Family Dentistry

Family Dentistry in Minneapolis

What is "family" dentistry?

In a sense, a family is like a microcosm of the society's population: there are children, sometimes adolescents, and of course adults. Each of these age groups has their own issues with respect to dentistry. In family dentistry the dentist and the dental team need to be able to work across this whole spectrum of ages, a challenge that is not for every dental office, especially in the case of children.

So when an office says they practice family dentistry, it means that they are equipped and energetic about working with children and adults, most often at the same time.

Children especially need to be treated very, very carefully. It is not unusual — some might argue that it is common — for adult patients to be "afraid" of the dentist because of something that happened in a dental office long ago when they were children.

For many dental offices practicing family dentistry, children can be "high maintanence". But we really want to see children in our office: they add a lot of life and energy, and bring in a real breath of fresh air. Our promise: we are committed to each child having a fun dental experience in this office (yes, it is possible: we see it all the time).

Minneapolis: a triving "family" community

"When I first became a college student in Minneapolis, I distinctly remember how the downtown was then as compared to today. Back then if you came downtown on a Saturday or Sunday morning — which I would do to go to the downtown YMCA — only a few people were walking around, most waiting to catch a bus somewhere, others just hanging out.