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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Root canal treatment performed by Dr David. Absolute professional at his trade. Highly skilled and also a great friendly person.
Dan
A great clinic that provides a high level of patient care and customer service.
David Penney
Every time I arrive to my appointment I’m welcomed with such gentle voiced sweet staff on the front desk, which I haven’t always been greated with such warm arms from other clinics ! I have seen each dentist and they all have such gentle hands and make myself feel so comfortable and welcomed as I am a very anxious patient but always get talked through procedures. Such a beautiful clean clinic , with such a family feel! Wouldn’t recommend anyone more than Mitcham Dental Clinic . Love love love going to the dentist
Bree Oconnor
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I very rarely leave reviews, but this is warranted. I’m a very nervous patient when it comes to sitting in a dental chair, however from the moment I walked in to make an appointment and explained my situation I was made to feel relaxed. Dr Jia Leong made the experience actually quite enjoyable. She is very thorough, patient and professional. This is a very modern, fully equipped dental surgery you should not look past. And again, if you are nervous, Dr Leong and Mitcham dental clinic is the clinic for you.
Not Interested
Dentist Yvonne was very gentle, I barely felt the needle, did a great job on refilling my tooth. All staff pleasant and helpful.
Helen Verwey
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
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Very warm and a welcoming professional team highly recommend and will definitely go back
Ryan Tabone
Brilliant , had a broken tooth, extremely sore at 0700am on a Friday, not a shock that there was no answer. I took that what I thought was a long shot by contacting them on Facebook messenger. To my shock I got a message back within minutes and then got a call from Bianca booking me in at 0930am the same day. Brilliant.
stewart cant
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



