Find a Pediatric Dentist

When you find a great pediatric dentist, you know that your child will receive exactly the right oral health care at every stage of growing up. Pediatric dentistry, a recognized specialty of the American Dental Association, requires two to three years of specialty study after regular dental school. These dentists care for the oral health of infants, children, and adolescents. Recognizing that a beautiful, healthy smile plays an important part in a developing child's life, the pediatric dentist can catch early problems as teeth emerge when your child is an infant and will educate you and your child at every stage on proper brushing, whitening, and the best diet choices for healthy teeth.

To find a good practitioner, you can ask family members and friends for recommendations. Family doctors and pharmacists may also be able to refer you to local pediatric dentists. In addition, several online sites make it convenient to search for pediatric dentists by zip code or by city and state. Some sites allow you to select a designated mile radius for the search. When looking for the right dentist, note locations and office hours for the offices in your area. Find out about policies on appointments, payments, and emergency or after-hours care at each location. If possible, visit more than one office to find the right fit for you and your child.

aapd.org

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry provides a user-friendly directory of pediatric dentists. Enter your zip code and search mile radius for a list of pediatric dentists in your selected area, including links to maps for each. The Academy also makes available lots of reliable, up-to-date information on children's dental health, including the reasons water should be in that sipper cup for your baby and how to keep your child brushing.
http://www.aapd.org/finddentist/

dentists4kids.com

A group of professional pediatric dentists has put together an attractive, easy-to-navigate informational site along with a directory for finding pediatric dentists by zip code or city and state. You can also indicate a mile radius for your search. The resulting list provides the name, address, phone numbers, and number of miles for each entry. You can find information on many dental topics and the site encourages parents to download and print fun motivational charts for tracking their child's dental care.
http://www.dentists4kids.com/

healthgrades.com

HealthGrades first displays a list of states and cities for which they have limited listings of pediatric dentists. Click on a city to find site listings of dentist names and addresses and any ratings that users have entered. You can narrow the search by dentist name, gender, specialty, disease or condition, or location. Some entries have links to ratings reports. Some states have no listings on this site.
http://www.healthgrades.com/local-doctors-directory/by-specialty/pediatric-dentistry