Welcome to the Paediatric Dental Group (PDG). To know more about what a specialist paediatric dentist does, click here. If you need further information, please speak to one of our support staff.


We accept patients from general practitioners on a referral basis. As a general rule, the children referred to us have complex conditions. As such, the aim of our first meeting is to gather as much information as possible about your child's general and oral health.

The approximate duration of your first visit will be 60 minutes. It will involve:

• Extensive history-taking, including a thorough review of your child's medical status. Please bring your completed medical history form (PDF).
• A full clinical examination.
• The need to take radiographs (x-rays) will be determined by your specialist at the time of the clinical examination. X-rays help your specialist conduct a complete examination by providing information about areas that are not visible, including between teeth, the underlying bone, the pulp chamber and canals (where the nerve and blood vessels reside within a tooth) and the depth or extent of infection.
• There may be a need to take clinical photographs. When you leave our rooms, the examination is never over. Our specialists spend hours working through their cases to confirm their diagnosis and consider the best treatment options. Photographs are just one tool your specialist may use to consider your child's case after you leave.
• There may be a need to take impressions of the teeth. They form a similar function to photographs in that they allow the specialist to consider your child's case after you have left our rooms.

The information gathered from your first visit will be used to arrive at a diagnosis and formulate a definitive plan to treat your child. Treatment does not normally begin at the first appointment. Your initial consultation also gives you and your child the opportunity to get to know our staff and become comfortable with our practice.

What to bring to the first appointment:

• Your child's referral
• Any x-rays you may have
• Completed medical history form
• Completed diet assessment form
• A complete list of your child's medications (if any)