Children's Dentistry
Gentle first visits, sealants, fluoride and space maintainers, in an office built around children.
Why Children's Dentistry in Frisco Is Different From Adult Care
A dental visit that works for a forty-year-old will not work for a four-year-old. The difference is not the equipment — it is time, tone and expectation.
A child who is told what is about to happen, allowed to hold the mirror, and not surprised, becomes an adult who books their own checkups. A child who is held down does not.
We treat families of every age in one Frisco office, which means your child's dentist and yours are the same practice, on the same morning, with one drive and one parking spot.
Every children's dentistry treatment, on its own page.
What a first pediatric dental visit looks like for a nervous four-year-old
Every step here moves at the child's pace, because a child who leaves calm comes back willingly — and the visits after this one are the ones that keep their teeth.
A lap exam, and a conversation with you
Often the child sits on a parent's lap while we count teeth and check for early white-spot decay. Nothing is done that day beyond looking, unless something needs attention.
A gentle clean, demonstrated first
The prophy angle goes on a fingernail before it goes near a tooth. Showing the instrument, then using it on a finger, then on a tooth, is most of the technique.
Fluoride varnish for kids
Painted on in under a minute. It hardens developing enamel and can reverse very early decay before it becomes a hole.
Dental sealants for kids as the molars arrive
Flowed into grooves too deep and narrow for a bristle to reach, then cured. No drilling, no numbing, about a minute per tooth.
Growth and bite monitoring
Watching for crowding, crossbites and habits that decide whether orthodontics is needed later — and how much of it.
Is White Lotus Dental a pediatric dentist? What parents should know
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF): the case for not drilling
Not every cavity in a baby tooth needs a drill. Silver diamine fluoride arrests active decay in place — painted on, no anesthetic, no noise. It stains the treated decay dark, which is its one real drawback, and we tell you that upfront. For very young children, children with special needs, and teeth that will be lost within a couple of years, stopping the decay beats an early traumatic filling.
Tongue-tie and lip-tie in babies and kids: why we refer these out
The tongue-tie releases we do here start from the teenage years, once a child is old enough to cooperate with the procedure. An infant with feeding difficulty needs assessment alongside a lactation consultant and a clinician who performs infant releases regularly; a small child usually cannot cooperate the way the procedure needs. Neither is something we do often enough to be the right practice for it, so we will say so plainly and point you somewhere sensible. It is a short procedure and it should be done by somebody who does a lot of them.
A dental office built for children
The waiting area has a play space. Cartoons run on the ceiling screens, so a child looking up sees something other than a light. Every child leaves with a token for the toy machine, whether the visit went well or ended in tears. A reward for showing up is more useful than a reward for good behavior.
Children's dentistry near Frisco, Prosper and Plano
Children's dentistry is offered in our office at 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035. We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM. Wednesday and Sunday we are closed, though the phone is still answered on Wednesday. Patients come from Frisco and from Prosper, Plano, Little Elm, Allen, Celina and McKinney. Call (469) 262-2111 to book a visit.
Call (469) 262-2111Sealants, fluoride or silver diamine fluoride (SDF): which does your child need?
Three preventive treatments that get confused for each other. They do different jobs.
| Feature | Sealants | Fluoride varnish | Silver diamine fluoride |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Seals deep molar grooves | Hardens enamel | Arrests decay already present |
| Drilling | None | None | None |
| Appearance | Invisible | Invisible | Stains treated decay dark |
| Best for | New permanent molars | Every child, twice a year | Very young or anxious children |
Custom athletic mouthguards for kids
Frisco is a youth sports town. A knocked-out or fractured permanent front tooth in a twelve-year-old is a lifetime of dentistry — bonding, then a crown, then possibly an implant decades later.
A custom mouthguard, made from a digital scan of your child’s teeth, fits well enough that it stays in and gets worn. The store-bought kind, by contrast, mostly ends up in a bag.
Parent guides: baby teeth, first visits and Medicaid
Each topic has its own page. Start with your child’s first dental visit or the baby teeth timeline. Other pages cover pulpotomy and baby crowns, space maintainers and habits, Medicaid and braces and special needs and anxious children.
Children's dental visit cost in Frisco: what to expect
The first visit is recommended by the first birthday or within six months of the first tooth — early, short and mostly about making the chair a normal place to sit.
You get the figure in writing before treatment starts. We accept all major PPO plans and file the claim for you, our membership plan takes a percentage off treatment, and CareCredit financing is available.
How plans usually cover children's dentistry.
Preventive and diagnostic — Class I on most plans
- What plans pay
- Usually paid at 100%, which is why children's dentistry feels free at the desk. It is not free; it is prepaid, and it is the part of the plan worth using every year.
- Deductible
- Usually waived. Most plans do not apply the deductible to preventive care, which is one of the few pieces of good news in plan design.
What catches people out
- Frequency limits are counted by date — not by calendar year. "Two cleanings a year" usually means six months and a day between them, so an appointment moved a week early can be the one that is not paid.
- It still spends your annual maximum. The plan paying 100% is the plan paying out, and that draws the ceiling down even though you hand over nothing — which is exactly how two ordinary visits can leave very little behind.
- Some plans exclude preventive care from the maximum altogether. We check whether yours does, because it changes how the whole year should be sequenced.
These are how dental plans usually classify this treatment — not a statement about your own plan. Yours is the one that governs, plans differ more than people expect, and the only reliable answer comes from reading your specific benefits, which we always do ahead of treatment and give you in writing.
