Mission Viejo provides a gentle approach to pediatric dentistry for lifelong health

Basti Dental Care takes great pride in knowing how to put your kids at ease through every step of dental appointments. This positive experience starts from the time you and your child walk through the door. Drs. Alex and Nina Basti and their staff know how to talk to kids. Toys and stickers distract from apprehension they may experience, especially if it's one of their first appointments with us. These little elements have a big effect, as they will have positive memories of and associations with the dentist's office. Studies show that dental fear among adults who avoid the dentist is rooted in childhood, usually a previous experience with a dentist or treatment that was painful or scary.

Basti Dental Care wants you and your family to come back for the ongoing exams and cleanings necessary for oral and overall health. In many cases, you can't have good health without good oral health, especially considering how inflammation present in gum disease is linked to systemic infection, and medical conditions ranging from uncontrolled diabetes to cardiovascular disease.

The creation of a positive experience for lifelong health continues once your child gets to the treatment area. Basti dental Care is equipped to use lasers for many procedures that otherwise have traditionally used drills, shots, and painkillers, the items that top anxious and phobic patients' list as sources of extreme fear.

Lasers are a proven technique, used in soft tissue procedures and oral surgery since the 1970s and 1980s. There are many types of lasers used in medical applications, but they all work by delivering energy in the form of light. Teeth and gums have an affinity for absorbing specific wavelengths of laser light. When used in surgical and dental treatments, this energy is used in lieu of a scalpel to cut and vaporize tissues.

With Basti Dental Care's WaterLase, the water molecules in the tooth are "excited" to cut through the tooth upon contact with the laser. WaterLase earns its name in another way as the laser sprays water during treatment. This prevents heat from the laser causing discomfort to your child. It's a pain-free experience without the use of numbing agents and pain relievers.

Since the laser is so selective and precise in its treatment of diseased tissues, otherwise healthy surrounding tissues remain untouched. By its very nature, lasers are minimal procedures resulting in reduced trauma to the treatment site, less chair time, and less discomfort from the drill's pressure and vibration. Anxiety-provoking noises from traditional handpieces are eliminated. Effectively, Basti Dental Care is changing the way the next generation views dentistry and in many ways, today's dentistry is not your "grandpa's" dentistry.

Of course, Basti Dental Care will partner with you and your family to prevent decay and the need for fillings that would result in your child encountering laser dentistry, but should you need treatment know a gentle, modern approach is available in Mission Viejo for pediatric dentistry.