We are pleased to offer a fun facility and the expertise and training of our Great Beginnings staff and pediatric dentists to provide care to our patients. Our staff obtains the cooperation of our child or adolescent patients by using warmth, friendliness, persuasion, humor, charm, gentleness, kindness and understanding. There are several behavior management techniques used by our doctors and pediatric dental staff during a visit with each patient.

These techniques include:

• Tell-Show-Do
• Modeling from other patients
• Positive reinforcement
• Distraction — music, pictures on the ceiling, movies
• Helpful tools — mouth pillows, rubber raincoats
• Patients become the doctor and fix Ellie the Elephant’s (a puppet) teeth
• iPads

During your new patient visit, we will explore the options that are best for your child.

Complete dental treatment in one visit while your child is asleep has been recommended. This approach is felt the best when you consider the factors of your child’s age, anxiety level, extensive treatment needs and emotional well-being. A short out-patient surgery is an option for a patient with moderate to severe dental needs, acute anxiety reaction or medical history concerns.

For more information about our office’s hospital procedures, click on the links below:

• Hospital Day Timeline
• Reasons for Hospital Treatment
• Directions to Asheville Surgery Center

Traveling on Interstate 40 East, take Exit 51. At the red light, you will turn left (this will put you on Sweeten Creek Road/25A South). At the next red light, go straight. At the next red light (3rd light), you will turn right into the Medical Complex. At the top of the hill, you will look to your right and you will see the sign — Asheville Surgery Center (Mission/St. Joseph).
Phone: 828-213-0740

Many children are calm, comfortable and confident in a pediatric dental office. Because pediatric dentists specialize in treating children, they make children feel special. The office is especially designed for children. The Great Beginnings staff members choose to work in a pediatric dental office because they enjoy kids. Sometimes, however, a child feels anxious during treatment. Your child may need more support than a gentle, caring manner to feel comfortable. Nitrous oxide/oxygen is a safe, effective technique to calm a child’s fear of the dental visit.

Our pediatric dental office offers several agents used in conscious sedation. During your new patient visit, we will explore sedation options based on your child’s age, level of anxiety, amount of dental work, and length of the appointment.

Please click on the links below to learn more from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry:

• Nitrous oxide
• Conscious Sedation
• Calming the Anxious Child

Click on the link below to learn some valuable information on the special dental needs of children with disabilities from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

Find out more about Dental Care for Special Children

If your child or teen needs emergency care right now, please call our office at: