Dentistry and Orthodontics

At the Dentistry and Orthodontics Department of SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, we treat children from birth to 18 years of age.

We believe that healthy teeth in childhood aids the healthy development of children and adolescents and ensures a good quality of life when they reach adulthood. For this reason, prevention and treatment adapted to each patient are essential.

Specialities and services

We are experts in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics.

Public and private coverage

In the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital we believe that a healthy infant teething contributes to proper development of children and adolescents, as well as to ensure good quality of life when you reach adulthood. That's why we offer dental services and complementary health services covered by public health orthodontics.

Complementary services through private care are made for children up to 18 years without underlying pathology of any geographical area. The public offering of dentistry and orthodontics is offered in the following cases:

• Children from birth to age 18 with physical and / or mental illness.
• Children under 4 years policaries affected without underlying disease.
• Oral surgery in children up to 14 years from the reference area.

Paediatric Dentistry

We help to prevent, diagnose and correct diseases of the mouth and teeth in children and adolescents.

Orthodontics

At SJD Barcelona Childrens Hospital we have more than 40 years of experience in orthodontic treatment. We use various techniques to achieve the best results and the greatest comfort for the children we treat: conventional fixed orthodontics, fixed orthodontics with aesthetic brackets, Invisalign (clear aligners) and lingual orthodontics.

Teeth alignment

Detecting a early malocclusion problem is essential to facilitating its simple and rapid correction. 

In the Orthodontics Department we offer effective solutions, personalised treatments and latest-generation technology to align the teeth of children and adolescents, resolve skeletal abnormalities and re-establish the morphological and functional balance of the face and the mouth. (These services are not covered by public health)

Treatment of birth defects

Our craniofacial unit provides multidisciplinary treatment of birth defects such as cleft lip and palate and craniofacial stenosis.

We have been following an early care protocol for more than 30 years, addressing the treatment of patients with birth defects in order to minimise cosmetic and functional abnormalities in children, within a supportive family environment. (These services are covered by public health)

Dental hygienists

• Rosa Salvador Pascual
• Julia Sanz Miguel
• Carmen Cruz Auñón

Clinical assistants

• Julita Sanz Miguel
• Mireia Espinosa Martínez
• Deborah Domínguez Martín
• María José Vega Romera
• Raquel Corral Sereno
• María Sánchez Pulido
• Mireia Vilar Serrano
• Marta Vilar Serrano
• Leonor Guadalupe Hernández Molina
• Ariadna Trujillo Andreu

Secretary of Service

• Maite Cabrera Buceta 

Administrative staff

• Nuria Asenjo Carulla
• Nuria Civit Gasso
• Jessica Camero Mula
• Vanessa Barrero Cortés
• Olga Vázquez Orea

Research

The main lines of research of the Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Department are:

• Study in patients with craniofacial defects and facial clefts.
• Study of growth and treatment in skeletal Class 3 malocclusion.
• Study on obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) in the orthodontic patient. 
• 3D planning in surgical orthodontics.
• Study in oncology patients.
• Study of dental affectations in patients with different rare diseases.

Our research is carried out at the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD).

Locations

The Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Service is located in two different locations.