re: First Dental Appointment?

Quoting Brynn's Mommy (::" My daughter just turned 20 months and has her first next week. My dentist specifically does "children ... [snip!] ... the office around to accommodate kids. My daughter only had two teeth when she was one so I waited until she got a few more. "

My 18 month old has a bunch of teeth, and my almost 3 year old obviously has a ton. That would be so cool if I could find a dentist like that. Guess it's time to start that search, haha.

Quoting she nan igans:" It honestly sounds like laziness. Like, I know that dealign with a kid younger then 4 is more difficult ... [snip!] ... also. Maybe I'll call around and see where else my insurance is accepted and see if I can find a pediatric dentist for them."

But you know what, they are trained to deal with that as pediatric dentists. It does sound like laziness to me. A 4 year old can act a fool in a dentist chair also so not wanting to see them due to concerns about behavior is pretty irrelevant.

Quoting she nan igans:" My 18 month old has a bunch of teeth, and my almost 3 year old obviously has a ton. That would be so cool if I could find a dentist like that. Guess it's time to start that search, haha."

It's really great. Every six months they'll have a children's day and they'll have a theme to go with it. The dentist and all the other employees dress up with the theme and they allow kids to dress up to! I use to babysit my sister in laws daughter and took her to a few appointments there and she loved it! I'm hoping it will help LO feel more comfortable too!

Quoting Jas ♥:" But you know what, they are trained to deal with that as pediatric dentists. It does sound like laziness ... [snip!] ... year old can act a fool in a dentist chair also so not wanting to see them due to concerns about behavior is pretty irrelevant."

Yeah. I'm going to call my insurance and get a list of covered dentists and then call them all and find out which ones will do check up for kids. The kids will just have a different dentists then us, but thats fine. I'd rather a pediatric dentists even when the kids are 4, you know? I'd much rather take them to someone who is willing to work with kids.

I think this place just feels that before 4 your only choice is to hold them down and force them to open their mouths. I said, I get they don't get a FULL check up, but you can still try and work with them, do a check up every 6 months to a year, adn make it a GOOD experience rather then that. But I suspect they figure that takes up too much time for the amount they get for a check up, so it isn't worth it.

So you're right. I'll look for a pediatric dentist for them as their primary.

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I didn't feel the need to spend the time or money to prior to then.

My dentist said around 2 years old, and every year after that. and it is not really so much a "check-up" as getting them used to the chair/lights/tools, etc.

Quoting sealionsarah:" My dentist said around 2 years old, and every year after that. and it is not really so much a "check-up" as getting them used to the chair/lights/tools, etc. "

See, this! I know it wont be a full adult check up, lol. But if she goes in before she's 4 and gets used to it all, then when they need to do xrays and "real" check up and cleanings she'll be more used to it.

Quoting nutmeg.:" 4. I didn't feel the need to spend the time or money to prior to then."

Well, our check up's are free to us, and we've paid for this dental for over 3 years without using it once, haha. So I'm not worried about the money, and the time is an hour of my time.

I feel like getting her used to it would be good, and I'm concerned about her teeth since it was so hard to brush them for so long.