• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Lifestyle Links

Your One Stop Shop for Everything Lifestyle

  • Home
  • Lifestyle
  • DIY
  • Food
  • Health and Fitness
  • Hobbies
  • Travel
  • Contact

Childrens dentistry at a dentist in Tunbridge Wells

July 6, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

A group of people sitting on a couch looking at a tablet

Description automatically generated

When raising children, parents focus on every little part of their development to ensure that things are progressing as they should in a healthy way. From the first time the child rolls over, walks and even to their first bite of real food, every step of the growing process is monitored closely. When their first tooth comes in, however, many parents are not exactly sure in the steps toward dental health and security. After spending so long caring for a child with no teeth, the importance of dental health can sometimes be left behind, but a dentist in Tunbridge Wells understands just how important it is to take care of your child’s mouth.

When should the first appointment take place?

As soon as the first tooth emerges in a child’s mouth, it is important that an appointment is booked for their first oral exam. It is unlikely that this will be as thorough or as detailed as an adults exam, as practitioners will be making sure that the tooth has emerged with clean margins and there are no other causes for concern. During this appointment, parents should make sure to ask any questions that they have in the back of their minds as well as the best ways to keep their young child’s teeth healthy, up until it is time for regular dental check-ups.

Regular dental check-ups

As the children begin to grow, specifically from the age of two and above, it is important that they are booked in for regular check-up. At some point between the ages of four and six, practitioners will take the child’s first set of mouth x-rays that will allow them to get a more thorough examination and check for looming cavities. The most stable way to get on top of a child’s dental hygiene and health is through prevention, so remembering to take them to the dental practice every six months will add to the parents peace of mind.

Orthodontic visits

Alongside the usual dental health check-ups, at the age of seven, there might be a recommendation that the child be taken for an appointment with the orthodontist. It is normal for parents to wait until the teenage years before a child is fitted with braces or any other form of orthodontic treatment but being ahead of that and checking for skeletal causes of misalignments can give everyone involved huge benefits.

A dentist examining a child's teeth

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Brushing tips

Taking care of children’s mouths through their dental hygiene routine can be difficult, especially when varying in ages. Using a fluoride toothpaste, no matter their age can help to prevent tooth decay and for children up to three years, it is important to start as soon as the first milk tooth emerges. With younger children, brushing of the teeth should always been supervised by an adult for as long as possible to ensure that the right amount of toothpaste is being used and the teeth are being thoroughly cleaned for at least two minutes, twice a day. The amount of toothpaste required and how much fluoride is in the paste varies depending on the age of the child, so parents should always seek out advice if they are unsure and want to keep their child safe. If a parent is struggling to ensure that the teeth are being cleaned thoroughly, they could try guiding the hand of their child and using a mirror, educating their child on where exactly they need to clean.

 

Filed Under: Health and Fitness

Previous Post: « How to look good when getting older
Next Post: 5 Hobbies Retirees Can Pick Up Today »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Let’s Be Friends!

RSS
Follow by Email
Facebook
fb-share-icon
Twitter
Tweet

Hi Friends!
I'm Fern and I have a love for travel, beauty, health and flowers! I went to school for nutrition, but wasn't really interested in being a nutritionist. So, I started to bartend and have since I graduated school a year ago.
I love talking to people, traveling and writing on my blog... and bartending allows me to do the things I love.

I can take off for a month to travel abroad and there will never be any shortage of bartending/serving jobs when I get home. I also love that I can work abroad bartending anywhere I want! So, I hope you enjoy my blog and if you have any questions, feel free to email me! :)

This message is only visible to admins.

Problem displaying Facebook posts.
Click to show error

Error: Server configuration issue

Twitter Feed

FernFollow

Fern
fernslifestyleFern@fernslifestyle·
14 Jun 2017

YUM!

epicurious@epicurious

These summer salads only get better overnight: https://t.co/sH3CFSMISF

Reply on Twitter 874790301960982528Retweet on Twitter 8747903019609825281Like on Twitter 8747903019609825281Twitter 874790301960982528
Retweet on TwitterFern Retweeted
laurDIYlauren ✄@laurDIY·
14 Jun 2017

my postmates ignored the giant "DECAF" note I left on my latte order and now I'm like

Reply on Twitter 874788328335212544Retweet on Twitter 874788328335212544254Like on Twitter 8747883283352125443890Twitter 874788328335212544
Load More...

Footer

Copyright © 2023 · Ferns Lifestyle Links