At Smiles, special health care needs dentistry goes beyond excellent clinical expertise. It revolves around cultivating a sense of deep safety, building bonds of trust and fostering empathy, compassion and kindness. As an inclusive pediatric dental home, our goal is to make every visit a positive and empowering step towards optimal oral health. By collaborating closely with parents and support groups, and offering mindful, adaptive care accommodations, dental experiences can be softened and tailored to each of our special friends’ needs.
Special Health Care Needs Dentistry ·
Special Health Care Needs Dentistry ·
Special Health Care Needs Dentistry ·
Special Health Care Needs Dentistry ·
Special Health Care Needs Dentistry ·
Special Health Care Needs Dentistry defined:
Special needs dentistry, also known as Special Health Care Needs Dentistry, focuses on providing comprehensive dental care to individuals who require additional accommodations and special attention due to physical, developmental, behavioral, or medical conditions. This group includes children, adolescents and adults who are under the care of a caregiver.
Special care for special smiles:
We believe that open hearts lead to open conversations. Understanding the specifics of your child’s needs before their visit will help you and our team plan for a smooth interaction. A pre-appointment phone call will allow us better understanding of what preparations are helpful in creating a welcoming environment for your child. We invite you to bring any supportive toys or devices that your child enjoys, including their favorite toothbrush and familiar toothpaste.
Special services for special families:
It all starts with a tailored plan that fits your child’s specific needs. Individual plans are built with mindful consideration of your family’s lifestyle and routines. Many of our special friends benefit from more frequent visits to promote a bond of trust and familiarity with the dental experience. Oral hygiene education and facilitation are a major part of these visits. Cleanings and images can be comfortably introduced with a parent’s assistance. Preventative services such as fluoride and silver diamine fluoride remineralizing therapies are also achievable. Gentle restorative procedures can be completed with our Solea Laser unit and sedation options are available for more involved care.
Sedation Suite:
Special health care needs include physical, developmental, mental, sensory, behavioral, cognitive or emotional conditions that require specialized approaches to ensure comfort and well-being. Part of these approaches is facilitating necessary care with safe and effective sedation options. Ranging from minimal sedation with nitrous oxide to oral sedation and deep sedation or general anesthesia, our sedation solutions ensure that excellent dental care is paired with a gentle and compassionate approach.
The role of parents and caregivers:
Dental health care for children with special needs requires specialized knowledge as well as awareness and attention, adaptation and accommodative measures beyond what are considered routine. A supportive team is essential when caring for a child with special health care needs. Please consider us your partners when it comes to your child’s oral and dental wellness. We are happy to collaborate with other providers that help care for your child such as caregivers, healthcare professionals and of course, with you.
The Circle of Special Health Care Needs:
The Smiles approach to Special Needs Dentistry:
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Enhanced Communication: We engage parents and caregivers in discussions to gain insights on each child’s uniqueness. Using simple language, visual aids, or augmentative communication devices can help kids with special needs interact with our team.
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Behavioral Encouragement Techniques: Introduction and desensitization visits to build trust, familiarize kids with our dental home and foster positive reinforcement and cooperation.
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Adapted Office Environment: Our office is a street level, free standing building with available parking and a wheelchair ramp. Our space was entirely renovated according to the American Act of Disability (ADA) guidelines.
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Sensory-friendly options, quite rooms and colored or dim lighting is readily available.
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Specialized Training: Board-Certifed pediatric dental care in a State-of-the-art facility.
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Collaboration with Other Professionals: We collaborate closely with physicians, therapists, and social workers to provide comprehensive care.
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Enhanced Communication: We engage parents and caregivers in discussions to gain insights on each child’s uniqueness. Using simple language, visual aids, or augmentative communication devices can help kids with special needs interact with our team.
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Behavioral Encouragement Techniques: Introduction and desensitization visits to build trust, familiarize kids with our dental home and foster positive reinforcement and cooperation.
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Adapted Office Environment: Our office is a street level, free standing building with available parking and a wheelchair ramp. Our space was entirely renovated according to the American Act of Disability (ADA) guidelines.
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Sensory-friendly options, quite rooms and colored or dim lighting is readily available.
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Specialized Training: Board-Certifed pediatric dental care in a State-of-the-art facility.
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Collaboration with Other Professionals: We collaborate closely with physicians, therapists, and social workers to provide comprehensive care.
FAQs for Special Health Care Needs Dentistry:
What should I expect for my special needs child’s dental visit?
