[Salt Lake City, 11/07/16] – Kids can pick up on their parents’ dental anxiety. This can cause the child to develop his or her own fear of the health care professional — before visiting a clinic. Walker Pediatric Dentistry clinic provides a calming environment that helps kids manage, if not, eliminate their dental anxieties.

A Family-Friendly Dental Office

The Walker Pediatric Dentistry clinic is immediately warm and inviting as patients enter. The clinic, which specializes in treating infants, children and teens, features cheerful whales on its walls. The Walker Pediatric Dentistry also creates games for kids to enjoy during their visit. Its most recent one had kids searching for five little pumpkins hidden all around the clinic.

A calming environment and enjoyable activities encourage kids to have fun at every visit. Dr. Bradley Walker says, “Seeing the dentist early and often is essential to create lifelong good oral health habits for your children, but a child’s dental needs are different from those of an adult. That’s why it’s important to take your children to a family-friendly dental office where they can feel comfortable and learn that visiting the dentist can be fun and healthy.”

But, Dr. Walker’s practice is also a modern clinic, offering innovative treatments for every pediatric dental concern. Equipped with the latest in dental technology, the clinic can handle emergencies and perform oral surgery.

Behavior Guidance Techniques for Kids

The clinic’s use of behavioral management techniques further enhances its commitment to helping kids overcome dental anxiety. Walker Pediatric Dentistry strives to create a positive environment reinforced by words and actions that encourage kids to return for their appointments — without fail.

The clinic uses the following techniques:
• Tell-Show-Do
• Nitrous Oxide, Sedation and Anesthesia
• Distractions

Walker Pediatric Dentistry finds tell-show-do the most effective technique. Sedation technique only comes in when tell-show-do and distractions do not work for the young patients.

The clinic explains how their distraction technique works, “At Walker Pediatric Dentistry, we do things like pass instruments out of the child’s line of sight (so they don’t have to look at scary dental tools), talk to children or play games to keep their minds on other things, or have the child watch television or listen to music during treatment.”

A relaxing, calming environment and multiple techniques to manage behavior can help kids overcome dental fear or anxiety. Walker Pediatric Dentistry delivers on both areas. In doing so, the clinic ensures kids happily return for their appointments, allowing them to secure better dental health.


About Walker Pediatric Dentistry

Walker Pediatric Dentistry provides quality dental care for infants, children and teens in Salt Lake City and the surrounding areas. In addition to emergency care, the clinic also offers preventive care, restorative services and orthodontics.

Dr. Bradley Walker heads the clinic. He completed a two-year residency at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Walker also finished advanced studies and specialized training in dentistry for children, adolescents, and special needs and medically compromised patients.

For more information on Walker Pediatric Dentistry, visit http://walkerpediatricdentistry.com/ or clinic today.