When should you take your child to the dentist for the first
time?
The answer
is "First visit by first birthday." Surprising?
The child’s first dental visit and oral examination should take
place by at least 1 year of age even if there are no dental problems at this
age. This “well baby check” enables the dentist and the parents to discuss ways
to nurture excellent oral health before any serious problems have had an
opportunity to develop. Subsequently, regular check ups should be carried out
every 6 months or as suggested by the dentist.
Why so early?
How
does the dentist check my little baby? Will my baby allow for check up?
The baby’s check up is done in parent’s presence by taking parent’s help
to hold the baby. This not only helps to control the baby’s movements but also
gives emotional support to the baby. It is very common and normal for the
babies to cry and even be resistant at the first appointment.
Though here is little or no effective communication between the dentist
and the child, the child realizes that nothing “bad” happened; and the
procedure was permitted by parents themselves. Thus crying and resistance
improves over a period as the child grows up and these regular dental check ups
contribute in making your child absolutely free of “fear of the dentist”!
What
all information you will receive in the initial dental visits of your child?
So gift your baby a healthy smile on his/her first birthday by starting
regular dental visits! It is never too early! Neither is it too late to start
if your child is already more than 1 year old!
Believe
in speciality?
Now you have an option of taking your child to a “Pediatric Dentist” who
is specially trained for dental care of children…just as you have a “Pediatrician”
who is a specialist in medical care of children!
Know more about Pediatric Dentistry in the next post!
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