Diagnostic

• Dental Examination
  A routine dental check-up usually includes teeth cleaning, an oral exam, and annual x-rays. Your child’s pediatric dentist at Golnick Pediatric Dentistry in Taylor or West Bloomfield, MI will keep watch for early signs of tooth decay, gum disease, and other health concerns, and take immediate action if necessary.
• X-rays

Preventive

• Teeth Cleaning
  Regular teeth cleanings and dental checkups are an essential part of a healthy oral care routine. Even with the most diligent at-home teeth care, it is still important for your child to visit the dentist as scheduled.
• Dental Sealants
  Dental sealants are thin, tooth-colored acrylic coatings that are applied to the chewing surfaces of back teeth to protect against decay. It is common practice to paint sealants onto young children’s teeth as each permanent molar erupts, but parents can benefit from the added protection as well.
• Space Maintainers
  Space maintainers are the solution to fill in missing tooth gaps. This orthodontic is crafted to custom-fit your child’s mouth and secure primary teeth in position so permanent teeth can erupt through the gums correctly. Once the underlying permanent tooth is ready to come in, your child’s pediatric dentist will remove the preventative device.

Restorative

• Fillings
• Resin Composite
  Today, dentists have the option of more than just silver amalgam (composed of mercury, silver, zinc, copper, and tin). Teeth can also be restored with porcelain, glass ionomer, gold, or tooth-colored composite resin.
• Crowns
  Dental caps, or dental crowns, are a way to fill in gaps securely if your child has damaged or missing teeth. A tooth cap can also restore mouth function, so your child can bite and chew more easily. Our pediatric dentists at Golnick Pediatric Dentistry in Taylor and West Bloomfield, MI offer handcrafted dental crowns.

Endodontics

• Pulpotomy
  Our root canal specialist in West Bloomfield or Taylor, MI may suggest a pulpotomy if the trauma or decay to your child’s tooth is localized to the tooth crown. Also known as a baby root canal, this type of root canal therapy is typically performed in primary teeth. When a cavity develops deep inside a tooth, either near or into the pulp, the inner tissue becomes inflamed and irritated. A pulpotomy removes the infected pulp chamber, leaving the healthy root intact. Space may be filled with dental cement, and the tooth capped with a restorative dental crown.
• Root Canal Treatment
  If your child has experienced traumatic damage or extensive decay to a primary tooth, it is important to take immediate action; prompt dental care will prevent the spread of infection and restore the integrity of the weakened tooth. After our Taylor or West Bloomfield, Michigan endodontics specialist reviews a set of your child’s X-rays, the severity of the infection will be assessed, and a nerve treatment may be suggested.

Periodontics

• Gingivectomy and Gingivoplasty
  Golnick Pediatric Dentistry is one of only a handful of U.S. dental offices that offers Solea Laser Therapy. This pain-free, noiseless soft tissue treatment allows us to address all sorts of soft tissue lesions and other problems with little or no anesthesia, and minimal bleeding. With this innovative instrument, we can work anywhere inside the oral cavity with one tool. In minutes, our staff can perform a gingivectomy, frenectomy, canker sore treatment and more, without the use of a scalpel.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Tooth Extractions
  For children, having a tooth extraction can be frightening when they don’t know what to expect. Parents should prepare ahead by first understanding what is involved with a dental extraction, so they can help prepare kids for the experience. Consult with your child’s pediatric dentist at Golnick Pediatric Dentistry to discuss the treatment with you and your child to help put them at ease.

Orthodontics

• Orthodontics
  Having early treatment with a West Bloomfield or Taylor, MI orthodontist may help your child avoid developing serious dental problems. In addition, interceptive orthodontics can minimize later phase treatment, allowing your Southgate orthodontist the opportunity to...
• Braces
  You may have heard your child’s Southgate orthodontist mention the possibility of interceptive orthodontics for your child. This treatment is often the first phase of orthodontics, that may not eliminate a later need for braces, a retainer or other orthodontics, but can shorten the second treatment phase.