New pediatric dental clinic in Clovis aims for bright smiles and futures

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Off Pollasky and Barstow successful Old Town Clovis, Little Dreamers Pediatric Dentistry is helping kids imagination big.

Dr. Andrew Carranco and his wife, Dr. Beatriz Guerra, are the imagination squad down the clinic.

"My woman and I are some dentists here, and our parents came present with an American dream," Dr. Carranco said. "Here successful Clovis, specifically, everyone has dreams that are immense and large for their kids. That's wherever it each came from. It's thing that relates to america all."

A travel to the dentist utilized to beryllium scary and nerve-wracking for siblings Victoria and Scottlynd Copfer.

Now, coming to the dentist tin beryllium ful-"filling" and fun.

"It's ever truly colorful and playful due to the fact that aft you get your teeth done, you get to take a prize retired of a treasure thorax box," Victoria said.

The CDC says from 2017 to March 2020, astir 46 percent of kids aged 2 to 19 years aged had untreated cavities successful their teeth.

Little Dreamers Pediatric Dentistry starts seeing patients arsenic young arsenic infants and arsenic aged arsenic 18.

There are adjacent specialized appointments to assistance kids who person peculiar needs.

"For our kiddos who are conscionable much sensory sensitive, whether they are neurodivergent oregon immoderate the lawsuit whitethorn be, what we're trying to bash is that we're having our "sensie" appointments," Dr. Carranco said. "Those are conscionable appointments wherever the kids tin travel and conscionable us, the team, spot the space."

For ma Tricia Copfer, she sees however the bully vibes easiness the anxiety.

"They're truly nice, blessed and positive, and adjacent successful a scary situation, they usage presumption that are kid-friendly," she said.

From coloring sheets and games to stickers and adjacent prizes, Dr. Carranco wants to marque their session a unsocial acquisition for their patients.

"In pediatric dentistry, it's truly each astir prevention," Dr. Carranco said.

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