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Children's first visit in dental surgery


Introduction
The most important thing to say is that children must be under regular dental control. The best specialist for them is paedodontist. Not only because he is not afraid of having such a young patient, but also because he likes working with kids. During gaining his qualifications he studied elements of children psychology so he can get a better contact with his little patient. What is more important pedodontist has wide knowledge about developing of child's dentition.


When children should begin visiting dentist?
They should start quite early. It is recommended to bring a child to a dentist about his first birthday, this mean after appearance of his first teeth. The dentist will check if a development of kids face, gums and oral mucosa is going well.

Child is a special patient
Next visits take place when child is about second and third years old. The most important then is to make child to feel safe. Usually a parent is ask to sit on a dental chair and put the child on his knees. We can also allow the children to look around the surgery, touch some tools. It makes them feel secure. Good idea is to give a mirror to our little patient. His hands are busy then and because he can watch his teeth with the dentist he is quite concentrated on the examination.
Also, very important is to not doing anything without telling a patient what you will be doing in a moment. You should explain every procedure to a patient. And during carrying on the procedure you should act exactly how you said before. This is how the trust is built between the dentist and the patient.

How to prepare child for a visit to make it pleasant?
That's for parents. Children are maybe not very conscious but they are very clever. When you are preparing child for a visit you shouldn't tell him more than he can understand. He will be asking many questions, but you shouldn't tell him more than he wants to know. If you don't know anything it's better to come clear than making your own theories. The biggest mistake is to tell: “Don't worry, doctor won't do anything, he will just check your teeth”, because that can be a lie, because a dentist may want to carry on some more procedures. You mustn't talk about pain, even if it is “don't worry, it is painless”. With this words you are informing child about pain and it doesn't matter how you use the word “pain”.
The best way to prepare children for visit is to make it interesting. We can increase child's curiosity by talking about interesting and a little mysterious dental tools.
It is not good when the first visit is the same as this one, which were performed because of the first toothache.

Do the parents should be present in dental surgery during procedure?
The decision is mostly in dentist's hands. Little children (2-3), because of strong, emotional bond with parents is usually treated in their presence. Children feel more comfortable then.
In case of older children presence of parents depends on childrens' behavior. Some children likes to hold parent's hand during procedures, but some of them may try to put a pressure on parents to extort some promises, by crying and screaming. Parents are asked to leave then and this usually ends child's performance.
Generally, you should leave the decision to a doctor, because he knows best which option will make treatment most comfortable for patient and dentist.

How often should children visit the surgery?
Generally, visits should take place once a quarter, but not always. Some children are more prone to carious and they should have more frequent appointments. Definitive decision belongs to a dentist.

Summary
To sum up, children should start visiting the surgery very early. We must not scare them before appointment. We should trust the dentist and always listen to his advise.


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