Pediatric Dentistry

The Division of Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive and preventive oral health care for infants, children, teens and patients with special needs. We treat more than 5,000 pediatric patients and complete approximately 1,000 dental surgery procedures each year. For more than 40 years, our division has focused on the care of patients who have medical conditions that prevent them from receiving care in the conventional private-practice dental setting.

We provide ongoing dental care or will create a dental care plan for your child to use with your community pediatric dentist. We also provide comprehensive oral health care for children being treated at Lurie Children’s, including orthodontic services for qualifying patients. 

Our dentists have the training, experience and properly equipped facility (operating room) to safely provide general anesthesia or sedation for anxious children and kids with disabilities, even those whom other dental offices could not treat. We operate a sedation clinic for patients who require sedation during dental procedures. We have many satisfied families who are grateful that their child has found a dental home.

Approach

Lurie Children’s provides a child-centered environment and care that focuses on total health and prevention. Our pediatric dentists always provide the attention, time and compassion that your child deserves.

Our dental services include:

• Infant oral healthcare
• Oral healthcare for special-needs patients
• Treatment of advanced, complex dental disease under general anesthesia
• Restorative dentistry, including using white crowns on front (anterior) teeth
• Dental emergency care

Our oral and maxillofacial surgery services include:

• Pediatric oral and maxiollofacial surgery
• Craniofacial Anomalies
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Corrective jaw surgery
• Facial trauma​

We believe in family-centered care. Our team allows families to take part in their child’s dental experience, both in our dental office and as an active partner in planning the child’s oral healthcare.

Our dentists also conduct cutting-edge research of dental materials, such as use of probiotics to prevent tooth decay, especially in children at high risk for cavities.