When should children start brushing?
Dental hygiene starts with the first baby teeth, which can be cleaned with a Q-tip. From the age of three, children should be taught to care for their teeth themselves. Tell your child every day how important oral hygiene and regular visits to the dentist are. Give your child little toothbrushes. Praise your child after successful cleaning.
f you´re having trouble motivating your children to brush regularly, let them practice and help them finish. Most children allow their parents to help them until they say "I can do it on my own now."
IMPORTANT: Regular cleaning and visits to the dentist!
What if drilling is necessary?
If you dislike going to the dentist´s yourself, do not take your child with you on your appointments, so your anxiety doesn´t carry over to the child. don´t say "It won´t hurt a bit" unless you are sure it won´t.
TENS: (Transacute Electrical Neuro Stimulation) dampens pain by way of small electrodes stuck to the skin. Children can control the device themselves and are distracted from the treatment.
Children come first!
We believe that the first visit to the dentist is important for your child´s later attitude towards dentists. Therefore, a positive first impression is very important to us! With the aid of their parents, children should like to remember their first appointment.
The first visit should happen between age 3 and 4.
Before the dentist
We recommend that you talk with your children before coming. Tell them that the dentist will count their teeth and that they can ride up and down on the dentist´s chair.
Maybe you have a book about the dentist that you could read to them. Speak positively about the upcoming visit, stress how important healthy teeth and a nice smile are, and avoid remarks that could cause anxiety.