{"id":450,"date":"2026-09-23T05:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse360care.com\/BrightDental\/dental-services\/kids-dentistry\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T05:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:22:14","slug":"kids-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"bcd_service","link":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/BrightDental\/dental-services\/kids-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Dentistry (Pedodontics)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A child&#8217;s first dental visit should ideally be a happy one with nothing done at all \u2014 a ride in the chair, a count of the teeth, a sticker. Children who meet a dentist before they are in pain grow into adults who do not avoid dentists, and that is worth far more than any single filling.<\/p>\n<p>We treat milk teeth seriously. &#8220;They are going to fall out anyway&#8221; is the advice that leads to abscesses, disturbed sleep, missed school and permanent teeth erupting crooked because the milk tooth that was supposed to hold the space was lost too early.<\/p>\n<h3>What we do for children<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fluoride application<\/strong> \u2014 strengthens enamel against decay, done in minutes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pit and fissure sealants<\/strong> \u2014 a thin coating that seals the deep grooves of the back teeth where decay almost always starts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Milk tooth fillings and pulpectomy<\/strong> \u2014 treating decay before it becomes an abscess.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space maintainers<\/strong> \u2014 holding the gap when a milk tooth is lost early so the permanent tooth has room.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habit counselling<\/strong> \u2014 thumb sucking, mouth breathing and tongue thrusting, all of which push the front teeth forward if left unaddressed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tx-excerpt\">Check-ups, fluoride application, pit-and-fissure sealants, milk-tooth fillings and habit counselling \u2014 in a clinic where children are given time rather than rushed.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":80,"template":"","class_list":["post-450","bcd_service","type-bcd_service","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/BrightDental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bcd_service\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/BrightDental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bcd_service"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/BrightDental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bcd_service"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/BrightDental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}