COMFORTABLE: We pay very close attention to the way we perform dental procedures to make sure it’s all done extremely comfortably. At Caledonia Smiles, one of our hard rules is never commencing treatment unless the tooth and the gums are completely numb. We take the time to allow the anesthetic to take full effect. We also take the time to deliver the anesthetic (give the needle) in an extremely gentle manner. It has taken us many years to develop and perfect a technique to allow for comfortable anesthetic delivery. We get feedback daily from adults and kids about how they “did not feel the needle going in”. We genuinely feel the happiest, personally and professionally, when we accomplish comfortable dentistry, and that’s what we strive for when treating every single patient.

We have equipped our Caledonia office with massage and heat dental chairs, as well as TV’s and headphones in each room, all in an effort to create a pleasant experience for our patients, all at no extra cost.

There are many of us who are very fearful of dental treatment. As part of our comfortable and personalized dentistry philosophy, we take those dental phobias very seriously. Depending on the level of anxiety, we offer the laughing gas for mild levels of anxiety, while we recommend the in-office oral and IV sedation for moderately and highly anxious patients. We offer the oral sedation (medicine dissolved in juice) for children who are anxious about dental treatment, and to minimize the number of dental visits and risk of a bad experience.