Toothbeary dental dractice services
The practice is limited to promoting oral health of the child patient, meaning between birth and the 18th birthday; similar to paediatric health care providers.
services include:
examinations and consultations on:
- all oral structures; (soft tissues, soft tissue functions, normal and abnormal dental structures, saliva properties)
- genetic and developmental deviations in the oral cavity
- occlusal development
- personal behavioural issues (oral habits like tooth grinding, facial tics, oral hygiene, diet)
- behavioural management (fear management, gagging, pre-cooperative developmental stages)
counselling on oral conditions like
- teething problems
- gingivitis
- stomatitis herpetica
- ulcers
Caries Risk Assessment (CRA) and counselling for cavity prone children
- familial risk traits
- Dentition risk factors
- Tooth structure evaluation
- Saliva testing for amount, substance and content
- Bacterial evaluation of oral cavity
- Oral hygiene evaluation
- Diet analysis
dental preventive care
- Diet counselling
- Brushing instructions
- Professional tooth cleaning
- Periodontal screening
- Fluoride treatments
- Fissure sealants
- Preventive resin restorations
- Administration and prescription of antimicrobial therapeutics
fear reduction for the dentally anxious child
- Behavioural therapy / Desensitization
- Hypnotherapy
pharmacological behaviour management
- Inhalation sedation
- Conscious sedation with oral sedatives in addition to inhalation sedation
- Full mouth dental rehabilitation under general anaesthesia in a hospital setting
restorative therapy for the deciduous and mixed dentition
- Composite fillings for the permanent dentition
- Composite or glassionomer fillings for the deciduous molars
- Stainless steel crowns for deciduous molars
- pre-veneered white stainless steel crowns for all deciduous teeth
- Composite crowns for the deciduous incisors and canines
- Endodontics for the deciduous dentition
- Endodontics for the immature permanent dentition
traumatology for the dentition of the child and adolescent patient
extractions only when utterly unavoidable
interceptive and interventive orthodontics in the young child
- Therapy and counselling for sucking habits
- Minor tooth movements with fixed or removable appliances
- Functional therapy with removable prefabricated appliances
- Space maintenance in the deciduous and mixed dentition with removable or fixed appliances
orthodontics for the adolescent
- Fixed orthodontia with the lingual technique only