Growing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry

Dr. Eddie Perez is Awesome! We love Growing Smiles. I can not say enough about how greatful we are we found this office. My son would get very anxious going to the dentist. Going to the dentist now seems like a fun trip to him. The staff has always been friendly and informative. Additionally, this weekend my son was in pain and needed a tooth extracted. Dr. Eddie went above and beyond to accommodate our urgent need. We are so greatful! Even this was a positive experience for our son. After Dr. Eddie took over there was not a single tear or fuss from my son. He walked out happy! Highly recommend Growing Smiles and Dr. Eddie Perez!

Dr. Eddie is so great with my four year old. He makes balloon animals and talks to her putting her at ease. There are even tvs with cartoons to occupy her while he works. I highly recommend this pediatric dentist.

Great children’s dentist. The Dr is very nice, great with kids.
I would totally recommend

I recently enrolled my daughter in a plan with a dental provider. Then decided to obtain a list of providers from her dental carrier, to search on the internet various reviews on who would be the best pediatric dentist for her. We came across Dr. Eddie with Growing Smiles Pediatric. I read mainly good/​excellent reviews on the facility; saw a few reviews where people complained about wait time, and cleanliness, etc. the usual. However, the majority of the reviews about Dr. Eddie were in his favor, so I decided to give his practice a try. I have to say that this has ABSOLUTELY been the best dentistry experience that my daughter has encountered in her young little 6 years of life. At age 1, she had a bad dental experience with a Dr. (whom I shall leave nameless) that was kind of what seemed rough with her and not very friendly. Just basically got her in and out. Since then, mostly because of the bad experience, she hadn’t seen a pediatric dentist. Because she is now getting in her adult teeth I figured it was very important that she go. Dr. Eddie was so very friendly when we first met, shook my hand and my daughters, talked openly with her and best of all made her feel welcome and comfortable in his practice! He explained to her everything that he was going to do and was doing, which face it, even as adults we are frightened when a doctor is not giving us guidance as to what they are doing! Overall, we were very satisfied with her appointment and actually booked her teeth fillings (yes unfortunately she had two small cavities) within the following week.
Now to the important stuff; stuff those of you reading these reviews out there really want to know; as I did:
1. Not including me filling out her documents, we waiting less than 5 minutes;
2. Paperwork is all done on an ipad, which makes things very easy (was my first time doing this at any facility);
3. Office was very clean, no dirtiness at all!
4. Receptionist gives the kids a coin for them to get a prize for checking in (fyi, Dr. Eddie and his staff work on a coin system, where they give your kidos coins to get a prize from their little prize machine) *What a good idea for kids!*
5. The xray machine is perfect for children! One of the things I was most worried about with my daughters appointment was the horrible experience with having to get her teeth xrayed. For those of us who have had dental visits, we know full well that getting xrays can be uncomfortable to your mouth; the devices they use can even cut your gums, ouch! Growing Smiles uses a machine where the kids simply stand and hold their head and chin up and it snaps an xray in a few seconds!
6. Each chair is sectioned off and divided by walls that allow privacy
7. The facility was created in a way to not be so intimidating to children, let’s face it people, even as adults dentistry facilities can be intimidating, seeing all those devices that will be around you like all robotic style is not a comfortable feeling, Growing Smiles does not have that machinery around their chairs like typical dentist offices, as a matter of fact, they just lay your kido back in a patient chair, and have them watch a movie that is provided on the ceiling, which I found as fabulous!
8. There were a few minor issues that we found with my daughter’s current teeth and incoming teeth that Dr. Eddie was more than happy to talk about and answer any questions I had. This with doctors, any doctor really can be hard to find. Most doctors, especially now days, can be quick to get you out of their office, but this experience was the total opposite.
9. Upon checking out the with ladies at the front desk, they explained to me what the cost would be for any followup work, the document presented to me had each amount listed for the work to be done.
Hopefully, you readers out there find my reviews and comments satisfying in that you are able to make a good decision based on what pediatric dentistry’s are out there. As parents we know that ultimately our decisions can have a grand impact on our children, so choosing wisely for a dentist or any doctor for that matter is very important. After all, these are the only teeth they are going to get! Ha.
In addition, I don’t usually take the time to write reviews based on my experiences, because I have this mentality of «to each their own», but I couldn’t seem to help myself based on the good outcome! I needed to let other parents out there know, especially since I myself often read reviews!
Good luck! ;)