First Dental Visit
The first dental visit is an essential milestone in the child’s life, and a timely visit should be a necessary part of the child’s general health care.
When to Schedule?
The age of the child’s first dental visit helps determine the quality of the preventive dental care that the child will receive and, thus, the child’s future oral health.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry advocates a dental visit within the first year of life or when the first tooth erupts, whichever is earlier.
What is the Purpose?
Detection of early oral lesions.
Evaluation of craniofacial (Head and Face) and dental (Teeth) development. Anticipatory guidance & parent counseling.
Diet counseling.
Motivating parents towards prevention-oriented interventions.
Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most common dental problem encountered in children. At this early dental visit, white spot lesions can be easily detected, and parents can be trained to perform active preventive measures which can help avoid severe lesions later in life.
What to Expect?
Prior to the appointment
Our team ensures to reach out to parents to discuss regarding the child, provide preparatory notes, if needed arrange a virtual clinic tour.
On the day of appointment
First dental visit should always be fun filled & enjoyable for the baby.
We encourage parents to take a small tour of the clinic, spend some time in the play area prior to meeting the doctor in order to make it a bit lighter and comfortable for the baby.
Oral health check-up
We ensure to make it an interactive session with the parents to know about oral & medical health history of the child in detail.
We advise parents to clarify any oral health related doubts or any symptoms if they have observed in their child.
We prefer oral health checkup by making the baby lie on the parents lap to make it more comfortable for the baby.
If required we might click few mouth pictures, take radiographs/X-rays of the teeth & save these for future reference as well.
Treatment
A comprehensive treatment plan is provided to parents by the end of the visit.
Since we understand Child Psychology, we don’t recommend any form of treatment in the first visit unless it’s an emergency.
Only if the child requires some form of preventive care e.g. fluoride varnish application (painless procedure) it might be done.