Parents often ask, when is the right time to do my child\u2019s first visit to the dentist?<\/p>\n
The answer?\u00a0As soon as baby teeth have started to come through.<\/p>\n
Yes, you have read it right. Many parents sometimes compromise their children\u2019s first visit because they thought that it\u2019s too early for them or they don\u2019t think that their child does not need one yet. Little did they know that as early as the first tooth comes out, the possibility for cavities hiding behind is also starting.<\/p>\n
According to research, most pre-school children that have tooth decay have not seen a dentist yet. Baby teeth should be well taken care of because they are the ones holding the space for the permanent teeth. If it happens that the baby teeth are in not in good condition, chances are high that the permanent teeth will also have a problem.<\/p>\n
When preparing your child for their\u00a0first dental visit, it is important that you take into consideration that the dentist is very experienced in dealing with\u00a0children. You should try to explain what will happen during the visit or\u00a0take them to the practice and let him become acquainted with the environment.<\/p>\n
Taking your child at an early age will help in the prevention of tooth decay and can lead to lifetime\u2019s good dental habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parents often ask, when is the right time to do my child\u2019s first visit to the dentist? The answer?\u00a0As soon as baby teeth have started to come through. Yes, you have read it right. Many parents sometimes compromise their children\u2019s first visit because they thought that it\u2019s too early for them or they don\u2019t think … Continue reading When Should Children First Visit The Dentist?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}