Premier Family Dentistry is a Bakersfield based family dentist practice that treats patients of all ages. We are committed to delivering the highest quality dental care and do so using advanced dental equipment. We are a cosmetic dentist that offers services like checkups, teeth cleaning, crowns, veneers and more.
A kid friendly dentist creates a healthy and comfortable professional environment, providing the age-appropriate dental treatment a child needs for healthy teeth. Premier Family Dentistry is a kid friendly dentist office in the greater Bakersfield area.
As a kid friendly dentist, we strive to create a comfortable and welcoming environment to help kids have a positive experience with visiting the dentist. It is no surprise that many children, and adults, are not always fond of dental treatment. However, by creating a positive experience with the dentist at a young age, children will have a more positive view of oral hygiene as a whole.
We will also help to instill healthy oral hygiene habits the parent or guardian can continue at home, to help make brushing teeth fun for the child. Our goal is to help children maintain healthy teeth as they age so that they can continue to have healthy teeth later in life. We will customize treatment to the child's needs and help ease them into a regular dental routine.
As a parent, you naturally want what is best for your child. Many parents are unaware of how oral health and dental care plays into that. According to the Center for Disease Control, tooth decay (cavities) is the number one most commonly occurring infectious disease among children. This leads to children experiencing toothaches in high numbers, missing days from school, and experiencing overall discomfort. Tooth decay is not a trivial thing, but a condition that can create significant discomfort for your child and even make it difficult for them to eat, speak clearly, and engage in normal daily activities. If you live in the Bakersfield area and think that this will not happen to your child, statistically, it most likely will. Brushing and flossing at home will help, but it is not enough. You need to bring your child to our kid friendly dentist office twice a year so that we can examine and clean their teeth. By doing this, we will be able to remove the plaque and bacteria that can lead to cavities in the first place.
In addition to visiting our kid friendly dentist office, it is important that you practice good oral hygiene at home and teach your child to do the same. In our dental office, we work with a lot of children under age eight and understand how challenging it can be to get them excited about brushing teeth. Kids are busy and asking them to stop riding bikes, building Legos, or playing dress up to brush their teeth can lead to conflict fairly quickly. We get it. At Premier Family Dentistry, we can work with young children and are under no illusion that they are fascinated by oral health. Our job, however, is to change their opinion of dental care and show them that it can be fun and interesting. This way they will want to brush and floss their teeth, even without being told. With that in mind, we have a few resources that we have found to be helpful and suggest that you try them at home.
Once your child is brushing correctly, it is time to turn your attention to how long they are brushing for. At Premier Family Dentistry we encourage all of our patients to brush for two minutes, twice a day, regardless of how old they are. This, however, can be difficult for young children that find it hard to focus on a task or to stay still. As a kid friendly dentist, we want them to brush their teeth but staying still isn't a requirement. Try making it fun to brush teeth by playing their favorite song for two minutes and letting them dance and brush. You can also play a two-minute video clip or cartoon for them while brushing. The American Dental Association has an entire section of their website devoted to these short videos and watching them will get your child used to brushing for the full two minutes. We have worked with families throughout the Bakersfield area and have found that using media works far better than standing there with a stopwatch. The goal is to create positive associations between dental care and having fun so that your child will continue to brush their teeth as they grow.
As a kid friendly dentist office in Bakersfield, we are focused on preventative care. It is far better for your child to visit us for a regular teeth cleaning than to only see us with a toothache. Fortunately, by using preventative care methods we can help your child to avoid experiencing any dental discomfort. In addition to cleaning their teeth, one of the ways that we do so is with dental sealant. Many children have deep ridges in their teeth. When they bite down and chew food, bacteria, food particles, and plaque can become trapped in those ridges and eventually they will create tooth decay. These areas are particularly difficult to clean with a toothbrush alone, so even the most fastidious of parents may find it challenging to keep cavities at bay. By using dental sealant, a protective layer is placed onto the teeth so that nothing can become stuck in these ridges. The procedure is painless and fast since all we need to do is brush a material onto the teeth and allow it to harden. At Premier Family Dentistry, we have found this to be a simple way to prevent our young patients from getting cavities.
Another tool for prevention is our regular fluoride treatments. We recommend that all children have this throughout their teenage years. If you aren't on public water, this is particularly important for preventing cavities. Statistically, if your child has a fluoride treatment in our dental office, their risk for getting cavities decreases by thirty percent. This is significant when you are considering the overall health and well-being of your child. With that in mind, we use whatever tools are at our disposal to ensure that your child is as healthy and as comfortable as possible both now and as they age. If you live in the Bakersfield area, we invite you to schedule a dental exam by calling (661) 238-1197.
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Rating 4.2 out of 5 based on 15 reviews
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newest oldest highest lowestPetula Evans
2 years ago
Multiple services, great staff from receptionist to dentist(business office, hygienist) everyone is genuinely nice, first visit in 2019 and forward.
Carey Dean Mead
2 years ago
They had my dentures done in less than 3 weeks.
Shannon Reed
2 years ago
Best dentist I've ever been to, 5 stars is just not enough for how amazing they are! The whole staff is awesome! Highly recommend!!
