Smile Starters
Pediatric Dentist
Why pick this one
Smile Starters provides pediatric-setting general dentistry across nine North Carolina offices, including cleanings, sealants, restorations, and nitrous oxide for nervous patients.
Best for
- Children needing preventive dental checkups and cleanings
- Young adults seeking general dentistry in a pediatric setting
- Families needing sealants, fluoride treatments, restorations, crowns, or X-rays
- Nervous pediatric patients who may benefit from nitrous oxide
- Families without insurance seeking the Smile Starters Club Membership
- Patients seeking offices in Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Hickory, Winston-Salem, or Wilmington
Look elsewhere if
- Adults seeking a general dentist focused outside children and young adults
- Patients requiring a service not listed among the practice's general youth dentistry offerings
Specialties
- pediatric dental cleanings
- sealants
- composite restorations
- hospital dentistry
- Curodont Repair Fluoride Plus
- comprehensive oral evaluations
- fluoride and varnish treatments
- amalgam restorations
- nitrous oxide for nervous patients
- limited oral and pain examinations
- dental X-rays
- stainless steel crowns
- teeth whitening
Certifications
- American Dental Association
- North Carolina Dental Society
- Gaston County Dental Society
- UNC Dental Alumni Association
- UNC Board of Visitors
- NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Children's Preventative Oral Health Service
- NC Health Connex Work Group
What makes them different
- General dental services are provided in a pediatric setting for children, young adults, and underserved patients.
- Nine North Carolina office locations are listed, including two Charlotte offices.
- The practice accepts most insurance and offers a Smile Starters Club Membership for patients without insurance.
- Nitrous oxide is available for nervous patients.
- Dr. Rafael Rivera Jr. has dedicated his professional career to children and young adults since 2002.
- Serves
- Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Hickory, Winston-Salem, Wilmington
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 247 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- +18283501076
- Website
- http://smilestartersdental.com
- intl-segmenter@11.7.10
Services
- general dentistry for youth
- preventive dentistry
- restorative dentistry
- oral evaluations
- anxiety management
- hospital dentistry