Child Dental Treatment

Why Is Children's Dental Care Extremely Important

Tooth Decay is the most chronic and common childhood disease. Did you know that is FIVE TIMES more COMMON THAN ASTHMA and SEVEN TIMES MORE COMMON THAN FEVER, but tooth problems are ignored till the time it doesn't start paining.
We have put together commonly believed myths when it comes to children's oral health and our aim is to help bust these myths.
Kids oral health is most important because that is where their dental system starts growing and establishing. A Pedodontist or Pediatric dentist is a dentist who is qualified to do dental treatment in Children. Pedodontist is a Child Specialist Dentist does fillings of decayed milk teeth, improving a smile, painless extraction of milk teeth if needed, space maintainers, treating oral habits by habit breaking appliances, pulpotomy, pulpectomy etc treatments for kids with care.

When should I make my child's first dental appointment?

When your child is about a year old, it's time he or she sees Pediatric Dentist Dr. Shobit Sethi at Pooran Dental Clinic. Early visits can prevent minor problems from becoming major ones, and even though you are checking your child's teeth, you may not recognize a problem. Don't wait until there is a decayed or injured tooth to introduce your child to a dentist. Make the first visit a positive one.
You can know the status of your child's teeth like milk teeth and permanent teeth eruption pattern , cavities and occlusion or the bite. There are different ages and sequence at which teeth erupt. Milk teeth erupt between 6 months to 33 months . Permanent Teeth erupt between 6 years to 13 years of age. Cavities even in milk teeth should be treated to avoid dental pain in future. The way that upper and lower teeth meet should be checked to avoid braces treatment in future.