Patient Care

The Department of Pediatric Dentistry provides oral health evaluation, education and intervention to children from birth to the age of 16. Our team approach (faculty, residents, students and staff) to patient care is unique and maximizes not only the quality of dental care provided, but also the education of our pediatric dental residents and undergraduate dental students.

We specialize in providing dental care to medically compromised and special needs children as well as otherwise healthy children. We have an established network of specialty colleagues throughout the University Health System that allows us to provide for each patient's unique special needs. The Department has an anesthesia team, comprised of a Dentist Anesthesiologist and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, who work together to provide for the moderate sedation and general anesthesia needs of children unable to tolerate dental procedures due to severe anxiety or other medical conditions. For children who require outpatient anesthesia for dental rehabilitation in a hospital setting, our faculty and residents provide these services in the Ambulatory Care Center of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.

We also have faculty and residents on call 24 hours a day, every day, to meet your child's emergency or trauma dental needs through the Emergency Department of VCU Medical Center.