Your Child’s First Visit to the Dentist
To the dentist from the first baby tooth: how to prepare your child so that the first visit is a good experience.
The first visit to the dentist shapes how children think about dentists later on. The aim is for it to be a relaxed, perhaps even exciting experience – without treatment, without pressure.
Children should have their first dental check-up (early detection examination) as soon as the first baby tooth appears, i.e. from around 6 months of age. Prepare your child positively, avoid threats and words like “hurt”, and plan the appointment for a time when your child is well rested.
How to prepare your child
- look at picture books about the dentist
- “play dentist” at home – counting teeth with a spoon
- take your child along to one of your own check-ups
- speak positively and do not pass on your own fears
What happens at the first appointment
Procedure- Arrivingriding the chair up and down, looking at the light, trying out the mirror.
- Counting teetha quick look into the mouth, gladly on mum’s or dad’s lap.
- Advicebrushing technique, fluoride, diet, dummies and bottles.
- PraiseEvery child was brave.
Book your appointment at the Zahnarztpraxis St. Peter – via online booking or by phone on 0911 554181. You will find us at Hainstraße 25, 90461 Nürnberg (tram 6/10 to Scharrerstraße, patient parking via Scharrerstraße).
Frequently asked questions
How much toothpaste for toddlers?
Until the second birthday, a rice-grain-sized amount of children’s toothpaste with 1,000 ppm fluoride twice a day; after that, a pea-sized amount.
Until what age should I help my child brush?
Until your child can write fluently – usually well into primary school age.
This article is a translation of our German guide and does not replace a personal examination and consultation. If you have symptoms, please see a dentist – for example at the Zahnarztpraxis St. Peter in Nuremberg.
