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Adolescent & PediatricDentistry · Muncie, IN
Now welcoming new families

The first step should feel like a soft landing.

For every wobbly tooth, every nervous question, every growing kind of brave — specialist pediatric and adolescent dental care in Muncie, at a gentler pace.

  • 4.9 / 558 patient reviews
  • Birth to 21care shaped by each stage
  • A specialistnot a general practice
A pediatric dental treatment room with a child-sized green chair beside a bright, daylit window.
Six toothbrushes laid in a row on a pale marble surface.

Not a checklist. A relationship.

Because feeling safe changes everything.

A dental visit is rarely just a dental visit. For a child it is a room full of unfamiliar things — and how that room feels shapes every visit that follows.

We lead with listening.

We take time to understand what your child needs before we ever ask them to be brave.

We make room for feelings.

There is no rush to get through a visit — just steady reassurance and clear next steps.

We grow alongside you.

From early checkups through the teen years, care adapts to the person your child is becoming.

What families report

Trust, measured the only honest way — by the people we treat.

  • 4.9/ 5

    Average patient rating

  • 58reviews

    Published patient reviews

  • 7awards

    Patient awards recorded

  • 0–21years

    Ages cared for, birth to 21

Source: US News physician profile, recorded July 2026. These figures are reverified before launch and are never estimated or rounded up.

Care, in every season

The right care should feel like it belongs to your family.

The practice

Adolescent & Pediatric Dentistry P.C.

Pediatric dentistry · Birth to 21 · Muncie, Indiana

  • Time before treatment
  • Plain language, always
  • One practice, every stage

Meet the doctor

Dr. Michael R. Musal, DDS

Caring for patients from birth through age 21.

A specialist, by choice

Children are not small adults — and their dentistry shouldn't be either.

Pediatric dentistry is its own discipline: growing teeth, changing bites, and the particular skill of helping a young person feel safe enough to be examined at all.

In families' words

What families mention, again and again.

4.9

58 reviews on US News

Patience with children

Independent review summaries repeatedly describe an unhurried approach with young patients.

Clear explanations for parents

Parents note leaving the visit understanding what was found and what happens next.

A welcoming environment

The atmosphere of the practice is a recurring theme in published feedback.

These are themes summarised from published reviews, not quotations. We do not publish unattributed or invented testimonials.

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Appointment requests

We’ll make the unknown feel a little more familiar.

Send a request and we’ll follow up to find a time that works for your family — or call and speak to someone directly.

Before you arrive

  • A calm startTime to settle in before anything happens.
  • Plain languageEvery step explained to your child, and to you.
  • A clear planYou leave knowing exactly what comes next.
The full first-visit guide