OFFICE POLICIES

We attempt to schedule appointments at your convenience and when time is available. We prefer to schedule children under seven years of age and children with special needs during the morning hours for their comfort; school-aged children who require extensive treatment also do best having morning appointments.

Like physician visits, dental appointments are an excused absence from school and we will be happy to provide your child with an excuse note to take back to school. Missing school can be kept to a minimum when regular dental care is continued.

Appointed times are reserved exclusively for each patient and we ask that you please notify our office 24 hours in advance if you need to reschedule your appointment; we can use the availale time to treat another patient who needs our care.

We make every effort to be an on time office, and as a courtesy to us and our other patients, we ask that you arrive on time for your appointments. We realize that unexpected things can happen but we ask for your assistance so that we can provide the same quality experience for everyone.

We invite you to stay with your child during the initial examination. During future appointments we suggest, however, you allow your child to accompany our staff through the dental experience. We can usually establish a closer rapport with your child when a parent or guardian is not present. Our purpose in this practice is to gain your child's confidence and to minimize your child's apprehension. If you choose, however, you may come with your child to the treatment room. For the safety and privacy of all patients, other children who are not being treated should remain in the reception area with a supervising adult.