Matt Maldonado
2 years ago
Staff is friendly and service is excellent. Dr Nguyen is a pretty cool guy. Friendly and has a delicate hand when I had a cavity. Priscilla, Andy, and all staff are super nice.
california_girl
2 years ago
I've been meaning to give Premier a review and after like 3years!!!!!BEST DENTIST..never had issues making appointment within few weeks span..NEVER months like OMni or CLInica..took my son (9) and Autism diagnosed.. did much better than I feared, but Dr Chin did refer him. I'm glad he was being considerate of my son and didn't want to cause trauma and fear for seeing a dentist. He did do some of his cleaning but it will have to finish up somewhere else. GREAT STAFF AND GREAT DENTISTS!! ALL around it was a very positive experience.
Matt Maldonado
3 years ago
Staff is friendly and service is excellent. Dr Nguyen is a pretty cool guy. Friendly and has a delicate hand when I had a cavity. Priscilla, Andy, and all staff are super nice.
Shannon Reed
3 years ago
Best dentist I've ever been to, 5 stars is just not enough for how amazing they are! The whole staff is awesome! Highly recommend!!
california_girl
3 years ago
I've been meaning to give Premier a review and after like 3years!!!!!BEST DENTIST..never had issues making appointment within few weeks span..NEVER months like OMni or CLInica..took my son (9) and Autism diagnosed.. did much better than I feared, but Dr Chin did refer him. I'm glad he was being considerate of my son and didn't want to cause trauma and fear for seeing a dentist. He did do some of his cleaning but it will have to finish up somewhere else. GREAT STAFF AND GREAT DENTISTS!! ALL around it was a very positive experience.
La'Donna Trapani
4 years ago
Thank you so much Dr Nguyen, because of you, my confidence is back. Thank you as well, Priscilla for helping me with everything. You guys are Amazing...
CandiLand ChildCare
4 years ago
The staff and doctors at this office have been amazing so far! I would recommend Dr Nguyen to anyone needing a new dental office! The doctor is very patient and understanding especially for adults with dental anxiety. I highly recommend him!
Breonna Z
4 years ago
I went to see Dr. Chinh for a broken tooth. I ended up going to see him again for fillings. During the process I believe he shaved a tiny bit of my healthy tooth off that he was not working on. I went back again and when I asked to see my xrays and told him what I believed happened he got VERY defensive and talked down to my mother and I. He would hardly listen to what I had to say. When I tried to sit up out of the chair the dental assistant tried to pull me back, which was incredibly rude and unprofessional. I left without getting the rest of my teeth filled. I recieved a letter today saying that they believe it's best he no longer treats me. I would have never gone back anyways but this leads me to believe that he knows he messed up and did not want to admit it. Do not recommend this dentist as he was highly unprofessional and quick to anger.
Ruby Barrera
4 years ago
Great staff very friendly. Dr. Chinh did everything possible so that my husband wouldn't have to get a root canal. Really recommend this dentist.
La'Donna Trapani
5 years ago
Thank you so much Dr Nguyen, because of you, my confidence is back. Thank you as well, Priscilla for helping me with everything. You guys are Amazing...
CandiLand ChildCare
5 years ago
The staff and doctors at this office have been amazing so far! I would recommend Dr Nguyen to anyone needing a new dental office! The doctor is very patient and understanding especially for adults with dental anxiety. I highly recommend him!
Breonna Z
5 years ago
I went to see Dr. Chinh for a broken tooth. I ended up going to see him again for fillings. During the process I believe he shaved a tiny bit of my healthy tooth off that he was not working on. I went back again and when I asked to see my xrays and told him what I believed happened he got VERY defensive and talked down to my mother and I. He would hardly listen to what I had to say. When I tried to sit up out of the chair the dental assistant tried to pull me back, which was incredibly rude and unprofessional. I left without getting the rest of my teeth filled. I recieved a letter today saying that they believe it's best he no longer treats me. I would have never gone back anyways but this leads me to believe that he knows he messed up and did not want to admit it. Do not recommend this dentist as he was highly unprofessional and quick to anger.
Ruby Barrera
5 years ago
Great staff very friendly. Dr. Chinh did everything possible so that my husband wouldn't have to get a root canal. Really recommend this dentist.
v a
5 years ago
terrible. went in for a cleaning, dentist looked at my teeth, said i needed to have a cavity removed, didn't do it, then sent me home & scheduled another appointment. i returned, he removed my cavity then didn't clean my teeth cause he didn't have the time & he sent me home. i never rescheduled again with him. before my next check up at a different dentist the cavity he supposedly removed had returned but it was a weird outline of the former one. a complete waste of time, i could've just been fixed overall at a different better place had i not wasted my time here. do not recommend.
v a
6 years ago
terrible. went in for a cleaning, dentist looked at my teeth, said i needed to have a cavity removed, didn't do it, then sent me home & scheduled another appointment. i returned, he removed my cavity then didn't clean my teeth cause he didn't have the time & he sent me home. i never rescheduled again with him. before my next check up at a different dentist the cavity he supposedly removed had returned but it was a weird outline of the former one. a complete waste of time, i could've just been fixed overall at a different better place had i not wasted my time here. do not recommend.
Scott Lockhart
6 years ago
Great dentist and staff. Everyone is very professional and friendly. They work great with myself, my wife and my kids, ages 3 and 5. Have used them for the past 10 years and wouldn't even think about going anywhere else.
Chrystal Nguyen
6 years ago
The Dentist is very nice and attentive. He was always very gentle on my teeth. You can tell he really cared about your teeth and your health compared to other dentists in town that would over charge you on a surgery or replacement that you did not necessarily need until another couple years down the road. I would recommend him to all my friends. He is the number one dentist I go to for my family and myself regardless if I am in town or not.
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