Your Child's First Visit
A short, friendly appointment whose real job is making the next one easy.
New patients welcome — we'll confirm your time by phone.
Book your child's first visit→About your child's first visit.
A first visit is mostly a tour. Your child sits in the chair, the chair moves, we count teeth with a little mirror, and that is often the whole appointment.
Dental bodies recommend a first visit by the first birthday or within six months of the first tooth appearing. That sounds early, and it is deliberate: it is a visit with nothing wrong, which is the easiest kind to come back from.
First visit by the first birthday, or six months after the first tooth.
You stay with your child throughout, every time.
Bring the bottle, cup or dummy they actually use — it tells us a lot.
If they will not open their mouth, that is fine. We try again next time.
What actually happens, in order.
Your child sits with you, or on their own if they would rather.
A quick, gentle look with a mirror — named, counted, and talked through as we go.
Brushing, bottles, dummies, thumbs, fluoride and what to expect next.
If it has gone well, we stop while it is still going well.
Questions we get.
If yours is not here, ask when you book — it is a better answer in person anyway.
My child is scared. What then?
Then the appointment is about the room and not the teeth. Nothing is forced. A child who leaves happy comes back easily, and that is worth more than finishing an examination today.
Should I warn them beforehand?
Keep it short and ordinary — we are going to count your teeth. Promising there will be no needles, or saying it will not hurt, plants an idea that was not there.
Do baby teeth matter if they fall out anyway?
Yes. They hold the space for the adult teeth behind them, and an infected baby tooth hurts exactly as much as any other.
Also under Children's Dentistry.
Book your child's first visit.
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