Plover Pediatric Dentistry

10/06/2025

Skies were blue, the air was crisp, over 200 children laced up their shoes, and the the smell of Bethesda Bagels filled the air for the Cabin John Kids Run

Plover joined sponsoring Bethesda Bagels this year. As Bethesda Bagel gears to open Monday, we're excited to welcome them to the Cabin John Mall community. Thank you to for your generous support of the children's run this year!! To Mayra, race director and organizer and all the kind race volunteers who made this event possible. It was also wonderful to run aside our little patients!!

This year our two year old joined the run and it was a great morning of running and bagels.

10/01/2025

Two years ago we said "see you later" not "goodbye" to Kim who was our front desk receptionist who left our office and started her hygiene masters program at University of Maryland.

Two years later now, we are excited and so proud to welcome back Kim, RDH to the Plover team. Kim will be joining the team as our hygienist!

Welcome back.

Kim is dedicated to building positive relationships and fostering an environment where patients feel comfortable, informed, and confident in their dental care. She speaks conversational Vietnamese, enjoys working with patients of all ages, and has a special passion for working with children.

09/12/2025

Join us at for their monthly movie night. Stop by and say hi for free popcorn and a fun dental fact!

09/12/2025

Thank you to all the families that stopped by! We had so much fun (in the sun!!) hosting Children's Day with . We hope everyone had a great time even through the heat.
We want to say a big thank you again to all the vendors and businesses that were able to participate and make this event possible. Big thank you to the Rockville Fire Department 33 as well!

Thank you to:
East West Tae Kwon Do
My Gym
Dov and Company
STEM school
Pink Moon Moms
Harmony Psychology
Pet Connect pet adoption

06/24/2025

We loved seeing the kids from East West Tae Kwon Do () and helping them keep their teeth, body and mind healthy! 🦷🪥🥋

Contact us to inquire about education visit

06/08/2025

Beta testing with our toy department! Human body and xray toys are rolling out in our front waiting room. She gives two thumbs up. All we heard was “WOW!”

06/07/2025

"Popcorn" by Frank Asch was always one of Dr. Alvarez' favorite books growing up. We still have his childhood copy in our house that we read to our kids.

One Halloween night Sam invites all his friends to his house for a costume party while his parents are away. Everyone brings popcorn and soon enough the house is overflowing with tasty popcorn. What will they do?

Nostalgic childhood memories connect this timeless book to the present-Plover hosting popcorn at Cabin John movie nights with our community!

Here's our team at the "Despicable Me 4" movie and like Sam Bear's friends, bringing popcorn to the party!

05/20/2025

05/09/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to our Plover Moms! From our heart to you. Our whole team came together to create a mini care package for our superhero mommies! You are seen and appreciated! We see you taking your meeting calls and bringing your kids in for their dental appointments, we see you dashing off for pick ups, we see you volunteering your time with our local PTAs and community organizations, we see you moms who are working 24-7 as stay at home moms, doing the doctors appointments, making the doctors appointments, and juggling it ALL! Thanks so much for your commitment to whole child health-dental and whole body! We know it takes a village and happy to be part of yours!!

05/02/2025

Why what we do what makes us happy.

We received an email from one of our families who moved away today and so very moved by the caring message we received. Maybe a tear was shed too.

Our relationships with our patients and families are why we do what we do. Truly engaging with our community and patients are so meaningful, fulfilling, and uplifting to us and our team at Plover!

04/28/2025

There’s actually a great book called “More Chocolate, No Cavities” written by pediatric dentist with real practical tips for parents. Being parents of a 4 and 1 year old, we opt for chocolate not crackers! Here’s our little loving her chocolatey treat basking in some springtime fun!

04/04/2025

We learned and shared so much from our lunch with Dr. Sharon Huang PhD who is a child psychologist and school psychologist. We talked about Executive Functions which are the mental skills that help us get things done like toothbrushing or dental appointments. We really better understood the role executive skills play in healthy development to help kids become self reliant adults. Doing homework, getting ready for school in the morning, time management-there are so many life skills that children are developing and we're here to support children and families and meeting passionate specialists help enrich our knowledge and understanding. We welcome Dr. Sharon Huang to the local Cabin John community who opened her doors to Harmony Psychological Services. Thank you so much for introducing us some great reads about executive function from Peg Dawson "Smart but Scattered Kids." As parents and pediatric providers, we really loved learning more about child development and executive function skills which are big passions of Dr. Kim and Dr. Alvarez.