Pediatric Dentistry Services 

for Patients in Hamburg, NY & Beyond

• The ways that children respond to medications differs from adults; dosage of medications need to be properly adjusted for their unique physiology. Use of certain antibiotics such as tetracycline and other drugs may be contraindicated due to their effect on the developing teeth.

• Their oral anatomy is different, in part that their bodies are still growing. Their primary or deciduous teeth are not just “temporary teeth”, they actually form a scaffold around the still developing jaws, sinus cavities and bones of the face. Premature loss of the first or primary teeth without proper management of the now open spaces can have devastating consequences for both the secondary or permanent teeth, as well as for the proper growth of the jaws and bones of the face. Proper maintenance of these teeth through pediatric dentistry services will encourage the correct growth of the jaw as well as the correct development and positioning of the still developing permanent teeth.

• Equally important is the fact that good habits of oral hygiene and proper nutrition, as well as an encouraged attitude about visits to the dentist, start at a young age. These attitudes that form early on are often the same ones that children carry with them well into adulthood. They can have a profound effect on a person’s dental health and their acceptance of both preventative and necessary corrective dental treatments.

• For all these reasons and many more, your child’s pediatric dentist should be one who has the proper knowledge and experience to help care for them, perform proper exams and treatment where indicated, and offer timely recommendations about such issues as when to enlist the services of an orthodontist to properly manage space for teeth and the proper growth of the jaws.

• Dr. Blake has a wealth of experience treating children that started in his general practice residency at the Millard Fillmore Hospital where developmentally disabled children were routinely treated in the operating room under general anesthesia. 

• He had much further experience with pediatric dental patients while working alongside one of the Buffalo area’s most respected pediatric dentists and continues to successfully treat many children today in his general dental practice serving Hamburg, Orchard Park, Blasdell, Eden, and Lakeview, NY.

• Come see our wall of artwork, courtesy of many of our very talented young patients. Perhaps your child’s masterpiece will be the next one to grace our halls!! Contact our office today to schedule your child's next pediatric dentistry appointment!