ServicesPediatric Dentistry
The first appointment has one job, and it is not to fix anything. It is to make sure the child comes back willingly.
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We like to see children around their first birthday, or within six months of the first tooth. At that age there is nothing to do but look, count, and let them sit in the chair while a parent holds them.
Children who meet a dentist before anything hurts grow into adults who go to the dentist. That is the whole point of the early visits.
We explain what we are about to do in words a child understands, show them the instrument first, and stop when they ask us to. Nothing is done by surprise. Parents stay in the room.
When a child is genuinely too anxious or too young to cooperate for the treatment they need, we say so and discuss the alternatives rather than forcing the appointment through.
They hold space for the adult teeth behind them. A baby molar lost early lets the teeth beside it drift into the gap, and the adult tooth arrives to find nowhere to go. A large share of orthodontic crowding starts exactly there.
They also hurt. A child with an abscessed baby tooth is in real pain, and the infection sits directly above the developing permanent tooth.
A short, no-treatment introduction to the clinic, the chair and the team.
Age-appropriate examination, cleaning and fluoride, with brushing coaching.
Protective coatings on new molars, applied with no drilling and no injection.
Tooth-coloured restorations for decay in baby and young permanent teeth.
Small appliances that hold the gap open when a baby tooth is lost too early.
Help with thumb sucking, mouth breathing and tongue posture, which shape the growing jaw.
General and family dentistry
Dr. Alexandra has been the constant at Chaptini Smile Clinic. When the clinic lost its founder she chose to keep it open, and she has treated its patients through every year since. She leads the practice today and still takes her own list.
The full teamBy their first birthday, or within six months of the first tooth appearing. The early visits are short and are mainly about familiarity.
Bring them in for a visit with nothing planned — just sitting in the chair and meeting us. Most fear comes from not knowing what happens. We work at the child's pace and we do not hold children down.
Usually yes. Untreated decay in a baby tooth causes pain, infection near the developing adult tooth, and early tooth loss that leads to crowding later.
Yes, always. Parents are welcome in the room for the whole appointment.
