They strongly suggest doing it sooner. If they get a cavities in the baby teeth it can affect the permanent ones. Also, some kids get pretty bad cavities from bottles and such. Mind you by know you'd probably know if the older one at least was one of them.
Dana On 10/31/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We took our son to the dentist even before he had his permanent teeth. > I don't remember the reason, but he was susceptible to cavities more > than our girls. Probably because of drinking too much juice. (Juice's > natural sugars tend to decay baby teeth if they drink it before bedtime > and don't wash it down with water.) > > The dentist put some filler stuff over the teeth to help prevent it. > It's amazing the stuff they do now. My teeth are in great shape, but > nowadays, you can get a coating on your teeth that just about do away > with cavities altogether. > > It wouldn't hurt to call a pediactric dentist just to ask for their > professional opinion. We got lucky and found a great dentist for our > children. I wish I could go to him, too. When you leave, you get to > pick not one, but two, toys from the treasure chest. Ahh... Kids. > > M!ke > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 3:57 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: kids and dentists...when to start? > > Barring trouble of some sort, when they start getting adult teeth. I > think that's around 6. On the other hand, my cousin flipped over his > handlebars at 4 and chipped his teeth enough that he had to go to the > dentist. So YMMV. > > --Ben > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179285 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
