Children’s Dental Treatments

From first teeth through to the teenage years, we provide gentle, preventive dental care tailored to each stage of your child’s development.

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Children’s Dental Care at Every Stage

We provide Ipswich families with high-quality children’s dental care at general dental practice pricing, with no referral required to book an appointment.

0–2 Years

Early care focuses on feeding, teething, and building healthy habits from the start. We help support comfortable feeding, gentle cleaning, and early checks as your baby’s first teeth come through.

  • Feeding, development and early care Assessment and support for tongue and lip ties, feeding concerns, and early oral development. We guide parents through teething, cleaning, and building healthy habits from the start.
  • First visits and prevention Early dental visits to monitor development, provide advice on diet and hidden sugars, and reduce the risk of early decay.
  • Injury assessment Prompt assessment of dental injuries to baby teeth, helping protect the development of adult teeth.

3–5 Years

This stage focuses on preventing early decay and building strong daily habits around brushing, diet, and routine care.

  • Preventing early decay Support with brushing, diet, and routine care to reduce the risk of cavities before school age.
  • Habits and development Management of thumb sucking and other habits, while monitoring growth and development of teeth and jaws.
  • Space maintenance If baby teeth are lost early, we can maintain space to support proper development of adult teeth.

Ready to book your child’s visit?

6–11 Years

As permanent teeth come through, we focus on protecting them early and guiding healthy development.

  • Adult teeth and prevention Monitoring the transition to permanent teeth and protecting them with treatments like fissure sealants.
  • Early orthodontic guidance Assessing development and guiding alignment early to reduce the need for more complex treatment later.
  • Sports protection Custom mouthguards to protect newly erupted adult teeth during sport.

12–16 Years

Teen years focus on long-term oral health, orthodontic development, and protecting permanent teeth.

  • Maintaining permanent teeth Ongoing care to support long-term oral health as independence increases.
  • Orthodontic treatment Assessment and coordination of braces or aligners during key growth stages.
  • Sports protection Custom mouthguards for sport to protect permanent teeth during physical activity.
  • Wisdom teeth monitoring Early monitoring of wisdom teeth to plan ahead and manage development before issues arise.

Need an appointment?

Give your child a positive start at the dentist. Book a visit today.

New patients are welcome, and no referral is required.

Maximise Health Fund Benefits

We accept ALL health funds. We are Preferred Provider for the following major health funds, helping you get the highest possible rebates.

Flexible Payment Options

Get the dental care your family needs, when they need it, with payment plans from Zip, Humm and Afterpay.

Testimonials

5/5

This is a beautifully set out, family-friendly clinic with exceptional staff and service. Our 2 year old's first trip to the dentist was made so easy. I cannot recommend this clinic highly enough for the care, kindness, skill, and professionalism of both clinical and administrative staff.

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5/5

It has been a positive experience for my daughter who has sensory issues. The staff are so helpful and kind. Everything was made so easy. I would definitely recommend to my family and friends!

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5/5

Dr Hannah POUW and her team were amazing. My son needed a tooth extraction and throughout the entire process they made him feel comfortable and safe. Very happy with the service.

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5/5

We have been very satisfied with our experiences. All staff are caring, knowledgeable and charismatic. They have been fantastic in introducing the children to dental visits and teaching them about oral care. We highly recommend the surgery.

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5/5

Excellent staff, very friendly & professional. Everyone helped to make my child’s first visit to the dentist’s a very fun and enjoyable experience

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