Dr. Zuchero is a great caring pediatric dentist. I highly recommended him.
I brought my child to see a dentist for the first time at 15 months because she chipped her teeth due to a fall. I checked out many dentists 5 miles near home and visited two for their opinion on dental care for her chips. I truly wanted to a cosmetic fix so she will have pretty teeth again. One dentist agreed and recommended crowning on her teeth with local antesiathic (while assistants pin her down) at the office. I wasn't comfortable with that option and talked to Dr Zucherro. Dr Zucherro said a fix is possible with crowning but only under a hospital setting while she is asleep. Having her awake for the surgery is too dramatic for her to experience being so young. Doing so in a local office is too risky without professional supervision in case something goes wrong. Furthermore, he explained that her teeth is actually very decayed to the point that crowning may not help. Removal may have to be an option, possibly a better option. She also doesn't have to be put under and it is only a few minutes with me present in the same room. Visiting Dr Zuchero was surely more informative on my options, risks, and what each procedures entailed. I was comfortable choosing Dr. Zucherro to be my child's dentist. I personally feel that he takes the extra time to talk to his patients and not just blindly executing a procedure for profit. He saves my child from experience a dramatic experience. We ended up removing her 4 upper teeth due to severe decay. Dr. Zucherro also took time to talk about future dental care for her and future babies to prevent such decays from happening. He recommended that all babies to visit a dentist as early as one year. Had I done so, my child's teeth severe decay would be prevented. Her decayed started from behind which is not visible to parents but a dentist would have spotted early enough for cleaning instead of removal as a last resort.
I personally had many bad dentists growing up...and went through many dramatic experience myself. I was fearful of each dentistal visit. I am glad to find Dr Zucherro to ease my fear and my child's fear. Thank you.
Fyi. My child's teeth decay was due to extended overnight breastfeeding, early introduce of sugary products, and poor dental hygience. Sadly. I have done all the wrong things. My child resisted whenever I brushed her teeth and I hated seeing her cry. So, I skipped some nights. After this experience, i am much more adamantly about brushing, singing the "this is the way I brush my teeth" while she is brushing, maiking it more fun, she now loves to brush and some times brush for 10 minutes on her own and then I brushed it again. Now and then, she resists but I never let her go to bed without brushing. So to all moms...bring your child to see dr. Zucherro early and brush often. Hope you never have to go through what I went through. Best wishes. And thank you dr zucherro for taking care of us. read more
