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Betty Rodriguez, RDAEF, is clinical manager at Alameda Pediatric Dentistry and has been with the practice for 25 years.

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The center treatment area features an open concept with four tables designed to allow young patients to observe one another during treatment.

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The specially designed tables are more kid-friendly than conventional dental chairs.

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Young patients can play an age-appropriate video game while waiting for their appointment to begin. In the background is one of the practice's two x-ray rooms.

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This wooden playhouse has been part of Alameda Pediatric Dentistry since it first opened 40 years ago.

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The entire office is adorned with bright and welcoming art, and plush snakes and lizards make even the operatory lights more kid-friendly.

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Dr. MyLinh Ngo, one of the practice’s two associates, assesses a patient’s radiographs. Dr. Ngo, who completed her specialty training in pediatric dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco, is also an assistant clinical professor at the UCSF dental school.

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In between patients, Mehria Noori, RDAEF2 (left), and Portia Weiman, RDH, spend time putting together standardized training courses and manuals for the staff.