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First dental appt....what age?
That first sentence should have had a :-)) at the end.
:-) --Janet Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96) and Holly (4/4/01) "multimom4" wrote in message news:h40mb.5895$9E1.29419@attbi_s52... I'm sure a few years ago, everyone waited til age 5 and we all still have our teeth. Obviously, Shirley will know much better than me, but in your shoes I would go find another dentist even if you swap back to your own later. I called to take EHC in at 3.5 but the dentist I chose had a 9-month waiting list for first appointments, so our first visit was at age 4.25. Now we are "in", they just saw Holly at 2.5, more for her to get comfortable early and make her feel big than anything else. She had a wonderful time riding on the chair. Personally, I think 3.5 - 4.5 is perfect and you are almost bound to have to wait, so you are doing the right thing investigating it now. :-) --Janet Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96) and Holly (4/4/01) "Andrea" wrote in message ... I have been feeling like a slack Mama for not taking my girls to the dentist before now, so I called my dentist to make an appt. for the girls' first dental check-up and was told that they don't recommend that children come in until they're around the age of 5. That seems *very* late to me, but I have heard conflicting info. on this. I've read that children should go to the dr. when they cut their fist tooth and I've read they should wait until they're 3 1/2. I think I remember our ped. saying something about the age 3 for the first dentist visit. I don't feel comfortable waiting until the children are 5 to take them to the dentist....what if there's something wrong with their teeth and it goes undetected. What do you all think? Should I make an appt. with a different dentist? I wanted the girls to go to my dentist because I've always been very happy with him. Has anyone heard of waiting until a child is 5 to take them to the dentist for the first time? TIA, Andrea twin girls-Jordan & Madison 3 1/2 yrs. old |
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First dental appt....what age?
Well, if you are slack, then I am more so!! I just took mine for their first
visit at 4 years old. You might want to first make sure they are in your dental coverage. That takes about a month or so for the paperwork to get through and the coverage to start. This happened to us, so it delayed us a little bit. And their dentist said they would do just as much as the children would let them. So Jake didn't get xrays, but Ryan did. I would recommend finding a pediatric dentist. You may like your dentist, but is he good (patient) with kids?? Are the hygenists kid friendly? Is the place decorated fun and are there toys to play with in the waiting room? I think these things help relax the children and make their first experiences as pleasant as possible. But that's just my opinion. LOL! Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 |
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First dental appt....what age?
Well, if you are slack, then I am more so!! I just took mine for their first
visit at 4 years old. You might want to first make sure they are in your dental coverage. That takes about a month or so for the paperwork to get through and the coverage to start. This happened to us, so it delayed us a little bit. And their dentist said they would do just as much as the children would let them. So Jake didn't get xrays, but Ryan did. I would recommend finding a pediatric dentist. You may like your dentist, but is he good (patient) with kids?? Are the hygenists kid friendly? Is the place decorated fun and are there toys to play with in the waiting room? I think these things help relax the children and make their first experiences as pleasant as possible. But that's just my opinion. LOL! Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 |
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First dental appt....what age?
"GandSBrock" wrote in message ... Well, if you are slack, then I am more so!! I just took mine for their first visit at 4 years old. You might want to first make sure they are in your dental coverage. That takes about a month or so for the paperwork to get through and the coverage to start. This happened to us, so it delayed us a little bit. And their dentist said they would do just as much as the children would let them. So Jake didn't get xrays, but Ryan did. I would recommend finding a pediatric dentist. You may like your dentist, but is he good (patient) with kids?? Are the hygenists kid friendly? Is the place decorated fun and are there toys to play with in the waiting room? I think these things help relax the children and make their first experiences as pleasant as possible. But that's just my opinion. LOL! Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 Good advice. I took my boys for the first time about a year ago, give or take a few months. We travel 100 miles just so we can see a pediatric dentist. They have a great office totally geared towards kids with a play room/castle, murals on the walls, carousel, video games, air hockey, etc. What a great way for kids to get used to seeing a dentist. If I had had a dentist like theirs, maybe I wouldn't be so afraid of them today. :-/ -- Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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First dental appt....what age?
"GandSBrock" wrote in message ... Well, if you are slack, then I am more so!! I just took mine for their first visit at 4 years old. You might want to first make sure they are in your dental coverage. That takes about a month or so for the paperwork to get through and the coverage to start. This happened to us, so it delayed us a little bit. And their dentist said they would do just as much as the children would let them. So Jake didn't get xrays, but Ryan did. I would recommend finding a pediatric dentist. You may like your dentist, but is he good (patient) with kids?? Are the hygenists kid friendly? Is the place decorated fun and are there toys to play with in the waiting room? I think these things help relax the children and make their first experiences as pleasant as possible. But that's just my opinion. LOL! Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 Good advice. I took my boys for the first time about a year ago, give or take a few months. We travel 100 miles just so we can see a pediatric dentist. They have a great office totally geared towards kids with a play room/castle, murals on the walls, carousel, video games, air hockey, etc. What a great way for kids to get used to seeing a dentist. If I had had a dentist like theirs, maybe I wouldn't be so afraid of them today. :-/ -- Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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First dental appt....what age?
