is unfamiliarity and it costs nothing to remove it.
  2. Count, look, cleanA gentle exam, a polish, and fluoride varnish where it is useful. X-rays only if there is a reason.
  3. You hear it in plain languageAnything worth watching gets explained to you, and to them, without the word 'drill' doing any heavy lifting.
  4. Booked with your visitSay when you call that you want them alongside your appointment and we will try to line them up.

Cost and coverage

You should never be surprised by a bill.

Every plan arrives with the fee beside each line and the insurance estimate beside that, before you agree to anything. We submit to your plan directly where it allows it, and we are set up for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

Fees for this are quoted in writing after an exam, per tooth and per surface. Nobody can price it accurately from a website or over the phone.

Common questions

Asked on the phone most weeks.

How young is too young for a first visit?
Not too young from the first tooth. Early visits are short and mostly about familiarity, which is the point.
My child is frightened of the dentist. What do you do differently?
We go slower and we let them stop. They can raise a hand and everything pauses. For longer treatment there are sedation options we can talk through, and for some children that is the right call.
Do baby teeth really need fillings?
Sometimes, yes. A baby tooth holds the space for the adult tooth behind it, and losing one early can move everything around it. We will tell you plainly when a filling is worth doing and when watching it is fine.

Booking

Say what it is when you call.

If it is pain, say that -- it changes how the day gets arranged. If it is a checkup for three people, say that too and we will try to put you in one morning.

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