We took my 5 year old daughter to the dentist my husband and I go to and she had a very bad experience so they recommended Dentistry For Children. We were able to see Dr. Carolyn the next day. My daughter did much better. The most helpful thing is they have a TV on the ceiling that is playing cartoons that I wouldn't normally allow her to watch all the time at home like Scooby Do. So it was like a great treat to her and kept her very distracted. They give the child a choice of scents for the ""happy gas"" and call the mask for it a kitty cat nose and they call the suction thing Mr. Thirsty, which helped put my daughter at ease. They also showed her all of the tools and what they would do with them before they started working on her teeth. The waiting room is clean and has a fun atmosphere for kids. The office is modern and clean and decorated with children's artwork and bright colors. Because my daughter is small, they used a giant stuffed animal under my daughters knees to help her be more comfortable and positioned correctly in the chair. They work fast too.\r
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The thing I didn't like was how they treated me, the parent. They lectured me about how to brush her teeth and why and when and where, etc. It's one thing to educate a parent on brushing a child's teeth, but they were just plain rude about it. I have been doing the best I can. She can be very uncooperative during teeth brushing to the point that I was having to hold her down and pry her mouth open to brush. But they didn't want to hear it, they just wanted to give me a guilt trip and the bill.
Pros: TV on the ceiling, fun atmosphere for kids, they were great with my daughter, they work quickly, make sure all of your questions are answered
Cons: Although Dr. Carolyn and the assistant were kind and friendly toward my daughter, they were not so nice to me.
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