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Helping Children with Dental Anxiety — Teaneck, New Jersey and Flushing, Queens, and Bronx, New York Dentist Barry Jacobson
Many children suffer from dental anxiety. In some cases, the anxiety is so great that a child is simply unable to receive dental care. As so many parents have already learned, our pediatric dentistry professional, Dr. Barry Jacobson, has the special ability to make dental care fun, not fearful. With the personality and character to make children laugh, even in the face of initial anxiety — and offices that make a dental visit feel more like a fun outing — Dr. Jacobson is ideally suited to help your child overcome dental anxiety. With offices in Teaneck, New Jersey and Flushing, Queens, and Bronx, New York, our friendly, caring staff is here to help ensure that your child receives exceptional dental care.
For children to overcome dental anxiety takes the right kind of dentist, the right kind of environment, and some special steps taken by parents. To learn more about our services, and how to help your child overcome dental anxiety, contact our practice with offices in Teaneck, New Jersey and Flushing, Queens, and Bronx, New York.
Creating a Positive Frame of Mind — Steps Parents Can Take to Reduce Childhood Dental Anxiety
A key step in helping a child overcome dental anxiety is to frame the entire experience not as a negative, but as a positive. Children very easily pick up on cues from adults and, regardless of other steps taken, if a parent is outwardly fearful of dental visits, then the child likely will be as well. If you have some form of dental anxiety, or simply have a hard time presenting the image of the dentist as being a fun place to be, you may want to consider sending your spouse or another family member. At our practice, both parents and staff work together to provide children with a fun and positive dental experience.
Creating a Fun Atmosphere
The demeanor of our staff and the office environment we maintain help to provide kids with a fun, stress-free experience. Whether kids are watching Dr. Jacobson perform magic tricks, playing with video games or toys in the waiting room, or watching TV during their dental treatment, we are dedicated to doing what other dentists sometimes cannot: Help children with dental anxiety think about dentistry in a positive way. At each of our offices in Teaneck, New Jersey and Flushing, Queens, and Bronx, New York, our staff is proud to help kids receive the dental care they need.
Laser Dentistry — Making Dentistry Less Frightening
With laser dentistry, our practice can now frequently altogether avoid the use of dental drills and local anesthesia. As a pioneer in laser dentistry for children, Dr. Jacobson uses the advanced Waterlase® laser system to provide treatment that is virtually painless. Parents are simply overjoyed when, much to their amazement, their child is able to sit and relax while undergoing dental treatment. This is the power of laser dentistry. At our practice serving Teaneck, New Jersey and Flushing, Queens, and Bronx, New York, dental anxiety can be resolved through these laser dentistry benefits:
- Procedures performed in minutes, instead of hours
- Painless laser treatment replaces dental drilling
- No period of numbness
- More precise procedures with reduced pain after treatment
Dr. Jacobson has found laser treatment so beneficial in pediatric dentistry that he now provides lectures to other dental professional around the country to educate them on its benefits.
Contact Dr. Barry Jacobson's Dentistry for Children
If you would like to learn more about resolving your child's dental anxiety, contact our practice serving Teaneck, New Jersey and Flushing, Queens, and Bronx, New York today.