Allow us to preplan the visit together through a phone call. This way we can all be well prepared to care for your child with trust and comfort. Please share with us your best strategies to help your child relax. Bring along any emotional support objects that your child enjoys. Using our gentle behavioral techniques, we will softly explain and demonstrate how we complete a dental exam and what a dental cleaning is like. The visit moves in small steps and is segmented to allow your child periods of rest and recuperation as they steadily move forward in continued strides.
What adaptive care techniques are available?
With a goal of achieving comfort, we are happy to tailor visits to what best suits your child. The dental environment is full of sensory stimuli. If light, noise levels or textures need to be adjusted, we will plan on doing so. The time of day that your child comes in is also an important factor. Please let us know about your child’s sleep and nap pattern so that we can pair them with a time that ensures freshness and cooperation.
How can I prepare my special needs child for their dental visit?
Healthy oral habits certainly lead to dental well-being but they also help familiarize your child with routine oral care. When you are consistent with brushing your child’s teeth, you will help them to feel relaxed and safe when we complete an oral exam and cleaning. Please bring along any emotional support toys that your child enjoys. Reading books about going to the dentist and sharing our office videos will be helpful in preparing your child for an excellent experience.
Eight teeth done with just a little “happy air” inhalation sedation—no anesthesia needed! Thanks to the gentle Solea laser, the visit was quick, comfortable, and even relaxing! That’s the Smiles Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics difference.” 💛✨
Smiles Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics — Where gentle care meets happy smiles! 😊🦷
Ready to see the difference for your child? Contact us today.
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💛 Tooth extractions for toddlers are rare, but sometimes necessary to bring relief from pain. This sweet 2-year-old was experiencing facial swelling, fever and severe discomfort, and after discussing every possible option, her devoted parents made the difficult decision to remove the tooth. Their next question was heartfelt:
"Can you give her a solution so she’s not without a tooth for her second birthday?"
🦷 Dr. Reem and her amazing team stepped in with compassion and cutting-edge digital dentistry technology, creating a gentle, child-centered solution to restore her smile just in time for her big day.
📖 Read her full story and video:
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💛 Has your little one ever faced early tooth loss? 🦷✨ Share your experience or questions below – your story could help other parents feel supported and informed.
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USC Pediatric dental residents joined Dr. Reem founder, educator, and USC Adjunct Professor, for a hands-on learning experience in our West LA office. After spending the day learning gentle pediatric care and how to create positive dental visits for children, Dr. Reem shared a special tradition—giving out coins for the surprise toy machine! 🪙🎁
It was pure joy watching their faces light up as they collected their little treasures. Moments like these remind us that dentistry isn’t just about teeth—it’s about warmth, connection, and making every experience a happy one. 💕
Want to see how kindness and gentle care make a difference in children’s smiles? Contact us today to schedule a visit or learn more about our pediatric dental approach. We’re here to support your west los angeles families every step of the way! 💛
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ny Smile, Big Solution: How 3D Printing Helped Restore a Toddler’s Front Tooth🦷😃✨️
Dr. Reem Kabbarah, Founder, Educator, and Pediatric Digital Innovator, believes that true healing happens when care is guided with heart 💖 and technology Recently, a sweet 2-year-old girl came to the office with a dental infection after falling and traumatizing her front tooth Her parents were understandably heartbroken—not just worried about her smile but deeply concerned about her confidence, comfort, and joy. Traditional replacements for toddlers in pediatric dentistry are often too invasive, bulky, and not designed with a child’s emotional and physical needs in mind. So Dr. Reem and her team took a different approach. Using digital scanning, CAD design, and SprintRay 3D printing dentistry, they created a custom, no-prep pediatric restoration cantilever bridge—delicate, biocompatible, and completely metal-free. The little patient was seen in her parent’s lap the entire time. Gentle care, precision, and a bit of 3D magic ✨. They restored her smile—and with it, her spirit. This wasn’t just about a tooth. It was about restoring confidence, comfort, and connection during a critical moment in a child’s development. 💫The full story is now live on the blog! If you’re a parent navigating a toddler missing front tooth, pediatric tooth trauma, or early childhood tooth loss, or a provider seeking a gentler way forward, Dr. Reem’s experience shows that the future is here—and it’s guided with heart and technology.
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At Smiles Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics located in the heart West Los Angeles, our orthodontic team crafts custom treatment plans to give teens their best, most confident smile — efficiently and comfortably.
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