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It is well known that children (and not so much) hate to go with the dentist, and this is due to the fear of treatments that must be done because of poor oral hygiene, reserved only for cases of bleeding, pain or conditions already evident .

During the first years of life the oral health professional should be visited three to four times a year, more if there are particular conditions, to avoid reaching advanced cases that require painful interventions.

The first visit to the dentist should not be the primary dentition (milk), but from the first year of age, although it is worth performing queries from a newborn. At this point, the professional will check the edges of the gums, checking the good condition of all soft tissues. This will allow to detect future inconveniences, being able to plan an action of prevention and correction without apparatus or painful measures.

Visits to the dentist during childhood

Adults should visit the dentist once or twice a year, for review and deep hygiene, while children should double their attendance, as their teeth are in formation and at this time can cause lasting problems … but also solve them.

Visits to the dentist are not only for interventions, but mostly for prevention. The professional will be able to recommend products for oral health, teach the children the correct technique to clean their teeth, and also give an opinion on goodies and elements of habitual use, such as the best choice of pacifiers and baby bottles, among other interesting tips. With regard to this point, it is worth clarifying that experts recommend leaving the pacifier at two years (the sooner the better), and the bottle, at most, all three.

• Between 4 and 24 months of age, you should go to the dentist four times a year, or more, correcting hygiene techniques gums and teeth in appearance. Consultation on changing toothbrushes according to your child’s oral development.
• Between 2 and 4 years, children already have their initial teething, so it is the ideal starting oral final cleaning techniques time. The professional will know to recommend you gels, toothpaste and brushes suitable for this stage.
• Between 5 and 7 years, little will begin to get their permanent molars. It can be a painful and uncomfortable time, but the dentist will collaborate correcting his orientation, offering recommendations of products and methodologies of hygiene. You should also double your mouth cleaning at this stage.
• Already from the age of 8, he begins to lose baby teeth and show the final. In this period it is essential to assist the dentist to correct the location and posture of the teeth as they come out, without reaching annoying and painful methodologies such as mobile orthodontics.