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247 East Palmdale Boulevard Suite B
Palmdale, CA
93550
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Excerpt from A Reason to Smile
“On a personal level, the evolution of my practice has been rather significant. When I started treating children more than two decades ago, the training I had was based on the principle that I should keep parents away from the child and establish myself as the authority figure to the child. With the parents outside of the treatment room, making me the sole authority figure, I would then make the child comply with my instructions during dental treatment. This standard treatment method never resonated with me. Instead I began to develop a new approach to children’s dentistry born out of compassion for children and my empathy towards them based on my own unpleasant dental experiences as a child. My honed approach is what I use today at my practice in Palmdale, California.
After many years of searching, education and trial and error, today I operate in a completely different way. This new approach revolves around giving all of the power back to the child(Empower the Child). I take the time to educate every child about dental health. I use a story called “A Bug Named Yuk” to introduce the concept of oral bacteria and the importance of oral hygiene. I then talk to the child and describe the condition of their teeth using age appropriate methods and terminology, before telling them what I would do to fix their dental problem(Educate and Explain). The child and I discuss what the can do to stop the “bugs” from coming back and at that point, I ask permission to fix their teeth(Free Choice).
The time spent in communication directly with the child (and not the parent) build trust in me. I can tell you that almost always children make the right decision and ask me to fix their cavities.”