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Children's dentist in Jordan Springs and Penrith

We see children of every age, from a first look at a toddler sitting on a parent's lap through to teenagers. The aim at this stage isn't complicated dentistry — it's catching things early, and making sure a child grows up thinking a dental visit is unremarkable rather than something to dread.

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When to bring your child in

Seeing a dentist early helps children get comfortable with check-ups, and makes problems easier to treat when they do come up

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  • Around their first birthday, or within six months of the first tooth appearing
  • Every six months once they're in a routine
  • If you can see a mark, a hole, or a tooth changing colour
  • After any knock to the mouth, even if nothing looks broken
  • Before they start a contact sport, for a properly fitted mouthguard

Under 18s pay nothing out of pocket

Every patient under 18 gets their check-up appointment with no out-of-pocket cost, at every visit until they turn eighteen. It doesn't depend on Medicare eligibility, or on which health fund you're with, or on having one at all. There's nothing to sign up for and no catch. Where a child is eligible for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule we claim through it, which draws on part of their two-year benefit.

Book Online Includes examination, scale and clean, fluoride treatment and any X-rays needed. Applies to every check-up visit until the patient's eighteenth birthday. No conditions and no membership required. Any treatment needed beyond the check-up —fillings, extractions or other work — is charged normally and quoted in writing before it begins.

Helping an anxious child

Some children take to it immediately and some don't, and neither says anything about the child or about you. What helps most is not leaving it until something hurts — a first visit with nothing wrong is a much better introduction than a first visit in pain. It also helps to avoid loading the appointment with reassurance beforehand; "we're just going to count your teeth" lands better than "it won't hurt, I promise". We go at the child's pace, tell them what's happening before it happens, and stop if they ask us to. A visit where nothing got done but nobody got upset is still a good visit.

Dental assistant showing a patient her scan results on a tablet in the treatment chair

We explain first

Show them the instrument, let them touch it, then use it.

They can stop us

An agreed signal to pause. It gets used less often than you'd think.

Happy gas

For older children who need a bit more help settling.

What happens at your child's first visit

STEP 01

Meeting us

For a young child the first visit is mostly about the room being unremarkable. They can sit on your lap, look at the chair, watch it go up and down, and meet the person who'll be looking in their mouth. Nothing is forced.

STEP 02

A look

We count the teeth and check how they're coming through, how the bite is developing, and whether anything needs watching. If your child isn't ready for all of it on day one, that's fine — we do what they'll allow and build on it next time.

STEP 03

A clean and fluoride

A polish, and fluoride varnish painted on, which takes about a minute and tastes of not very much. X-rays only if we need to see between teeth or check something we can't see by looking.

STEP 04

What we found

We'll tell you plainly what we saw, what to keep an eye on, and whether anything needs doing. If treatment is needed you'll get it in writing with the cost before anything is booked.

What We Cover

Patient in protective eyewear being treated while the dental team uses a surgical microscope

Check-ups and cleans

Every six months, no out-of-pocket cost under 18.

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Dentist demonstrating brushing technique on a model of teeth with an electric toothbrush during a consultation

Fluoride and fissure sealants

Protecting the grooves in new adult back teeth.

Dentist and dental assistant treating a patient reclined in the dental chair at Omega Dental & Cosmetics, Jordan Springs

Fillings

Treating decay in baby and adult teeth.

Treatment room at Omega Dental and Cosmetics with a dental chair, overhead light and ceiling-mounted screen

Sports mouthguards

Custom-fitted, and far better than the boil-and-bite kind.

Toothache

Knocks and emergencies

Rung us the same day if there's been an injury.

Emergency Dentist
Dentist wearing magnifying loupes and a headlight while treating a patient at Omega Dental & Cosmetics

Happy gas and sedation

Options for a child who finds treatment difficult.

Sedation Dentistry

Costs and rebates

Check-up appointments for under 18s cost you nothing out of pocket, on the terms set out above. Where a child is eligible for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule we claim through it. For treatment beyond the check-up, you'll get an itemised written quote before anything starts, and we claim any health fund rebate through HICAPS at the counter so you only pay the gap. If a plan is larger than you expected, say so — treatment can usually be staged so the urgent work happens now and the rest follows.

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No out-of-pocket check-ups

For every patient under 18, every visit. Terms above.

HICAPS at the counter

Health fund rebates processed on the spot.

Payment plans available

Afterpay, humm, National Dental Plan and DentiCare.

Common Questions

Find answers to frequently asked questions about paediatric dental visits, home care routines, and clinical safety protocols.

When should my child first see a dentist?

We suggest around the first birthday, or within six months of the first tooth appearing. At that age it's a two-minute look and an introduction rather than an examination, and it makes every visit afterwards easier.

Yes. They hold the space for the adult teeth coming behind them, and they're needed for eating and for speech. Decay in a baby tooth can also affect the adult tooth developing underneath it.

There's no out-of-pocket cost for the check-up appointment — examination, clean, fluoride and any X-rays — at every visit until they turn eighteen. Treatment beyond that is charged normally and quoted before it starts. Where your child is eligible for CDBS we claim through it, which uses part oftheir two-year benefit.

Then we don't force it. We'll do what they'll allow, keep it short and positive, and try again in a few months. Children who are given time usually get there; children who are held down usually don't.

No. A knocked-out baby tooth should never be put back, because it can damage the adult tooth forming above it. Ring us the same day so we can check what else has been affected.

Yes, custom-fitted ones. They cost more than the versions you mould yourself at home, and they fit properly, stay in, and actually get worn — which is the part that protects the teeth.

Happy gas suits many older children. For younger children, or where more than happy gas is needed, we refer for treatment under general anaesthetic inhospital rather than sedating here. It's the safer option, and it means the work gets done properly in one visit rather than stretched over several difficult ones.

Yes, always. For younger children we'd rather you did. Sitting where they can see you and letting us do the talking usually works best.

Who You'll See

Children here are seen by Dr Fady Tawadrous (General Dentist), Ms Gabriela Stan (Dental Therapist) and Ms Kirsty Cowell (Dental Therapist). Where a child would be better treated by a registered specialist in paediatric dentistry — a complex case, or one needing treatment under general anaesthetic — we'll tell you and arrange the referral.

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Dr Fady Tawadrous

Dr Fady Tawadrous

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Check-ups for under 18s cost nothing out of pocket, every visit. Book online whenever suits, or ring if you'd rather talk through how to handle a first visit.

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