Gateway Children's Surgery Center

Founded in January 2024, Gateway Children’s Surgery Center proudly serves pediatric and special needs patients throughout the St. Louis area. As an ambulatory surgery center specializing in general anesthesia dentistry, oral surgery, and comprehensive dental care, we provide safe, comfortable care in a welcoming environment.

Our experienced team of dental professionals offers pediatric, special needs, and oral surgery procedures in a state-of-the-art setting. Treatment is completed in a single visit while patients sleep peacefully throughout their procedure, providing families with a convenient and stress-free experience.

We work closely with local dentists and specialists to provide access to high-quality care for children and special needs patients requiring general anesthesia dentistry. Patients and families trust our team for our compassionate care, experienced providers, advanced safety standards, and commitment to making treatment accessible. We proudly accept Medicaid, most PPO insurance plans, and private pay options.

Open Hours

Monday - Friday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday – SundayClosed

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Referral Partner Resources

Contact our referral partner relations department by sending an email to: brian.schwabe@bluecloudpsc.com

Services Provided

At Gateway Children’s Surgery Center, we provide specialized dental services under general anesthesia for children and patients with special healthcare needs.

Pediatric Dentistry

Pediatric Dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.

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Special Needs Dentistry

Dentistry tailored to the needs of patients with medical, physical, cognitive or emotional disabilities.

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Oral Surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

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Endodontics

Endodontics is the branch of dentistry which is concerned with the morphology, physiology and pathology of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues. Its study and practice encompass the basic and clinical sciences including biology of the normal pulp, the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions.

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General Anesthesia

We are unique in that we provide general anesthesia to all qualified patients referred to us, which allows for a non-traumatic treatment of dental needs, great or small.

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Gateway Children's Surgery Center Providers

Our experienced dental team provides specialized ambulatory dental care with a focus on safety, comfort, and personalized treatment for every patient.

Michael Chon, DDS

Tony McClure, DDS

Roderick Kim, OMS

Rishad Shaikh, DMD FACS

Insurances Accepted

We accept Medicaid, most PPO plans and private pay.

Referral Partner Resources

Contact our referral partner relations department by sending an email to: brian.schwabe@bluecloudpsc.com

Patient Reviews

What our patients say

4.3
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Annie Stagner3 months ago
My 5 year old foster son was referred for restorative treatment and after searching throughout the metro east to find a pediatric dentist that accepted IL Medicaid, I was able to get him in to Gateway Children’s Surgery Center. They were able to schedule the consultation within days of me calling and everyone staffed there were amazing. I was not looking forward to any of it because of my son never really having experience with dental work and not really knowing how extensive it would be but the staff was amazing. His surgery was yesterday and after 4 extractions, 2 root canals and 6 fillings, he is up and going today like nothing happened. Great experience and I would highly recommend to anyone needing dental services for young children. Thank you so much!
Aqruilline Smith5 months ago
I had a wonderful experience at Gateway Children’s Surgery Center. The entire staff was very professional and polite from the moment we walked in. The dentist truly went above and beyond her scope of practice to make sure my son was comfortable and well taken care of. What really impressed me was that they were able to get him scheduled for his procedure the very next day. That meant so much to us. They took excellent care of him, and the nurse was absolutely great as well — kind, patient, and attentive throughout the entire process. I highly recommend this office to anyone looking for compassionate and high-quality dental care for their child.