My DH said that 3 is the usual age for kids to see dentist and that you need
to find another dentist. ALSO, as he said - from his mouth, don't go to anyone who doesn't believe in doing fluoride treatments on kids. Generally they want the money from the fillings that they will inevitably have to put in. Again, this is from a dentists mouth (yuck, yuck). Please don't start a war on the use or not of fluoride, I'm relating what they do in dental schools so you can make your own choices regarding that issue but we have found that neither of our children have cavities. Yes, we brush, no we didn't do fluoride drops but they did get treatments each time they went to the dentist. Shirley mom to Chris and Kathleen 1/95 "Andrea" wrote in message ... I have been feeling like a slack Mama for not taking my girls to the dentist before now, so I called my dentist to make an appt. for the girls' first dental check-up and was told that they don't recommend that children come in until they're around the age of 5. That seems *very* late to me, but I have heard conflicting info. on this. I've read that children should go to the dr. when they cut their fist tooth and I've read they should wait until they're 3 1/2. I think I remember our ped. saying something about the age 3 for the first dentist visit. I don't feel comfortable waiting until the children are 5 to take them to the dentist....what if there's something wrong with their teeth and it goes undetected. What do you all think? Should I make an appt. with a different dentist? I wanted the girls to go to my dentist because I've always been very happy with him. Has anyone heard of waiting until a child is 5 to take them to the dentist for the first time? TIA, Andrea twin girls-Jordan & Madison 3 1/2 yrs. old |
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First dental appt....what age?
My DH said that 3 is the usual age for kids to see dentist and that you need
to find another dentist. ALSO, as he said - from his mouth, don't go to anyone who doesn't believe in doing fluoride treatments on kids. Generally they want the money from the fillings that they will inevitably have to put in. Again, this is from a dentists mouth (yuck, yuck). Please don't start a war on the use or not of fluoride, I'm relating what they do in dental schools so you can make your own choices regarding that issue but we have found that neither of our children have cavities. Yes, we brush, no we didn't do fluoride drops but they did get treatments each time they went to the dentist. Shirley mom to Chris and Kathleen 1/95 "Andrea" wrote in message ... I have been feeling like a slack Mama for not taking my girls to the dentist before now, so I called my dentist to make an appt. for the girls' first dental check-up and was told that they don't recommend that children come in until they're around the age of 5. That seems *very* late to me, but I have heard conflicting info. on this. I've read that children should go to the dr. when they cut their fist tooth and I've read they should wait until they're 3 1/2. I think I remember our ped. saying something about the age 3 for the first dentist visit. I don't feel comfortable waiting until the children are 5 to take them to the dentist....what if there's something wrong with their teeth and it goes undetected. What do you all think? Should I make an appt. with a different dentist? I wanted the girls to go to my dentist because I've always been very happy with him. Has anyone heard of waiting until a child is 5 to take them to the dentist for the first time? TIA, Andrea twin girls-Jordan & Madison 3 1/2 yrs. old |
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First dental appt....what age?
Yes, yes, yes. My DH even sent kids home without doing ANYTHING on them
when they were acting out. Rather than give them a bad taste (another ha, ha), of their experience, he chose to let them ride with the flow. Shirley "Twinzmommie" wrote in message ... I used to work for a pediatric dentist and we saw children as young as 2 years old. For children that age it was mostly a short visit to familiarize them with the office, the Dr and staff. Depending on how the child was behaving, we would give them a ride on the magic chair, count their teeth and go over brushing and healthy eating habits with them. Many kids did not come in until 3 and that is OK. I personally would not wait longer then 3 based soley on my experiences working with kids and dentistry. Five years old seems a bit late to me. Hope your girls have a great experience! Michelle Michelle Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael |
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First dental appt....what age?
Yes, yes, yes. My DH even sent kids home without doing ANYTHING on them
when they were acting out. Rather than give them a bad taste (another ha, ha), of their experience, he chose to let them ride with the flow. Shirley "Twinzmommie" wrote in message ... I used to work for a pediatric dentist and we saw children as young as 2 years old. For children that age it was mostly a short visit to familiarize them with the office, the Dr and staff. Depending on how the child was behaving, we would give them a ride on the magic chair, count their teeth and go over brushing and healthy eating habits with them. Many kids did not come in until 3 and that is OK. I personally would not wait longer then 3 based soley on my experiences working with kids and dentistry. Five years old seems a bit late to me. Hope your girls have a great experience! Michelle Michelle Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael |
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First dental appt....what age?
My DH even sent kids home without doing ANYTHING on them
when they were acting out. BRBR Shirlee, This was the policy in the practice I worked in as well. The whole idea of pediatric dentistry is to gear things towards making dental visits positive experiences so kids would not develop the fear that many adults have today due to their childhood dental visits. Also to encourage healthy habits from the get go. I also agree about the fluoride, but the last time this topic was brought up and I mentioned my opinion I was sent a flood of information about how detrimental fluoride treatments are. The source was an Internet site that mentioned absolutely nothing about the ADA. Isn't that odd? Michelle Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael |
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