When we still lived in the Central Valley, I routinely took my two daughters to see Dr. Law over a four year period and he is a truly awesome pediatric dentist. There are really only two other pediatric dentist offices in the Hanford-Visalia area that I had heard of and, from what I had heard, I really hesitated to bring my kids to those other offices.
My oldest daughter had eight small cavities when she was five years old. (And I fully acknowledge that I and her father are to blame for giving her too much juice and lemonade as a young child and we were neglectful in flossing her too-close-together teeth.) So I wanted to find a dentist where I would be allowed to be with her during the treatments and Dr. Law's office was the only office that allowed this. They also use nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") to keep children calm during the procedure rather than some other type of sedative and the nitrous oxide seemed to work well for both of my kids when it was needed. He did the treatments over four separate visits, fixing two cavities at a time. I preferred this because, even though it meant several return visits, each visit was less than 30 minutes at a time and I think it was a better option compared to one prolonged, possibly traumatic experience.
The office setting is very kid friendly. We've never had to wait in the waiting room for more than five minutes because they schedule patients well, they never seem to over-book their schedules, the staff is efficient, and Dr. Law obviously knows what he is doing and does it well and is good with kids. Kids get to pick two "treats" on their way out--stickers, little toys, pencils, rings, etc.
I just have one criticism which is that there is one dental assistant that works there who is not as kid-friendly and personable as the others. But, who knows, maybe she and I/she and my kids just don't click.
There's another pediatric dentist in the same office, Dr. Canada. I'm pretty sure he's a nice dentist, too, but since my kids liked Dr. Law so much and were so comfortable with him, I only brought them to see Dr. Law. Procedures in this dental office were not even fully covered by our insurance plan, but I gladly paid the difference because it was truly worth it to get the great dental care in a clean, professional, very well-run office. One of the things our family misses the most about the Central Valley is the privilege of going to Dr. Law for pediatric dental care. He's the best. read more
