Welcome to Tallahassee Pediatric Dentistry
Why a pediatric dentist?
Pediatric dentists are the pediatricians of dentistry. Dr. Shawn received two additional years of training and education to learn the specific needs and concerns of a growing child. She is also board certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, a respected qualifying status earned by fewer than three percent of all dentists. Like how your child sees a pediatrician, Dr. Shawn has more experience working with children than a general dentist. Especially the very young, nervous ones as well as patients with special health care needs.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help your child have a healthy, confident smile for life. This starts with the first tooth. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that a child sees a pediatric dentist when the first tooth appears or no later than their first birthday. In our office we say, “before you turn 2, we want to see you!
Our triplets had a great experience here!
They left all smiles and determined to never eat candy again (we'll see how long that lasts!). Everyone was friendly and the kids were made to feel comfortable about everything being done.
About Dr. Shawn Hanway
Dr. Shawn Hanway is Tallahassee’s longest standing Board Certified Pediatric Dentist in Tallahassee and one of only two within 50 miles of the Tallahassee area. She opened her practice, Tallahassee Pediatric Dentistry in 2016 to provide dental health care for children of all ages. She decided pediatric dentistry was her specialty after a mission trip to Guatemala in dental school. She enjoys the challenges of children who come into the office nervous or scared but then leave with a smile on their face.
Her goal is to protect their experience of visiting the dentist, which is why she works closely with an in-office pediatric anesthesiologist for providing safe dental treatment to her very young and special needs patients.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, Florida State University
- Doctorate of Dental Medicine, University of Florida
- Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, University of Florida
- Diplomat of American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
Awards
- AAPD Graduate Student Research Award May 2016
- Received Award For Excellence in Research April 2016
- Clara Turner Craniofacial Anomalies Award March 2016
- Recipient of Bertram V. Dannheiser Jr. DDS Scholarship Award 2011
Did You Know?
Dr. Shawn’s favorite part of her training would include being a part of UF Shand’s Craniofacial team and learning how to treat babies born with cleft lip/palate by providing taping and NAM fabrication to newborns. She also enjoys working closely with lactation specialists and speech pathologists in our area to provide tongue/lip tie releases with in-office laser. She was raised in Tallahassee and is delighted to have the opportunity to serve the needs of children in her hometown.
Our Team
Dr. Christin Carter Mobley
She also participates in a mission trip every year in the Dominican Republic where she provides dental services to families in underserved communities. These combined experiences helped grow her skill set to treat children and find her passion in working with kids.
She recently moved to Tallahassee with her husband Kyle, along with their two dogs (Alaska and Cooper), their cat (Mowgli), and her horse (Wally). Dr Carter enjoys hiking, showing horses, and running in her time away from the office.
DR. ERIN CHAMBERLIN, MD
Dr. Chamberlin is a Fellowship Trained, Triple Board Certified Anesthesiologist with over 17 years of clinical anesthesia experience. She is proficient with Level 1 traumas, difficult airways, ENT/Craniofacial, Thoracic and complex congenital pediatric anesthesia techniques.
Dr. Chamberlin was born and raised in the Tampa Bay area and received her medical doctor degree in 2004 from the University of South Florida College of Medicine. She completed her Anesthesiology residency at the University of Florida in 2008 and completed her Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at The Nemours Children’s Hospital in 2009. She was awarded board certification in the specialty of Anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology in 2009 and subsequently awarded the newly created subspecialty board certification in Pediatric Anesthesiology in 2014 when it became available. She also became board certified with the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons for Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology in 2016.
She has been a Pediatric Anesthesiologist in the Tampa Bay Area since completing her fellowship and was the Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Tampa General Hospital before deciding to join Pediatric Dental Anesthesia Associates in 2022. Now her focus is on office based anesthesia to ensure that high-quality, safe and efficient sedation services are available to children in need of dental procedures.