When is a good time to introduce your child to a dentist? I would strongly suggest that you introduce your children to a dentist before they had any problems with their teeth. You want them to start out with a positive experience thus, lessening the possibility of any dentist phobias. Go ahead and laugh Im one of those people who developed an early fear of dentists.
My First Experience
I was very young, and one of my baby teeth became abscessed not a pleasant feeling. Anyway, it was my fathers duty to take me to the dentist. In the dentist office, I was told to swish some strong, green liquid in my mouth and spit it out. I was to do that until all the liquid in the glass was gone then go back to the dentist chair and sit down.
I, being the obedient child, did as I was told. I swished and spit, and once done, climbed into the dentist chair. I did not have a clue of what was going to happen next, until of course, the dentist told me to open my mouth and began to pull my tooth out. Low and behold, the green liquid I had swished in my mouth was the antiseptic! Well, surprise, surprise it didnt work!
With my father holding me down in the...