And what changes out-of-network
A dentist who is in-network has signed a contract fixing what may be charged for each procedure and cannot bill you the difference. One who is out-of-network has signed nothing, so the full fee stands.
So the first difference is the price itself — the same treatment is simply allowed to cost more out-of-network, before anyone's plan is considered.
What you personally pay out of that depends on your own deductible and coinsurance, which is why there is no percentage here: it is not a property of the treatment, it is a property of your plan, and we verify yours before you commit. But two things follow for everybody. Your share is a share of a bigger number. And your annual maximum is spent by what the plan pays toward that bigger number, so the same treatment eats more of your benefit out-of-network.
The figures are on the treatment pages. This page covers several different procedures, and one chart here would have to average treatments that are not comparable — a filling against a full-arch case. Each treatment page carries its own allowed fee, in network and out.
Check the going rate yourself
FAIR Health's dental cost lookup is free, needs no account, and is not ours — it reports what a procedure typically costs in your area. It does not know your plan, so treat it as a ballpark figure — not a final answer.
Ask us for the number first
We verify your specific plan before your appointment and give you a written estimate: what the plan is expected to pay, and what you pay. If we get it wrong we tell you why.
Bring an Explanation of Benefits
Treated somewhere else? Your EOB shows exactly what the plan paid and what it counted against your maximum. Bring one in and we will read it with you — whether or not you become a patient here.
None of this says out-of-network dentists are worse dentists. Plenty are excellent, plenty are out-of-network for sound reasons, and people choose a dentist for who that person is. What we think you are owed is the information, so that whatever you choose, you chose it knowingly. The whole thing, explained properly, or call (469) 262-2111 and ask.
Kids dentist care in Frisco, from first tooth to teenager
What we watch for changes every few years. Knowing the sequence makes it easier to see why a visit at four looks nothing like a visit at fourteen.
- By age 1The first visit
A lap exam, a look at how the teeth are coming through, and a conversation about bottles, sippy cups and brushing. Short by design.
- Ages 2–5Getting comfortable at the dentist
Counting teeth, riding the chair, a polish when they are ready. Fluoride varnish where the risk warrants it. No child is held down.
- Ages 6–8First molars and sealants
The first permanent molars arrive behind the baby teeth, often unnoticed. Their grooves are where most childhood decay starts, and a sealant closes them.
- Around age 7Bite and braces check
Not treatment — an assessment of how the jaws and permanent teeth are developing, so anything worth acting on early is spotted at the right moment.
- TeensMouthguards, wisdom teeth, independence
Custom guards for contact sport, wisdom teeth monitored on X-ray, and the hygiene conversation moves from you to them.
Children's Dentistry in Frisco, TX
Bring your child to your own appointment first if they are nervous — sitting in the room while nothing happens to them is the cheapest desensitization there is.
- Hours
- Weekdays 9–6
Saturdays 9–3 - Languages
- English, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu
Arabic with Saba, our hygienist, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Vietnamese with Anh, our hygienist, Saturdays
Cantonese and Mandarin with Dr. Louie, our periodontist, on his scheduled days, by internal referral
Children's Dentistry FAQs in Frisco, TX
Grouped so you can go straight to the one you came for.
Children's Dentistry — common questions
When should my child first see a dentist?
Do you accept children's Medicaid and CHIP?
What do you do for a child who is frightened of the dentist?
Can you treat a tongue-tie or lip-tie?
Are sealants and fluoride worth it?
Do you make custom mouthguards for kids?
Do you see children as young as one?
Is White Lotus Dental a pediatric dentist?
Is there a pediatric dentist in Frisco, TX?
Where can I find a kids dentist near me in Frisco?
Toothache at 7am? You'll be seen today.
Same-day and Saturday appointments for toothaches, broken teeth, knocked-out teeth and lost crowns. Call us and we'll tell you what to do first, while you're still at home.
Everything else under this roof.
White Lotus Dental offers nine dental specialties inside one calm office on Custer Road. Having general dentists and an in-house periodontist on staff means your entire family can receive preventive, restorative, and surgical treatments in one familiar place.
Preventive Dentistry
Regular dental checkups, professional cleanings, night guards, and jaw-pain care. Every routine exam includes an oral cancer screening to protect your long-term health.
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Orthodontics
Clear aligners with Invisalign® and comprehensive traditional braces. Your treatment is fitted, monitored, and adjusted in-house by your trusted dentist.
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Missing Teeth
Permanent dental implants, dental bridges, and customized dentures planned using 3-D CBCT scans. Because our team includes a board-certified periodontist, your implant surgery, placement, and final crown are completed in the same building.
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Cosmetic Dentistry
Professional Zoom whitening, custom take-home whitening trays, and composite tooth bonding designed to brighten and refine your natural smile.
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Periodontics & Oral Surgery
Specialized gum disease therapy, scaling and root planing (deep cleanings), frenectomies, and periodontal surgery performed by our board-certified periodontist.
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Restorative Dentistry
Custom porcelain crowns, bridges, tooth-colored fillings, and full-mouth restorations crafted to match the natural look, feel, and function of your teeth.
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Sedation Dentistry
Relaxing dental care tailored to your comfort level. We offer nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for any routine clinic visit, as well as oral and IV sedation planned ahead with our periodontist.
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Emergency Dentistry
Toothaches, broken teeth, knocked-out teeth and lost crowns — seen the same day, Saturdays included.
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