When to come
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry advises a first visit by the first tooth and no later than the first birthday.
What to bring
- Your insurance card, if you have one. Ask the front desk about your plan.
- A list of your child’s medicines, health conditions and allergies.
- Your signed authorization, if another adult is bringing your child.
Who may bring your child
- A parent.
- A legal guardian.
- Another adult, such as a grandparent or nanny, with your signed authorization for that visit.
If another adult brings your child with your signed authorization, that adult stays in the room.
Consent, in plain words
Before treatment, a parent or legal guardian gives written consent. Florida law requires a parent’s written consent before a child receives health care, with limited exceptions (section 1014.06, Florida Statutes).
When a parent cannot be reached after a reasonable attempt, and has not told the office otherwise, Florida law lets certain adults consent, in the order the law lists them: a health-care surrogate or a holder of a power of attorney for the child’s medical care (people the parent named in writing), then a stepparent, a grandparent, an adult brother or sister, or an adult aunt or uncle. These relatives may consent only to ordinary and necessary examination and treatment, not to surgery or general anesthesia (section 743.0645, Florida Statutes). A nanny is not on that list.
On the day
- Address: 16690 Collins Avenue, Suite 701, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160.
Hours are announced when bookings open; ask the front desk.
- Parking and the building entrance: ask the front desk.
- Phone: 786-320-5445.
Before you leave home
- Brush your child’s teeth as on any other day.
- Talk about the visit in calm, ordinary words.
- If your child is uneasy, tell the front desk when you call, so the visit can start more slowly.
- For a knocked-out or broken tooth, follow the steps on our tooth-injury page and call 786-320-5445. If this is a medical emergency, call 911.