Children's Dental Care Services
Our team of Oral Health Therapists specialise in the dental care of your child. We provide gentle, customised care in a friendly environment.
- TVs above chairs with your child’s choice of channel
- Fluoride treatments in a range of flavours
- Sports mouthguards customised to your child’s team/favourite colours
Fissure Sealants for Cavity Prevention
The narrow and deep grooves on back (molar) teeth can collect plaque which the toothbrush cannot reach. These grooves or fissures are high-risk sites for dental decay.
A fissure sealant is a tooth coloured protective coating which fills and seals in children’s teeth to prevent bacteria from entering and causing decay. Applied early on after the first molar erupts into the mouth at the age of 6 years old, sealants can protect teeth at their most vulnerable time. Sometimes sealants may also be recommended to adults for high risk deep grooves that have not yet decayed.
Having fissure sealants placed is quick and painless. It usually takes a few minutes per tooth and is much less complicated than having a dental filling. To check there isn’t any decay present before we begin we may take a set of x-rays.
This procedure can be completed by one of our Dentists, Dental Hygienists or Oral Health Therapists.
Our Dentists
Dr Ron Fulop
Dr Yvonne Karpinski
Dr Sarah Nguyen
Dr David Trinh
Dr Jia Leong
Dr Natalie Tsang
Children’s Dental Care FAQs
It is recommended that your child has their first dental check up by the time they turn two. There are a number of important reasons including:
- Early detection of dental caries and other dental problems
- Small problems can be treated before they become larger issues
- Can have preventative dental treatment such as application of fluoride and dental sealants to prevent risk of dental caries
- Familiarise your child with the dental setting
Child dental care is just as important as adult dental care. Baby teeth play a big role in terms of proper eating, helps guide the adult teeth into their correct position, allows for normal development of the jaw and effects the development of speech. Furthermore, during children development self-image that healthy teeth gives is immeasurable.
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What Our Patients Say About Our Children's Dental Care Services
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Exceeded my expectations, had 2 broken teeth, thought they had to be removed, to my amazement David managed to reconstruct them, very happy ?
Siggy Link
I highly recommend Dr Jia Leong. She was professional, caring and gentle. I had a clean and fillings and Dr Jia made sure I was comfortable throughout the appointment. The reception staff and dental assistant were friendly and the clinic was very clean. Do yourself a favour and visit Mitcham Dental Clinic for exceptional care.
Susan Tran
Mitcham Dental would have to be one of the BEST dental clinics in the east. They are always so accomodating, friendly and very experienced in all aspects of dentistry. I am quite a nervous patient when it comes to my teeth. They are also very patient and make the customer feel comfortable at all times. So many options are given to a patient and always explained prior to treatment. I must give Sarah a thumb up always for taking care of my teeth and making me feel comfortable, and not nervous whilst performing my dental treatment. The outcome is always positive and I always keep coming back. Congratulations to the whole team at Mitcham Dental. Keep up the grest work!
Angee Herbert
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A highly professional practice combined with exceptional patient care in a warm and friendly environment.
LINDA WALLACE
Great service from the team. They are super friendly and make sure you understand what is happening and always putting you first. Well done team.
Korrin Balmain
I rarely make a online reviews however, after walking out the door of Mitcham Dental I immediately knew this place deserved a rave review. I've been planning to get a check up, clean, invisilign, replace fillings and have whitening done for some time. I've been putting it off as the overwhelming list of things I needed done had naturally put me off. After today, I can't believe I didn't come here sooner. I was so impressed by the friendly highly skilled staff, the attention to detail, the clarity about my dental plan and the price as well as the expertise from my Dentist. It can be daunting and expensive to have all the procedure and work one needs done on their teeth... but Mitcham Dental single handedly outshines the rest. Very impressed with this place More posts to come when all my dental work is done.
Liah Coombs
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I am extremely impressed with the gentle and caring dental work I received by Dr Jia Leong at Mitcham Dental Clinic which has left my mouth feeling so clean and healthy. The friendly staff at reception also made the visit very pleasant and I look forward to my next check-up and clean - thank you all for the great experience!
David Sugiada
I fell down and chipped my front tooth so I was desperately looking for a dental clinic that's still open. although it was very last minute, the clinic remained opened to see me which was such a nice gesture. Dr Trinh was very compassionate and friendly and immediately filled the tooth which now looks amazing. can't even tell the difference now! i usually am scared to go see a dentist but i felt very comfortable this time! thank you again!
jessica emily
Outstanding dental clinic, amazing staff who are friendly, efficient, and go above and beyond to make their patients feel comfortable. Highly recommended clinic!!
Narelle Link



