Mineral treatment with fluoride treatments is a safe, effective way to help kids protect their smiles from cavities. Our Schaumburg pediatric dentists often recommend including fluoride treatments and dental sealants in each child's preventive dental visits as a comprehensive approach to protecting their smiles. Fluoride acts as a shield for the tooth’s outer enamel and can even help reverse early dental decay.

ABC Dentistry & Orthodontics uses Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) as a non-invasive dental treatment used to prevent cavities, reduce cavity growth and maintain healthy smiles. SDF uses silver, water, and fluoride to offer to help fight the bacteria that breaks down the surface of the teeth, offering a safe, effective treatment to protect smiles at all ages.

Dental sealants are thin coats of plastic placed onto the back teeth to protect their deep grooves and depressions from accumulating the bacteria and food particles that cause cavities. Protective sealants are typically applied to each child's back teeth, premolars and molars, and providing protective effects designed to last for several years.

Your child might need a space maintainer if they lose a tooth early or have a baby tooth extracted. Our office provides custom-crafted space maintainers to keep the space where the baby tooth was lost, providing a space for the permanent tooth to come into place. Early orthodontic treatment with a space maintainer can help prevent more intensive orthodontic treatment later in life.

At ABC Dentistry & Orthodontics, treating small cavities for kids will typically involve the use of discreet, effective tooth-colored fillings.

A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cover designed to restore a chipped, cracked, or otherwise damaged tooth by restoring its shape and functionality. Our pediatric dental team may recommend a dental crown for your child’s tooth if it has a large cavity, was broken or chipped due to trauma, or if the tooth hasn’t developed correctly.

Sometimes, a gentle tooth extraction is needed when a tooth experiences extreme decay and cannot be saved. We may also recommend removing a tooth that is severely fractured or crowding other teeth. Our pediatric dental team will ensure your child's comfort throughout the oral surgery process.

Does your child suck their thumb or use a pacifier? Has early tooth loss made it so that their bite is changing? Early bite assessments at ABC Dentistry & Orthodontics allow us to help your child avoid bite complications, such as impacted teeth, crossbites, or overbites. Even better, early interceptive orthodontics can prevent the need to wear braces for an extended period of time during your child's adolescent years.

At ABC Dentistry, our skilled pediatric dentists offer a wide selection of orthodontic appliances, including expanders, habit appliances, and braces. Your child's dentist will take a customized approach to determine the best interceptive orthodontic treatment for their needs!

If your child’s tooth suffers a large cavity, the bacteria can damage the pulp inside the tooth, causing pain and even infection or inflammation. To treat it, our kids' dental team may recommend a pulpotomy. Instead of removing the entire tooth, a pulpotomy involves our team placing medicated filling into the pulp chamber to restore its health.

For our patients who are involved in any type of sports, we recommend wearing a custom-fitted mouth guard is one of your best pieces of insurance. Sports guards are designed protect the teeth from damage while keeping concussions at bay.

Does your child always look forward to their dental goodie bag? ABC Dentistry & Orthodontics now includes PRO-SYS tapered toothbrushes in our take-home bags! PRO-SYS toothbrushes earned the coveted Seal of Acceptance from the ADA, and have aseptic handles that harbor less bacteria than conventional toothbrushes. Plus, with every PRO-SYS toothbrush purchased, the company donates a toothbrush to a child in need through its nonprofit partners.