Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric Dentistry
Safoura Massoumi, D.D.S.
Dr. Massoumi recieved her certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from Oregon Health Sciences University in 1992 with high honors. She completed four years of Dental Sciences Studies at the University of Brussells and three years of Medical Sciences. She passed the American National Dental Boards with the score of over 97%.
Dr. Massoumi is certified in CPR and PALS (Advanced Pediatric Life Support). She has been practicing pediatric dentistry in San Diego since early 1993 and is a senior staff member at Children’s Hospital.
She lectures about Pediatric dentistry to general dentists and Pediatric dentistry residents. Dr. Massoumi is an active member of the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry, the San Diego’s Dental Society, the San Diego’s Women Dental Society, and the International Society of Orthodontics.
Team Biographies
Our people are among the most talented in the industry. It would be our pleasure to put our extensive experience to work for you.
Environment
We at Children’s Primary Dental provide a low stress environment for our young patients. To ease their time with our dentists we offer movies and games for those who simply need a minor distraction, while at the same time sedatative measures, such as:
- Nitrous Oxide
- Conscious sedation (twilight sleep with rigorous monitoring).
- In office deep sedation performed by an anesthesiologist.
- Hospital Dentistry; dental treatment performed under General Anesthesia at Children’s Hospital.
Preventive Care
We offer the following preventative care services:
- Prevention of dental carries in primary and permanent teeth by placing sealants or preventative resin restorations.
- Comprehensive evaluation of crowding malposition and asymmetrical growth.
- Early corrections of cross bites and under bites.
- Management of Oral Habits; digit, thumb sucking, lip wetting or sucking and abnormal swallowing.
We Speak
- English
- Spanish
- Polish
- Tagalog
- Farsi
- Arabic