Children’s Braces and Dentistry

Dr. Surillo’s Children’s Braces and Dentistry is a dual-specialty dental practice committed to excellence in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics for children, adolescents, and young adults.

Our dental team is made up of exceptional people who are excited and committed to our patients. Dr. Surillo, Whitcomb, and Reeves and their highly trained staff genuinely enjoys helping children and their parents re-discover a dental home away from home. Our two specialties combined, allow us to earn the trust of your child at a very young age. This has been shown to dramatically reduce the chances of early childhood caries and at the same time significantly reduce the many apprehensions and fears that children often have or develop before going to the dentist. When our child-patient’s 1st visit is at age 1 (as recommended by both the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Association of Pediatricians), our prevention caries program in conjunction with a caring environment can significantly reduce or eliminate caries, which therefore increases the child’s trust in us. At every subsequent examination we also monitor the growth and development of the teeth, jaws, face and we are especially in tune to diagnose potential developmental orthodontic problems at a very young age.

Some of these problems can best be treated early when the jaws are more receptive to treatment and growth of the face is active. Other orthodontic problems are best treated later in childhood or adolescence, but a thorough diagnosis is of utmost importance. The early recognition and monitoring of their growth is an essential aspect of the accurate diagnosis of a developing malocclusion of the teeth, jaws and face. Our combined specialties of pediatric dentistry and orthodontics allow us to better monitor and/or intervene as is appropriate for your child.