Pediatric Dentistry of Portland, LLC

They are wonderful in general and amazing practitioners. Our insurance only allows us to take our kids here for special situations that are regular dental service doesn’t do… And every time we leave Pediatric Dentistry our kids say they wish they could come here every time. It seems that our kids have ZERO negative relationship to the experiences here, which is rare, when it comes to going to the dentist. I couldn’t recommend these folks highly enough. A+

I'd give 6 stars if I could! I had to take my son in for some tooth pain. During the consult it was determined that he needed two teeth removed and a spacer installed. They explained the procedure in great detail and answered all of my questions in a way that I could understand. One week later, the extractions were done! This office is child focused from the moment you walk in the door, with books, fish, gumball machines (toys, not candy), etc. ALL staff were great with my boy. They even came out three times to tell me how he was doing during the procedure. On the ride home my boy acted like barely anything happened. He was more concerned about the tooth fairy coming that night! Just an awesome experience (for a dentist!), and they even have a friendly pup walking around, presumably supervising the entire operation. If your child needs dental care, stop searching, and just book an appointment here. You won't be disappointed. Glad I did.

We brought our 3 year old here for her first dentist appointment. Even with a typical nervous kiddo, the hygienist and Dr Andrea were calm and engaging. They helped ease the typical fears of a kid at the dentist. Dr Andrea also thoroughly explained the treatment plans and expected dental care. We will be transitioning our other child to this practice, also.

Awful experiences! Insensitive, rude and unprofessional. Following anesthesia , my daughter was experiencing delirium which they never warned me of, Instead of supporting me they pushed me and my daughter out of their office and told me to leave. Another time they didn’t properly numb my daughter. Another time the dentist could not answer questions about her X-ray machine and told me that kids don’t even need to wear a protective coat. Another time the hygienist was incredibly rude telling me I could not be in the room with my 5 year old son during nitrous and a filling, and treated me like a pest simply because my son wanted me in the room and they don’t like to be watched because they restrain Children and do things against their will. The dentist lectured me on how I had to be silent and could not comfort my child. Another time she literally scarred my daughter by telling her “you don’t remember me because I pulled your tooth while you were sleeping!” The whole point of anesthesia is so they don’t remember, yet this insensitive woman could not see how scary that is for a child to learn some stranger had done things to her body while she was sleeping. These positive reviews are written by their friends and family, they ask them to post just to move their negative reviews down, yet another clear indicator of their lack of confidence in their skills.

We have been taking our two sons to Pediatric Dentistry for several years. Our older son has always been an easy client as he does not experience anxiety during cleanings and procedures. Our younger son experiences a lot of anxiety. Over the years they’ve been great for our older son but become noticeably impatient when our younger son’s anxiety slows down procedures. This morning we went in for a small filling. Our son was very nervous about the apparatus that goes on the nose to administer Nitrous Oxide and his anxiety was building. He asked if he could go outside for a minute to try to calm down (before anything was administered) and their response was that he could not because there were more appointments right after his. They then administered Versed, which did not calm him down. His anxiety worsened to the point he was crying and begging to leave. He also started experiencing extreme agitation which has never happened before. We were instructed to wait in the lobby for 15 minutes. No one checked back in with us. We then left, my son still experiencing side effects. Pediatric Dentistry is great if your kid has no special needs. But as of today, we recognize we need to find a dentist who understands how to work with patients with special needs.