Rocklin Pediatric Dentistry
Leading Care for Lasting Smiles
Smile Island is dedicated to bringing the best care in the field to our amazing patient family.
We believe that all smiles are magic, and our skilled pediatric dentists have the tools to bring out the magic in your child’s smile today.
Pediatric Dental Care Matters
Every stage of your child’s development requires something a little bit different when it comes to dental care, but each stage is critically important, too. We’re proud to offer leading care for each stage of development, including:
- Infant care for ages 1 - 2
- Early childhood preventive dentistry
- Pediatric dentistry for teens
Smile Island is proud to bring over 50 years of experience to your child’s care.
Dental Care for Your Baby
Your baby deserves the best, and it doesn’t get better than a board-certified pediatric dental specialist. Our specialists recommend seeing your baby by their first tooth or first birthday — whichever comes first!
This appointment is the best thing you can do for your baby to prevent cavities for the rest of their life.
Benefits of Infant Dental Care Visits
You may be wondering how this one appointment — your baby’s first dental visit — can be so important.
Let’s take a look at the advantages of your child seeing a dentist before their first birthday:
- Establishing a dental home: Finding the right, regular care for your child will help curb any fears about going to the dentist
- Teaching your child the importance of oral health: Establishing and continuing preventive care and education from an early age can lead to a lifetime of healthy smiles (and even no cavities)
- Making oral hygiene fun: Demonstrating fun and effective ways to brush your baby’s teeth will help your child buy into healthy, lifelong habits
- Feeling more confident: Learning the tools you need to keep your baby healthy will reduce stress and help you feel more confident as a parent
- Learning about teething and pacifiers: Knowing the ins and outs of what to do when your child is teething and when to let go of the pacifier can minimize stress and prevent potential alignment problems down the road
- Feeding and nutrition tips: Discovering the right steps — and even hacks — to help nourish your child at every stage of development can make breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and eating solid foods a cinch
What to Expect at Your Child's First Visit
We recommend both mom and dad come to their baby’s first visit. Our doctor will:
- Examine your baby’s teeth
- Make sure teeth are erupting in the right order
- Give valuable information on infant oral care and proper nutrition
- Check for decay
- Screen all the oral tissues for diseases
- Determine proper jaw development
Ask about our free new patient exam offer for new patients under three years old.
Early Childhood Care
& Prevention
At Smile Island, we believe that prevention truly is the best cure — and that taking care of your teeth to prevent cavities and other problems begins in early childhood.
Pediatric Preventive Dentistry
Pediatric preventative dentistry involves a combination of routine checkups and good habit development, with the goal of maintaining oral wellness. This should include regular oral checkups, typically every six months.
Routine X-rays and professional teeth cleaning can also be a part of preventive dental care. The X-rays can evaluate the development of both baby teeth and adult teeth. They can also help our dentists to determine whether your child will benefit from orthodontic options.
Learning how to brush and floss correctly should be a part of a healthy, preventative dental routine.
Benefits of Preventive Dentistry
Establishing and maintaining a routine that emphasizes preventive dentistry offers a great number of benefits for both children and parents.
Perhaps the best benefit is that preventive dentistry helps to promote healthy oral hygiene habits that include twice a day brushing and flossing.
The early identification of potential dental concerns can help to minimize the treatment needed — and, of course, minimize costs.
Preventive Care for Children Vs. Adults
These pediatric preventive treatments are quite similar to preventive dental treatments that adults should consider.
The key difference is that extractions, fillings, and some minor oral surgeries can also be considered preventive in children, whereas they are typically restorative treatments for adults.
Your Teen‘s Teeth
At Smile Island, your teen will enjoy a comfortable and trusting dental home where our doctors and staff understand their unique needs.
Of course, our doctors are expertly trained to comprehensively examine your teen’s facial growth and tooth placement to:
- Provide nutritional counseling
- Perform preventive procedures
- Help determine a need for orthodontic treatment
- Prescribe necessary behavior modifications
- Advise on hygiene aids
But your teen may be just as interested in the entertainment options we offer at our office, including digital satellite television with hundreds of channels to choose from, personal headphones in every room, and a video game room where they can relax after a hard day at school.
Why Is Preventive Dental Care for Teens Important?
As teens enter early adulthood, they’re faced with new risk factors for the development of tooth decay.
Preventing cavities in these young adults is very important to the doctors and staff at Smile Island. It’s also super beneficial to the long-term health and well-being of your teen.
We hope to motivate teens to think more about their overall health by teaching them the importance of good dental hygiene and better diet choices.
