Slidell is the biggest city on the north shore, and plenty of Camellia City families make the drive across I-12 to see us. NOLA Pediatric Dentistry treats children only — infants through teenagers — from our Madisonville office at 704 Main Street, about forty minutes west of Olde Towne Slidell.
That drive is worth explaining, because parents ask. What Slidell families come to us for is specialty-level pediatric care in one place: routine cleanings and a tongue tie release and a sedation case do not need three different offices and three different referrals. Dr. Kris Norbo is a pediatric specialist with hospital privileges, so the complicated cases stay with the same team your child already knows.
Pediatric Dentistry for Slidell Families
Children are not small adults, and a pediatric practice is built around that. Visits are paced for short attention spans. The team narrates what is happening in words a five-year-old understands. Behavior guidance comes before sedation, not after. And because we see nothing but children all day, patterns that a general office might sit on — an erupting molar coming in sideways, enamel defects, a bite that is drifting — get caught while they are still small problems.
Dr. Kris completed his pediatric residency and Master of Science in Dentistry at LSU in New Orleans, passed both examinations of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, and teaches as an associate professor at LSU School of Dentistry. He holds ACLS, PALS, and BLS certification and has privileges at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans.
Services Slidell Parents Ask About Most
Cleanings, Exams, and Sealants
Regular exams and cleanings catch decay while it is still a filling instead of a crown. Sealants and fluoride protect the six-year molars, which take the most damage of any teeth in a child’s mouth.
Fillings and White Crowns
We restore decayed teeth with white fillings and crowns that look like teeth. Keeping a baby molar in place until it is ready to come out on its own protects the alignment of the permanent tooth underneath it.
Infant Tongue and Lip Ties
If feeding is painful, slow, or your baby cannot maintain a latch, a restrictive frenum may be the reason. A laser frenectomy takes minutes, uses no scalpel, and we send you home with aftercare stretches and a plan to follow up with your lactation consultant.
Sedation, Special Needs, and Hospital Care
For children with significant anxiety, extensive treatment needs, or special healthcare needs, we offer nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, and IV sedation with a pediatric anesthesiologist. Full-mouth rehabilitation can be completed under general anesthesia through hospital dentistry at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans.
Growth and Bite Guidance
Interceptive orthodontics uses your child’s remaining growth to correct crossbites and crowding early, which usually means less orthodontic work later.
Emergencies
Knocked-out teeth, cracked front teeth, and dental swelling are time-sensitive. Read our dental emergency instructions, then call us — what you do in the first ten minutes often decides whether a permanent tooth survives.
Coming to Us From Slidell
Take I-12 west to Madisonville and exit toward LA-22; the office is on Main Street a few blocks from the Tchefuncte River, with parking out front. Most families from the Olde Towne and Heritage Park side of Slidell plan on forty minutes. If you are driving that far, tell our front desk when you book — we will group siblings into consecutive appointments and try to handle exams, cleanings, and any needed treatment in as few trips as possible.
What Slidell Parents Ask
Is the drive really necessary?
That is your call, and we will not oversell it. Families choose us for the specialty training, the sedation and hospital options, and a team that handles anxious kids well. If your child needs only a routine cleaning and nothing else, a closer office may serve you fine.
Can you see all my kids the same morning?
Usually, yes. Tell us how many children and their ages when you call and we will build the block.
What about insurance?
We are in network with many plans and file for you either way. For uninsured families there is an in-office Wellness Plan covering two exams, cleanings, and fluoride per year at a flat annual fee, with discounts on sealants, fillings, crowns, and extractions.
My child has autism and struggles with dental visits. Can you help?
Yes. Tell us what sets your child off and what calms them, and we will plan the visit around it — quieter room, shorter appointment, a desensitization visit first, or sedation if that is genuinely the right call.
Request an Appointment From Slidell
For a pediatric dentist serving Slidell, LA, call or text (985) 845-3211, check directions and hours on our Madisonville location page, or request an appointment online and our team will reach out.
We serve neighboring communities too, including Mandeville and Covington.