From the Anne and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Website:

Dentistry & Oral Surgery 

The Division of Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive and preventive oral healthcare for infants, children and teens and for patients with special needs. We treat approximately 5,000 pediatric patients each year, more than any other dental service in Illinois.

For more than 40 years, our division has focused on the care of patients who have medical conditions that prevent them from receiving care in the conventional private-practice dental setting. Our dentists have the training, experience and properly equipped facility (operating room) to safely provide general anesthesia or sedation for anxious children and kids with disabilities, even those whom other dental offices could not treat. We have many satisfied parents who are grateful that their child must no longer be forcibly held down to have their teeth cleaned.

We provide ongoing dental care or will create a dental care plan for your child to use with your community pediatric dentist. We also provide comprehensive oral healthcare for children being treated at Lurie Children’s. 

Experience

Our team includes: 

• Pediatric dentists
• Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
• Orthodontists for the cleft lip and palate/craniofacial team
• Dental assistants

To focus on your child’s total health, we also work with other medical specialties at Lurie Children’s, including:

• Allergy
• Cancer Center (Oncology)
• Cardiology
• Hematology
• Infectious Disease
• Neurology
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

The head of the Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Ray J. Jurado, DDS, is board certified in pediatric dentistry from the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Jurado is a the Program Director of Pediatric Dentistry at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Approach

Lurie Children’s provides a child-centered environment and care that focuses on total health and prevention. Our pediatric dentists always provide the attention, time and compassion that your child deserves.

Our dental services include:

• Infant oral healthcare
• Oral healthcare for special-needs patients
• Treatment of advanced, complex dental disease under general anesthesia
• Restorative dentistry, including using white crowns on front (anterior) teeth
• Dental emergency care