Your child’s first trip to the dentist is probably the most crucial visit in his or her entire lifetime. This first visit will set the tone of his or her receptiveness to dental care all the way into his or her adult life. You’ve heard of adults who avoid having to go to the dentist at all cost simply because they had a very traumatic experience at the dentist’s chair when they were young. And if you think that you can just skirt away with having to go on dental check-ups, you’re very much wrong. Dentists have noticed a trend among children who didn’t receive proper dental care growing up and having lots of dental problems.
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