The right age or time to introduce your kid to a dentist is within 6 months of the first tooth eruption or by 12 months.
This is the age when dentist can guide you about following-
- Baby bottle tooth decay
- Feeding practice
- Mouth cleaning
- Finger sucking habits
- Teething
- Pacifier habit
Prepare yourself (parents)-
- Discuss your concerns and fear with the dentist.
- If you have anxiety and fear for dental treatments do not discuss it with you child.
- parents need to be calm
- Do not scare them while visiting the dentist
- Give moral support to the kid.
Prepare you kid -
- If possible book morning appointments so young children are fresh and attentive.
- Prepare a pre schooler or young kid a idea about the where you are taking them .
- Expain why it is important to go to dentist.
- Do not scream on them if do not agree to go to dentist, patiently make them understand and convince to go to dentist.
- Cheer them up ,when they agree to see a dentist.
Prepare a dentist -
- At first visit , give the dentist complete information about you child's behaviour.
- Let the dentist know about their eating habits sleeping habits and nature.
- Tell them about your child's nature whether he or she is naughty, calm stubborn,aggressive, lazy or shy.