Overview
Crozet Pediatric Dentistry is the village's dedicated pediatric dental practice, run by Dr. Kevin Clifford, DDS. The office sits at 300 Claremont Lane, Suite 101, in the cluster of medical and dental offices that has built up south of downtown over the past two decades. It's a few doors down from Crozet Eye Care and a short walk from UVA Family Medicine and Specialty Care Crozet, Crozet's main healthcare row.
The practice is small by design. Dr. Clifford sees patients Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Fridays the office is closed because Friday is the day Dr. Clifford spends at UVA seeing pediatric patients there. That schedule is part of how the practice avoids the assembly-line feel of larger pediatric chains: one dentist, one office, four days a week, with a roster small enough that the staff learns the kids' names by the second visit.
What pediatric dentistry actually means
Pediatric dentistry is a recognized specialty, two or three years of additional training after dental school, focused on the developmental, behavioral, and clinical aspects of kids' teeth. The work runs from the eruption of a baby's first tooth through adolescence, with a particular focus on prevention: sealants, fluoride applications, early assessment of how teeth are coming in, and the slow patient work of teaching a small human to brush.
The clinical case for taking kids to a pediatric specialist instead of a general dentist is well-established. The cultural case is just as important: kids who associate dental visits with pain, boredom, or anxiety carry that into adulthood. A practice built around making the visit a non-event, a chair scaled to a child, a TV on the ceiling, a hygienist who has done this thousands of times with kids in this exact age range, produces a different downstream relationship to dental care.
That is the model Crozet Pediatric Dentistry runs on. The office is kid-scaled. The staff is trained to be calm with a six-year-old who's having a bad morning. The treatment plans are explained to parents with the costs disclosed before anything starts, which is unusual in dentistry.
Who's served
The practice covers infants through young adults as the standard population, plus special-needs patients of any age, adults included. Pediatric specialists are often the only practitioners in a region with both the training and the patience for special-needs dental care, and Dr. Clifford takes referrals across that range.
Services include the full spectrum of preventive pediatric care, restorative work for cavities and trauma, sealants and fluoride, and emergency dental care for kids, the lost filling on a Sunday, the soccer-ball-to-the-face on a Tuesday morning. The office handles the early orthodontic evaluations that determine whether and when a kid needs to be referred to an orthodontist (Hamer & Glassick, two suites away, is the common Crozet referral).
What parents say
The practice's reviews are unusually consistent. The same words come up: kind, calm, patient. Sample testimonials from the office's own page:
- *"He is always kind, calm and patient with my daughters."*
- *"Great place for little ones to feel safe and welcomed."*
- *"Very professional and affordable. They do an amazing job with children!"*
Local parents who have been through the practice for multiple kids tend to use the same descriptors when asked. The "dental home" framing, one practice from infancy onward, with continuity of records and relationship, is the explicit model the office promotes. Most Crozet pediatricians refer here when asked.
Visiting
Address: 300 Claremont Lane, Suite 101, Crozet, VA 22932.
Phone: (434) 205-4594. Email: smiles@crozetpediatricdentistry.com. Website: crozetpediatricdentistry.com.
Hours: Monday–Thursday 8:30 AM–4:30 PM. Closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. New-patient appointments take a few weeks to schedule; emergency dental issues are handled with same-day urgency where possible.
The office is in the south-end medical cluster on Claremont Lane, off Three Notched Road behind the new construction near Old Trail. Parking is in the small surface lot in front of the building.
Why it matters
A village the size of Crozet is fortunate to have a dedicated pediatric dental specialist in town at all. The closest comparable practice in either direction, Charlottesville east, Waynesboro west, is a 25–30 minute drive each way. That friction quietly degrades how often a young family actually keeps preventive appointments.
Dr. Clifford's practice does the slow, low-glamour work of building dental habits in kids before the habits become problems. It is not a flashy operation. It does not market aggressively. The office runs four days a week and closes when it closes. But for the families that use it, it is a small piece of the village infrastructure that makes raising kids in Crozet feel like raising them somewhere with the medical and dental specialists you'd expect in a place much larger.
If your kid is approaching two and a half, that's the age the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends for a first visit, call here. The office will get you on the schedule. The first visit is short, painless, and ends with a sticker. The next ten years are downstream of how that first visit goes.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Crozet Pediatric Dentistry?
Crozet Pediatric Dentistry is located at 300 Claremont Lane, Suite 101, Crozet, VA 22932, in Crozet, Virginia.
How do I contact Crozet Pediatric Dentistry?
You can call (434) 205-4594 or visit https://crozetpediatricdentistry.com. Hours and current information are most reliable directly from the business.
What kind of business is Crozet Pediatric Dentistry?
Crozet Pediatric Dentistry is categorized as healthcare in our Crozet directory. See the description and quick facts above for what makes this listing distinctive.
